Jonathan Wall
Associate | (410) 266-0626 | jwall@hwlaw.com
Jonathan Wall
Associate | (410) 266-0626 | jwall@hwlaw.com
Jonathan has been a member of the bar since 1995 and has been lead counsel in hundreds of Maryland state and federal Civil Litigation matters, including: Foreclosures, Adoptions, Guardianships, Contracts and Civil Rights, Legal Malpractice, Malicious Prosecution, Shareholder/Partner Litigation, Police Brutality, Will Challenges and other Estate matters, Patent Infringement, Fraud, Confessed Judgments and related Litigation, Landlord/Tenant, Divorce, Riparian and Construction Defects and Mold, Employer/Employee Wage and other disputes and Appellate practice and Insurance Litigation.
In addition, as lead counsel, Jonathan has represented and advised asset-based lenders, financial institutions holding secured and unsecured claims, equipment lessors, landlords, manufacturers, lienholders, taxing authorities and purchasers of distressed loans or assets in hundreds of Maryland bankruptcy or bankruptcy-related cases, frequently involving the extension and violations of the automatic stay, complex workout and Chapter 11 plan negotiations, borrower adversity complaints, claims litigation, asset protection and restraining orders, contested plan confirmations, fraudulent conveyance claims, preference actions and many other forms of contested matters in bankruptcy cases. In addition to creditor representation, Jonathan has extensive experience representing borrowers, guarantors and other debtors in Chapter 7, 11 and 13 bankruptcy proceedings, restructurings and litigation matters.
Jonathan represents and advises corporate and quasi-governmental entities in matters involving: Construction, Procurement, Ethics, Governance, state and federal Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Contracting, Mechanics Liens, lead paint and other remediation, Leasing, and Land Use. He also maintains a significant estates and trusts practice, often acting as successor personal representative for non-performing estates and rapidly identifying and marshalling assets, negotiating with secured and other creditors with regard to claims, and sensitively and successfully addressing divergent beneficiary needs.
Jonathan’s intellectual property practice includes a diverse group of corporate clients from multi-national engineering firms to Fort Lauderdale-based designers and manufacturers of multi-million dollar yachts; from writers and regional travel magazine publishers to local fashion accessory manufacturers; from artists and art studios to software designers, gallery owners and restaurateurs. His intellectual property practice focuses on corporate governance, U.S. and international trademark prosecution, copyright, and boat hull design protection, as well as technology transfer and licensing.
Jonathan contributes a substantial amount of his time providing pro bono or reduced-fee services to particularly needy or charitable clients, including: churches, synagogues, charities, and victims of fraud and abuse. He is a member of the Board of Partnership Development Group Rehabilitation Services, Inc., a non-profit facilitating the return to employment for people with disabilities. He is a panel attorney for the Maryland Lawyers for the Arts and has been an Annapolis/Anne Arundel County resident since 1988.
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J.D., University of Baltimore, 1995
- Intellectual Property Law Journal, Executive Editor
- M.F.A., University of Iowa, 1988
- The Iowa Writers Workshop, Fellow
- B.A. in English Literature, cum laude, Boston University, 1985
Maryland (1995)
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland (1997)
Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- American Bar Association
- Anne Arundel County Bar Association
- Maryland State Bar Association
Representation of minor beneficiaries to compel trustee of testamentary trust to distribute to parents of minors pursuant to Maryland Uniform Transfers to Minors Act. Issues involving UTMA and the Maryland Trust Act. Circuit Court for Baltimore County (Case No. C-03-CV-21-001839).
Representation of heir/legatee to remove personal representative and appoint special administrator. Issues involving order for issues, caveat, common law marriage and appeal. Anne Arundel County Orphans Court (Estate No. 51528); Anne Arundel County Circuit Court (Case Nos. 02-C-05-103532 and 02-C-04-094818).
Representation of disabled individual to establish an individual account in a pooled asset special needs trust established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1396p(d)(4)(C) and COMAR 10.09.24.08-2(B)(6)(b). Anne Arundel County Circuit Court (Case No. C-02-FM-21-003168).
Representation of heir/legatee to remove personal representative and obtain award of damages. Issues involving negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, conversion, fraud, constructive fraud, ademption, construction of Will, forfeiture if corporate charter, duties in administering estates, removal of personal representative, dissipation of estate assets, estate title to assets, corporate title to assets, bad faith, and estoppel. Resolution in favor of heir/legatee in which Personal Representative agreed to personally pay $150,000 in damages to legatee. Anne Arundel County Orphans Court (Estate No. 82847); Anne Arundel County Circuit Court (Case No. C-02-CV-17-002846); Court of Special Appeals (Case No. 2349, September Term 2017); Court of Appeals (Case No. NO. 0112, SEPTEMBER TERM, 2019).
Representation of contract purchaser in appeal from a decision by the Orphans’ Court to set aside contract between contract purchaser and personal representative. Issues involving standing of a non-interested party in a probate proceeding to appeal an adverse decision. Judgment in favor of contract purchaser, reversing the Orphans’ Court, in case reported by the Court of Appeals. Anne Arundel Orphans Court; Anne Arundel County Circuit Court; Court of Special Appeals (Knight v. Princess Builders, Inc., 162 Md. App. 526, 875 A.2d 771 (2005), aff'd, 393 Md. 31, 899 A.2d 156 (2006); Court of Appeals (Knight v. Princess Builders, Inc., 393 Md. 31, 899 A.2d 156 (2006)).
Representation of Estate in action to stay foreclosure action brought by national lender. Issues involving residential real property foreclosure, construction of Maryland Rules pertaining to residential foreclosures, federal regulations relating to residential foreclosures, dual tracking. Circuit Court for Howard County (Case No. C-13-CV-19-000365).