Jay A. Abarbanel

Mr. Abarbanel practices in complex civil litigation, commercial litigation, employment litigation, estate litigation, insurance litigation, real estate litigation, and other general areas of civil litigation. Mr. Abarbanel has extensive experience representing title insurers as well as individuals and entities insured under title insurance policies. Mr. Abarbanel has successfully represented individuals, large and small businesses, banks, financial institutions, and Fortune 500 companies at trial and on appeal both in state and federal courts in Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Aside from litigation, Mr. Abarbanel also has experience in business transactions. He also represents clients in drafting and negotiating prenuptial agreements.

Mr. Abarbanel is admitted to practice in Maryland and the District of Columbia. He is a 2010 graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law, Magna Cum Laude, where he was a member and Business Editor of the University of Baltimore Law Review. Mr. Abarbanel is a 2007 graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park, Cum Laude.

• Litigation
• Business, Corporate and Employment Law

• Maryland
• District of Columbia
• United States District Court for the District of Maryland
• United States District Court for the District of Columbia
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

• Super Lawyers Rising Star: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020
• Super Lawyers - Business Litigation: 2023-2024

• In Light of Crawford v. Washington and the Difficult Nature of Domestic Violence Prosecutions, Maryland Should Adopt Legislation Making Admissible Prior Acts of Domestic Violence in Domestic Violence Prosecutions, 39 U. Balt. L. Rev. 467 (2010).