Alex J. Brown has joined Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White, of Baltimore, as a member. He has 11 years of experience practicing in both the public and private sectors, including serving as senior counsel to the Maryland Insurance Administration and ...

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Timothy Elder, one of the three blind law school graduates who passed the Maryland bar exam last year even though a federal judge denied his request to use computer screen-access software, will take this weekend’s California attorney licensing test with ...

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When is a lawyer’s time worth $5 million a year? That’s the question buzzing about the Internet after a piece on the pay gap at law firms highlighted DLA Piper’s lateral hire of litigator Jamie Wareham, who will make, you ...

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Divorce lawyers might be the last people you would expect to support legislation to halve the time married couples must live separately before divorcing in Maryland. But at a state Senate committee hearing last week, attorneys who represent soon-to-be-exes said ...

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Just a month into his term as Baltimore City State’s Attorney, Gregg L. Bernstein already wants out — out of his current office space, that is. Bernstein complained about his agency’s current digs during his first report to the Baltimore ...

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Among the first things Edward Smith Jr. will do when he retires from practicing law in two years is enroll in creative-writing classes. “I have to unlearn all of this legal stuff,” he said. “I think I can make a ...

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Sometimes, it seems like there isn’t room for much creativity in the legal profession. You have to be right—not creative—because you are fighting for the rights and interests of other people. People who are paying you. But the truth is, practicing law ...

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James R. Hammerschmidt took a 55-mile bike ride Memorial Day weekend in Garrett County. He followed the route used for the SavageMan Triathlon, which took him through Deep Creek Lake State Park, Savage River State Forest and New Germany State ...

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A judge rejected a plea agreement Monday that called for a man to receive a maximum 30-year sentence for throwing his 3-year-old son off a Baltimore bridge, calling it “too light under the circumstances.” Stephen T. Nelson, 40, was scheduled ...

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Perhaps it’s just natural that Emmet Davitt is Maryland’s new state prosecutor. Except for spending the last three years as deputy counsel for the state Public Service Commission, Davitt’s entire legal career has been as a prosecutor, whether it was ...

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