Sponsors ensure MLK Day parade Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade was made possible by securing sponsorships, a feat that not all of Baltimore’s parades and events have been able to do. This year, the 11th annual parade down Martin ...

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Former Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Glenn Ivey has made the transition from public service to private practice this week, with a new job as a partner at Venable LLP. Ivey will spend time in the firm’s Baltimore and Washington ...

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Fifteen Marylanders have been chosen to receive the first James Baldwin Medals for Civil Rights at a ceremony Jan. 27 at Baltimore City Hall: Marvin Cheatham will receive the James Baldwin Civil Rights Award for Lifetime Achievement and attorney J. ...

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The Vault rankings of law firm prestige are out. The Vault rankings are based on surveys filled out by 15,000 law firm associates who rate firms on perceived status. No matter how you feel about rankings, these are an interesting ...

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We’ve got some updates to share on the Sheryl Robinson Wood story, courtesy of the two major Detroit newspapers. If you haven’t seen the story, Robinson Wood is a Baltimore Venable lawyer who had been working as an independent monitor ...

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It was only a matter of time. Our 2009 incoming associate salary chart showed earlier this month that Venable was still planning on paying the current crop of incoming associates–well, the crop that was supposed to start in September but ...

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Were you wondering why Venable was one of the sponsors of the Maryland Zoo‘s new prairie dog habitat? No? Well, I was curious about the firm’s affinity for the critters, so I asked. Here’s the answer from former chairman Ben ...

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Ballard Spahr is the latest firm to delay first-year associates’ start dates. The incoming class will now start in September of 2010. No, that’s not a typo. Yes, the associates will have to wait a whole year. The firm will ...

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I went to a reception Wednesday celebrating Venable’s new digs on Pratt Street. (They’re very nice. And there’s a bocce court on the roof, just like at the Washington office.) When I walked through the door, the nice lady who greeted ...

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Some more news on the big-firm salary front: the largest of the truly Maryland-headquartered firms, Miles & Stockbridge, is up to $140,000. The increase, which is as of the new year, is a $15,000 bump from last year’s rate. That ...

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