Dulaney, Andrew T.

PRACTICE FOCUS AND EXPERIENCE

Booth Ripke has more then 13 years of experience as a criminal defense litigator.  He has successfully defended a full range of cases - from major federal felonies to state court misdemeanors.  Recently, his advocacy was critical in winning the release of Walter Lomax, who had been wrongly imprisoned for 39 years.

Mr. Ripke's practice is primarily focused on white collar, appellate and post-conviction criminal matters. Before joining Nathans & Biddle, Mr. Ripke worked as an associate in the Baltimore office of Bennett & Nathans, an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of King & Spalding, practicing white-collar criminal defense and complex civil litigation, and was a law clerk to the Hon. Charles B. Day of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Mr. Ripke was selected for inclusion on the 2009 Super Lawyers Maryland Rising Stars list, featuring outstanding young lawyers in the state.

Mr. Ripke's diverse practice also focuses on appellate litigation in Maryland, the District of Columbia and the Fourth Circuit, as well as the defense of professional licenses.  Mr. Ripke has represented numerous attorneys before either the Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission, Bar Counsel of the District of Columbia, and in Rule 11 proceedings in federal court.  He regularly defends issues like the unauthorized practice of law, questions involving alleged breaches of financial obligations, attorneys who have received formal complaints from judges, and attorneys facing possible professional repercussions arising from criminal convictions.

In December, 2011, Mr. Ripke won a published appeal in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, reversing the lower courts dismissal of a $20 million dollar legal malpractice lawsuit. The decision is published at Crawford v. Katz, et al., No. 09-CV-301, http://caselaw.findlaw.com/dc-court-of-appeals/1587659.html.

ACTIVITIES, PUBLICATIONS & SPEECHES

Mr. Ripke is a graduate of the Maryland Bar Association's Leadership Academy program and remains active mentoring current participants in the program. He has taught Legal Research and Writing at the University of Maryland School of Law. In 2003, Mr. Ripke was voted the Adjunct Professor of the Year at the University of Maryland School of Law, where he had lectured on pre-trial litigation and appellate practice.  Mr. Ripke was elected in 2007 to become a Fellow of the Maryland Bar, an honor reserved for only 1% of the members of the state bar. Mr. Ripke currently serves as the 2012-2013 chairperson of the Correctional Reform Section Council for the Maryland State Bar Association.

On March 30, 2012, Mr. Ripke gave a panel presentation on coram nobis proceedings for the Federal Bar Association.

EDUCATION AND BAR ADMISSIONS

Mr. Ripke is an honors graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law (1998), and graduated Order of the Coif with a fellowship in the study of mental health law. Mr. Ripke is admitted to practice in Maryland, the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Court for Maryland, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.

PERSONAL

When he finds time to relax, Mr. Ripke enjoys spending time with his family, hosting weekend camping trips, and following the year-long obsession that is Florida Gator football.