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Pennsylvania-based Barley Snyder is increasing its Maryland presence by opening an office in Columbia, the firm announced this week.
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Read More »Pa.-based Barley Snyder opens second Md. office
Court of Appeals indefinitely suspends former law partners
The state’s highest court has indefinitely suspended two Prince George’s County attorneys and former law partners for each breaking more than a dozen Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct.
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Read More »Md. law schools see higher enrollment despite being more selective
Both Maryland law schools are welcoming larger classes of students this fall, signaling a renewed interest among prospective lawyers that wavered in recent years.
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Read More »Whiteford Taylor & Preston opens Richmond office
Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP has opened a new office in Richmond, with two local litigators joining the new office full-time, the firm announced Monday.
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Read More »Boards at legal services organizations seek diversity in leadership
When the Baltimore-based Homeless Persons Representation Project was electing its new board of directors recently, it kept a question in mind: Did the board’s leadership reflect the people the organization is designed to help?
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Read More »Randi Lewis: Top 5 reasons why partners change firms
We want to be paid fairly for our efforts. But partners are looking for much more than compensation comparisons.
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Read More »Adnan Syed’s lawyer uses online following to advocate for clients
The Court of Special Appeals had just granted his most famous client a new trial, and C. Justin Brown was having a press conference at his downtown Baltimore office. On the table between him and the assembled reporters that March afternoon was a small tripod, about 6 inches tall, holding up his phone.
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Read More »Towson litigation firm partners join Womble Bond Dickinson
In response to client needs for broader legal services and a larger geographic reach, two former partners from Towson-based Treanor Pope & Hughes have joined Womble Bond Dickinson’s Baltimore office.
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Read More »Avvo ditches fixed-rate legal services ahead of N.C. ethics opinion
The new owner of Avvo.com has put the kibosh on the company’s fixed-rate legal services – just as a North Carolina State Bar committee was working on an ethics opinion concerning whether lawyers could get into trouble for working with the website.
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Read More »Formerly suspended attorney disbarred following criminal conviction
The Court of Appeals has disbarred a College Park lawyer who is no stranger to controversy.
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