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Silverman Thompson is pleased to announce that attorneys Avery Strachan and Jason T. Wasserman have been elected to the Partnership at the firm. “Avery and Jason have distinguished themselves by their talent, work ethic, and legal acumen. They have already made meaningful contributions to our clients and we are confident they will make all of…

The NHL’s motion to dismiss a concussion lawsuit brought on by some of the league’s former players, represented by co-lead counsel Silverman Thompson, was denied by a US district court in Minnesota. The NHL tried to get the case dismissed, by arguing both time-sensitivity and jurisdictional issues. However, Judge Susan Richard Nelson ruled that the…

Silverman Thompson real estate litigation attorneys succeeded in obtaining summary judgment on behalf of the private owner of a project-based Section 8 housing project in a breach of lease action pending in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. The case involved a determination of whether projects funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development…

Silverman Thompson litigation attorneyGeoffrey G. Hengerer has been appointed to the position of Deputy Legal Counsel to newly elected Maryland Governor Lawrence Joseph “Larry” Hogan, Jr. Among his many new responsibilities, Geoff will play a key role in shaping legal policy and providing input on judicial appointments for the new administration. Geoff intends to return…

A record 19 lawyers of the firm were among those attorneys recognized as “Super Lawyers” published in Baltimore Magazine. Of particular note is the selection of Joe Murphy who are the first father-daughter tandem selected by the prestigious publication in the same year. Name partners Brian Thompson, Andy Slutkin & Andy White were among 4…

February 12, 2015 (Baltimore, MD) The Daily Record has named Silverman Thompson managing partner Steven D. Silverman as one of its 2015 Influential Marylanders. The Daily Record’s editors chose 51 honorees in 10 categories, based on the prominence of their roles, activities and community involvement. “The 51 individuals being recognized this year as Influential Marylanders…

Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals has reversed the murder conviction of a Westminster man in a 2012 tavern shooting. In a reported opinion, a three-judge panel of the Court of Special Appeals reversed 26-year-old Jacob Bircher’s convictions for first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder for fatally shooting a man and wounding another outside an Eldersburg…

The Honorable Alexander Williams, Jr., retired Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and a native of Washington, D.C., has joined the Baltimore law firm Silverman Thompson, one of the premier litigation firms in the MidAtlantic region. Appointed by President Clinton to the Federal Court in 1994, Judge Alexander Williams,…

Silverman Thompson attorneys succeeded in obtaining and preserving a $36 Million judgment entered in favor of the firm’s clients and against a Caribbean medical school and its president for fraud, breach of contract, and unpaid employment compensation. After a full-day evidentiary hearing that included the testimony of the medical school’s president and its legal adviser,…

Silverman Thompson attorneys, in a joint effort of the commercial litigation and trust and estates groups, persuaded the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland to remove a court-appointed trustee who had been appointed as a replacement for the client. After considering a brief authored by trust and estates attorney Ryan McConnell and hearing oral argument…