How much does it cost to hire Andy for a appellate case?

Cost depends on the type of matter, the fee model (contingency, flat, hourly), and how contested the case becomes. Andy walks through the likely range during the consult so there are no surprises.

Does Andy offer a free consultation?

Andy charges for the initial consult; that fee is credited toward representation if you retain Andy's office. Some appellate attorneys offer free consults — check Andy's current terms during booking.

How long do appellate cases in Maryland typically take?

Simple appellate matters can wrap in a few weeks; disputed cases can run 6–18 months from intake to resolution, longer if the matter goes to trial. Andy gives a realistic estimate for your facts at the consult — vague answers here are a red flag.

Can Andy take my case if I'm outside Baltimore?

Andy is licensed in Maryland. Matters governed by Maryland law are the natural fit. Out-of-state matters are handled case-by-case, sometimes with local co-counsel. Ask during intake — Andy will tell you if the case is a fit or refer you to someone closer to your court.

What should I bring to my first meeting with Andy?

Bring every document that touches the dispute: contracts, correspondence, police or medical reports, filed pleadings, invoices, photographs, insurance letters. Also bring a written timeline of what happened, in your own words. Andy will filter what matters — over-preparing at intake is always cheaper than needing a second meeting.

Is Andy accepting new appellate clients right now?

Andy's intake status shifts week to week. Submit the form; the office will confirm availability or refer the matter out.

Andy Freeman, Appellate Attorney in Baltimore

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Andy Freeman is an attorney based in Baltimore, MARYLAND. The practice focuses on Appellate, Civil Rights, and Employment.

Based in: Baltimore, MARYLAND
Experience: attorney
Known for: Appellate · Civil Rights · Employment

Handles Appellate, Civil Rights, and Employment matters from Baltimore, MARYLAND.
Recognized with Lawyer of the Year — Civil Rights Law (Baltimore) (2026).

Areas of practice

Andy's practice areas in Baltimore

Andy concentrates on appellate, civil rights, employment, litigation, and personal injury. Each area below outlines the kind of case Andy handles, typical outcomes to expect, and how the intake process starts.

Appellate cases in Baltimore, Maryland

Andy takes appellate matters in Baltimore, Maryland. Typical engagements include intake calls to scope the issue, review of any records or filings you already have, and a written strategy memo before Andy agrees to represent you.

Civil Rights cases in Baltimore, Maryland

Andy takes civil rights matters in Baltimore, Maryland. Typical engagements include intake calls to scope the issue, review of any records or filings you already have, and a written strategy memo before Andy agrees to represent you.

Employment cases in Baltimore, Maryland

Andy takes employment matters in Baltimore, Maryland. Typical engagements include intake calls to scope the issue, review of any records or filings you already have, and a written strategy memo before Andy agrees to represent you.

Litigation cases in Baltimore, Maryland

Andy takes litigation matters in Baltimore, Maryland. Typical engagements include intake calls to scope the issue, review of any records or filings you already have, and a written strategy memo before Andy agrees to represent you.

Personal Injury cases in Baltimore, Maryland

Andy takes personal injury matters in Baltimore, Maryland. Typical engagements include intake calls to scope the issue, review of any records or filings you already have, and a written strategy memo before Andy agrees to represent you.

Biography

Andy Freeman, appellate attorney serving Baltimore

Andy Freeman is an attorney based in Baltimore, MARYLAND. The practice focuses on Appellate, Civil Rights, and Employment. Andy works from Baltimore, Maryland and takes on appellate matters across the region.

Andy Freeman obtains justice for his clients. He has won numerous verdicts, judgments, and settlements of millions, tens of millions, and in one case over a billion dollars by mastering the relevant law and getting to know his clients, their problems, and the evidence in their cases.

Other lawyers bring Andy cases that present complicated combinations of law and facts or that require making new law. After finding witnesses the defendant had failed to disclose, Andy won $7 million at trial for a mother whose toddler had been killed by a pit bull; and he collected all of it after convincing Maryland’s highest court that a landlord with knowledge and control of a tenant’s dangerous pet should be held responsible for the pet’s attacks on visitors. After a California lawyer told University of California students that they could not challenge tuition increases, Andy won them over $40 million and then won a second group of students over $49 million. He convinced a federal court that Maryland’s tax sale laws requiring notice to landlords and their lenders – but not their tenants – violated the tenants’ rights and won a substantial verdict for two wrongfully evicted tenants.

Juries trust Andy. When he asked a jury to fully compensate a Black school superintendent whose contract had not been renewed because of his race, the jury awarded every penny he was owed (over $500,000, plus fees) and recommended that a school be named in his honor.

Judges respect Andy. One federal judge appointed him to represent prisoners in a collective action over second-hand tobacco smoke (a case that resulted in compensation for the clients and the banning of tobacco from Maryland’s prisons), another asked him to serve on the U.S. District Court’s task force regarding electronic discovery, and that court’s chief judge asked him to serve on the bench-bar subcommittee on attorneys’ fees.

A client, the national president of a 25,000-member organization, wrote Andy after a successful hearing, “Selecting Brown, Goldstein & Levy was the best presidential decision I have ever made!”

His peers chose Andy as the Maryland Trial Lawyer of the Year.

Andy's approach to appellate cases

Andy Freeman obtains justice for his clients. He has won numerous verdicts, judgments, and settlements of millions, tens of millions, and in one case over a billion dollars by mastering the relevant law and getting to know his clients, their problems, and the evidence in their cases. Other lawyers bring Andy cases that present complicated combinations of law and facts or that require making new…

Clients Andy works with

Andy reviews new inquiries case-by-case for appellate, civil rights, and employment matters in Baltimore and the surrounding Maryland area.

Credentials

Credentials — where Andy studied and practices

Stanford University
J.D. · 1986
Harvard University
B.A. · 1981

Jurisdictions

Andy's state bar admissions

Maryland, Maryland S
ACTIVE

Andy studied at J.D. in Stanford University and B.A. in Harvard University.

Law school and academic background

Andy completed J.D. in Stanford University and B.A. in Harvard University. Formal legal training is one signal of substantive knowledge — the day-to-day practice Andy runs in Maryland is where that training gets applied to real client questions.

Recognition

Andy's legal honors and published work

Andy has received 50 formal recognitions from bar associations, industry bodies, and peer-review services.

Lawyer of the Year — Civil Rights Law (Baltimore)
2026
Lawyer of the Year — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs (Baltimore)
2025
Lawyer of the Year — Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs (Baltimore)
2025
Lawyer of the Year — Civil Rights Law (Baltimore)
2024
Lawyer of the Year — Bet-the-Company Litigation (Baltimore)
2023
Lawyer of the Year — Litigation - Labor and Employment (Baltimore)
2022
Lawyer of the Year — Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs (Baltimore)
2020
Lawyer of the Year — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs (Baltimore)
2019
Lawyer of the Year — Employment Law - Individuals (Baltimore)
2018
Lawyer of the Year — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs (Baltimore)
2014
Best Lawyers in America — Appellate Practice
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Bet-the-Company Litigation
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Civil Rights Law
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Commercial Litigation
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Employment Law - Individuals
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Labor and Employment
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Awards:
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, 2014–present
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Chambers USA
2026
Best Lawyers in America — for Litigation: General Commercial in Maryland, 2020–present
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Maryland Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2000
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Lawdragon
2026
Best Lawyers in America — 500 Leading Lawyers in America,
2026
Best Lawyers in America — 500 Leading Litigators in America
2026
Best Lawyers in America — , 2023
2026
Best Lawyers in America — 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment and Civil Rights Lawyers,
2026
Best Lawyers in America — 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers
2026
Best Lawyers in America — , 2018, 2019, & 2020
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Baltimore Lawyer of the Year
2026
Best Lawyers in America — , Bet-the-Company Litigation, 2023
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Baltimore Lawyer of the Year, Litigation – Labor and Employment, 2022
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Baltimore Lawyer of the Year, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, 2020
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Baltimore Lawyer of the Year, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs, 2014 & 2019
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Baltimore Lawyer of the Year, Employment Law – Individuals, 2018
2026
Best Lawyers in America — The Best Lawyers in America
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Top 100
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Maryland Super Lawyers
2026
Best Lawyers in America — , 2018 and 2023
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Maryland Super Lawyer
2026
Best Lawyers in America — , 2007–present
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Champion of Justice Award of The Legal Aid Bureau, 2009
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Leadership in Law Award 2006, the
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Daily Record
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Wasserstein Fellow, Harvard Law School, 2006–07 (sponsored by Office of Public Interest Advising)
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Top Defense Wins of 2000 (nationwide), the
2026
Best Lawyers in America — National Law Journal
2026
Best Lawyers in America — Huntington S. Williams Award of the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, 1998
2026
Best Lawyers in America — “Most Energetic Foster Parent” Award of the Baltimore City Department of Social Services, 1990
2026

Legal awards and honors

Lawyer of the Year — Civil Rights Law (Baltimore) (2026). Lawyer of the Year — Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Plaintiffs (Baltimore) (2025). Lawyer of the Year — Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs (Baltimore) (2025). Lawyer of the Year — Civil Rights Law (Baltimore) (2024). Lawyer of the Year — Bet-the-Company Litigation (Baltimore) (2023). Lawyer of the Year — Litigation - Labor and Employment (Baltimore) (2022).

Locations

Andy Freeman's office in Baltimore

Andy's primary office is at 120 East Baltimore Street, Suite 2500, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202. In-person meetings are by appointment; a phone intake usually comes first.

Main office

120 East Baltimore Street, Suite 2500

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

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Hiring guide

How to hire Andy Freeman — what to expect in your first consultation

Working with a new appellate attorney should feel structured. Here's how the first two conversations with Andy usually go, from the moment you request a consult to the day representation begins.

Consultation formats and pricing

Andy charges for the initial consult. That fee is credited toward representation if you retain Andy's office.

What to bring to your first meeting

Bring any documents you already have — police reports, medical records, filed pleadings, correspondence from an insurer, a copy of the contract at issue. If you're not sure, err on the side of bringing everything; Andy will tell you what matters and what doesn't.

Questions to ask a appellate attorney in Baltimore, Maryland

A short list to run through before you commit: How many appellate matters have you handled in the last year? What's your fee structure? Who else in the office will work on this? What's your realistic estimate of timeline and range of outcomes? How do I reach you between meetings?

Fees & payment

Fees, payment methods, and consultation options for Andy

Andy discusses fees during intake so the arrangement fits the matter. Contingency, hourly, and flat-fee options are all common in appellate practice — ask which fits.

Hourly rates, contingency fees, and flat-fee options

Every appellate matter is priced differently. Simple document review might be a flat fee. Injury litigation is often contingency. Complex commercial disputes usually run hourly with a retainer. Andy confirms the model in the engagement letter before any work starts.

Payment methods and payment plans

Andy's office accepts standard payment methods. Ask about payment plans if the retainer is a stretch — many appellate practices work with clients on structured schedules.

Frequently asked

Frequently asked questions about Andy Freeman

How much does it cost to hire Andy for a appellate case?
Cost depends on the type of matter, the fee model (contingency, flat, hourly), and how contested the case becomes. Andy walks through the likely range during the consult so there are no surprises.
Does Andy offer a free consultation?
Andy charges for the initial consult; that fee is credited toward representation if you retain Andy's office. Some appellate attorneys offer free consults — check Andy's current terms during booking.
How long do appellate cases in Maryland typically take?
Simple appellate matters can wrap in a few weeks; disputed cases can run 6–18 months from intake to resolution, longer if the matter goes to trial. Andy gives a realistic estimate for your facts at the consult — vague answers here are a red flag.
Can Andy take my case if I'm outside Baltimore?
Andy is licensed in Maryland. Matters governed by Maryland law are the natural fit. Out-of-state matters are handled case-by-case, sometimes with local co-counsel. Ask during intake — Andy will tell you if the case is a fit or refer you to someone closer to your court.
What should I bring to my first meeting with Andy?
Bring every document that touches the dispute: contracts, correspondence, police or medical reports, filed pleadings, invoices, photographs, insurance letters. Also bring a written timeline of what happened, in your own words. Andy will filter what matters — over-preparing at intake is always cheaper than needing a second meeting.
Is Andy accepting new appellate clients right now?
Andy's intake status shifts week to week. Submit the form; the office will confirm availability or refer the matter out.

Community Q&A

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Areas served

Appellate attorneys serving Baltimore, Annapolis and Rockville in Maryland

Andy handles appellate matters throughout Maryland. Each city below is a direct link into the search page for verified appellate attorneys in that community.

Andy Freeman, Appellate Attorney in Baltimore, Maryland

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