MARCUSBONSIB - Key Persons
Bruce L. Marcus, Esq. has over 25 years litigation experience. He served as a public defender, counsel to local and state government and as an associate in a general practice law firm prior to forming MarcusBonsib, LLC in 1990. Bruce L. Marcus is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Attorneys and AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He has been appointed by the Court of Appeals to serve on its Character Committee. From 1986 through 1998 he served as a member of the Attorney Grievance Commission Inquiry Panel. He was twice elected by the local bar membership to serve as its representative on the Governor's Judicial Trial Courts Nominating Commission. He served as Special Counsel to Prince George's County, Maryland from 1988 through 1994 and was a Senior Trial Attorney in the Office of the Public Defender for Prince George's County from 1980 through 1988. He has served on the Faculty at Prince George's Community College and as a Member of the Board of Regents for the University of Maryland. He regularly handles criminal and civil matters in local, state and federal courts.
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate
- Appeals & Trial Lawyer
- Member of the Maryland Bar
Megan E. Coleman, Esq. is a criminal trial lawyer who concentrates her practice in the state and federal, trial and appellate courts in Maryland and is recognized as one of the best appeals attorneys in Maryland.
Megan E. Coleman, Esq. has been practicing criminal defense with Robert C. Bonsib, Esq. and the law office of MarcusBonsib, LLC since 2008. Ms. Coleman has experience handling misdemeanor and felony cases in Maryland State and Federal Courts including at the trial and appellate levels. Ms. Coleman has defended clients against assault, DUIs, drug possession, drug distribution, burglary, theft, fraud, identity theft, sex offenses, murder, and a host of other charges.
For a detailed history of many of the serious and varied cases in which Ms. Coleman has successfully represented her clients, please see "Significant Cases" below.
Megan Coleman was born in Buffalo, New York. She graduated from the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York with a B.A. in Spanish, a minor in Legal Studies, and a Management Studies Certificate from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration. Ms. Coleman attended the Catholic University, Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C. where she received her J.D.
While in law school Ms. Coleman served as an intern at the United States Department of Justice in its Criminal Division. She also participated on a trial team where she received an award as the Best Overall Advocate among 40 trial advocates at an invitational co-sponsored by the American Bar Association Criminal Law Section. Ms. Coleman worked her second and third years of law school as a law clerk at MarcusBonsib, LLC under the supervision of Robert C. Bonsib, Esq. With Mr. Bonsib as her mentor, Ms. Coleman obtained first-hand experience in the field of criminal defense and had the opportunity to prepare for complex and high profile trials and to draft numerous trial and appellate briefs including a petition to the United States Supreme Court which was granted and a summary remand was issued.
Upon graduation from law school, Ms. Coleman became admitted to the bars of the State of Maryland, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Ms. Coleman also became a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association, the Maryland State Bar Association and its Litigation and Criminal Law Sections, the American Bar Association, the Prince George's County and Montgomery County Bar Associations, and the CJA Appellate Panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Megan E. Coleman, Esq. has been practicing criminal defense with the law office of MarcusBonsib, LLC since 2008. Ms. Coleman has experience handling misdemeanor and felony cases in Maryland State and Federal Courts including at the trial and appellate levels. Ms. Coleman has defended clients against assault, arson, drugs, burglary, theft, fraud, human trafficking, prostitution, sex offenses, child abuse, child pornography, robbery, and murder.
Megan Coleman is a native of Buffalo, New York and will always have a place in her heart for snow, wings, and the Buffalo Bills. Ms. Coleman attended college at the University of Rochester where she majored in Spanish and minored in Legal Studies. Ms. Coleman interned at the City of Rochester's Office of the Public Defender. Ms. Coleman's intern experience at the courthouse made her realize that she did not want merely to help individuals behind the scenes, rather, she wanted to be their voice in the courtroom.
After college, Ms. Coleman attended the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. During law school Ms. Coleman participated in a number of activities to prepare her for trial advocacy. Ms. Coleman participated on a trial team where she received an award as the Best Overall Advocate among 40 trial advocates from all over the country at an invitational co-sponsored by the American Bar Association Criminal Law Section.
During law school, Ms. Coleman gained valuable internship experience. Ms. Coleman interned with the United States Department of Justice in its Criminal Division, Child Exploitation and Obscenities Unit. Ms. Coleman researched various statutory and sentencing issues that arose in those cases, and prepared legal memoranda for the prosecuting attorneys. Ms. Coleman also worked as a law clerk at MarcusBonsib, LLC under the supervision of Robert C. Bonsib, Esq., whose practice was focused on criminal defense. In that position Ms. Coleman helped to prepare complex and high-profile trials, drafted numerous appellate briefs, and personally drafted a Petition for a Writ of Certiorari which the United States Supreme Court granted and issued a summary remand.
Ms. Coleman became a member of the Maryland Bar on December 17, 2008. This December marks Ms. Coleman's 10th anniversary as a practicing attorney in Maryland and as an Associate at MarcusBonsib, LLC.
Over the last decade, Ms. Coleman has contributed to the legal community by volunteering her time as a coach for a high school mock trial team, authoring monthly legal articles for the Prince George's County Bar Association NewsJournal, and giving legal presentations to other practitioners.
In 2018, Ms. Coleman was recognized as a 2018 Rising Star by Super Lawyers for her excellence in the practice of Criminal Defense.
Below are results that demonstrate Ms. Coleman's hard work and legal acumen:
Certiorari granted by the Court of Appeals of Maryland in a felony drug and gun case in 2018
Certiorari granted by the Court of Appeals of Maryland in a murder case in 2018
Reversal of a felony drug conviction at a post-conviction hearing that would have otherwise resulted in the client's deportation in 2017
Dismissal of federal charges relating to a hot car death of a child after the Magistrate Judge sided with the defense interpretation of the statute in 2016
Not guilty jury verdict for 2nd degree murder charge in 2016
Not guilty jury verdict for 1st degree burglary charge in 2015
Not guilty jury verdict for human trafficking and prostitution in 2015
Hung jury in child sexual abuse case in 2015
Suppression of defendant's statements in murder prosecution in 2014
Not guilty jury verdict for 2nd degree murder charge in 2014
Dismissal of 2nd degree rape charge and sex offenses in 2013 where defense challenged prosecutor's preparation right up to morning of trial in 2013
Dismissal of 2nd degree rape charge and sex offenses where defense challenged victim's identification of defendant pre-trial in 2013
Dismissal of 22 count indictment charging identity theft and fraud where defense demonstrated to the police, and to the prosecutor, that a look-alike of the Defendant was the actual perpetrator in 2012
Stet of theft charges mid-trial due to defense cross-examination of complaining witness in 2012
Reversal on appeal of felony theft and misconduct in office convictions in 2012
Reversal on appeal of federal honest services fraud convictions in 2012
Reversal on appeal of harassment and false statement convictions in 2011
Not guilty court verdicts in two different assault Cases in 2011
Reduction of federal sentence after government concedes sentencing error discovered by defense on appeal in 2011
Not guilty court verdict of theft over $10,000 and related counts in 2011
Dismissal of 23 count rape indictment where defense raised question as to credibility of complaining witness in 2010
Hung jury in rape trial in 2010
Not guilty jury verdict for rape and sexual offenses in 2010
Reversal on appeal of 2nd degree murder conviction in 2010
Illegal sentence vacated and client spared $10,000 in 2010
Not guilty court verdict for 2nd degree assault of student in 2009
Not guilty jury verdict for sexual abuse of student in 2009
Ms. Coleman can be seen regularly in both the State and Federal Courthouses of Maryland.