Practice areas: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Professional Liability
Licensed in Maryland since: 1991
Education: University of Baltimore School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2008 - 2027 
Free Consultation Belsky Legal
7310 Ritchie HighwaySuite 608
Glen Burnie, MD 21061 Phone: 410-590-3332 Email: Alan J. Belsky Visit website
Alan J. Belsky practices as Belsky Legal, representing clients in legal malpractice, medical malpractice, serious personal injury, auto and truck accidents, workers’ compensation, and consumer bankruptcy matters. His practice emphasizes careful preparation, direct communication, and personal attention. Consultations are by Zoom or telephone, by appointment; the former 220 North Liberty Street office is no longer a client location. Request a case review at https://belskylegal.com/ or call 410-234-0100.
Alan is a 1991 cum laude graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the University of Baltimore Law Review. After graduation, he joined a Baltimore law firm and gained litigation experience involving catastrophic accidents, aircraft crashes, toxic torts, corporate restructuring, and complex commercial disputes. In 2000, he co-founded Belsky, Weinberg & Horowitz, LLC.
His litigation experience includes medical negligence, legal malpractice, construction collapses, delayed cancer diagnosis, surgical injuries, highway accidents, elevator malfunctions, and paramedic liability. He personally conducts the preliminary review of medical malpractice inquiries, examining medical records and discussing the circumstances directly with the prospective client.
Legal malpractice inquiries focus on attorney errors or omissions that caused a monetary loss. A disagreement with an attorney, an unfavorable outcome, or ethical misconduct alone does not establish a damages claim. His practice does not handle child custody or support disputes that do not involve an attorney error causing monetary loss.
Alan has argued appeals in Maryland’s appellate courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. His reported matters include Stracke v. Estate of Butler; Crocker v. Matthews; Mahler v. The Johns Hopkins Hospital; D’Angelo v. St. Agnes Healthcare; Supik v. Bodie, Nagle, Dolina, Smith & Hobbs; and In re Stansbury Poplar Place. Selected results and reported opinions are available on belskylegal.com.
Alan founded the Consumer Bankruptcy Section of the Maryland State Bar Association. In 2006, the Section established the Alan J. Belsky Outstanding Achievement Award to recognize contributions to consumer bankruptcy practice in Maryland.
Mailing address for correspondence only: P.O. Box 68, Highland, MD 20777. Consultations by appointment via Zoom or telephone.
First Admitted: 1991, Maryland
Professional Webpage: https://belskylegal.com/about-alan-j-belsky/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Member, Maryland Association for Justice; Peer Review Committee Panel Chair and Member, Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission; 1999 to present: Director, Bar Library Company of Baltimore City--2007; Panel Lecturer on Ethics and Professionalism, Spring Break Weekend, Maryland Bankruptcy Bar Association. 2008: Lecturer, Advanced Trial & Appellate Practice of Personal Injury Cases, NCBI 2014; Mentor, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, Consumer Bankruptcy Practitioners. Founding member of the Maryland State Bar Association Section on Consumer Bankruptcy (2002); 2002-2004: Namesake, Alan J. Belsky Outstanding Achievement Award — Established in 2006 by the Maryland State Bar Association’s Consumer Bankruptcy Section and presented annually at the State Bar Convention to recognize exceptional service to the bankruptcy bar. Past President, Maryland State Bar Association Section on Consumer Bankruptcy.
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- $5.6 Million jury verdict for improper ostepathic manipulation causing traumatic injury to brachial plexus and C 5-6 disc, Montgomery County Circuit Court, nine day trial, eight hours of deliberations., 2010
- Confidential malpractice settlement to parents of unborn child who died in utero at 37th week due to negligent prenatal monitoring and failure to perform emergency delivery by local hospital., 2015
- Confidential malpractice settlement for improper removal of patient's large colon during exploratory surgery to locate source of rectal bleeding., 2016
- Confidential settlement for hospital staff's failure to recognize patient's prolonged hypotension in PACU which resulted in permanent kidney damage., 2016
- $1.3 Million confidential settlement of lung cancer misdiagnosis case., 2013
- $500,000 Confidential Settlement involving medication error in hospital causing hypotension and organ injury., 2013
- $350,000 policy limits tender for uninsured motorist death claim caused by semi-truck who struck client's vehicle and fled scene., 2017
- $300,000 policy limits tender for injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident, 2017
- Confidential mediated settlement of attorney malpractice claim arising from attorney's misintrepretation and miscalculation of statute of limitations deadline for medical malpractice claim for unrecognized perforated bowel during colonscopy., 2016
- $500,000 settlement of medical malpractice claim for wrongful removal of kidney., 2014
- Confidential settlement for inmate death claim for failure to respond and render medical care timely after observed gang attack of inmate., 2016
- $5.6 million jury verdict against Baltimore City Fire Medics for their gross negligence in failing to render care to 28 y.o. male african american heart attack victim who complained of chest pain, throat pain, flank pain and who died upon his arrival to local emergency room due to the failure of medics to perform required field assessment care upon arrival to patient's home. Verdict is on appeal due to trial judge's entry of J.N.O.V. after verdict rendered. Case is now pending before Maryland Court of Special Appeals., 2016
- $1.95 Million verdict in favor of a pededtrian struck while repairing his disabled tractor-trailer on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway in Anne Arundel County. Verdict is one of the largest of its kind every obtained in Anne Arundel County, 2008
- $750,000 settlement for injuries sustained by a Verizon employee as a result of an elevator malfunction resulting in signficant back injuries., 2007
- $5 Million jury verdict for wrongful death of a elderly client who fell due to nursing neglect and subsequently died of a pulmonary embolism caused by the removal of client from blood thinning medication in prepartion of hip surgery fractured during fall., 2006
Pro bono / Community Service
- Mr. Belsky has assumed responsibility for no less than 100 pro bono cases over the course of his career. In 2006-2007, he represented 11 individuals in pro bono cases within the state of Maryland. He has also lectured to attorneys new to the bankruptcy practice as part of their pro bono training and has mentored other attorneys as a courtesy to several Maryland pro bono organizations. In 2009, Mr. Belsky received the 10 Year Volunteer Award from the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service in recognition of his outstanding pro bono service.
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Author, Injury as a Matter of Law: Is This the Answer to the Wrongful Life Dilemma?, 21 U. Balt. L. Rev. 186, 1993
- Author, Frivolous Filings and the Penalty of Sanctions: The Disparate Impact of Rule 11 Sanctions in the Litigation Process, 22.3 U. Balt. L. F. 3, 1992
- Author, The Surprise of the Common Law, The Daily Record, Dec. 11, 2003, 2003
- Author, Patterson v. Shumate--Supreme Court Rules that Pensions are Exempt in Bankruptcy, The Daily Record, 1992
Other Outstanding Achievements
- National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers, 2015
- Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2010
- SuperLawyer designation in area of Medical Malpractice (Plaintiff), 2008
- Named in Baltimore Magazine at top Plaintiffs' Medical Malpractice attorney. , 2008
- Identified in Justia and Findlaw online directories as top ranked Legal Malpractice attorney in Maryland., 2015
Honors
- American Jurisprudence Award--Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company, 1991
- In 2006, the Maryland State Bar Association Consumer Bankruptcy Section established the "Alan J. Belsky Outstanding Achievement Award" given to one attorney annually at the State Bar Convention for exceptional service to the bankruptcy bar.
Office location for Alan J. Belsky
7310 Ritchie Highway
Suite 608
Glen Burnie, MD 21061
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2008 - 2027