Joseph T. Williams - Founding Partner

Areas of Practice:

• Personal Injury
• Medical Malpractice
• Tort Claims
• Wills and Estates
• Litigation
• Insurance Matters

 Education:

Loyola University of New Orleans, B.A., 1972
University of Baltimore Law School, J.D., 1976

Jane Santoni - Co-Founding Partner

Areas of Practice:

• Lemon Law
• Consumer Law
• Litigation
• Workers' Compensation
• Personal Injury
• Tort Claims
• Education

Bio

Jane Santoni graduated from Loyola College in Maryland in 1983, Magna Cum Laude and Alpha Sigma Nu.  She graduated from University of Maryland Law School in 1986.  While there she served on the Moot Court Board and was awarded Quarter Finalist in the National Jerome Prince Evidence Competition.

After clerking for Chief Judge Morris Turk in Annapolis, Maryland Circuit Court, she became a trial lawyer with USF&G (later St. Paul) insurance company, where she handled thousands of personal injury cases and hundreds of trials during her 14 year tenure with these companies.

In 2002 Ms. Santoni started her own firm with partner Joe Williams.  In addition to personal injury cases, Ms. Santoni began a consumer law practice which now comprises about 75% of her work.  She has successfully tried and settled mortgage fraud, automobile fraud, warranty, illegal repossession, insurance denials and debt collection cases and continues to fight for her clients against comsumer abuses.

Ms. Santoni has been interviewed on consumer issues by Fox, CBS and NBC television, and has been quoted in the Baltimore Sun and The Daily Record.  She has taught legal seminars for the Maryland Institute of Continuing Professional Education, local bar associations, colleges and community organizations.

She is on the board of directors of Civil Justice, Inc.,  and is a member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, the Maryland Association of Justice and the Baltimore County Bar Association.

She has been named a "super lawyer"-comprising the top 5% in the legal profession in Maryland for the last three years in a row.  She has won this award for her work in the personal injury and consumer protection area.

Education:

Loyola College, B.A., 1983
University of Maryland, J.D., 1986