Michael J. Budow Retired

Michael J. Budow focuses his practice in all areas of insurance defense work on behalf of national insurance companies as well as the representation of condominium associations, homeowners associations, related officers and directors and management companies for said associations, and extensive trial and appellate experience in these fields, with particular experience in insurance coverage issues.Mr. Budow has litigated extensively in the areas of “bad-faith,” extra-contractual and class-action lawsuits involving insurance companies. Mr. Budow has also had substantial experience handling large technical subrogation claims for various insurers in State and Federal Court. Mr. Budow is an original member and organizer of the Maryland State Arson Control Association and has served as Chairman of many of its past programs. He has worked extensively in the field of insurance fraud and arson on behalf of various insurance carriers and has lectured before the Maryland State, Delaware, and Pennsylvania Arson Associations, as well as the Maryland State Bar Association. He has also spoken at numerous arson and fraud seminars for various insurance organizations and claims conferences.

Education

• Judicial Law Clerk, The Honorable Irving Levine,
  Associate Judge, Court of Appeals of Maryland, 1973
• George Washington University
  Juris Doctor with Honors, 1972
• University of Wisconsin
  Bachelor of Arts with Honors, 1968

Professional and Civic Activities

• The District of Columbia
• Bar Association of the District of Columbia
• Montgomery County Bar Association
• Maryland State Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
• Maryland State Arson Control Association

Presentations

Presentations to the Maryland State Bar Association, Litigation Section, at Annual Meeting
Mock Trial: “Poof! It’s Gone,” Presenter, demonstrating litigation process and issues of insurance contract rescission, fraud, breach of contract and negligent misrepresentation, at Capital “I” Day Seminar, Rockville, Maryland, March 20, 2009.

Mock Trial: “Doggiebots Gone Wild,” Presenter, demonstrating litigation process and issues of insurance contract interpretation, commercial endorsements, agency duties, underwriting duties, breach of contract and representations on applications, at Capital “I” Day Seminar, Rockville, Maryland, March 14, 2014.

Honors and Awards

Selected to “Super Lawyers” Maryland, District of Columbia, and Corporate Counsel, 2009 to Present

“2009 Super Lawyer”, Maryland Super Lawyers

 

Bar Admissions

• State of Maryland
• District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland