Alan R. Siciliano
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Alan Siciliano has been practicing law for more than thirty years, and is one of the founding partners of DeCaro, Doran, and currently serves as the Practice Group Leader for the Medical and Professional Malpractice Litigation Group.

Born in 1946, in Washington, D.C., he attended Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, where he obtained a B.S. in Economics, in May 1969.  After serving in the United States Army for two years, including a tour in Viet Nam, he returned to Washington, D.C., and entered the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.  He was a member of the Catholic University Law Review, and earned his juris doctorate in 1975.   Mr. Siciliano served as judicial law clerk to The Honorable John J. Mitchell, Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland before entering private practice.

Mr. Siciliano's areas of expertise include medical and professional malpractice, insurance defense, premises liability, worker's compensation, civil litigation, common carrier litigation, and insurance coverage law, with special emphasis in the defense of catastrophic personal injury actions.  Mr. Siciliano is admitted to practice in all three area jurisdictions, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

Outside of the practice of law, Mr. Siciliano is an active member of the South Colony Community Association, and serves as chair of the Cluster Committee.

Education

• Canisius College (B.S., 1969)
• Catholic University of America (J.D., 1975)
• Catholic University Law Review
• Law Clerk to the Honorable John J. Mitchell
• Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Maryland

Admitted to Practice

• 1976, Maryland
• 1977, District of Columbia
• 1993, Virginia
• United States District Court for the District of Maryland
• United States District Court for the District of Columbia
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
• United States Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit
• United States Supreme Court 

Memberships

• Maryland State Bar Association
• Prince George's County Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• The District of Columbia Bar
• Virginia State Bar Association
• Federal Trial Bar
• United States District Court for the District of Maryland
• United States District Court for the District of Columbia
• United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
• United States Court of Appeals 4th Circuit; United States Supreme Court
• United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
• Maryland Association of Defense Trial Counsel
• Life Fellow Maryland Bar Foundation

Areas of Practice

• Insurance Defense
• Professional Malpractice
• Medical Malpractice
• Premises Liability
• Worker's Compensation
• Insurance Coverage Law, with special emphasis in the defense of Catastrophic Personal Injury Actions
• Common Carrier Litigation

Special Appointments

• Speaker: Maryland Association of Defense Trial Counsel, ... in conjunction with MICPEL
• Arbitrator: American Arbitration Association, Prince George's County & Montgomery County