Robert Weltchek

Robert Weltchek became a partner at Snyder Weltchek & Snyder in January, 2007. He is an experienced and highly regarded trial attorney and civil litigator and has obtained some of the largest jury verdicts and settlements in the area of professional malpractice. He has participated as lead trial counsel in many lengthy civil trials in both federal and state courts throughout the United States. Mr. Weltchek currently concentrates his practice in complex civil litigation representing plaintiffs in major business fraud cases and a select number of catastrophic injury matters. Mr. Weltchek was recently selected by Maryland Super Lawyers as one of the top 50 attorneys in Maryland and has been a Fellow of The American College of Trial Lawyers since 2003. Also, in 2003, he was selected by Baltimore Magazine as the top malpractice attorney. 

Mr. Weltchek’s successes include some of the largest multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements in Maryland and the District of Columbia. As examples, he and his partners represented the Merry-Go-Round bankruptcy estate in a case that settled for $185 million. He also was responsible for a $25 million verdict against Bell Atlantic.

Mr. Weltchek is licensed to practice law in the State of Maryland, and is a member of the American Bar Association, the Maryland State Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the Baltimore City Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, and the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association.

He has been given the highest possible rating in the Martindale-Hubbell lawyers’ directory signifying “very high to pre-imminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar.” He received his J.D. with honors from the University of Maryland in 1980 and received his Bachelor’s of Arts from Rutgers University in 1977.

• Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc. v. Publishers Clearinghouse – Action by publishing company against Publishers Clearinghouse. Confidential settlement. 



• Sprague v. Civista Medical Center – Claim for failing to undertake a CT scan and identifying Shaken Baby Syndrome. Jury returns first ever plaintiffs verdict in excess of $5 million.



• Shea v. Anne Arundel Medical Systems – Jury returns record verdict of $6.4 million in post-delivery negligence matter.



• Strange v. University of Maryland Medical System – Circuit Court for Baltimore City, 2002, which involved a $10 million jury verdict for the plaintiff in a wrongful death case.



• Ernst & Young v. Swidler Berlin, et al. - Circuit Court for Baltimore City, 2000. Claim for fraud and legal malpractice. Settled for a confidential dollar amount.



• Merry-Go-Round Enterprises, Inc. v. Ernst & Young - Circuit Court for Baltimore City, 1999, $185 million settlement for the plaintiff.



• Meister v. Bristol-Myers Squibb - U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1998, which involved a $10 million jury verdict for the plaintiff in a product liability case.



• Ringgold v. Ugarte - Circuit Court for Baltimore City, 1997, which involved a $10.25 million jury verdict for the plaintiff in a medical malpractice case.



• PM Video Corp. v. Bell Atlantic Corp. - Essex County Superior Court (New Jersey), 1996, which involved a $25 million jury verdict for the plaintiff in a fraud case.



• Allen v. Blotny - Circuit Court for Baltimore City, 1996, which involved a $6.2 million jury verdict for the plaintiff in a medical malpractice case.



• Tavelli v. Johns Hopkins Hospital - Circuit Court for Baltimore City, 1996, which involved a $1 million jury verdict for the plaintiff in a medical malpractice case.



• Madden v. Linhardt - Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, 1995, which involved a $2.8 million jury verdict for the plaintiff in a medical malpractice action.



• Bracken v. Kuehn - Circuit Court for Baltimore County, 1993, which involved a $7.1 million jury verdict for the plaintiff in a medical malpractice action.



• Maynard v. George Washington University Medical Center - Superior Ct. D.C., 1990, which involved a $5 million jury verdict for the plaintiff in a medical malpractice action.