SoMD Criminal Defense of Essex

SoMD Criminal Defense of Essex is a criminal defense firm in Essex, Maryland, located at 10665 Stanhaven Pl Ste 3117. The firm represents clients across Southern Maryland, including Charles County, Prince George's County, Calvert County, and St. Mary's County, handling matters that range from first-offense misdemeanors and protective orders to homicide charges and serious felonies such as armed robbery, first-degree assault, and carjacking. Practice areas also include DUI and DWI defense, drug charges, gun charges, domestic violence, expungement, and post-conviction work. The firm holds a rating of 5.00 based on 107 reviews. The firm is led by partners Jeremy B. Widder and Kathryn Batey. Jeremy Widder spent nearly a decade as an Assistant State's Attorney in Charles County, where he tried more than 60 jury trials and prosecuted homicides, armed robberies, and other serious offenses before founding the firm. Kathryn Batey served as Deputy District Public Defender for Southern Maryland. The firm offers same-day consultations for urgent criminal matters and free consultations by phone at (301) 818-0389. The firm's approach to violent felonies centers on the reality that a first-degree murder conviction in Maryland carries life without parole, while first-degree assault convictions can carry up to 25 years, and armed robbery convictions carry a minimum of 5 years on the front end. In property crime and non-violent felony matters, the firm addresses how a conviction can follow a person for decades, affecting background checks, firearm ownership, voting, licensing, employment, and housing. The firm maintains additional offices in White Plains and Oxon Hill to serve clients throughout the region. Drawing on more than a decade of combined prosecutorial and public defender experience in Southern Maryland trial courts, the firm defends clients against the full range of Maryland criminal charges, with partners who have handled serious violent felonies on both sides of the courtroom.