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Maryland Legal Aid has announced that 204 volunteer attorneys provided legal assistance as part of its Pro Bono Program in 2020, including two of STSW’s own attorneys, Chaitra Gowda and Kerri Smith. Volunteer attorneys provide access to justice for low-income and marginalized Marylanders with civil legal issues.

In a recent opinion, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld the trial court’s dismissal of claims against STSW client Maura Lating in a published opinion. The case was brought by Reddy Vijay Annappareddy, who accused Ms. Lating, a retired FBI agent, and other federal and state prosecutors and law officers…

The Daily Record announced the names of the 2021 Maryland’s Top 100 Women winners. Maryland’s Top 100 Women’s’ panel of business professionals, previous Maryland’s Top 100 Women honorees from throughout the state and a representative of The Daily Record reviewed the final applications to select this year’s honorees. “This year’s Maryland’s Top 100 Women are…

Silverman Thompson partner, Erin Murphy, has been named as Chief Counsel to the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office and State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby. Erin was a partner at Silverman Thompson for the last decade and has extensive experience in criminal law, constitutional law and appellate advocacy. Erin served as an Adjunct Professor of Evidence at…

Thirteen lawyers from Silverman Thompson recognized as Maryland “Super Lawyers” and four lawyers recognized as “Rising Stars” for 2021. Selections this year included three of the named partners, Steven Silverman, Andrew G. Slutkin and Andrew White, being recognized for the 15th consecutive year. Recognized attorneys include Mark Edelson (Business Litigation), Richard Karceski (Criminal Defense), Steven…

After years of successful litigation in state and federal court, Silverman Thompson is pleased to announced that it has recovered $8m for two men who both went to federal prison for drugs that were planted in their vehicle in 2010. That amount eclipsed the settlement paid to the family of Freddie Gray in 2015. The…

Silverman Thompson Slutkin & White LLC is pleased to be ranked in the U.S. News – Best Lawyers 2021 Edition as one of the Best Law Firms in the United States, ranked regionally in 6 practice areas. Firms included in the 2021 “Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings…

We are proud to be named one of the ten finalists in the Baltimore Business Journal’s Best Places to Work 2020 in the Baltimore-Metropolitan area, small business category. Our firm participated in an anonymous survey conducted by Quantum Workplace, in partnership with the Baltimore Business Journal, which was shared with our employees. This honor is…

On October 20, 2020, just 13 days after oral argument, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland affirmed the dismissal of STSW’s client Burkard Homes LLC from a lawsuit involving title to certain real property it owned in Howard County, Maryland. Appellants, relatives of former owners of the real property in the chain of title…

In recent months – as the COVID-19 pandemic forced innumerous small businesses to close in Maryland and across the country – many such small business find themselves embroiled in another struggle: a war with their insurance companies. Specifically, many small businesses have had to take their insurers to court to enforce coverage for business interruption…