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James N Papirmeister, Esq. has been practicing criminal law for 28 years, first serving as a judicial law clerk in 1986, then as an Assistant State's Attorney from 1987-1995, then in private, criminal defense practice, from 1996 to the present. He is the owner and founder of the Law Offices of James N. Papirmeister, a boutique criminal defense practice, with offices in Silver Spring and Suitland, Maryland. He has handled approximately 15,000 criminal cases over 28 years, including conducting about 135 full-length jury trials, over 50 of which have been Murder cases, and several thousand bench trials and motions hearings, in the State and Federal Courts in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Some of his accolades include the following:
a. Selected and featured in 2014 "Legal Leaders" a publication by ALM Legal Group, as one of "Washington D.C. & Baltimore's Top Rated Lawyers of 2014, April, 2014.
b. Selected in Washingtonian Magazine's "2013-2014 Top Lawyers: Criminal Defense", December 2013.
c. Selected in 2014 Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, and rated "A-V" by Martindale-Hubbell for last 18 straight years since entering private practice in 1996.
d. Declared in Washington Post newspaper to be "among criminal defense lawyers who are widely respected for their work, January 5, 2000.
e. Described in Washington Post as a "highly regarded criminal defense lawyer", June 2, 1999, and in another edition as a "former top prosecutor".
f. Upon his retirement as a Homicide Prosecutor in 1995, a local newspaper wrote a front-page article with his picture and second interior page, entitled "Respected Criminal Prosecutor Resigns", January 3, 1996.
g. In 1995, the Prince Georges Journal wrote a front page article dubbing Mr. Papirmeister "The Minute Man", detailing his prosecution of three successive Murder trials, where three separate juries each reached a verdict of guilt as to First Degree Murder, after 12 minutes of deliberation, 6 minutes, and 2 minutes, respectively.
h. Upon his retirement from the Prince Georges County State's Attorney's Office in 1995, Mr. Papirmeister was recognized by the Governor of Maryland, the Attorney General of Maryland, the County Executive of Prince Georges County, as well as the Chief of Police and Sheriff of Prince Georges County.
Mr. Papirmeister has also been an invited guest speaker at numerous professional seminars, and CLE's in Maryland and the District of Columbia, as well as criminal justice classes at the University of Maryland, Prince Georges Community College, Prince Georges Police Academy, and high schools in Montgomery and Prince Georges counties.
