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Joshua Fannon, Esq., attorney at Pinder Plotkin, representing personal injury and workers’ compensation clients in Maryland.

Joshua Fannon, Esq.

Attorney

Joshua Fannon is an attorney with the Pinder Plotkin Legal Team, representing clients in auto accident, truck accident, dog bite, and workers’ compensation litigation across Maryland. A twenty-five-year veteran first responder, he currently serves as a Battalion Chief with the Baltimore City Fire Department and as the elected President of IAFF Local 964. Admitted to the Maryland Bar in 2014, he holds both a J.D. and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Baltimore. 

About Joshua Fannon, Esq.

Joshua Fannon, Esq. is an attorney with the Pinder Plotkin Legal Team, handling auto accident, truck accident, dog bite, and workers’ compensation matters for clients throughout Maryland. Few personal injury attorneys in the state bring a professional background as directly relevant to the work. In addition to his legal practice, Josh has spent more than twenty-five years as a Baltimore first responder — today serving as a Battalion Chief with the Baltimore City Fire Department and as the elected President of the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 964, the union representing Baltimore’s fire officers.

That combination — courtroom advocate plus commanding officer at fire and crash scenes — shapes how he serves the firm’s clients every day. In auto accident and truck accident cases, he can analyze crash scene photos, incident reports, and first-responder documentation the way they were written: by someone who has commanded the response. That first-hand understanding of vehicle dynamics, impact forces, and extrication helps the firm build stronger liability and damages presentations. In workers’ compensation claims — especially those involving firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, police officers, and other first responders — Josh brings an insider’s grasp of occupational injury, presumption statutes, and the cancer and cardiovascular claims that Maryland law specifically protects. In dog bite cases, his advanced medical training as a Maryland-certified Cardiac Rescue Technician informs how the firm documents soft-tissue trauma, scarring, and infection risk.

Josh earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2013 and was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 2014. He later added a Master of Public Administration from the University of Baltimore in 2016 — all while serving full-time with the Baltimore City Fire Department. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Fire Science from the University of Maryland and an Associate of Arts in Political Science from Harford Community College.

Beyond his legal and fire service work, Josh serves as the elected Active Fire Trustee on the Baltimore City Fire & Police Employees Retirement System and has been appointed to labor advisory councils by Maryland’s Governor, Comptroller, and Attorney General. 

Awards and Accolades

Elected offices (peer-validated)

  • Elected by acclamation, President, IAFF Local 964: Baltimore Fire Officers (first term, September 2020; installed January 5, 2021)
  • Reelected, President, IAFF Local 964: Baltimore Fire Officers (second term began January 2024)
  • Elected Active Fire Trustee, Baltimore City Fire & Police Employees Retirement System:  elected by the active fire department membership; term through June 30, 2026

Gubernatorial and statewide appointments

  • Appointee, Maryland Governor Wes Moore’s Transition Team
  • Appointee, Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman’s Labor Advisory Council
  • Appointee, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown’s Labor Advisory Council

Legislative impact: laws enacted during his leadership

  • Baltimore City Ordinance #22-0211: fair procedures for health insurance negotiations for City employees
  • Baltimore City Ordinance #24-0379:  Baltimore fire and police pension reform
  • H.R. 82: Social Security Fairness Act (federal law eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset)

Credentials

  • 2008 Bachelor of Science in Fire Science, University of Maryland University College (UMGC)

Professional Memberships

Bar Admissions

  • Maryland State Bar — admitted June 17, 2014
  • United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Federal Bar)
  • Instructor III, Maryland Instructor Certification Review Board, 2009
  • Fire Inspector II, Hazardous Materials. National Fire Protection Association

Professional Certifications

  • Advanced Life Support Cardiac Rescue Technician — State of Maryland
  • Fire Inspector II, Hazardous Materials — National Fire Protection Association
  • Instructor III — Maryland Instructor Certification Review Board (2009)
  • Certified Fiduciary — Baltimore City Fire & Police Employees Retirement System