William Kolodner

Baltimore, MDAdmitted 1961

About William Kolodner

William G. Kolodner is the founder of WGK Personal Injury Lawyers in Baltimore, Maryland, which he established in 1977. With more than 60 years of legal practice, he is now retired; the firm continues across three generations of family attorneys, including his daughter Jill Kolodner (Managing Attorney) and grandson Hunter Duke.

Kolodner earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1961, where he graduated second in his class, served as Associate Editor of the Maryland Law Review, was inducted into the Order of the Coif Honorary Society, and received the Lawyer Title Award in Property and the American Jurisprudence Award in Civil Procedure. He earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Maryland, College Park. He is admitted to the Maryland State Bar.

Early in his career, Kolodner worked as an associate attorney under his brother, Fred Kolodner, for more than a decade. He served as Chairman of the Citizens' Rights Committee, opposing No-Fault Insurance legislation in Maryland.

Practice areas

Education

University of Maryland, College Park
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Maryland, admitted 1961
Order of the Coif

Awards & recognition

Order of the Coif (law school)
Lawyer Title Award in Property
American Jurisprudence Award in Civil Procedure

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