When local attorney Steven Klepper attended a conference for appellate lawyers in Chicago recently, he was surprised when Don Willett, now a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, recognized him and called out across ...
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Todd R. Chason has been elected as Gordon Feinblatt LLC’s new managing member, or chief operating officer, and general counsel. Chason, who previously served as the firm’s assistant managing member and finance committee chair, has been with the firm 17 years since he graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2001.
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Baltimore attorney and University System of Maryland Regent Katrina J. Dennis died Saturday after a years-long battle with breast cancer. Dennis’ death came one week into a medical malpractice trial accusing her doctor of negligence. Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Colleen ...
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Read More »When the St. Louis-based Stange Law Firm hired attorney Chelsea Merta several years ago, neither party knew it would end like this: in a multi-venue dispute that has landed Merta in jail and caused Stange to halt its practice of ...
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WASHINGTON — A clash between judges on two important federal courts in Washington has created an early, unusual test of new rules intended to make sure courthouses across the country are civil, harassment-free workplaces. And it’s exposed the perils of ...
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Faculty and staff levels have remained steady at Maryland’s two law schools, though recent retirements mean both will be looking to hire in the next year, the schools’ deans said. The University of Baltimore School of Law reported 61 full-time ...
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The deans of Maryland’s two law schools are excited about the new academic year and their incoming 1L classes, as application rates have largely stabilized after years of precipitous drops. Nationwide, law school applications are up 3.3 percent over last ...
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WASHINGTON — Two former U.S. Supreme Court clerks who married and worked for the Jones Day law firm allege in a new federal lawsuit that the firm’s parental-leave policies are discriminatory and that the husband was fired after he challenged ...
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The executive director of the largest provider of pro bono civil legal services in Maryland announced her retirement Thursday after 11 years in the role. In an interview, Bonnie Sullivan said she will leave the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service at ...
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Read More »Two recent court decisions — one from each coast — show why conventional witness preparation needs a warning label: Use at your own risk. The first one, the Qualcomm case, shows how conventional approaches to witness preparation can lead to ...
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