Patrick Hoover

Patrick Hoover leads HooverLaw, LLC and represents children, teens, young adults, students, and families in legal matters involving education, juvenile justice, criminal defense, and related civil disputes. His practice includes school discipline, special education, programming and placement, bullying, social-media incidents, attendance, law-enforcement involvement, juvenile delinquency, and other youth-centered legal concerns. He also handles criminal allegations, personal injury, guardianship, and civil trial matters affecting young clients and families.

Hoover earned a B.S., with honors, from Aquinas College and a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. His education supports a practice that requires close reading of statutes, school regulations, constitutional principles, administrative procedures, and courtroom rules. That foundation is important when student rights, special education obligations, juvenile charges, or civil claims involve overlapping legal systems and require coordinated advocacy across schools, agencies, and courts.

Hoover regularly handles matters in juvenile, district, circuit, and federal courts as well as school and administrative proceedings. His work includes student-side education disputes, mediation, due process hearings, criminal and juvenile defense, and civil cases involving alleged harm or negligence. He has also served as a legal speaker and presenter and has held long-standing roles in bar organizations addressing juvenile law, litigation, family law, and law-practice issues.

Patrick Hoover has practiced in Maryland for decades and has also been admitted in federal and District of Columbia courts. His work is particularly focused on the legal needs of students and young people whose cases may cross education, juvenile, criminal, and civil law. He helps families navigate complex procedures, respond to allegations, protect student rights, and address disputes that can affect education, liberty, safety, and future opportunities.

Law Office Affiliations

• Attorney, HooverLaw, LLC
• Member, Maryland State Bar Association (1982-Present)
• Member, District of Columbia Bar
• Member, Editorial Board and Juvenile Law Advisor, Maryland Law Magazine (1984)
• Chair, Juvenile Law Section, Bar Association of Montgomery County (1984)
• Member, American Bar Association (1981-Present)
• Member, Bar Association of the District of Columbia (1982-Present)
• Member, Maryland Trial Lawyers’ Association (1983)
• Member, Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association (1995-Present)

Licensed State

• Maryland
• District of Columbia

Education

• University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD) (Cum Laude)
• Aquinas College
  Bachelor of Science (BS)

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