Bruce M. Plaxen

Baltimore & Howard County Personal Injury Attorney

Bruce Plaxen has been on the Board of Governors for the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association since 1993 and has chaired almost every committee and held every office, including President of the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association. Currently, he is Chairman of the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association Political Action Committee and works closely with their lobbyist and legislative committee in Annapolis to insure that the rights of victims are protected. Plaxen has also received a Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy from the State University of New York at Albany. This award was given in recognition of his pro bono efforts assisting the families of victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York, Maryland and Virginia. Plaxen helped organize the largest pro bono project in history. Each and every family of a 911 victim was offered absolutely free legal representation and assistance in securing victim compensation. In addition, Plaxen has received the prestigious Wiedemann Wysocki Citation of Excellence given by the American Association of Justice for his efforts on behalf of civil justice throughout the United States. This past May, in recognition of his work locally, Plaxen was awarded the MTLA 2007 President’s Award.

For the past four years, Plaxen has served on the Board of Governors for the American Association of Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America). Bruce Plaxen has served on the Executive Committee of the American Association of Justice and is active on many nationwide AAJ Committees including the National Finance and the Organizational Review Committee. Plaxen was elected President of the Council of Presidents which includes all presidents of each trial lawyers’ organization throughout the country. He is a frequent speaker and lecturer for the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association.