La Plata, MD

Matthew D. Trollinger

Matthew D. Trollinger is a top-rated attorney and founder of Trollinger Law LLC, representing clients in personal injury and workers’ compensation cases throughout Southern Maryland and Washington, D.C. He is a respected leader and speaker for organizations including the Maryland Association for Justice, the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) Negligence, Insurance, and Workers’ Compensation Section, and the Maryland Workers’ Compensation Educational Association. He focuses on achieving justice for injury victims and has a heart for public safety workers. He has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star, a Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyer by The National Trial Lawyers, a Leading Workers’ Compensation Lawyer for Annapolis & Central Maryland, and a Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel.

Scott A. Bowling

Scott Bowling was one of the founding members of Chapman & Bowling back in 1988. His main focus areas are personal injury litigation, covering cases related to motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, and premises liability. Throughout his career, Scott has worked on personal injury cases in Maryland's state courts and has also been involved in cases across Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida. Additionally, he has a wealth of experience in construction and real estate litigation.

Frank R. Jones

Frank R. Jones is a partner at the firm of Sasscer, Clagett and Bucher. Mr. Jones has successfully developed a practice concentrating in complex personal injury litigation, civil litigation, medical malpractice and criminal defense. In December 1986, Frank R. Jones began his career as a prosecutor in the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office. In less than two years, Mr. Jones was elevated to the Felony Trial Division, where he handled murder cases, violent crimes, (e.g. robberies, major assaults) and narcotics violations. While in the Felony Trial Division, Mr. Jones tried to verdict more jury trials than any other prosecutor and won the Division Chief’s Award. By October 1989, Frank R. Jones was recruited by the Charles County State’s Attorney’s Office and was appointed to Deputy State’s Attorney. Mr. Jones was tasked with prosecuting major felony cases. Mr. Jones successfully prosecuted complex criminal cases including organized crime, outlaw motorcycle gangs, as well as obtaining convictions in over forty homicide cases. Frank R. Jones entered private practice in January of 1998, with Sasscer, Clagett and Bucher. He became a partner in 2001. Mr. Jones has extensive trial and litigation experience with a wide range of civil cases. Mr. Jones is a member of the Million Dollar Advocate Forum, which is for lawyers who have successfully obtained million dollar verdicts or settlements. Mr. Jones has resolved and litigated multiple million dollar cases for his clients, including, more recently, a $2.5 million Wrongful Death/Survival Action. Frank R. Jones is known by his colleagues as a sharp and gifted cross-examiner. He litigates a considerable number of plaintiffs’ cases that are referred from other attorneys, due to his experience in complex litigation. Mr. Jones has served on the Board of Directors for the Charles County Bar Association and is a past President of the Charles County Bar Association. Mr. Jones is an AV rated attorney by Martindale Hubbell and enjoys a 10 out of 10 rating on AVVO. He is a graduate of the University of Richmond and the George Mason School of Law.

Phillip R. Zuber

Phillip R. Zuber has been named a “top 50” Maryland and “top 100” Washington, D.C. Super Lawyer and “top 10” Washington, D.C. Super Lawyer. He is a Fellow in the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers, a member of the Maryland State Bar Association subcommittee on civil pattern jury instructions and a lecturer to the Maryland Judicial Institute. For over 30 years, he has practiced in the complex areas of medical malpractice (especially obstetrical, neonatal and emergency medicine issues), electric utility accidents, defense attorney liability and ethics cases, highway fatalities and catastrophic personal injuries. He is outside products liability counsel for an international industrial manufacturer. Phil Zuber has served on the Maryland State Committee for the American College of Trial Lawyers and has given talks to doctors, nurses, risk managers, and insurance companies, on a wide range of medical and attorney malpractice related subjects, taught a Litigation Skills Course to law students at the University of Baltimore Law School, and serves on the Maryland State Bar Association Subcommittee on Maryland Pattern Jury Instructions - Civil. He is a Master in the J. Dudley Digges Inn of Court. While based in Upper Marlboro, Mr. Zuber has had cases and trials in many Counties in the State of Maryland. Mr. Zuber has been counsel in hundreds of cases involving multi-million dollar claims. Among his many community activities, Mr. Zuber has served on the Board of Trustees for Bryn Athyn College as the Chairman of its Legal Advisory Committee. Mr. Zuber attended the University of Maryland College Park (B.A., high honors), and received his law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law with honors. He served on the student editorial board of the Maryland Law Review.

John W. Reese

John W. Reese is an Associate Attorney at Trollinger Law LLC. Before joining the firm, he represented personal injury victims in Washington, D.C., and previously worked for a South Carolina insurance defense firm, gaining firsthand insight into how insurance companies evaluate and defend claims. He earned his J.D. from the University of South Carolina School of Law and holds both a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from East Carolina University. He is licensed to practice law in Maryland, Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and South Carolina.

Mark T. Foley

Mark Thomas Foley is a partner at the firm of Sasscer, Clagett & Bucher. He has received the highest rating of Superb by Avvo an attorney rating service and has been honored as a Super Lawyer for the past 8 years. The Super Lawyer honor is issued to no more than 5% of Maryland Lawyers. His practice involves a broad range of civil and criminal matters, including but not limited to personal injury, legal and medical malpractice, criminal defense, and specialized insurance defense work. Having been involved in hundreds of jury trials with favorable verdicts, Mr. Foley’s practice encompasses both state and federal court. Mr. Foley, an AV rated attorney, is recognized by his colleagues and clients as a gifted and experienced trial attorney particularly for achieving successful verdicts in cases with complicated medical or legal issues. Mr. Foley is rated the highest score of 10 (out of 10) by AVVO, an independent national attorney rating service. Prior to joining the firm in 1993, Mr. Foley served as a veteran prosecutor within the State’s Attorney’s Office for Prince George’s County, prosecuting homicide cases for four years, and then serving as Chief of the Felony Division. During that period, he was appointed as a special prosecutor for Montgomery County, and successfully prosecuted a notorious homicide case captioned State of Maryland v. Lisa Rubin. Mr. Foley is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and the Georgetown University Law Center where he graduated cum laude.

Thomas A. McManus

Thomas A. McManus has been practicing law for more than thirty-six years, and for the past twenty-six years he has been a partner at the firm. He began his career as a law clerk for the Hon. Joseph Mattingly in St. Mary’s County Maryland and then worked as a prosecutor in both St. Mary’s and Prince George’s County. He continues to utilize his broad experience in litigating both civil and criminal matters, including a wide range of business disputes, in courts throughout the state. He believes that hard work and preparation are the keys to obtaining successful results for his clients. He has been designated as a Super Lawyer for the sixth consecutive year and for more than twenty years has enjoyed an AV rating - the highest rating for legal ability and ethics. Tom McManus has a wide-ranging practice representing both plaintiffs and defendants in civil cases, as well as those accused of breaking the law in criminal matters. He appears in Court in Prince George’s County, Anne Arundel County, Howard County, and Southern Maryland. He recently obtained a favorable settlement on behalf of a brain injured client in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, and successfully represented a criminal defendant in a high-profile case in St. Mary’s County. He represents clients in land use disputes in both Calvert and St. Mary’s County. His specialty in truck accident cases takes him to courthouses throughout the State. In August of 2013, he won a verdict in favor of a prominent national truck company in Bel Air, Maryland. Later that year, he also successfully defended a truck accident claim in Washington County. He is actively involved in estate litigation in both Montgomery and Prince George’s County and has a number of pending business dispute cases, primarily in Calvert and St. Mary’s County. In July of 2013, the Maryland Court of Appeals honored Mr. McManus by appointing him to the Attorney Grievance Commission, where he was one of nine lawyers and three laypersons who oversee the attorney discipline process in Maryland. Tom McManus is a Maryland Bar Fellow and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He remains active in the Prince George’s County Bar Association. In the past several years he has been asked to testify before the House Judiciary Committee about the effects of proposed legislation extending liability to the manufacturers of the lead-based pigment. He has frequently lectured the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s office in trial techniques. Born on August 17, 1954 in Kingston, New York. Married, three children.