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The Daily Record announces 2026 Leaders in Law honorees
The Daily Record and the Maryland State Bar Association are honoring outstanding lawyers and judges through the 2026 Leaders in Law awards program.
‘Genius paralegal’ gets shoutout from 4th Circuit in TV tower lead paint case
The 4th Circuit credited a Murphy, Falcon & Murphy paralegal for work that sent a Baltimore lead paint class action back to state court.
The Daily Record announces 2025 Leaders in Law honorees
The Daily Record and the Maryland State Bar Association honor outstanding lawyers and judges annually through Leaders in Law.
The Daily Record announces 2024 Leaders in Law honorees
The Daily Record and the Maryland State Bar Association honor outstanding lawyers and judges annually through the Leaders in Law awards program.
The Daily Record announces winners of 2023 Leaders in Law
The Daily Record and the Maryland State Bar Association honor outstanding lawyers and judges annually through the Leaders in Law awards program.
Maryland high court suspends lawyer who gave paralegal too much authority
A unanimous Maryland high court has suspended for six months a Baltimore attorney who gave his paralegal too much authority.
Md. high court suspends lawyer who let paralegals settle cases
A unanimous Maryland high court has suspended for at least six months and a day an Owings Mills attorney who gave paralegals so much authority to settle personal injury claims […]
Homeless paralegal proves Social Security owes her $100K
WASHINGTON — For years, Wanda Witter has lived on the streets in Washington, D.C., trying to persuade officials that Social Security owes her more than $100,000. For years, the 80-year-old woman […]
Increasing the practicality of law school
According to the American Bar Association’s first empirical survey of law school curricula in a decade (which will be released on Aug. 4), 76 percent of law schools surveyed have […]
Back to school, back to school
Lots of people are going back to school these days. While it’s a personal decision whether it’s worth the investment of time and money, it will make you more marketable […]
Be nice, and other ways to strengthen your legal team
When I was just starting out, most “new lawyer” advice I received included (1) don’t run up the Westlaw/Lexis research bill, and (2) be nice to paralegals and secretaries. Applying […]
Fear of Delegation
Probably the toughest part of being a new lawyer is learning when and how to delegate. Like the business side of practicing law, this is one thing that law schools […]
