Knight, Manzi, Nussbaum & LaPlaca, P.A.

Law Firm Overview

For more than 50 years, the attorneys at Knight, Manzi, Nussbaum & La Placa, P.A., and their predecessor law firms, have offered clients unparalleled legal representation across a wide range of practice areas. Our law firm’s lawyers have over two hundred years of combined legal practice, and many firm members are graduates of some of the nation’s leading law schools and hold memberships in national, state, and local bar associations. In many instances, firm members are serving or have served as bar association officers and legal instructors.

We offer our clients experienced and result-oriented attorneys who assist clients in attaining their immediate and long-term goals with their legal matters.

Our clientele is as diverse as our attorneys, and this diversity is one of our greatest strengths. The firm represents individual citizens, boards of education, local municipalities, real estate developers, first-time home buyers, multi-national corporations, and local businesses. We handle matters ranging from business formation to land use approvals, and from drafting simple wills to car accident cases.

Knight, Manzi, Nussbaum & La Placa, P.A. has committed itself to excellence in legal representation. Our goal is to meet and exceed client expectations in the handling of client matters. We work hard and are skilled at finding swift and creative solutions to get our clients the results they need.

Areas of Practice

• Administrative Law
• Administrative Hearings & Adjudication
• Banking & Finance Law
• Commercial Banks
• Foreclosure & Alternatives
• Bankruptcy Law
• Creditors' Rights
• Business & Commercial Law
• Contracts
• Joint Ventures
• Business Organizations
• Formation & Business Planning
• Limited Liability Companies
• Partnerships
• Construction Law
• Construction Contracts
• Government Construction Contracts
• Criminal Law
• DUI/DWI
• Juvenile Crimes
• Misdemeanor
• Traffic Violations
• Education Law
• Public Schools
• Special Education
• Employment Law -- Employee
• Employment Law -- Employer
• Estate Planning
• Elder Law
• Living Wills
• Powers of Attorney and Appointment
• Trusts
• Wills
• Family Law
• Adoption
• Child Support
• Custody & Visitation
• Divorce
• Domestic Violence & Neglect
• Government Agencies & Programs
• State & Local Agencies
• Government Contracts
• State & Municipal Contracts
• Health & Health Care Law
• Hospital Law
• Insurance Law
• Motor Vehicle
• Title Insurance
• Litigation & Appeals
• Personal Injury -- Defense
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Estate Administration
• Products Liability Law
• Professional Malpractice Law
• Real Estate Law
• Commercial Real Estate
• Land Use & Zoning
• Landlord/Tenant
• Residential Real Estate
• State, Local & Municipal Law
• Municipal Corporations
• Municipal Employment
• Municipal Liability
• Workers' Compensation Law
• Workers' Compensation Defense

Representative Clients

• Board of Education for Frederick County
• Board of Education for Prince George's County
• City of Greenbelt
• City of Laurel
• City of New Carrollton
• Town of Bladensburg
• Town of Berwyn Heights
• Town of North Beach
• Prince George's County, Maryland
• Doctors Community Hospital of Maryland
• Commerce Bank
• PNC Bank
• The Columbia Bank
• 7-Eleven, Inc.
• A.H. Smith & Sons
• Allied Trailer Sales
• Bozutto Management Company
• Carrollton Enterprises
• Chesapeake Custom Homes
• Curtis Properties
• DeMatha Catholic HIgh School
• Exit Realty
• Evangel Church, Inc.
• First Washington Management, Inc.
• Kenneth H. Michael Companies
• Long & Foster Real Estate
• Mark Vogel Companies
• Martin Marietta Corp.
• McDonalds Corporation
• Morrison's Restaurants
• National Church of God, Inc.
• Patuxent Materials, Inc.
• Post Properties
• Prince George's Plaza
• Realty Management Services, Inc.
• Safeway
• Sawyer Realty Holdings
• Straughan Environmental Services, Inc.
• The Driggs Corp.
• WAWA

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Administrative Hearings & Adjudication, Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Banks, Foreclosure & Alternatives, Bankruptcy Law, Creditors' Rights, Business & Commercial Law, Contracts, Joint Ventures, Business Organizations, Formation & Business Planning, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, Construction Law, Construction Contracts, Government Construction Contracts, Criminal Law, DUI/DWI, Juvenile Crimes, Misdemeanor, Traffic Violations, Education Law, Public Schools, Special Education, Employment Law -- Employee, Employment Law -- Employer, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Living Wills, Powers of Attorney and Appointment, Trusts, Wills, Family Law, Adoption, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Domestic Violence & Neglect, Government Agencies & Programs, State & Local Agencies, Government Contracts, State & Municipal Contracts, Health & Health Care Law, Hospital Law, Insurance Law, Motor Vehicle, Title Insurance, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Defense, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff, Probate & Estate Administration, Estate Administration, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Real Estate Law, Commercial Real Estate, Land Use & Zoning, Landlord/Tenant, Residential Real Estate, State, Local & Municipal Law, Municipal Corporations, Municipal Employment, Municipal Liability, Workers' Compensation Law, Workers' Compensation Defense