D. Bruce Poole Esq.

Bruce Poole has been negotiating deals and trying cases for over 31 years. He has been named by the National Trial Lawyers to the Top 100 Civil Trial Attorneys' List. He is also a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Mult-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, honorary organizations for the top trial lawyers in America, as well as the Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys. Twice he has received awards on behalf of severely injured clients that are among the largest ever received in Western Maryland.

Bruce was born and raised in Washington County, Maryland. He received both a B.A. and law degree from Washington & Lee University, where he was co-author of the Best Brief in the Nation and ranked as one of the top fifteen oral advocates in the nation in the 1984 Jessup International Moot Court Competition.

He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for twelve years (1987-1999) becoming the youngest member ever to serve as House Majority Leader (1990-1993). Currently Bruce serves as a member of the Board of Visitors for the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of Maryland Medical System and serves on the Finance and Executive Committees. He has served as a member of the Governor's Commission for the Licensing of Video Lottery Terminals. Most recently, he has been asked to serve as a member of the Washington County Bar Bench Committee and also the Maryland Judicial Elections Monitoring Committee. He is a member of the Maryland Bar Association, the Maryland Bar Foundation, the American Association for Justice, the National Trial Lawyers Association, and Academy of Truck Accident Attorneys. He and his wife, Kathy, have been married for 26 years and have one son.