Teaching courses on Evidence, Professional Responsibility, Trademark Law and Litigation Process, Irwin Kramer serves on the law faculties of American University, George Mason University, Temple University and the University of Baltimore, and previously taught Evidence and Civil Procedure at the University of Maryland School of Law and as a Visiting Associate Professor at the Detroit College of Law. He started his teaching career at the University of Chicago where he served as a Harry A. Bigelow Teaching Fellow and Lecturer in Law.
Professor Kramer brings more than 35 years of experience as a trial and appellate attorney in state and federal courts throughout the State of Maryland and the District of Columbia. As managing partner of the Baltimore litigation firm of Kramer & Connolly, Professor Kramer devoted much of his practice to defending attorneys in disciplinary proceedings and representing bar applicants in character and fitness matters. This focus developed after years as lead counsel in complex civil cases, including legal malpractice actions. Coupled with this experience, his background in law firm management gives him insight into the professional pressures and ethical challenges attorneys face daily.
To increase public understanding of the law, Mr. Kramer has served as a television legal analyst, and hosted legal programs on C-SPAN and the Legal Television Network. Appointed to the Supreme Court of Maryland’s Standing Committee on Rules of Practice & Procedure, he helped revise state court rules, including those governing attorney discipline. He also chaired the Professional Ethics Committee of the Bar Association of Baltimore City and now serves on the D.C. Bar's six-member Legal Ethics Committee and on the Board of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers.
Mr. Kramer graduated summa cum laude from Towson University and earned his J.D. with honor from the University of Maryland School of Law, where he won the moot court championship and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. He received his LL.M. from Columbia University and served as Vice President of its D.C. alumni association. He is admitted to practice in Maryland, D.C., and several federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.