Current Employment Position(s)

Partner, since 1990

Year Joined Organization: 1990

Lawyer Overview

About Robert C. Bonsib, Esq.

Robert C. Bonsib has been recognized four times by the Washingtonian Magazine as One of the Top Attorneys in the Area, first in 2002 as one of the areas Top 75 Lawyers, again in 2004 and in its 2007 and 2009 Top Lawyers editions as one of the Top 30 Lawyers in the Washington, D.C - Maryland area.  He is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Attorneys and has an AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell. He is recognized in the The Best Lawyers In America in the practice areas of White Collar Criminal Defense and Non-White Collar Criminal Defense (2006-present).  He is recognized in Who's Who In American Law (2005-present).

Robert C. Bonsib has over 35 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 particpated 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 particpate in 2009 at a Federal Bar Assocation 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 75 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.

Areas of Practice

• Criminal Law 80%
• DUI/DWI 20%

West Practice Categories

Criminal Law, Criminal Fraud, DUI/DWI, Drug Violations, Federal, Felonies, Grand Jury Proceedings, Juvenile Crimes, Misdemeanor, Parole & Probation, RICO Act, Sex Offenses, Traffic Violations, White Collar Crimes

Bar Admissions

• 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

Professional Associations and Memberships

• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1995 - 2006
• 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)

Honors and Awards

• Robert C. Heeney Award for Career Achievement in Criminal Law - Maryland State Bar Association, 2009 - Present
• Top 30 Criminal Defense Attorneys in Area (Washingtonian Magazine), 2009
• The Best Lawyers in America - Non-White Collar Criminal Defense, 2005 - 2000
• The Best Lawyers In America - White Collar Criminal Defense, 2005 - 2009
• Top 100 D.C. Lawyers - SuperLawyers Magazine
• Top 50 Maryland Lawyers - SuperLawyers Magazine, 2009
• Presidents Special Achievement Award - Prince George's County Bar Association, 2004
• Top 75 Lawyers in Washington Area (Washingtonian Magazine, April, 2002), 2002
• John Adams Award - CJA Panel - U.S. District Court for District of Maryland, 2002
• Who's Who In American Law, 2005 - 2000

Classes and Seminars

• 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
• Bankrupty 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

Past Employment Positions

• 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

Education

• Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, Washington, District of Columbia, 1974
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
• Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1971
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts

Accepts Credit Cards

Published Works

• The Other White Hat - Role of Criminal Defense Attorney, Prince Georges County Bar Newsletter, May, 2006
• Federal Sentencing Guidelines - Part I, Prince George's County Bar Newsletter, May, 2002
• Federal Sentencing Guidelines - Part II, Prince Georges County Bar Newsletter, September, 2002
• Yours, Mine or Ours - The Law of Constructive Possession, Prince Georges County Bar Newslette, August, 2002
• Federal Proffer Letter Agreements, Prince George's County Bar Association Newsletter, December, 2004
• Statements Against Penal Interest, Prince George's County Bar Newsletter, May, 2003
• Exposing the "Field Interview", Prince George's County Bar Newsletter, October, 2002
• Speedy Trial Under Rule 4-271, Prince George's County Bar Newsletter, January, 2004
• Maryland v. Pringle - What It Says and What It Doesn't, Prince George's County Bar Newsletter, February, 2004

Address

6411 Ivy Lane
Suite 116
Greenbelt, MD 20770

Office Hours

Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.; weekends by appointment

Phones

(301) 441-3000 (Office)
301-509-5100 (Cell Phone)

Faxes

(301) 441-3003

Emails

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Websites

http://www.robertbonsib.com (Website)