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While pro bono work is often litigation-oriented, attorneys at Ballard Spahr LLP took on two community redevelopment projects that required the expertise and resources of sophisticated transactional lawyers. Both projects are now under construction. The attorneys advised on financing, tax ...

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Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh is indicting two individuals charged with human trafficking. Valdez Lawrence, of Baltimore, and Mary Carr, of Dundalk, allegedly forced women to engage in sexual acts for money in Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Howard counties ...

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Nicholas Hawkins, former in-house counsel at Under Armour, is joining Womble Bond Dickinson’s Baltimore office, the firm told The Daily Record Wednesday. Hawkins handled trademark matters for athletes and celebrities at Under Armour and will now provide transactional, IP and ...

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In an effort to improve lawyers’ overall health, the Maryland State Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Section is holding a wellness retreat on Friday to help attorneys deal with stress by learning mindfulness, yoga and meditation techniques. Lawyer wellness is increasingly ...

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A Montgomery County jury has awarded $2 million to a woman who suffers complications caused by spinal surgery. A jury of five women and one man found Thursday that orthopedic surgeon Navinder Singh Sethi and Potomac Valley Orthopaedic Associates failed ...

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Pessin Katz P.A.’s promotion of Lauren B. Ades to chair the Corporate and Real Estate practice group is a historical move: Ades is the first woman to lead the group in the firm’s 30-year history. Ades, who became practice group ...

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Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP has relocated its Montgomery County office to a larger location in downtown Rockville, the firm announced Monday. The new office, at 111 Rockville Pike, has more room to accommodate its 11 attorneys and 10 support ...

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An Annapolis-based surrogacy service provider collected as much as $100,000 in fees and then failed to provide the promised services to patients, Attorney General Brian E. Frosh’s office alleged in two actions announced Tuesday. Surrogacy is an arrangement in which ...

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Nationwide, nearly 90% of 2016 law school graduates who sat for the bar exam within two years of graduation have passed, according to figures released by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. The data, which ...

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Sheila K. Sachs, a pioneering family law practitioner and a prominent member of the legal community, died of cancer Sunday. The Baltimore resident was 78. Sachs, a partner at Gordon Feinblatt LLC, had a law practice that included litigating and ...

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