Rima's experience includes:
- Defending multiple traumatic brain injury claims, including obtaining summary judgment in favor of a maintenance company against a multi-million-dollar lawsuit;
- Representing an energy company against thermal burn injury claims;
- Helping overturn a nearly one-million-dollar verdict against a contractor in a geotechnical hazard case;
- Defending various restaurants and property owners in premises liability matters;
- Representing a social organization against a wrongful death lawsuit; and
- Successfully defending bad faith claims against insurance carriers.
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Education
- University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D., 2014)
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County (B.A., 2011)
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Activities
- American Bar Association, member 2015-, Maryland Delegate to the House of Delegates, 2021-2022
- Maryland State Bar Association, member, 2014-; Young Lawyer Section, Treasurer, 2022-; Judicial Appointments Committee, 2021-;Young Lawyers Section Council, Education Committee Co-chair, 2018-2022; Leadership Academy Committee, 2018-2021
- Maryland State Bar Association, Leadership Academy Fellow, 2017-2018
- Maryland Bar Foundation Fellowship, 2020
- The Retriever Weekly, a publication of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Advisory Board, 2020-
- Panelist, "Are You Smarter Than a Law Clerk Redux!" presented with The Honorable Lynne Battaglia, and Paul Mark Sandler and James Archibald (Authors of Pleading Causes of Action), June 2022
- Host and Moderator, "A Discussion on Employer Vaccination Mandates," October 2021
- Speaker, "Defamation, Privacy & Copyright Issues in Journalism," University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 2018 and 2020
- Host and Moderator, "Tackling the Bar Exam and Employment in the Time of COVID-19," September 2020
- Host and Moderator, "Hanging Out Your Shingle & Common Ethical Mistakes," February 2020
- Host and Moderator, "Attorney Malpractice: Common Ethical Pitfalls and Trends," October 2018
- Panelist, "Being Smarter with Your Smartphone: Understanding Cyberbullying and Its Impact," Towson High School, April 2018
- Panelist, "Brief Writing and Oral Advocacy," University of Baltimore School of Law Moot Court Program, annually 2015-2018
- University of Baltimore School of Law's Moot Court/Trial Team Programs Guest Judge, 2014-
- Presenter, "Genetic Pathways Involved in Retinal Degeneration," National Institutes of Health, August 2010
- Model O Model Oral Advocate for American Constitution Society's 2017 Oral Argument on Utah v. Strieff, 2017
- National Moot Court Competition Region III Judge - Brief and Oral
- National Appellate Advocacy Competition Judge - Brief and Oral
- Miss Baltimore/Miss Annapolis Scholarship Beauty Pageant Judge, 2017
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