ABOUT
DAVID

David Walsh-Little started this law office to provide high-quality legal representation to persons charged with crimes in federal and state courts.  David graduated from Fordham University and Columbia University School of Law, both in New York City.  During law school, David interned for civil rights lawyer, William M. Kunstler, who taught him the importance of providing zealous, client-centered, representation for people accused of crimes.

David’s first job as an attorney was with the Legal Aid Society in the Bronx representing indigent criminal defendants.  Since moving to Maryland, he started and ran a grass-roots inner-city law office, the Sowebo Center for Justice.  He also spent over a decade with the Maryland Office of the Public Defender representing defendants in state court, including three years as the chief of the felony trial division in their Baltimore City Office.  For over four years, he represented defendants in federal court in Maryland, as an assistant federal public defender.

These collective experiences are unmatched and shape the wisdom, skill, and tenacity that David brings to every client’s case. To follow is a partial list of David’s prior cases.

Booth-el v. Nuth, Case No. CCB-97-1252; David convinced a federal judge to overturn a state imposed death sentence in a federal habeas proceeding (Later reversed on appeal.)

State v. Billinger, Case No. 105346014; not guilty verdict reached on all counts in this drug trafficking case.

State v. Coffee, Case No. 508067001; not guilty verdict reached on all felony counts (guilty on misdemeanors) in this attempted murder case.

State v. Crowder, Case No. 108359034; Won a Franks motion by exposing a lying police officer leading to dismissal of all charges in this drug trafficking case.

USA v. Dorchy, Case No. GLR-18-0172; successfully challenged unconstitutional police practices resulting in evidence being suppressed in this sex trafficking case.

State v. Falcon, Case No. 114181011; not guilty verdict reached on all counts in this attempted murder case.

State v. Jett, Case No 108256050; not guilty verdict of attempted murder charges returned (guilty of lesser included counts).

Johnson v. State, Case No. 212053044; reduced a twenty five year sentence without parole to time served and probation in this post-conviction matter.

USA v. Parker, Case No. CCB-17-0637; collaterally attacked  and had stricken client’s prior state convictions in this federal firearm case which eliminated the federal mandatory minimum sentence resulting in a significant sentence reduction.

USA v. Perez, Case No. GLR-11-0414; successfully litigated ineffective assistance of counsel claims in a federal habeas proceeding which resulted in a time served sentence.

USA v. Qureshi, Case No. RDB-17-0431; settled a complex international fraud case for time served.

USA v. Reaves, Case No. ELH-21-0065; negotiated a two year sentence in this multistate robbery conspiracy case.

USA v. Rivera, Case No. D08CR238312; negotiated a dismissal of all charges for community service in this firearm case.

Richardson v. MLJ Home Investor, LLC et al., Case No. 24C00001724;  resolved a complex fraudulent housing scam against multiple banks and a title company saving the plaintiff’s home.

USA v. Smith, Case No. DKC-18-0076; not guilty verdict reached on this federal firearms case.

State v. Whitby, Case No. 107155050; not guilty verdict on all counts in this attempted murder case.