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A HISTORIC SETTLEMENT IN A CASE THAT ROCKED MARYLAND SCHOCHOR, FEDERICO AND STATON AGAIN PROVES ITS STATUS AS A LEADER IN THE MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE FIELD PAGE 13
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Clockwise from top center: Jonathan Goldberg, Scott Kurlander*, James Cardea*, Kerry Staton*, Lauren Schochor, Jonathan Schochor* and Philip Federico*. (*Chosen to 2016 Best Lawyers)
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SCHOCHOR, FEDERICO AND STATON, P.A. A fter 31 years in practice, Schochor, Federico and Staton, P.A., has recovered approximately $1 billion for those harmed when surgery, medical procedures, diagnoses, and treatments go wrong. Though based in Maryland and Washington, D.C., the firm provides clients nationwide with superior legal expertise and access to the country’s leading medical professionals. “We bring to our cases a thorough knowledge of medicine, the financial resources to take on any insurance carrier or hospital, and a relentless pursuit of perfection,” says Jonathan Schochor, the firm’s senior managing partner and Best Lawyers’ 2016 Baltimore Lawyer of the Year for medical malpractice law. In the past few years alone, Schochor and his firm have achieved what is reportedly the largest single-perpetrator sexual abuse settlement in United States history (a result of $190 million), and a $123 million settlement in another high-profile medical malpractice class action lawsuit. These results, along with the firm’s many other accomplishments, have earned the firm’s founding partners—Schochor, Philip C. Federico, and Kerry D. Staton—the highest respect from clients, judges, and peers. The firm has also grown to include partners James D. Cardea, Scott P. Kurlander, and Jonathan Goldberg, and associates Brent Ceryes and Chris Merrill. In addition to these trial attorneys, the firm employs a full-time staff of medical investigators, three of whom are attorneys and associates at the firm—Lauren A. Schochor, Tara Clary, and Nicole Szeliga. Brian Switzer serves as the firm’s chief investigator, and the firm’s lawyers also have access to approximately 500 medical experts throughout the United States and abroad from every area of medicine and surgery. “All of these professionals add to the firm’s depth of experience in investigating, preparing, and trying medical malpractice cases,” says
Federico, Best Lawyers’ 2014 Baltimore Lawyer of the Year for plaintiffs’ medical malpractice law. “Together, we go the distance to succeed for our clients.” For six years running, all of the firm’s partners have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America. “These accolades reflect the profound difference we have been able to make for victims of medical negligence,” observes Staton, Best Lawyers’ 2013 Baltimore Lawyer of the Year for medical malpractice law.
THE FIRM CONGRATULATES JONATHAN SCHOCHOR FOR THE FOLLOWING: ü Named to the 2015 Daily Record’s list of influential Marylanders Named 2016 Lawyer of the Year (Baltimore) ü by The Best Lawyers in America ü Named 2015 Trial Lawyer of the Year (co-recipient) by Maryland Association for Justice ü Named 2015 Top Lawyer of the Year (Maryland) by Who’s Who Global Named a 2015 Cornerstone Award winner ü by SmartCEO Magazine
ADDITIONALLY, THE FIRM OR ITS LAWYERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR INCLUSION IN THE FOLLOWING: ü The Best Lawyers in America ü Maryland Super Lawyers ü Newsweek—Top Law Firms in Maryland ü U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms”* ü The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers ü The Litigator Awards – Trial Lawyers Board of Regents
SCHOCHOR, FEDERICO AND STATON, P.A. BALTIMORE 1211 St. Paul Street | Baltimore, MD 21202 toll free 888.234.0001 | phone 410.234.1000 | fax 410.234.1010 WASHINGTON, D.C. 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW #1000 | Washington, D.C. 20036 phone 202.408.3300
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* Ranked Tier 1 in medical malpractice law – plaintiffs in Baltimore 2015
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In This Issue IN THE NEWS
A roundup of notable news of listed lawyers in Maryland.
INTRODUCTION & METHODOLOGY Including a letter from the director of publications.
2016 SURVEY RESULTS FOR MARYLAND Annapolis 7 Baltimore 7 Bel Air 12 Bethesda 12 Bowie 15 Brooklandville 15 Camp Springs 15 Chevy Chase 15 Cockeysville 15
College Park 15 Columbia 15 Easton 15 Frederick 15 Gaithersburg 15 Germantown 15 Greenbelt 15 Hanover 16 Hunt Valley 16
Lanham 16 Laurel 16 Lutherville 16 Maple Lawn 16 Owings Mills 16 Oxford 16 Pasadena 16 Pikesville 16 Potomac 16
Rockville 16 Severna Park 16 Sherwood Forest 16 Silver Spring 16 Takoma Park 17 Timonium 17 Townsend 17 Towson 17 Upper Marlboro 17
FEATURED LAWYER OF THE YEAR
Gregory K. Wells of Shadoan, Michael & Wells focuses on plaintiffs’ medical malpractice, serious personal injury, and wrongful death cases.
A HISTORIC SETTLEMENT IN A CASE THAT ROCKED MARYLAND With a $190 million recovery in a singleperpetrator sexual abuse class action— reported to be the largest in U.S. history—Schochor, Federico and Staton again proves its status as a leader in the medical negligence field.
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Astrachan Gunst Thomas: James B. ► Astrachan (advertising law; communications
law; copyright law; litigation – intellectual property; trademark law, 2006) contributed an op-ed to The Baltimore Sun, “Baltimore’s broken roadways,” about traffic gridlock in the city.
Ballard Spahr: Thomas A. Hauser (real ► estate law; securitization and structured
finance law, 2010) led a team of attorneys advising a client in a $110.5 million acquisition of a Washington, D.C., apartment complex. Jon M. Laria (land use and zoning law; real estate law, 2007) was tapped to lead Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s Bicycle Advisory Commission, which serves to promote and facilitate safe and convenient biking in Baltimore. Laria’s leadership was also covered in the Baltimore Business Journal article, “How real estate lawyer Jon Laria became an unlikely leader for Baltimore’s bicyclists.”
Bowie & Jensen: Mark T. Jensen (closely ► held companies and family business law,
2014), a martial arts enthusiast, has earned a second-level black belt in Tae Kwon Do and has competed in several state and national championships. Michael Siri (construction law, 2015) was part of a team that won a unanimous victory from the Maryland’s Court of Appeals for a homeowner’s association, winning the association a right to further litigate their case against a homeowner who wanted to build a second residence on their lot, in contravention of the association’s rules.
Brown Goldstein Levy: Andy Freeman ► (commercial litigation; employment law –
individuals; litigation – labor and employment; mass tort litigation / class actions – plaintiffs, 2012) was part of a team that represented an African American woman who was fired from her job as a waitress at a Hooter’s restaurant for having blonde highlights in her hair, in supposed opposition of the company’s “image policy.” The arbitrator ANDY FREEMAN in the case decided that Hooter’s had discriminated against the waitress and awarded her $250,000. Dan Goldstein (civil rights law; commercial litigation; criminal defense: white-collar, 2012) represented the National Federation of the Blind and two blind students in their complaint against a local community college. The complaint was resolved when the school agreed to include improvements to school computers to make them accessible for the blind and address alleged discrimination against the students. Andrew D. Levy (betthe-company litigation; commercial litigation; criminal defense: white-collar; litigation – labor and employment; litigation – real estate, 1999) received the Mosaic Community Services’ 2015 Visionary Award for his advocacy for the civil rights of the mentally ill.
DLA Piper: Brett Ingerman (commercial ► litigation; legal malpractice law – defendants,
2011) is part of a team representing a Baltimore prisoner who lost one of his eyes in retaliation for not cooperating with a prison gang. The man is suing the Baltimore City Detention Center.
Gallagher Evelius & Jones: Ward B. ► Coe III (litigation – banking and finance;
bet-the-company litigation; commercial litigation; litigation – ERISA; litigation – trusts and estates, 1995) was honored with the University of Maryland law school’s Benjamin L. Cardin Public Service Award.
Clements, Bekman, Marder ► &Salsbury, Adkins: E. Dale Adkins III (medical
malpractice law – plaintiffs; personal injury litigation – plaintiffs, 1993) and Paul D. Bekman (admiralty and maritime law; arbitration; mediation; medical malpractice law – plaintiffs; personal injury litigation – plaintiffs; product liability litigation – plaintiffs, E. DALE ADKINS 1989) are part of a team representing over 750 Guatemalans who were intentionally infected with syphilis and other STDs in the 1940s and 50s as part of an experiment by a forerunner of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The plaintiffs allege that the government agency was assisted by Johns Hopkins University, the PAUL D. BEKMAN Rockefeller Foundation, and other organizations, which they are suing for a total of $1 billion in a Maryland court.
Goldstein & Russell: Thomas C. ► Goldstein (appellate practice, 2008) argued
at the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s 2015 Mock Trial in Washington, D.C. The mock trial was based on Cervantes’ classic novel Don Quixote. Goldstein appealed a guardianship decision for Don Quixote to the Supreme Court of La Mancha, presided over by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The court ruled “that without impossible dreams there would be no progress” and that Quixote does not need a guardian to look after him.
Gordon Feinblatt: Abba David Poliakoff ► (commercial litigation; corporate law;
securities / capital markets law; securities regulation, 2007) was appointed by Governor Larry Hogan to co-chair Maryland’s Regulatory Reform Commission, established to examine what Hogan says are “outof-control regulations” that are “making it impossible for businesses to stay in Maryland.” Michael C. Powell (environment law; litigation – environmental, 1995) has become the managing member and chief operating officer of the firm.
Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll: ► Paul T. Stein (commercial litigation; criminal
defense: non-white-collar; family law, 2012) successfully defended a police officer accused of perjury. Stein argued, in part, that the officer had not been familiar with the rules of the court when representing himself in a previous case decided in his favor, and that the prosecutor in the case took the officer back to court for perjury, seemingly out of spite and to protect his own reputation. The circuit court found that the prosecutor failed to adequately prove his case.
Janet, Jenner & Suggs: Robert K. Jenner ► (mass tort litigation / class actions – plaintiffs; personal injury litigation – plaintiffs, 2006) helped win $36 million for a construction worker who was severely burned and paralyzed while working on a power company substation.
Joseph Greenwald & Laake: ► David Bulitt (family law, 2007)
Venable: Thomas M Lingan (environmental ► law; litigation – environmental, 2011) was part
of team that helped get the permits to open a new gold mine in South Carolina, along the Carolina slate belt. Gold mines have been operating sporadically in this area since the early 19th century, but this is the first new gold mine in many years to be permitted for construction in the eastern U.S. Kevin THOMAS M. LINGMAN L. Shepherd (real estate law, 2006) is part of one of the teams composed of attorneys from eight different firms who are representing seven players in the complicated $675 million sale and purchase of a 36-story Manhattan skyscraper.
published his first novel, Card Game, about a divorce lawyer whose friend’s death leads him to re-evaluate his life.
& Graham: James ► P.Kramon Ulwick (bet-the-company
litigation; commercial litigation; criminal defense: white-collar, 1993) was part of a team representing the credit card company Capital One in a successful defense against a company alleging patent infringement.
Levin & Curlett: Steven H. Levin (criminal ► defense: non-white-collar; criminal defense: white-collar, 2013) co-authored an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun about the charges brought by State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby against six Baltimore police officers in the death of Freddie Gray. The op-ed is entitled “Mosby has a second chance to get the Freddie Gray charges right.”
Zavos Juncker Law ► Group: Michele Zavos
(family law, 2012) was honored by the Rainbow History Project in Washington, D.C., as an important leader and champion of LGBTfriendly family law.
Ober Kaler: S. Craig Holden (health care ► law, 2007) was elected chair and CEO of the
firm. E. Scott Johnson (entertainment law – motion pictures and television; entertainment law – music; copyright law; trademark law, 2001) was elected chair of the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation.
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Director of Publications WELCOME TO OUR ANNUAL EDITION of Best Lawyers, featuring 777 of the 55,000 lawyers selected by their peers to be included in the twenty-second edition of The Best Lawyers in America. In this year’s focused, yet comprehensive, guide you will find top lawyers from 240 firms practicing in 107 key areas of specialization. This year, we are pleased to announce that for the 2016 edition, we have included all listed lawyers in the full state of Maryland, and to make your search easier, we have organized the listings by city so that no matter where you are, from Annapolis to Upper Marlboro, you will find the right attorney to resolve your personal or professional matter. We congratulate all who have earned a place in this year’s guide and offer special recognition to the 39 lawyers selected for the first time by highlighting their names in green throughout the publication. In addition, we are thrilled to announce the 73 recipients of the “Lawyer of the Year” award by printing their names in red within the survey results as well. Only one lawyer per practice area per metropolitan zone is granted this distinction, based on the highest peer ratings received. We invite you to visit BestLawyers.com/Maryland to view the full list and be sure to check out page 8 to meet one such honoree, Gregory K. Wells. In our new In the News feature on page 5, we bring you a sampling of some of the remarkable achievements our listed lawyers have accomplished in the last year. Did we miss something big? Let us know! Email us at news@bestlawyers.com and we may include your news item in the online edition.
Lastly, we ask you to help us find a solution to a sensitive issue that’s been rightly noted by our readers. It is widely acknowledged that law is still one of the least diverse professions in the United States. This is something that firms large and small are making conscious efforts to improve. According to the National Association of Law Placement (NALP), which has been tracking diversity in the legal profession since the 1990s, the percentage of minorities in associate positions is increasing, but the number of those at or above the partner level remains startlingly low. According to NALP’s 2014 survey of Baltimore law firms, minorities made up only 4.05 percent of partners; of those, 1.35 percent were women. That is notably lower than the national average of 7.33 percent and 2.45 percent, respectively. The good news? Minority representation among associates in Baltimore has shown significant gains and is now at 15.89 percent. That’s great news for everyone, and we hope to see the names of these emerging leaders included in the Best Lawyers list in the near future. So, we ask you to look for the names of those you consider to be the “best” lawyers in your community inside the pages of this supplement. If you don’t see them listed here, let us know. Help us ensure Best Lawyers continues to accurately represent Maryland’s very best. I invite you to email me directly with your comments and suggestions, or submit a nomination on our website today.
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LITIGATION - BANKING AND FINANCE Gerard J. Gaeng
ENTERTAINMENT LAW - MUSIC E. Scott Johnson
LITIGATION - BANKRUPTCY Alan M. Grochal
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LITIGATION - CONSTRUCTION Patrick M. Pike
FAMILY LAW Deborah E. Reiser Leslie G. Billman Susan Carol Elgin
LITIGATION - ENVIRONMENTAL Randall M. Lutz
PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION DEFENDANTS Rignal W. Baldwin, Sr.
LITIGATION - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY Gregory M. Stone
PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION PLAINTIFFS Robert K. Jenner
LITIGATION - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT J. Michael McGuire
PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION DEFENDANTS Paul F. Strain
LITIGATION - LAND USE AND ZONING C. William Clark
PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION PLAINTIFFS Gregory K. Wells
LITIGATION - PATENT Steven E. Tiller
PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW - DEFENDANTS James E. Dickerman
FAMILY LAW MEDIATION Sheila K. Sachs FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATION LAW Frank C. Bonaventure, Jr.
CONSTRUCTION LAW Robert F. Carney
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PRACTICE Philip M. Andrews
COPYRIGHT LAW Cynthia Blake Sanders
HEALTH CARE LAW S. Craig Holden
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE LAW Robert W. Smith, Jr.
IMMIGRATION LAW Henry J. Suelau Laura Kelsey Rhodes
CORPORATE LAW J. W. Thompson Webb CRIMINAL DEFENSE: NON-WHITE-COLLAR Bruce L. Marcus Joshua Treem CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE-COLLAR Martin S. Himeles, Jr. DUI/DWI DEFENSE Jason A. Shapiro Michael J. McAuliffe EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW Edward J. Adkins EMPLOYMENT LAW - INDIVIDUALS Thomas M. Wood IV EMPLOYMENT LAW MANAGEMENT Todd J. Horn
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I was always drawn toward helping injured people, and to their gratitude, no matter what the result.
Gregory K. Wells Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs Washington, D.C. ■ Rockville’s Gregory Wells is a legal polymath. In addition to product liability litigation, the partner at Shadoan, Michael & Wells takes on mediation and, occasionally, business litigation cases, focusing his practice especially on representing plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death cases, and medical malpractice, where he finds the most intellectual stimulation. Although Wells exudes solemn confidence in much daunting legal territory, he is no less impressive on stage, where his guitar playing runs the gamut from blues and jazz to blues-rock and R&B. “Music is what I do when I’m not at work. My major influences growing up were probably a tossup between Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, and B.B. King.” Wells got his start in law representing defendants in medical
malpractice cases and spent 15 years working on behalf of hospitals in complex situations. “When I was defending cases, I sometimes represented patients or families of deceased patients who died as a result of medical negligence, when there was no conflict. I was always drawn toward helping injured people, and to their gratitude, no matter what the result,” says Wells. Wells recently litigated a major medical malpractice case with partner Robert Michael in which three defendants squabbled in court over who was responsible for what happened to the firm’s client. Wells and Michael won a $3.5 million verdict for their client, who was left paraplegic and wheelchair-bound after symptoms of a serious disorder were misdiagnosed in the emergency room.
“Working with families and clients who have been catastrophically injured and are dealing with the consequences of those injuries, while at the same time going through trial preparation and the trial process, is always challenging,” Wells notes. Wells also provides pro bono representation in other types of cases. “If I am able to help someone and feel strongly that they are not getting what they deserve and need help, I occasionally take cases to help folks who can’t afford to pay.” After 9/11, Wells worked pro bono for a young man who was left without family support after his father was killed at the Pentagon. Says Wells, “I was able to successfully pursue a claim for him and get him a substantial award, which allowed him to go on with his college education.” Written by Nathaniel Barr
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COLLABORATIVE LAW: FAMILY LAW GORDON FEINBLATT Sheila K. Sachs STACEY E. ANDERSEN Stacey E. Andersen COMMERCIAL LITIGATION BALDWINLAW Rignal W. Baldwin, Sr. BEVERIDGE & DIAMOND Robert Brager BROWN GOLDSTEIN LEVY Andy Freeman, Dan Goldstein, Andrew D. Levy, Dana McKee, Stuart Simms DLA PIPER Francis B. Burch, Jr., Joel A. Dewey, Neil Joel Dilloff, Brett Ingerman, Hugh J. Marbury, Robert J. Mathias, James D. Mathias, Charles P. Scheeler, Shale D. Stiller, John R. Wellschlager GALLAGHER EVELIUS & JONES Ward B. Coe III, Thomas C. Dame, Peter E. Keith, David W. Kinkopf GOODELL, DEVRIES, LEECH & DANN Sidney G. Leech, K. Nichole Nesbitt, Linda S. Woolf GORDON FEINBLATT Lawrence S. Greenwald, Brian L. Moffet, Abba David Poliakoff, Jerrold A. Thrope HOGAN LOVELLS US Steven F. Barley, Mark D. Gately KRAMON & GRAHAM Philip M. Andrews, Geoffrey H. Genth, Andrew Jay Graham, M. Natalie McSherry, Lee H. Ogburn, James P. Ulwick LAW OFFICES OF STEPHEN J. NOLAN Stephen J. Nolan MCGUIREWOODS Ava E. Lias-Booker MILES & STOCKBRIDGE Robert S. Brennen, Michael A. Brown, E. Hutchinson Robbins, Jr., Jefferson V. Wright NEUBERGER, QUINN, GIELEN, RUBIN & GIBBER Price O. Gielen, Thomas M. Wood IV OBER KALER Patrick K. Cameron, John Anthony Wolf OFFIT KURMAN Timothy C. Lynch RIFKIN, WEINER, LIVINGSTON, LEVITAN & SILVER Aron U. Raskas, Arnold M. Weiner ROSENBERG MARTIN GREENBERG Douglas J. Furlong, Gerard J. Gaeng, Gerard P. Martin, Benjamin Rosenberg, David M. Wyand SAUL EWING Edward J. Baines SEMMES, BOWEN & SEMMES James A. Johnson SHAPIRO SHER GUINOT & SANDLER Matthew A.S. Esworthy, Paul Mark Sandler THOMAS & LIBOWITZ Steven A. Thomas
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LEVIN & CURLETT Steven H. Levin NATHANS & BIDDLE Larry A. Nathans NEUBERGER, QUINN, GIELEN, RUBIN & GIBBER Price O. Gielen RIFKIN, WEINER, LIVINGSTON, LEVITAN & SILVER Arnold M. Weiner ROSENBERG MARTIN GREENBERG Gerard P. Martin SHAPIRO SHER GUINOT & SANDLER Paul Mark Sandler VENABLE W. Warren Hamel ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER Gregg L. Bernstein, Herbert Better, Martin S. Himeles, Jr., William J. Murphy
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ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT LAW WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON Howard R. Feldman
EMINENT DOMAIN & CONDEMNATION LAW JOHN C. MURPHY John C. Murphy VENABLE Kurt J. Fischer
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (ERISA) LAW DLA PIPER Linda Marotta Thomas GALLAGHER EVELIUS & JONES Ward B. Coe III* GORDON FEINBLATT Matthew P. Mellin, John R. Paliga JACKSON LEWIS Joy M. Napier-Joyce MILES & STOCKBRIDGE Edward J. Adkins, Thomas J. St. Ville SMITH & DOWNEY Barry K. Downey, Henry A. Smith III VENABLE Kenneth R. Hoffman, Thora A. Johnson, Robert L. Waldman WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON Mary Claire Chesshire, Paul W. Madden ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER Cyril V. Smith*
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ENTERTAINMENT LAW ASTRACHAN GUNST THOMAS Charles F. Morgan (F, M) GORMAN & WILLIAMS Francis J. Gorman (F)
KAHN, SMITH & COLLINS Joel A. Smith (F, M) OBER KALER E. Scott Johnson (F, M) SHAPIRO SHER GUINOT & SANDLER Ronald M. Shapiro (F, M)
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW DLA PIPER Deborah E. Jennings** GORDON FEINBLATT Michael C. Powell** MILES & STOCKBRIDGE Marian C. Hwang* ROBERT G. SMITH LAW Robert G. Smith** SAUL EWING Randall M. Lutz** VENABLE Thomas M. Lingan** WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON William F. Ryan, Jr.*
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FRANCHISE LAW NILES, BARTON & WILMER Robert P. O'Brien, Jr.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ASTRACHAN GUNST THOMAS James B. Astrachan (C, IP*, T), Charles F. Morgan (C, IP*, T), Donna M.D. Thomas (C, T) FUNK & BOLTON Michael E. McCabe, Jr. (IP*, P, P*) GORDON FEINBLATT Ned T. Himmelrich (C, T), Jerrold A. Thrope (IP*) GORMAN & WILLIAMS Francis J. Gorman (IP*) KRAMON & GRAHAM Andrew Jay Graham (IP*)
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LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW DLA PIPER Neil Joel Dilloff (D), Brett Ingerman (D) GOODELL, DEVRIES, LEECH & DANN Jeffrey J. Hines (D) ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER Daniel P. Moylan (D), William J. Murphy (D), Cyril V. Smith (P)
LEISURE & HOSPITALITY LAW VENABLE Courtney G. Capute, Edward S. Evans
LEVERAGED BUYOUTS & PRIVATE EQUITY LAW DUANE MORRIS Wilbert H. Sirota VENABLE Bryson L. Cook, Charles J. Morton, Jr.
MASS TORT LITIGATION / CLASS ACTIONS BROWN GOLDSTEIN LEVY Andy Freeman (P) DLA PIPER Joel A. Dewey (D), John Caleb Dougherty (D), Hugh J. Marbury (D) GOODELL, DEVRIES, LEECH & DANN Richard M. Barnes (D), Thomas J. Cullen, Jr. (D), Charles P. Goodell, Jr. (D), Jeffrey J. Hines (D), Linda S. Woolf (D)
We are a boutique firm with a robust family law practice. We offer a full spectrum of family law services that are as diverse as the clients we represent. Our attorneys possess the combined experience of over 75 years of practice in family law and embody the skill, diligence, and tenacity of results-oriented advocates. Of paramount importance is our relationship with the clients we serve. We are attuned to the individual needs of our clients, and approach each case with a high degree of competence, compassion, and integrity. Whether the issue involves asset Mary Roby distribution and high-net-worth, Sanders and Christopher W. high-conflict custody, or resolution Nicholson of other complex legal challenges, we provide thoughtful, strategic, and practical advice that is tailored to achieve the objectives of the client. We appreciate the impact of the litigation process on the financial and emotional legacies of our clients and their families, and we are committed to providing experienced and effective representation with those circumstances in mind. The firm is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell and all of our partners have been nominated as Super Lawyers. It has demonstrated steadfast commitment to the development of family law through education. The firm’s attorneys regularly conduct seminars, author articles and publications, and teach continuing legal education courses on a variety of family law topics. They are leaders in bar association programs, and are knowledgeable concerning new developments in statutory and case law.
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BALLARD SPAHR Paul K. Casey, Christopher J. Fritz, Thomas A. Hauser, Jon M. Laria, Mark Pollak, Raymond G. Truitt, Fred Wolf III BROWN GOLDSTEIN LEVY Andrew D. Levy* DLA PIPER Guy E. Flynn, Richard E. Levine, Anthony L. Meagher, Stephen M. Sharkey, Lee A. Sheller GALLAGHER EVELIUS & JONES Mark P. Keener GORDON FEINBLATT Timothy D. A. Chriss, David H. Fishman, Lawrence S. Greenwald*, Edward J. Levin, Searle E. Mitnick, William D. Shaughnessy, Jr.**, Jerrold A. Thrope* KRAMON & GRAHAM Cynthia A. Berman, Andrew Jay Graham*, Jeffrey H. Scherr** LESLIE S. RIES Leslie S. Ries MCGUIREWOODS Ilene A. Bailey MILES & STOCKBRIDGE Robert S. Brennen*, Jeffrey H. Seibert NEUBERGER, QUINN, GIELEN, RUBIN & GIBBER Richard Rubin, Susan M. Wilkins, Thomas M. Wood IV* NILES, BARTON & WILMER Matthew L. Kimball OFFIT KURMAN Timothy C. Lynch* ROSENBERG MARTIN GREENBERG Gerard J. Gaeng*, Barry C. Greenberg, Benjamin Rosenberg* SEMMES, BOWEN & SEMMES Jane A. Wilson SHAPIRO SHER GUINOT & SANDLER Ann Clary Gordon TYDINGS & ROSENBERG Mark Dopkin VENABLE Courtney G. Capute, Kurt J. Fischer, Kevin L. Shepherd, Edward L. Wender, James D. Wright WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON Thomas C. Barbuti, Edward U. Lee III, Jerald B. Lurie, Joseph N. Schaller, Thomas J. Whiteford* ZUCKERMAN SPAEDER Robert T. Shaffer*
SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW DLA PIPER Francis B. Burch, Jr. (S), Robert J. Mathias (S*), James D. Mathias (S*), Robert W. Smith, Jr. (R, S) GALLAGHER EVELIUS & JONES Ward B. Coe III (S*) GORDON FEINBLATT Abba David Poliakoff (R, S) HOGAN LOVELLS US Mark D. Gately (S*), Henry D. Kahn (R, S), Michael J. Silver (S) KRAMON & GRAHAM Andrew Jay Graham (S*) MCGUIREWOODS Ava E. Lias-Booker (S*) MILES & STOCKBRIDGE J. W. Thompson Webb (S) ROSENBERG MARTIN GREENBERG Benjamin Rosenberg (S*)
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WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON Gregory M. Stone, Steven E. Tiller WOMBLE CARLYLE SANDRIDGE & RICE Newton B. Fowler III
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TRUSTS & ESTATES ADELBERG, RUDOW, DORF & HENDLER F. Kirk Kolodner*, David B. Rudow DLA PIPER Jonathan D. Eisner**, Sandra P. Gohn, Marianne Schmitt Hellauer, Stephen L. Owen, Shale D. Stiller GALLAGHER EVELIUS & JONES Ward B. Coe III*, Peter E. Keith* GORDON FEINBLATT Lynn B. Sassin LAW OFFICES OF STUART LEVINE Stuart Levine MILES & STOCKBRIDGE George K. Reynolds III NEUBERGER, QUINN, GIELEN, RUBIN & GIBBER Allan J. Gibber** OBER KALER John P. Edgar, Matthew A. Mace, Donald R. Mering ROSENBERG MARTIN GREENBERG Benjamin Rosenberg* SAUL EWING Sheldon S. Satisky STEWART, PLANT & BLUMENTHAL Max E. Blumenthal, Hugh A. Mitchell, Jr., A. MacDonough Plant VENABLE Jeffrey K. Gonya WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON Robert Sloan III
VENTURE CAPITAL LAW DUANE MORRIS Wilbert H. Sirota VENABLE Charles J. Morton, Jr. WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON Frank S. Jones, Jr.
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COLLABORATIVE LAW: FAMILY LAW PARADISO, TAUB, SINAY, OWEL & KOSTECKA Robin B. Taub PASTERNAK & FIDIS Anne (Jan) W. White
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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW LINOWES AND BLOCHER Gerald W. Heller*, James B. Witkin
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A HISTORIC SETTLEMENT IN A CASE THAT ROCKED MARYLAND negligently failed to supervise Dr. Levy; negligently credentialed him; and negligently failed to observe, report, prevent, or stop his unlawful activity. In the following months, Schochor and his team met with more than 2,000 victims, and Schochor says he was moved by their circumstances. “Many victims quit the medical system because of this—they stopped seeing any obstetricians/ gynecologists, they did not get their tests and studies. Many even stopped taking their children to doctors and became dysfunctional in the workplace or at home with their spouses or significant others. Most required counseling from religious leaders, professionals, and friends.” As a result, Schochor put together a steering committee and later filed a joint motion for class certification, both of which were approved. He was, in turn, selected to head the steering committee. “After obtaining class certification, our focus turned to increasing the number of patients registered in the class action, which was 3,800 women at the time of certification,” Schochor notes. To that end, Schochor and his committee worked to notify Dr. Levy’s more than 12,000 former patients of the lawsuit both through formal correspondence and by publicizing the case in newspapers and magazines and on television, social media, and the Internet. A website was set up and telephone operators were made available to register clients. During this period, Schochor also made it a priority to ensure Dr. Levy’s photos would never become public. A motion filed in January 2014 to seal those images confiscated by the Baltimore police was later granted. “As we were interviewing additional victims and researching the kind of support they would need to move on with their lives, we saw how important it was to make sure there wouldn’t be
With a $190 million recovery in a single-perpetrator sexual abuse class action—reported to be the largest in U.S. history—Schochor, Federico and Staton again proves its status as a leader in the medical negligence field.
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his past September, a Baltimore judge approved a $190 million class action settlement for the more than 8,000 patients of a Johns Hopkins’ gynecologist who secretly photographed and filmed women during exams. A clinical technician had been working alongside Johns Hopkins gynecologist Dr. Nikita Levy when she began noticing something odd: Dr. Levy usually wore a pen on a lanyard around his neck, and while performing pelvic exams, he would stand and pull the pen down, directing it at his patients. The technician suspected the pen was in fact a camera, and one day in early February 2013 she surreptitiously took it home with her. There, she was able to connect the device to a computer, and what she found confirmed her suspicions—stored on the pen camera was nearly an hour of invasive footage. After the technician reported Dr. Levy, Johns Hopkins Hospital opened an investigation and subsequently discharged the doctor for allegedly taking secret videos and photographs of his patients. “This was a gross violation of doctor-patient trust, and when Dr. Levy’s conduct became public the outcry was huge,” recalls Jonathan Schochor, who is chairman of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the class action lawsuit against the hospital, and served as lead counsel throughout the litigation. “A large concern remains that Dr. Levy shared some or all of these images on the Internet, and while no conclusive evidence has been found, his patients—women ranging in age from 13 to 70—felt and still feel betrayed.” Seeking closure for Dr. Levy’s patients, Schochor filed the first class action complaint against the hospital, alleging that it
Each case is different. Past success does not guarantee a favorable result in any future case.
any further violations of their privacy,” Schochor says. By the time Johns Hopkins Hospital finally agreed to a settlement in July 2014, more than 8,000 women had been registered in the class action. And the result, a $190 million recovery, is reputed to be the largest settlement for a singleperpetrator sexual abuse case in the history of the United States. Hopkins has since turned over the $190 million to a qualified settlement fund, and an allocation team was assembled, approved by the court, to evaluate each of the plaintiffs with respect to their individual damages (eligible patients are placed into four tiers based on the level of harm they incurred). “The sheer volume of lives impacted in this case has been staggering, and for many of our clients, their injuries and damages The success have we’ve found in the decades since continued then is the result through the present,” of a systematic Schochor approach to says. investigating, preparing and “Hopefully, trying cases, though, this which we’ve settlement developed over will provide many years of them with practice. the closure -Jonathan Schochor they need, and also help the community to start moving forward again.” With this settlement, Schochor, Federico and Staton continues to prove the efficacy of its practice, which has focused on medical malpractice since the firm’s inception in 1984. In addition to helming one of the largest class-action settlements in Maryland history, the firm has recovered nearly a billion dollars in verdicts and settlements for its clients. “Medical malpractice law was still in its infancy when we founded the firm, and from the start we sensed that there was a better way to represent victims than the way it was being done,” says Schochor, the senior managing partner at the firm. “The success we’ve found
Clockwise from top center: Jonathan Goldberg, Scott Kurlander*, James Cardea*, Kerry Staton*, Lauren Schochor, Jonathan Schochor* and Philip Federico*. (*Chosen to 2016 Best Lawyers)
in the decades since then is the result of a systematic approach to investigating, preparing and trying cases, which we’ve developed over many years of practice.” Prior to the firm’s inception, Schochor had already spent 10 years concentrating on medical malpractice law at a different firm. He credits his father-in-law, a board-certified obstetrician, for sparking his interest in the field back in 1974. “I became fascinated with medical law after my father-inlaw resolved to testify on behalf of injured plaintiffs against physicians and hospitals,” Schochor says. “Back then, it was very difficult and not very popular to testify on behalf of plaintiffs injured because of negligent medicine, but he was a man of great principle, and through him I learned a great deal about medicine.” Among its other recent results, Schochor, Federico and Staton was involved in a $123 million settlement in a class action lawsuit where the firm helped represent more than 1,300 plaintiffs affected by the former Delaware pediatrician Earl Bradley, who was accused of sexually abusing his young patients. “We represent plaintiffs who don’t have resources, who do not have access to the courthouse and who are unable to stand up to the large insurance companies and hospital systems—and we level the playing field for them,” Schochor says. “That’s why three decades later we are still going strong and achieving the results that make a real difference in our clients’ lives.” www.bestlawyers.com | 13
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Back row, left to right: Sarah J. Broder, Maureen Glackin, Maria Patterson, Paul J. Reinstein and Daniel Renart. Seated: Mark A. Kohl, Randall S. Herriott, George P. Patterson and Kieran Murphy.
beginning.” At Reinstein, Glackin, Patterson & Herriott, each client’s case is given the sort of close attention that will ferry it from personal tragedy to fair and just result. The emotional issues surrounding a separation and the cause of the breakup of the marriage are often quite complex, as are the financial issues in a family, according to Daniel Renart, a senior associate at RGPH. Maureen Glackin, Partner, head of the military divorce department at RGPH, and a 2016 Best Lawyer in America for family law in Washington, D.C., understands the complications that are singular to military divorce, including complex divisions of property and sensitive custody and child
From divorce and custody to wrongful death and brain injury, Reinstein, Glackin, Patterson & Herriott has your back.
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t the law firm of Reinstein, Glackin, Patterson & Herriott your family is their business. The firm, which has earned a Tier 1 ranking for family law in U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” in 2015, is steered by attorneys at the top of their class in family and personal injury law. They know every family happens on hard times, and when they do, those families need someone to depend on. “A good outcome in a case, whether it is personal injury or family law,” says partner George P. Patterson, “often comes down to getting very good advice from the
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support issues. “Military divorces present a completely separate set of issues and challenges unique to the military lifestyle,” says Glackin. Similarly, Paul J. Reinstein, partner, president of the Maryland chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), and a Best Lawyer in America for family law and family law mediation, accepts that an excellent divorce lawyer is one that has mastered more than one trade. “To be a good family lawyer you have to be an expert in many different areas—contracts, corporate work, accounting, tax matters, evidentiary issues,” says Reinstein. “A good family lawyer is someone who has developed expertise in all of these areas and can therefore handle diverse cases with unique issues.”
That same mastery is necessary in the changing terrain of personal injury law in Maryland, a reality that partner George P. Patterson gets all too well. “A decade ago, we would see accidents so severe we could only conclude they were caused by a drunk driver or a sudden medical emergency like a heart attack,” says Patterson. “Then there was a real increase in these sorts of accidents, and we began to learn and discover that these were situations where people were texting while driving.” One thing is essential to stay on top of changing legislation and complicated family law, according to RGPH partner Randall Herriott, and that’s preparation. “We take great pride in our chosen vocation, and we focus on preparation, whether it means legal research, trial strategy, managing client expectations, or interviewing and preparing witnesses,” says Herriott. “We work hard to instill a sense of confidence in our clients, who are typically experiencing A client that comes to our fear and firm will develop angst.” a pretty close A positive relationship result in with their lawyer, and we difficult, will take them multifaceted through every family step in that process matters and -George P. Patterson sensitive personal injury cases means that at RGPH, your family might be their business, but for them, it is personal, too. “The firm itself spends a great deal of attorney time with each case,” says Patterson. “A client that comes to our firm will develop a pretty close relationship with their lawyer, and we will take them through every step in that process.”
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PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW DECARO, DORAN, SICILIANO, GALLAGHER & DEBLASIS Alan R. Siciliano (D)
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PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION JOSEPH GREENWALD & LAAKE Stephen A. Friedman (P), Andrew E. Greenwald (P)
TRUSTS & ESTATES JOSEPH GREENWALD & LAAKE Timothy P. O'Brien
HANOVER BANKING & FINANCE LAW HUDSON COOK Thomas B. Hudson (R)
LEGAL MALPRACTICE LAW ECCLESTON & WOLF James E. Dickerman (D), Alvin I. Frederick (D), Edward J. Hutchins, Jr. (D), R. Scott Krause (D), John S. Vander Woude (D)
PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW ECCLESTON & WOLF Thomas J. Althauser (D), James E. Dickerman (D)
HUNT VALLEY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW MORGAN CARLO DOWNS & EVERTON Mary Alane Downs (D)
PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION MORGAN CARLO DOWNS & EVERTON Mary Alane Downs (D)
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LANHAM PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION MCCARTHY & WINKELMAN Kevin J. McCarthy (D, P)
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LUTHERVILLE LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW SINGLETON LAW GROUP John M. Singleton (EI, LU)
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TRUSTS & ESTATES LAW OFFICE OF JONATHAN ACKERMAN Jonathan Ackerman
OXFORD COMMERCIAL LITIGATION WEBSTER BOOK David N. Webster
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE-COLLAR WEBSTER BOOK David N. Webster
PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION WEBSTER BOOK David N. Webster (P)
PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION WEBSTER BOOK David N. Webster (D, P)
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MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW ILIFF, MEREDITH, WILDBERGER & BRENNAN Kathleen Howard Meredith (P)
PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION ILIFF, MEREDITH, WILDBERGER & BRENNAN Kathleen Howard Meredith (P)
PIKESVILLE ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION GOLDBERG & BANKS Howard G. Goldberg (A, M)
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REAL ESTATE LAW SHULMAN ROGERS GANDAL PORDY & ECKER David M. Kochanski**, Lawrence A. Shulman, Samuel M. Spiritos
SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW SHULMAN ROGERS GANDAL PORDY & ECKER Paul Huey-Burns (R, S*)
TRUSTS & ESTATES SHULMAN ROGERS GANDAL PORDY & ECKER Jay M. Eisenberg
ROCKVILLE APPELLATE PRACTICE BRAULT GRAHAM Albert D. Brault
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COLLABORATIVE LAW: FAMILY LAW AVERY & UPTON Bruce E. Avery COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE CENTER OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY Darcy A. Shoop FIERST & FINK Stephanie L. Fink OAKLEY & ECKSTEIN Suzy Eckstein THE WEISBAUM LAW FIRM Steven M. Weisbaum
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION MURPHY & MOOD Thomas D. Murphy STEIN SPERLING BENNETT DE JONG DRISCOLL Millard S. Bennett, Paul T. Stein
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: NON-WHITE-COLLAR ARMSTRONG, CHERIS & PAGE Philip H. Armstrong BARRY H. HELFAND & DAIVD MARTELLA Barry H. Helfand LAW OFFICES OF STEVEN D. KUPFERBERG Steven D. Kupferberg STEIN SPERLING BENNETT DE JONG DRISCOLL David C. Driscoll, Jr., Paul T. Stein THE LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS L. HEENEY Thomas L. Heeney
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DUI/DWI DEFENSE ARMSTRONG, CHERIS & PAGE Philip H. Armstrong ETHRIDGE, QUINN, KEMP, MCAULIFFE, ROWAN & HARTINGER Michael J. McAuliffe KUDEL, MCGANN, DEL PINO & HUGHES John Patrick Kudel THE LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS L. HEENEY Thomas L. Heeney
ELDER LAW CAMILLA O. MCRORY Camilla O. McRory EVAN J. KRAME Evan J. Krame RON M. LANDSMAN Ron M. Landsman
EMINENT DOMAIN & CONDEMNATION LAW MILLER, MILLER & CANBY James L. Thompson
FAMILY LAW AVERY & UPTON Bruce E. Avery BERGMAN LAW Ronald B. Bergman DRAGGA, HANNON, HESSLER & WILLS Erik P. Arena, Patrick W. Dragga, Jeffrey Hannon, Kevin G. Hessler ETHRIDGE, QUINN, KEMP, MCAULIFFE, ROWAN & HARTINGER Kathleen M. Dumais FELSEN & SARGENT Jon W. Sargent FIERST & FINK Stephanie L. Fink HESS FAMILY LAW Geraldine Welikson Hess HOULON, BERMAN, BERGMAN, FINCI, LEVENSTEIN & SKOK Stuart Muntzing Skok
JO BENSON FOGEL Jo Benson Fogel JOSEPH GREENWALD & LAAKE Jeffrey N. Greenblatt OAKLEY & ECKSTEIN Suzy Eckstein SACHITANO & ASSOCIATES Nancy A. Sachitano STEIN SPERLING BENNETT DE JONG DRISCOLL Casey Florance, Paul T. Stein THE LAW OFFICE OF DONNA E. VAN SCOY Donna E. Van Scoy
IMMIGRATION LAW LAURA KELSEY RHODES Laura Kelsey Rhodes
LAND USE & ZONING LAW MILLER, MILLER & CANBY Joel S. Kline
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW ARMSTRONG, DONOHUE, CEPPOS, VAUGHAN & RHOADES H. Kenneth Armstrong (D) ASHCRAFT & GEREL L. Palmer Foret (P) BRAULT GRAHAM Albert D. Brault (D) GLEASON, FLYNN, EMIG & FOGLEMAN Michael F. Flynn, Jr. (D), James P. Gleason, Jr. (D), Steven A. Hamilton (D, P) SHADOAN, MICHAEL & WELLS Robert R. Michael (P), Gregory K. Wells (P) WOOD LAW OFFICES William T. Wood (P)
PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION ARMSTRONG, DONOHUE, CEPPOS, VAUGHAN & RHOADES H. Kenneth Armstrong (D), Larry A. Ceppos (D), Benjamin S. Vaughan (D) ASHCRAFT & GEREL L. Palmer Foret (P) BELLI, WEIL & GROZBEAN Henry E. Weil (P) BRAULT GRAHAM Albert D. Brault (D), Daniel L. Shea (D), James S. Wilson (D) ETHRIDGE, QUINN, KEMP, MCAULIFFE, ROWAN & HARTINGER John M. Quinn (P) GERALD I. HOLTZ Gerald I. Holtz (D, P) GLEASON, FLYNN, EMIG & FOGLEMAN Gerard J. Emig (D), Michael F. Flynn, Jr. (D), James P. Gleason, Jr. (D) KARP, WIGODSKY, NORWIND, & GOLD Ronald A. Karp (P) LAW OFFICES OF DAVID S. GREENE David S. Greene (P) MCCARTHY WILSON Thomas Patrick Ryan (D) SHADOAN, MICHAEL & WELLS Robert R. Michael (P), Gregory K. Wells (P) THE LAW OFFICE OF THOMAS L. HEENEY Thomas L. Heeney (P) WOOD LAW OFFICES William T. Wood (P)
PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION SHADOAN, MICHAEL & WELLS Robert R. Michael (P), Gregory K. Wells (P)
PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW BRAULT GRAHAM Albert D. Brault (D) SHADOAN, MICHAEL & WELLS Gregory K. Wells (P)
TAX LAW KUNDRA & ASSOCIATES Chaya Kundra MILES & STOCKBRIDGE James W. Dawson, Jr.** STEIN SPERLING BENNETT DE JONG DRISCOLL David S. De Jong**
TRUSTS & ESTATES MCMILLAN METRO Lawrence S. Jacobs STEIN SPERLING BENNETT DE JONG DRISCOLL Ann G. Jakabcin, Steven A. Widdes
SEVERNA PARK FAMILY LAW MEDIATION CORBIN, SCHAFFER & AVILES William L. Corbin
IMMIGRATION LAW CORBIN, SCHAFFER & AVILES Ann L. Lamdin
SHERWOOD FOREST ANTITRUST LAW LAW OFFICES OF TIMOTHY J. BLOOMFIELD Timothy J. Bloomfield
COMMERCIAL LITIGATION LAW OFFICES OF TIMOTHY J. BLOOMFIELD Timothy J. Bloomfield
CONSTRUCTION LAW LAW OFFICES OF TIMOTHY J. BLOOMFIELD Timothy J. Bloomfield
SILVER SPRING FAMILY LAW JENNIFER FAIRFAX Jennifer Fairfax ZAVOS JUNCKER LAW GROUP Michele Zavos
IMMIGRATION LAW HAMMOND YOUNG IMMIGRATION LAW Denise C. Hammond, Becki L. Young
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TIMONIUM CONSTRUCTION LAW PIKE & GILLISS David D. Gilliss*, Patrick M. Pike**
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW KOLLMAN & SAUCIER Eric Paltell (EM, LM), Peter Saucier (EM, LM), Darrell R. VanDeusen (EM, LE*, LM)
MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LAW DUGAN, BABIJ & TOLLEY Bruce J. Babij (P), Henry E. Dugan, Jr. (P), George S. Tolley III (P)
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TOWSON ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION HOOPER & JACOBS Richard B. Jacobs (M)
BANKING & FINANCE LAW COHN, GOLDBERG & DEUTSCH Ronald S. Deutsch (M)
BANKRUPTCY AND CREDITOR DEBTOR RIGHTS / INSOLVENCY & REORGANIZATION LAW SPENCE & ASSOCIATES Adam M. Spence*
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COMMERCIAL LITIGATION CHASON, ROSNER, LEARY & MARSHALL James R. Chason, Raymond L. Marshall, James F. Rosner GORDON, WOLF & CARNEY Martin E. Wolf MILES & STOCKBRIDGE Matthew S. Sturtz
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DUI/DWI DEFENSE GARY S. BERNSTEIN Gary S. Bernstein IRWIN GREEN & DEXTER David B. Irwin
EDUCATION LAW PESSIN KATZ LAW Edmund J. O'Meally
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HEALTH CARE LAW CHASON, ROSNER, LEARY & MARSHALL James R. Chason, James F. Rosner
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW OLIVER & GRIMSLEY Michael D. Oliver (C, T)
LABOR & EMPLOYMENT LAW LEBAU & NEUWORTH Stephen B. Lebau (EI, LE*), Richard P. Neuworth (EI, LE*) 410.296.3030 | page 15 VENABLE Jeffrey P. Ayres (EM, LE*, LM)
REAL ESTATE LAW MILES & STOCKBRIDGE J. Michael Brennan, Sandra L. Howard WHITEFORD, TAYLOR & PRESTON G. Scott Barhight
SECURITIES / CAPITAL MARKETS LAW ALAN RICHARD SACHS Alan R. Sachs (R, S)
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PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE LAW CHASON, ROSNER, LEARY & MARSHALL James R. Chason (D) PESSIN KATZ LAW Natalie C. Magdeburger (D), Catherine W. Steiner (D)
A trial lawyer for over 40 years, Charles M. Kerr focuses his law practice on civil litigation, including contingent-fee plaintiffs’ personal injury cases as well as commercial, real estate, construction, and family law matters. He is Martindale-Hubbell AV peer-review rated and recognized by Maryland Super Lawyers for his general litigation skills. He and his four-lawyer firm, Kerr McDonald, LLP, provide their clients with individual, one-on-one attention combined with big firm aptitude and experience.
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Steven A. Allen has practiced law for more than 35 years and concentrates in the areas of commercial litigation, general litigation, and criminal defense, including the defense of white-collar criminal cases. Mr. Allen’s broad base of experience, which includes having served as an Assistant United States Attorney, enables him to apply creative, practical approaches to cases in state and federal courts throughout Maryland, and in administrative proceedings and before professional boards. Mr. Allen is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers; has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for commercial litigation, white-collar criminal defense, and non-white-collar criminal defense; was selected for inclusion in Maryland Super Lawyers 2006–2016 and has been included in its list of Top 100 Lawyers in Maryland.
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Leonard H. Shapiro, a cum laude graduate of the University of Baltimore Law School, has been practicing in the Maryland District and Circuit Courts for over 30 years. A former Assistant State’s Attorney, he has successfully represented many defendants in high-profile criminal and traffic matters. He is on the Board of Directors of MCDAA, is past chairman of the Bench/Bar Committee for the Baltimore County Bar Association, and is on the Board of Trustees for the Maryland Client Protection Fund. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, its highest rating, and, in 1995, was selected as one of the Top Ten Criminal Lawyers in Baltimore by Baltimore magazine. He was named Best Lawyers’ Baltimore DUI/DWI Defense Lawyer of the Year for 2012.
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TAKING CARE Q In your opinion, what makes a good personal injury lawyer?
Q How do you decide whether someone has a case or not?
A The best personal injury lawyers get to know the client like a family member or a close friend. Unless the lawyer knows the client well, it will be impossible for that lawyer to adequately explain to a jury or a judge how the injury impacted the client. After getting to know the client, the best personal injury lawyers educate their client about how cases are reviewed and evaluated by insurance companies and the courts. It is critical that clients recognize that the insurance companies evaluate a stack of papers that include medical records and bills, lost wage forms, photographs, and police reports. In every case, this stack of papers does not perfectly reflect what the client endured. If the client knows from the start how cases are evaluated, the client can take steps to minimize the disparity between what they are going through and what is contained in a demand package. These initial steps lay the foundation for a lawyer to be effective at trial.
A We bring the potential client in for a detailed interview and determine whether additional investigative work is needed. We can usually assess liability for car accidents during the initial client interview. In cases where a person falls, we often need to independently inspect the location of the fall. In a recent case, an inspection of the location revealed that a building was designed with small oneinch diameter drains that allowed water, including melting snow, to drain across a handicapped parking space. During the winter months, this led to thin sheets of clear ice across a handicapped parking space. These drains were so small that they were not visible in photographs taken by the client. Medical malpractice cases often involve the death of a loved one or injuries to an elderly person in a nursing home where the lawyer needs to review medical records before being able to assess whether a case exists.
Q You call yours a “diverse personal injury practice”—what exactly does that entail? A The personal injury practice at RGPH covers everything from medical malpractice, premises liability, car accident, and defective products cases. There are rules that govern almost any activity or item that is potentially dangerous. Our lawyers review cases with the assumption that potential clients honestly believe that they were injured because someone failed to follow a safety rule. The clients often do not know what was done incorrectly, but that something must have been done wrong. The lawyers at RGPH become detectives and learn the applicable rules to the situation.
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George P. Patterson on excellence in the practice of personal injury law and the challenges and rewards of working to improve clients’ lives one case at a time.
George P. Patterson
Q Do you more often settle out of court, or go to trial? Is one preferable?
Q What challenges and rewards come along with practicing personal injury law?
A The goal at RGPH is to give the clients the best possible choice between a settlement and a trial. We often are able to to procure favorable settlement offers because of the work we perform with clients early in the case to make certain that the difficulties they endure after an injury are documented. Cases where the injuries suffered by the clients are poorly documented often require a trial to procure a fair result. Our experience is that clients prefer the option of considering a fair settlement offer over being forced to trial. Nevertheless, there are low property damage car accident cases and cases involving certain insurance companies where the expectation is that a lawsuit will need to be filed.
A Personal injury litigation is an adversarial process. Insurance companies and defense attorneys have duties that are typically against the interests of those injured in accidents. Almost every injury case is challenging because it involves a fight. The greatest reward is taking a difficult case that you believe in and obtaining a recovery that dramatically improves your client’s life. Q How do you navigate the sometimes sensitive issues for personal injury clients? A I often embrace the sensitive issues in a case because these sensitive issues tend to help a jury to relate to the client and sympathize with the difficulties
that the client had to endure. For example, I had a client that struggled with her weight all of her life. During the two years before an accident, she lost well over a hundred pounds through vigorous exercise. By the time the case was heard, she had regained all of the weight due to an ankle injury that prevented her from exercising. When the case was heard, two photographs were placed side by side. The first was a photograph of her two years before the accident and the other was a photograph of her a week before the accident. People naturally do not want to hear excuses about one’s weight, but any person that saw those photographs knew my client had worked extremely hard to lose this weight. They also knew my client would have continued to exercise had she been able to do so.
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