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Silverman Thompson partner and domestic practice head Monica Scherer won a bitterly contested custody battle in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City yesterday. Our client, the mother was granted primary physical custody of 6 YO daughter after highly contested trial where father (a local attorney) sought primary physical custody after Mother relocated from Maryland to…

Judge Emory Plitt, Jr. of the Circuit Court for Harford County issued a $306,828.35 judgment against Maryland home-builder Altieri Homes in favor of Deborah Burgers. Ms. Burgers had previously purchased a home built by the Defendant and complained of structural deficiencies. In ruling in favor of Ms. Burgers, Judge Plitt commented in his written opinion…

In an Order issued today by United States District Court Judge Catherine C. Blake, summary judgment was granted against Defendants Fidelity Home Mortgage Corporation, Stilianos Mavroulis and Terry Parker for violation of Sections 206 & 207 of the Fair Labor Standards Act. . The Court awarded $267,592.06 in compensatory and liquidated damages as well as…

After a six day trial, Silverman Thompson criminal defense attorney Creston Smith won an acquittal for his client on all charges, including Murder in the First Degree, in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. The twelve person jury deliberated for only ten minutes before returning the “Not Guilty” verdicts on the five count indictment.

For Immediate Release: Partners Steven D. Silverman, Brian G. Thompson, Andrew G. Slutkin, Monica Scherer, Andrew C. White, and associate Jamison White were among the attorneys listed as “super lawyers” in the prestigious and selective Maryland Super Lawyers 2009 magazine and also appearing in Baltimore Magazine. The six Silverman Thompson “super lawyers” were chosen by…

Partners Steven D. Silverman, Andrew C. White and Andrew G. Slutkin have been selected by The American Trial Lawyers Association (The “ATLA”) for inclusion in The ATLA 2008-2009 Top 100 Trial Lawyers for the State of Maryland. For Mr. Silverman and Mr. Slutkin, this marks the second consecutive year they have been recognized. The Top…

Silverman Thompson family law specialist and partner Monica Scherer overcame the recommendation a “best interest” attorney and convinced an Anne Arundel County, Maryland Circuit Court Judge to grant joint custody and equal access to the father two young children. The Judge considered three days of testimony and argument prior to discounting the recommendation of the…

Silverman Thompson criminal defense attorney Steven D. Silverman appeared before a national audience today on the Dr. Phil Show today to help educate the public in preventing family members from being lured into dangerous cults. Silverman, who is in the midst of representing a high profile cult victim charged with first degree murder, was joined…

After listening to four days of testimony, a federal jury awarded over $800,000.00 to a Baltimore County women injured by a commercial truck owned by Kaplan Trucking of Pennsylvania. The verdict, taken by the Honorable William D. Quarles, Jr., was nearly twice the amount offered by the defendant prior to trial. Andrew Slutkin and Jamison…

In appealing a significant medical malpractice case tried by another Maryland law firm, Silverman Thompson won a reversal and a new day in court for a Maryland plaintiff. In the published opinion of Waldt, et al. v. University of Maryland Medical System Corporation, et al., our firm reversed a ruling by a Circuit Court for…