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The murder mystery of Baltimore millionaire J. Schuyler “Sky” Alland, who was executed while driving his $80,000 black BMW in 1992, is the subject of a new documentary on the Discovery Channel. The documentary features extensive interviews with Andy White who at the time was an Assistant United States Attorney and the lead prosecutor. This…

Super Lawyers, a leading attorney ranking service, has recognized Silverman Thompson partners Andrew Slutkin and Andrew White on it’s top 100 lawyers in Maryland list. Andy Slutkin cracked the exclusive top 10 list and is believed to be the youngest lawyer ever to receive this recognition. The rankings were published in Baltimore Magazine and are…

Silverman Thompson was featured in Baltimore Magazines February 2013 “Best Places to Work” issue. For a copy of the write-up, please click here.

In a case concluded yesterday by partners Andrew Slutkin and Jamison White, a Baltimore jury awarded $1.42M against a doctor who removed the wrong ovary and unnecessarily took out a fallopian tube tube during surgery. After seven sonograms showing a right-side ovarian cyst that was potentially cancerous, the doctor negligently removed the healthy ovary. The…

Silverman Thompson partners Monica Scherer, Steve Silverman, Andy Slutkin, Brian Thompson, Andy White, Jamison White and associates Jennifer Fox, Steve Kelly, Ned Parent, Amanda Schwartzkopf, Anna Skelton, Creston Smith and Jason Wasserman were among the attorney recognized as “Super Lawyers” published in Baltimore Magazine this month. Andy Slutkin was also recognized as one of the…

Silverman Thompson partners Andrew Slutkin and Alex Brown won a significant verdict against UBS Financial Services and one of it’s brokers, Gordon Witherspoon. In reaching a $1,782,898.00 verdict, the Baltimore City Jury found fraud and awarded punitive damages against a UBS financial adviser.

In the matter of State v. Theodore Dargan, the Maryland Court of Specials Appeals reversed the conviction of a defendant who had served nearly four years of a twenty-five year sentence without the possibility of parole. Ms. Murphy argued that the police violated the defendant’s Fifth Amendment right to remain silent when they re-interviewed him…

Veteran criminal defense attorney Creston Smith is profiled in the ABA Journal for his role in the creation of the CBS legal drama “Made in Jersey’. In appreciation for his contributions to the show, one of the characters will bear his name.

Partner Andy Slutkin has been named by the National Law Journal 2012 Edition of Top Rated Lawyers for his exceptional work in the area of personal injury litigation. Mr. Slutkin is rated AV Preeminent by his peers and also teaches medical malpractice at the University of Baltimore School of Law.

On June 15, 2012 Silverman Thompson member Joe Murphy became the twenty third recipient of the H. Vernon Eney Endowment Fund Award. The award is presented by the Maryland Bar Foundation to an individual who has “demonstrated outstanding leadership in working to improve government and the administration of justice”. Past winners include U.S. Senator Benjamin…