Bare-knuckle defense a hallmark of Dixon attorney

Rep. Edward A. Garmatz

Defended Garmatz in a federal bribery and conspiracy case. It was dismissed in 1978 after prosecutors discovered that their key witness had lied to a grand jury and forged documents.

Joseph C. Schultz

Represented Schultz, a 20-year-old Anne Arundel County man who won $1.3 million from the FBI. An agent mistook Schultz for a bank robber and shot the unarmed man in the head with an M-4 assault rifle.

Merry-Go-Round clothing store

As part of a team of attorneys, took on accounting firm Ernst & Young in a precedent-setting case that netted a $185 million settlement in 1999.

ARNOLD M. WEINER

Born: December 1933 in Baltimore

Family: Wife, Arleen; children Ellen Stern, Barry Weiner, Deborah Weiner; three grandchildren

Education: University of Maryland, University of Maryland Law School

Career highlights: Clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Simon E. Sobeloff; Assistant United States Attorney for District of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland; Principal/President of Melnicove, Kaufman, Weiner & Smouse; Principal at the Law Offices of Arnold M. Weiner, Baltimore