Frank Benvenuto, P.A.

Ocean City & Salisbury, DUI & Criminal Defense Attorney
 

Locations:

Berlin, Maryland; Ocean City, Maryland; Salisbury, Maryland

Phone:

443-641-2999

410-641-0853 (Fax)

443-783-2451 (24/7)

Experienced & Local

Serving clients on the Delmarva Peninsula for OVER 31 years in Worcester, Wicomico, Somerset, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties. Especially effective resolving legal problems for out of state visitors to the Md. resort areas.

1993 Admitted to practice in the State of Maryland. I consistently appear before judges in the District and Circuit Courts of Maryland, District Court in Ocean City and District and Circuit Courts in Snow Hill, District and Circuit Courts in Wicomico County, and District and Circuit Courts in Somerset, Dorchester and Talbot Counties.

1995 Admitted to practice in The Federal United States District Court in Maryland and The United States Bankruptcy Court in Maryland.

Areas Of Practice

DWI, DUI, DWS and other motor vehicle issues

Possession of Marijuana, and other drug charges

Other Common Offenses:

• Leaving The Scene

• Fleeing & Alluding

• Possession Of A Deadly Weapon

• Fake ID

• Disorderly Conduct

• Assault

• Trespass

• Theft

• Burglary

• Scheme

• Outstanding Warrants

• ​Resisting Arrest

• Possession with Intent to Distribute

• Personal Injury,Auto Accidents

• Worker Compensation

• Juvenile Law

 

90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

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Bar Admissions

Maryland State Bar 1993

U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1995

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Education

Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Delaware    J.D. – 1991

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Salisbury University, Salisbury, Maryland    B.S. – 1988    Major: Accounting

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University of Maryland College Park, College Park, Maryland    B.S. – 1977    Major: Finance

Classes/Seminars

Former Adjunct Professor, Applied Business Learning, Corna Legal Environment 248, SU

Former Adjunct Professor, Law & Society Law and Social Work Practice, SU

Honors and Awards

The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Criminal Defense 2019 & 2020

Best Criminal Law Attorney for Client Satisfaction -American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys 2019 & 2020

AVVO Clients Choice Award 2021-2023

Martindale Hubbard Peer Review Award 2019

Certificate of Appreciation, Worcester County – Internship Program – SDHS, January 11, 2008

Certificate of Appreciation (ABLE Program), April 30, 2007

Franklin P. Perdue School of Business, June 11, 2007

SU Certificate of Appreciation – Most Blessed Sacrament

Professional Associations and Memberships

Worcester County Bar Association, Past President

Maryland State Bar AssociationPast Employment Positions

Caldwell & Caldwell, P.A., Lawyer with Firm, Supervisor M.J. Caldwell, Jr., 1993 – 1996

Pro Bono Activities

Maryland Volunteer Lawyer Service

Thomas More Society, Catholic Legal Society, Baltimore, MD

Ancillary Businesses

Owner/Operator of Ashore Realty

Fraternities/Sororities

Phi Sigma Kappa

Phi Delta P