Alan L. Fishbein

Alan L. Fishbein is the founding partner of Fishbein & Fishbein, P.A. Born in Washington, D.C., he has lived in Howard County since 1976. Mr. Fishbein attended Boston University where he completed its division of general education program. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies from George Washington University and graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1976.

In private practice in Howard County since 1977, Alan Fishbein is a member of the Howard County, Montgomery County, Maryland, District of Columbia and American Bar Associations. In addition, he is a member of the Maryland Trial Lawyers' Association, the American Trial Lawyers' Association, the Maryland Criminal Defense Lawyers' Association, the Maryland Association of Defense Trial Counsel and the Defense Research Institute. He is a past section council representative representing Howard, Anne Arundel and Carroll Counties to the Young Lawyers' Section Council of the Maryland Bar Association and a past chairperson of the District Court Committee of the Young Lawyers' Section of Maryland State Bar Association. He serves as the chairperson of the Howard County Bar Association Committee on Professional Standards. In addition, he serves as a member of the Howard County Bar Association's judicial recommendations committee and as a member of the Maryland State Bar Association Litigation Section District Court Committee. He is also an arbitrator for the Maryland State Bar Association Fee Disputes Committee.

Mr. Fishbein has extensive trial experience in both civil and criminal litigation. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of civil matters and travels extensively in the State of Maryland trying cases in the various counties of Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Mr. Fishbein is an active member of the community serving as a volunteer on behalf of the Howard County Association of Retarded Citizens, the Howard County Israel Bonds Committee, the United Jewish Appeal of Howard County and as a past President of Beth Shalom Synagogue.