Sasscer Clagett & Bucher

What Sasscer Clagett & Bucher does

Sasscer, Clagett & Bucher is a privately held partnership law firm founded in 1920 by former U.S. Congressman Lansdale B. Sasscer in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. It is the oldest law firm in Prince George's County and one of the oldest in the state, operating today with approximately 5 partners, 1 associate, and 3 paralegals across two offices in Upper Marlboro and La Plata. The firm serves individuals, businesses, and institutional clients throughout five Southern Maryland counties (Prince George's, Anne Arundel, Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary's), with select cases accepted in Washington, D.C.

The firm's core service portfolio comprises seven practice areas: Business & Real Estate Litigation, Criminal Defense, Insurance Defense, Personal Injury (including Medical Malpractice), Government Relations, and Family Law. Personal injury attorneys have tried more than 700 cases to verdict and recovered millions of dollars for clients, including documented settlements of $2.5M, $2.3M, $2.15M, and $1.7M. The insurance defense practice represents national carriers (Allstate, Donegal, Frederick Mutual, Minnesota Lawyers Mutual), utilities (PEPCO, Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative), and healthcare defendants (University of Maryland Medical System). The firm has no proprietary technology platform, API, or AI tooling; services are delivered entirely through direct attorney-client engagement via phone, email, and in-person consultations.

The business model is professional services, with fees billed hourly, on contingency, or flat-fee depending on practice area. There is no public pricing; engagements begin with a phone or in-person consultation. The go-to-market motion is partner-led field sales supported by reputation, bar association referrals, and a professional website (scblawyers.com). The firm is privately held as a partnership, with no venture, private equity, or parent ownership, and does not publicly disclose financial information.

Name

Sasscer Clagett & Bucher

Legal name

Sasscer, Clagett & Bucher

Website

https://scblawyers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1920

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sasscer, Clagett & Bucher is a 100+ year-old Maryland partnership law firm serving individuals, businesses, and institutional clients across five Southern Maryland counties plus D.C. from offices in Upper Marlboro and La Plata, with practice areas spanning litigation, criminal defense, insurance defense, personal injury, and government relations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411), Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

White-Collar Defense & Investigations (BPAHAAAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) & Securities Law (BPAHAAAI), Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK)

Keywords

• Legal services
• Litigation representation
• Criminal defense
• Personal injury law
• Insurance defense

Headquarters

HQ city

Upper Marlboro

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: Professional legal services billed hourly, contingency, or flat fee depending on practice area. Services include litigation, criminal defense, personal injury representation, and corporate legal counsel.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Sasscer, Clagett & Bucher is a traditional Maryland law firm that provides legal representation and counsel to individuals and businesses through seven core practice areas: Personal Injury, Criminal Defense, Business & Real Estate Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Insurance Defense, Government Relations, and Family Law. The firm delivers services through partner-led consultations and litigation in Maryland state and federal courts, with select matters accepted in Washington, D.C.

Product overview

Sasscer, Clagett & Bucher is a traditional law firm offering legal services through direct attorney-client engagement. The firm operates as a unified general legal practice organized around distinct practice area departments rather than a modular software product. The core service portfolio consists of six interconnected practice areas: Business & Real Estate Litigation (handling corporate legal matters, contracts, and commercial disputes), Criminal Defense (representing clients in all criminal matters from misdemeanors to murder), Insurance Defense (defending insurers and policyholders in litigation), Personal Injury (plaintiff representation for injury victims), Medical Malpractice (representing malpractice victims), Government Relations (lobbying and legislative advocacy), and Family Law (domestic relations matters). All services are delivered through the firm's attorneys via consultations, litigation, and negotiation—accessible by phone, email, and in-person meetings at the firm's offices.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business & Real Estate Litigation Provides counsel on business formations, expansions, restructuring, business sale, licensing, business succession planning, contract negotiation and drafting, mergers and acquisitions, administrative law, business disputes and litigation, business debt relief, employment and wage disputes, contract disputes, property line disputes, and mechanic's liens.
• Criminal Defense Provides aggressive criminal defense representation for clients facing charges including DUI/DWI, drug possession, theft and burglary, weapons offenses, homicide/murder, vehicular manslaughter, assault, sexual assault, domestic violence, and white collar crime.
• Insurance Defense Provides insurance defense litigation representing insurers and policyholders, including defense of doctors, hospitals, lawyers, educators and other professionals; claims involving construction, premises, workplace and design issues; insurance coverage disputes; utilities defense; and personal injury and medical malpractice cases.
• Personal Injury Represents victims of personal injuries and surviving families of fatal accident victims throughout Southern Maryland. Handles cases including medical malpractice, auto accidents, truck accidents, pedestrian accidents, premises liability, dog bites, shoulder dystocia and birth injuries, and defective product claims.
• Medical Malpractice Represents persons injured as a result of medical malpractice and their surviving families. Handles claims arising from labor and delivery events, emergency room errors, hospital negligence, failure to diagnose cancers, and critical care or ICU errors.
• Government Relations Offers strategic counsel to clients navigating legislative complexities and public policy in the Maryland General Assembly, including bill drafting, regulatory submissions, testimony before legislative bodies, and policy advocacy. Clients include major national retailers, financial technology companies, and trade organizations.
• Family Law Provides family law services including child custody and visitation, divorce, separation agreements, and protective orders.

Quantifiable outcome

• Personal injury lawyers have tried more than 700 cases to verdict
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Major National Retailers (Government Relations)minorOthersFirm's government relations practice represents major national retailers in Maryland General Assembly advocacy efforts.
• Financial Technology Companies (Government Relations)minorOthersGovernment relations practice provides legislative advocacy for financial technology companies before Maryland state government.
• Trade Organizations (Government Relations)minorOthersFirm represents various trade organizations in their Maryland government relations efforts and legislative advocacy.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lerch, Early & Brewer: Bethesda-based mid-size firm with comparable real estate, business, and trust & estates practices. Similar sized partnership and regional client base, overlapping on estate planning and commercial litigation.
• Kramon & Graham: Mid-size Maryland litigation firm with strong insurance defense, criminal defense, and personal injury practices. Highly comparable in size, trial orientation, and mix of individual and institutional clients.
• Council, Baradel, Kosmerl & Nolan: Annapolis-based regional firm with overlapping personal injury, criminal defense, and insurance defense work. Comparable size and geographic footprint in the Maryland practice area.
• Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman: Mid-size Maryland/Baltimore firm with complementary insurance defense, personal injury, and professional liability practices. Similar partner-driven model and enterprise client roster.
• Heyman Enerio Gattuso & Hirzel: Maryland-based litigation firm with insurance defense, professional liability, and personal injury work. Competes for similar insurance panel and individual client matters in the Southern Maryland / DC corridor.
• Paley & Prezioso: Maryland-based litigation boutique focusing on personal injury, criminal defense, and insurance defense. Closely comparable in size and plaintiff/defense mix, particularly in Southern Maryland.
• Whiteford Taylor & Preston: Regional full-service law firm headquartered in Maryland with complementary practices in business litigation, insurance defense, and government relations. Closest comparable in size, geography, and practice mix to SCB.

Broad incumbents

• Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough: AmLaw 200 firm with a strong Maryland presence and broad litigation, insurance defense, and government relations practices. Larger and more geographically diverse, but directly competitive for the same enterprise clients in the region.
• Miles & Stockbridge (now part of BakerHostetler): Historic Maryland-based full-service firm (recently merged into BakerHostetler) with overlapping insurance defense, business litigation, and government relations work. Comparable regional footprint and similar client base in Mid-Atlantic corporate and public-sector matters.

Regional players

• Boddie, Nagle, Dolina, Smith & Hobbs: Maryland-based insurance defense and civil litigation firm with similar carrier-panel client base. Competes for the same insurance defense engagements in the DC/Maryland region.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Sasscer-Clagett-Bucher-Maryland-Lawyers-283095834176

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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