John Anthony Wolf

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• Maryland

Court Admissions

• Court of Appeals of Maryland
• Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia
• United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• United States Supreme Court

Education

• Washington & Lee University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1972)
  • Honorary Order of the Coif
• Washington & Lee University (B.A., 1969)
  • Omicron Delta Kappa

John Anthony Wolf

Experience

John Wolf is the Chairman of Ober|Kaler and practices law in the firm’s Construction and Litigation Groups. John’s focus is on construction contract negotiation, litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) matters. His clients are involved in domestic and international power, industrial, economic development, public works and commercial projects.

A fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, John has tried major construction cases in numerous jurisdictions across the country. He represents owner-developers, lenders and other funding agencies, design builders, engineers, construction managers, contractors and power generating equipment manufacturers.

John has advocated before panels of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), Center for Public Resources (CPR) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and has represented clients in mediations, mini-trials and dispute review board matters. He also regularly serves as a neutral in ADR proceedings, as an arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations, and as a mediator.

For many years, John has taken an active role in organizations and institutions serving the Baltimore area, including Business Volunteers Unlimited, of which he is Chairman, the Union Memorial Hospital, the Equal Justice Council and Big Brothers Big Sisters.

John is an emeritus member of the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, Washington & Lee University. John also served as the chair of the University’s national annual fund, a member of its athletic council and as past president of the Law School Alumni Association. He also is a recipient of the University's Distinguished Alumnus Award and Honorary Order of the Coif.

Community Service

• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Maryland and the Maryland Mentoring Resource Center, Inc.
  • Board of Directors
• Business Volunteers Unlimited  
  • Chairman, Board of Directors
• The Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore  
  • Board of Trustees, Past Member
• Equal Justice Council
• Maryland Public Television Foundation
  • Director
• Marshall Foundation
  • Board of Trustees, Past Member 
• Union Memorial Hospital 
  • Board of Directors
• Washington & Lee University
  • Board of Trustees, Emeritus Member 

Honoraries

• American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow
• Listed in Maryland Super Lawyers, Construction, 2007-2012
• Listed since 1999 in The Best Lawyers in America, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Construction, Arbitration and International Arbitration Categories (Woodward/White, Inc.)
• Listed since 2005 in The International Who’s Who of Construction Lawyers
• Washington & Lee University, Honorary Order of the Coif
• AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell