Attorney Profile
Paul Mark Sandler is Of Counsel in the law firm of Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler, P.A., and has represented many notable clients in a wide variety of trials and appeals, civil and criminal, in state and federal courts in Maryland, and throughout the United States.
Mr. Sandler is a frequent lecturer on trial and appellate practice, founder and former chair of the Litigation Section of the Maryland State Bar Association, and past Secretary of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and Chair of the College’s one-day trial training program for young lawyers.
In addition to writing a monthly column for The Daily Record, Mr. Sandler is the author, co-author, or co-editor of numerous books on trial advocacy. Titles include:
- The Fine Art of Trial Advocacy: A Young Lawyer's Resource for Success (ABA 2021) (author)
- Discovery Problems and Their Solutions, Fourth Edition (ABA 2020) (author)
- Maryland Discovery Problems and Solutions, Second Edition (MSBA 2020) (co-author)
- Pleading Causes of Action for the Maryland Lawyer, Seventh Edition (MSBA 2022) (co-author)
- Appellate Practice for the Maryland Lawyer: State and Federal, Fifth Edition (MSBA, 2018) (co-editor)
- Pattern Examinations of Witnesses for the Maryland Lawyer, Fifth Edition (MSBA 2016) (co-author)
- Anatomy of a Trial: A Handbook for Young Lawyers, Second Edition (ABA 2014) (author)
- Model Witness Examinations, Third Edition (ABA 2010) (co-author)
- Raising the Bar: Practice Tips and Trial Technique for Young Maryland Lawyers (MSBA 2005) (author)
- The 12 Secrets of Persuasive Argument (ABA 2001) (co-author).
He is also the author of the play The Murder Trial of Al Capone and the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, which has been presented in Chicago’s Goodman Theater and elsewhere.
Mr. Sandler received his undergraduate degree from Hobart College and his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, and was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1972.
Affiliations
- Board Member, Stevenson University (2012 to present)
- Board Member, Legal Aid Bureau (2000-2012)
- Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (inducted 2011)
- Secretary, Litigation Section of the American Bar Association, 2004-2008
- Board of Directors, Former Member, Maryland Professionalism Center (established by the Maryland Judiciary)'
- Member, Maryland State Bar Association; Co-Chair, MSBA Special Committee on Voir Dire
- Founder, first chair, and member, MSBA Litigation Section
- Member, Federal Bar Association (1995-Present)
- Adjunct Professor of Appellate Practice - University of Baltimore School of Law (1974- 1984)
- President, Maryland Public Television Foundation Board, (2001-2004)
- Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, past member of the Board of Electors
- University of Maryland Cancer Center Advisory Board, Former Member (1993- Present)
- Foundation Board, Former Member, Saint Joseph Hospital
News & Publications
The MSBA's Bar Journal recently interviewed Paul Mark Sandler about his career as a trial lawyer and author.
Released by ABA Publishing, The Fine Art of Trial Advocacy: A Young Lawyer's Resource for Success provides an accessible introduction to trial advocacy that is rich in historical examples, practical advice, and professional insights gleaned from the author's decades of experience in the courtroom.
Daily Record columnist Paul Mark Sandler turns his attention to the challenge of conducting nonjury trials via remote video during the pandemic. (Subscription required.)
An installment from Paul Mark Sandler's monthly column on trial advocacy for The Daily Record.
An installment from Paul Mark Sandler's monthly column on trial advocacy for The Daily Record:
Paul Mark Sandler's play "The Trial of Al Capone" was performed at Stevenson University on May 18.
An installment from Paul Mark Sandler's monthly column on trial advocacy for The Daily Record.
Teaching of Trial and Appellate Advocacy Committee Chair Paul Sandler discusses Litigation Institute for Trial Training Program curriculum.
For a few hours on Monday, the nine-member U.S. Supreme Court morphed into a three-member panel reenacting one of its earlier cases in the same Philadelphia courtroom where it was first argued in 1794.
Chair of the Litigation Group Paul Sandler represented Oregon Grille in a legal win.
Read the full article "Clarity of Expression - The Keystone of Successful Advocacy in Dispute Resolution" by Paul Mark Sandler that first appeared in ABA's Litigation Magazine (Winter 2016).