Robert C. Bonsib Esq.

Robert C. Bonsib has been recognized five times by the Washingtonian Magazine as One of the Top Attorneys in the Area, first in 2002 again in each of its Top Lawyer editions since 2002. In 2017 SuperLawyers named him as one of the top 100 lawyers in Maryland and also as one of the top 100 lawyers in the District of Columbia. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Attorneys and has an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. He is recognized in The Best Lawyers In America in the practice areas of White Collar Criminal Defense and Non-White Collar Criminal Defense (2006-present). Robert C. Bonsib has over 40 years of experience in criminal practice in the local and federal trial and appellate courts in Maryland and in the District of Columbia. He has served as a state and federal prosecutor and has been in private practice as a criminal defense attorney since 1990. Robert C. Bonsib is a past chair of the Criminal Law Section of the Maryland State Bar Association and past co-chair of the Criminal Law Section of the Prince George's County Bar Association. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association and is co-chair of the Federal Practice Committee of the Prince George's County Bar Association. He also serves on the Prince George's County Judicial Nominating Commission and the Maryland Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction Committee. Robert C. Bonsib has been appointed on numerous occasions by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland to serve on its United States Magistrate Court Selection Committee. He was appointed by the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to serve on the selection committee for the current Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland. He has been appointed to a number of federal and local court and bar association committees and he regularly writes articles on criminal law issues for local bar newsletters. Robert C. Bonsib lectures on criminal law to judges, prosecutors, defense lawyers and police officers.In 2009, he was invited, for the third time as the only defense lawyer to serve as an instructor at the Maryland Judicial Institute where he participated in presenting a day-long course - "Conducting the Criminal Trial" - for forty Maryland Circuit and District Court Judges.He recently presented a lecture on "Conducting Effective Cross-Examination" at the Alan Goldstein Criminal Law Seminar and is scheduled to participate in 2009 at a Federal Bar Association training program on grand jury practice. Robert C. Bonsib is experienced in handling criminal matters from the investigative stage and through the trial and appellate stages in the local and federal trial or appellate courts in Maryland and the District of Columbia. For More Information about Robert C. Bonsib, Esq. please go to www.robertbonsib.com About MarcusBonsib, LLC MarcusBonsib, LLC is a litigation law firm with over 100 years of litigation experience. Founded in 1990 by partners, Bruce L. Marcus, Esq. and Robert C. Bonsib, Esq., its attorneys have extensive trial and appellate experience gained as federal and state prosecutors, public defenders and as counsel to local government. They are seasoned litigators with experience in handling both complex and routine civil and criminal matters. Bruce L. Marcus, Esq. and Robert C. Bonsib, Esq. are both Fellows of the American College of Trial Attorneys and are both AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. The Firm's attorneys are active in local and federal court and bar association activities and have been appointed by local and federal courts and by bar associations to serve on a variety of court and bar committees. For More Information About MarcusBonsib, LLC please go to www.marcusbonsib.com Criminal Law White Collar & Financial Crimes Violent Crimes Investigations and Grand Jury Matters Narcotics and Drug Offenses Sex Crimes Internet and Computer Crimes DUI and Vehicular Homicide Misdemeanor Crimes and Traffic Offenses Appeals & Post Conviction Relief From Greenbelt, MD, Robert C. Bonsib Esq., serves clients in Washington DC, Baltimore, Annapolis, Greenbelt, Bethesda, Rockville, Bowie, Upper Marlboro, Ft Washington, Hyattsville, Silver Spring, La Plata, Prince Frederick, Ellicott City, Prince Georges County (PG County), Montgomery County, Howard County, Anne Arundel County (AA County), Calvert County, Charles County, and Frederick County, Maryland. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Robert C. Bonsib Esq. included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors Robert C. Heeney Award for Career Achievement in Criminal Law - Maryland State Bar Association, 2009 - Present Top Criminal Attorneys in Area (Washingtonian Magazine), 2002 - 2016 The Best Lawyers in America - Non-White Collar Criminal Defense, 2005 - 2017 The Best Lawyers In America - White Collar Criminal Defense, 2005 - 2017 Top 100 D.C. Lawyers - SuperLawyers Magazine, 2017 Top 100 Maryland Lawyers - SuperLawyers Magazine, 2017 Presidents Special Achievement Award - Prince George's County Bar Association, 2004 John Adams Award - CJA Panel - U.S. District Court for District of Maryland, 2002 Who's Who In American Law "AV" Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, 2017 Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 2007 - 2017 Other Sources of Feedback About Robert C. Bonsib Esq. 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• Office of United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, 1983 - 1987
• Office of the States Attorney for Prince Georges County, Maryland, Deputy States Attorney for Prince Georges County, Maryland, 1987 - 1990
• Office of the States Attorney for Prince Georges County, Maryland, Assistant State's Attorney for Prince Georges County, Maryland, 1974 - 1983

• Trial of a Criminal Case, Maryland Judicial Institute, 2006 - 2009
• Maryland Professionalism Course, Maryland State Bar Association, 2004 - 2006
• Alan Goldstein Criminal Law Seminar, Prince Georges County Bar Association, 2009
• Criminal Law Section Council CLE - Maryland State Bar Conference, Maryland State Bar Association, 2002
• Bankruptcy Fraud, Prince Georges' County Bar Association and Federal Bar Association, 2004
• Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Judge, Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America, 2004
• Conducting Effective Cross-Examination, Alan Goldstein Criminal Law Seminar, 2009
• Grand Jury Practice Seminar, Federal Bar Association, 2009 - Present
• Instructor, The Conduct of a Criminal Trial, Maryland Judicial Institute, 2005
• Instructor, The Conduct of a Criminal Trial, Maryland Judicial Institute, 2007
• Instructor, The Conduct of a Criminal Trial, Maryland Judicial Institute, 2009
• Role of the Criminal Defense Attorney, Basic Criminal Investigators School - Prince George's County Police Department, 2016
• Proffer Agreements - Tips and Pitfalls, Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, 2015

• Maryland, 1974
• District of Columbia, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1983
• U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1983
• U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia, 1990
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1983
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1979

• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1995 - Present
• Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, 1990 - Present (Board of Directors)
• Marlboro Inn of Court, 1988 - 1994 (Member)
• Federal Bar Association, 1989 - 2004 (Member)
• Prince George County Bar Association, 1987 - Present
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1990 - Present
• Maryland Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction Committee, 1999 - Present (Member)
• Trial Courts Nominating Commission, 1988 - Present (Member)
• Maryland State Bar Association, Inc., 1985 - Present (Member)
• Maryland State Bar Association, Criminal Law Section (Past Chair)
• Prince George's County Bar Association, Criminal Law Section (Past Chair)
• Prince George's County Bar Association (Co-Chair, Federal Practice Committee)
• ABA Search Warrant Project (Member)
• Citizens' Complaint Oversight Panel, 1990 - 1995 (Legal Counsel)
• Federal Magistrate Selection Committee (Member)