On the Move – Legal edition

Posted: 7:00 pm Sun, November 29, 2009
By Daily Record Staff

Five principals of Paley Rothman, of Bethesda, have been chosen for inclusion in the 2010 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. They are: Glenn M. Cooper, manager and senior member of the firm’s litigation and appellate practice groups; Kathleen M. Dumais, of the litigation and family law practice groups, is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates; Hope B. Eastman, chair of the firm’s employment law practice group; Linda D. Schwartz, head of the professional ethics & discipline practice group; and Steven A. Widdes, co chair of the estate planning and estate/trust administration practice groups.

Gregg L. Bernstein, a partner of Zuckerman Spaeder, has been named Criminal Defense: White-Collar Lawyer of the Year in Baltimore by The Best Lawyers in America. He is a former assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland, a former adjunct professor at the Catholic University School of Law, and the current president of the Maryland Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Zuckerman Spaeder has offices in Baltimore, Washington, D.C, New York, Wilmington, Del., and Tampa, Fla. This year the firm was named a finalist for Litigation Boutique of the Year by The American Lawyer.

Jane C. Luxton, of Pepper Hamilton’s Washington, D.C., office, received a Gold Medal Award from the U.S. Department of Commerce for “leadership in enacting the first extensive international management measures for tuna fisheries in the western and central Pacific Ocean.” Luxton was one of a 10-person team to win a gold medal for this accomplishment. She was commissioner of the Western and Central Fisheries Commission and head of the U.S. delegation in 2008. Luxton is a partner in the firm’s Environmental Practice Group and a member of its Sustainability, CleanTech and Climate Change Team.