Ray Thomas Jr. recently joined the intellectual property group of Miles & Stockbridge. Thomas is a trademark lawyer who counsels and represents domestic and foreign clients. His practice includes administrative litigation (opposition and cancellation proceedings) before the Trademark Trial and ...

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In a case the plaintiffs’ attorneys say exposes the human cost of managed care, a Baltimore jury has awarded more than $3.8 million to the family of a Catonsville electronics technician after finding his doctor’s negligence contributed to his death ...

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Kenneth L. Thompson has joined Venable as a partner in the firm’s Baltimore office. He arrives from the Baltimore office of DLA Piper, where he was also a partner. Thompson’s trial background spans commercial, product and white-collar matters, nationally and ...

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I recently received an order from the court telling me that I was on the unhappy side of a ruling. This was a great shock to me. To set the record straight, I practice law very pragmatically. In litigation, depending on the ...

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Dale K. Cathell has been promoted to partner in the finance practice in the Baltimore office of DLA Piper. Cathell regularly represents financial institutions and other creditor clients before state and federal courts. He also represents secured and unsecured creditors, ...

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While both sides await a ruling by a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge in a bitter court feud over the $1.5 billion redevelopment of State Center, the chief developer of the project said she remains committed to moving forward. Caroline ...

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Many in-house lawyers often question what it takes to be successful in that position. Unlike a law firm where success is often measured on billable hours and client development, in-house lawyers are usually measured by more discrete, subjective standards that ...

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Over the strong objection of two of its judges, Maryland’s top court has disbarred an attorney who had been stripped of his license in Washington, D.C., for having recklessly misappropriated conservator funds. Robert J. Pleshaw was disbarred in the District ...

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I can see the classified ad now: Change the world one criminal defendant at a time! Young lawyers wanted for fast-paced, high-energy job making the city safe. Hours are long, pay is not as much as in private practice – ...

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When Baltimore attorneys Thomas J.S. Waxter III and Brian S. Brown called for Fran Meek on Thursday evening, the city circuit court’s longtime civil assignment supervisor asked, perhaps understandably, “I’m in trouble again?” After 40 years of fielding calls from ...

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