Practice Areas

• Litigation
• Insurance defense
• School liability defense

" Construction litigation
• Premises liability
• Corporate formation
• Appellate litigation

 

Professional Profile 

Jason P. Beaulieu represents Boards of Education throughout the state of Maryland , as well as Fortune 500 corporations, construction companies, and small business owners in general liability and commercial litigation matters.  Mr. Beaulieu also represents clients in appellate matters, having argued on numerous occasions before Maryland's Court of Special Appeals. 

 

Jason P. Beaulieu is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law, where he served as manuscripts editor for the Maryland Law Review and was a featured columnist for the school's newspaper, The Raven .  Mr. Beaulieu later clerked for the Honorable Nelson W. Rupp, Jr. of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland.  Mr. Beaulieu received his undergraduate degree (English language and literature; Spanish minor) from the University of Maryland at College Park.

 

Prior to joining Anderson, Coe & King, Mr. Beaulieu worked at a prominent, mid-size firm in Baltimore, where he concentrated on commercial bankruptcy and litigation matters.

 

Before earning his law degree, Mr. Beaulieu taught English and Spanish at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland.  He is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association.

 

Education

University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., 2001)

University of Maryland at College Park (B.A., 1994) Dean's List Academic Honors: Fall 1989, 1990, 1992, Spring 1994

University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (Spring 1992)

DeMatha Catholic High School (1989) (with highest honors; President, National Honor Society).

 

Admissions

Maryland

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

District of Columbia

U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

 

Publications

“The First Amendment Challenge of the ‘Reasonable Likelihood' Standard for Restricting Lawyer Speech,” 59 Md. L. Rev. 1309 (2000)

“Ode to A Trial Court Clerkship,” The Daily Record (July 2003)

Featured writer for “Generation J.D.” blog, The Daily Record (2010-11)

 

Representative Matters  

• On behalf of a local assistant principal and Board of Education, won a three-day jury trial in the Circuit Court of Baltimore County in a case involving allegations of bullying and failure to provide security.  The matter involved intense cross-examination of plaintiffs and their doctors, which discredited the liability and damages claims.

• On behalf of a local Board of Education, won an appeal of the grant of summary judgment by the Circuit Court of Howard County in a case involving a sulfuric acid spill during an honors chemistry experiment.  Mr. Beaulieu successfully argued at both the trial court and the Court of Special Appeals that the plaintiff was contributorily negligent as a matter of law, and that the experiment at issue did not rise to the level of an abnormally dangerous activity such that strict liability could apply. 

• On behalf of a national retailer and contractor, respectively, prevailed in an arbitration arising from the breach of contract and consumer protection claims of a disgruntled customer.  Deposition testimony and document review revealed buyer's remorse and plaintiff's exaggerated expectations in relation to the accommodations made by the defendants.  

• In a complex condominium construction matter, successfully limited the exposure of his client by employing 4th Party claims and creative settlement negotiation strategies.  In doing so, greatly reduced client's litigation costs and maintained positive business relationship with general contractor.  

• Represented a county Board of Education in an assault, wrongful termination, and false imprisonment case filed by disgruntled employee.  Used meritorious counterclaims against plaintiff to secure voluntary dismissal with prejudice of all counts against Board and other named defendants.  

• Represented a county Board of Education in negligence action where weightlifting competitor sustained severe injuries at a meet held in school gymnasium.  Secured summary judgment at trial court level with three of four bases being upheld at the intermediate appellate level (published opinion).  Wrote petition for certiorari to Court of Appeals on one basis of reversal, which was granted.  Opinion of Court of Appeals is pending.  

• Represented musician Jay-Z in a contract dispute in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County.  

• Represented national retail chain in premises liability action filed in Baltimore City where customer tripped on a wooden pallet.  Secured summary judgment at trial level on the basis of no primary negligence and contributory negligence as a matter of law.  After plaintiff's appeal, argued case before Court of Special Appeals, which affirmed summary judgment.  

• Represented school bus driver in fatal accident at an Eastern Shore intersection.  Secured favorable resolution at mediation and saved county school board and taxpayers substantial sum of money.  

• Represented school bus driver in criminal case arising out of in accident involving a school bus and a sheriff's vehicle.  Secured a judgment of acquittal on behalf of the driver at the close of the State's case.  

• Represented Realtor in a professional negligence action involving alleged breach of fiduciary duty.  Secured favorable resolution with no action taken against Realtor or her license.

• Assisted clients in forming corporations and limited liability companies and providing resident agent services.

 

 

Reported Opinions

 

Cotillo v. Duncan , et al., 172 Md.App. 29, 912 A.2d 72 (2006).

 

American Powerlifting Ass'n, et al. v. Cotillo , 398 Md. 313, 920 A.2d 1058 ( Md. Apr 11, 2007).