Baltimore & Washington DC S 2 0 1 2 E D I T I O N THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN Baltimore & Washington DC Jack H. Olender Medical Malpractice Titan Fights Hard and Gives Generously Janet, Jenner & Suggs Achieving Goals Through the Power of No Patrick M. Regan Fights 13 Years for Family Injured in House Fire Barry J. Nace 40-Year Career of Helping Medical Malpractice Victims Paul D. Bekman Achieves $1.25M Jury Verdict for Victim of Knife Attack Who Are The Lawyers of the Year? A Special Advertising Supplement to the Wall Street Journal a s p e c i a l s u p p l e m e n t t o Schochor, Federico and Staton Leveling the Playing Field for Injured People
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Washington DC S 2 0 1 2 E D I T I O N THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN Washington DC Jack H. Olender Medical Malpractice Titan Fights Hard and Gives Generously Schochor, Federico and Staton Leveling the Playing Field for Injured People Patrick M. Regan Fights 13 Years for Family Injured in House Fire Barry J. Nace 40-Year Career of Helping Medical Malpractice Victims Paul D. Bekman Achieves $1.25M Jury Verdict for Victim of Knife Attack Who Are The Lawyers of the Year? A Special Advertising Supplement to the Washington post a s p e c i a l s u p p l e m e n t t o Janet, Jenner & Suggs Achieving Goals Through the Power of No
Baltimore & washington dc s BestLawyers 2 0 1 2 E d i t i o n THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN Baltimore & washington DC Janet, Jenner & Suggs Achieving Goals Through the Power of No Jack H. Olender Medical Malpractice Titan Fights Hard and Gives Generously Paul D. Bekman Achieves $1.25M Jury Verdict for Victim of Knife Attack Barry J. Nace 40-Year Career of Helping Medical Malpractice Victims Who Are The Lawyers of the Year? A Special Advertising Supplement to the New York TImes Schochor, Federico and Staton Leveling the Playing Field for Injured People a s p e c i a l s u p p l e m e n t t o Patrick M. Regan of Regan Zambri & Long Fights 13 Years for Family Injured in House Fire
2012 Survey Results A Special Advertising Supplement The Malpractice Law Firm: jack H. Olender & Associates, PC Medical Malpractice Law Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation Plaintiffs The Malpractice Law firm contingency fee is available to people who have been catastrophically injured and the families of people killed by substandard medical care and other negligence, such as motor vehicle tragedies. There is no fee unless the firm obtains a settlement or collects on a jury verdict or court judgment. This year is the fourth in a row that all five of the Olender firm attorneys have been selected for The Best Lawyers in America in plaintiffs malpractice and personal injury law. The firm was rated Tier 1 in law firms for malpractice and personal injury in the inaugural U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers Best Law Firms. The firm s attorneys have also been recognized by Super Lawyers, with Jack Olender named as one of the publication s top 100 lawyers in the Washington, D.C., area. Firm founder Olender and his colleagues thank their peers: the many lawyers who participated in the surveys and ratings and deemed them worthy of these honors. Olender, who is the only plaintiffs malpractice and personal injury lawyer named by Legal Times as one of The 90 Greatest Washington Lawyers of the Last 30 Years, leads a team that brings a broad range of medical, nursing, and scientific knowledge and experience to bear on each case. Dr. Robert Chabon, a board-certified pediatrician and lawyer, is of-counsel to the firm and helps evaluate and prepare cases. Karen Evans is a registered nurse who spent 10 years as a defense lawyer for physicians and hospitals insurance companies before joining the firm. Four of the attorneys have been elected Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. From the inception of a case to the verdict or settlement, the firm s trial, mediation, and medical experience (more than 200 years combined) is evident. Even as the scientific standards of the courtroom grow more and more rigorous, the team continues to succeed, calling upon reputable 2 Baltimore & Washington DC s Best Lawyers For more info go to www.law.com/baltimorebest
A Special Advertising Supplement Baltimore & Washington DC s B est L a w y e r s Opposite page from left: Melissa Rhea, Sandra H. Robinson, Harlow R. Case, Karen E. Evans. This page: Jack H. Olender. experienced physicians to provide expert medical testimony. It s not enough for a doctor to get on the stand and say, This is the way it is. You ve got to be able to back it up with the medical literature and the standards of care that exist, says Olender. Jack H. Olender SELECTED FOR INCLUSION IN Baltimore & Washington DC s Gary Landsman Olender won the first multimillion dollar obstetric malpractice verdict in the country in 1976; his client was a little girl with cerebral palsy. Since then, he and his law firm have won or settled more than 200 cases of upward of a million dollars each. Many of the cases have been for children who suffered cerebral palsy from labor and delivery mistakes. The Malpractice Firm has always operated under a profound sense of duty to champion justice for the catastrophically injured. Seeing our work enable a disabled child and family to live a better and happier life is our greatest reward, Olender says. The Olender Foundation supports a number of local and national charitable organizations that serve the public. It annually honors public figures, such as Muhammad Ali, and ordinary citizens who have made extraordinary contributions to society, such as Warren Juggins. Medical Malpractice Law Washington DC 888 17th Street, N.W., 4th Floor Washington, DC 20006 ph: 202.879.7777 www.olender.com jhopc@olender.com 2012 EDITION Harlow R. Case Karen E. Evans Jack H. Olender Melissa Rhea Sandra H. Robinson For more info go to www.law.com/baltimorebest Baltimore & Washington DC s Best Lawyers 3
2012 Survey Results Salsbury, Clements, Bekman, Marder & Adkins, LLC is a plaintiffs trial firm that has litigated more than 500 jury trials to verdict and has achieved millions of dollars for clients affected by catastrophic injuries and wrongful deaths. Since its founding in 1945, the firm has established a tradition of excellence through the skill, experience, and dedication of its lawyers. Attorneys at the firm have significant expertise in handling medical malpractice; professional negligence; product liability; birth trauma; and automobile, transportation, maritime, and business matters. They are known for their ability to connect with juries, using cutting-edge technology to translate complex information. Furthermore, they routinely teach trial advocacy techniques and skills to practicing attorneys and law students, while publishing extensively in their areas of expertise. A Special Advertising Supplement Salsbury, Clements, Bekman, Marder & Adkins, LLC Our commitment to hard work and preparation, along with our willingness to try cases has allowed us to consistently achieve landmark recoveries for our clients, notes Managing Partner, Paul D. Bekman, who was selected for inclusion in this year s edition of The Best Lawyers in America, along with Stuart M. Salsbury, Daniel M. Clements, and E. Dale Adkins, III. Now in his fourth decade of practice, Bekman has secured a reputation as one of the most respected trial attorneys in Maryland. The Best Lawyers in America named him a Lawyer of the Year in Baltimore for personal injury litigation in 2009, medical malpractice law in 2010, and product liability litigation in 2011. He is a Fellow and a former Regent of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and he is a Past President of the Maryland State Bar Association, the Bar Association of Baltimore City, and the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association. In addition, he is a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and was named to The Lawdragon 500 list of the top lawyers in the United States by that publication. Bekman has won many multimillion-dollar awards, including a recent $4 million verdict in Frederick County and a $1.253 million verdict against Nordstrom for failing to provide shoppers with adequate security. Salsbury has practiced trial law for more than 30 years and is known for his determination to obtain a full measure of justice for his clients. His achievements include attaining one of the highest From left: Dan Clements, Stuart Salsbury, E. Dale Adkins, III and Paul Bekman 4 Baltimore & Washington DC s Best Lawyers For more info go to www.law.com/baltimorebest
A Special Advertising Supplement Baltimore & Washington DC s B est L a w y e r s Admiralty & Maritime Law, Arbitration, Mediation, Medical Malpractice Law, Medical Malpractice Law Plaintiffs, Personal Injury Litigation Plaintiffs, Product Liability Litigation Plaintiffs recoveries in Maryland for a brain-injured child. He was named a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 1996 and has been recognized by Who s Who in American Law for his excellence in the field of personal injury litigation. He is a Past President of the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association and a Past Governor of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Clements is a former assistant U.S. Attorney who has demonstrated his preeminence as a trial lawyer in more than 125 jury trials. From winning recordsetting malpractice awards to defending Prince George s County s civil rights record, Clements has spent countless hours advocating for injured persons and consumers. He also devotes an extraordinary amount of energy to civic and community causes, taking active roles in the Maryland Democratic Party and Planned Parenthood of Maryland. Clements is a Past President of the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association and Chairman of the Maryland State Bar Association Technology Task Force. After decades of defending doctors and hospitals in medical malpractice cases, Adkins now uses the knowledge he gained about how insurance companies evaluate and defend serious injury cases on behalf Paul D. Bekman M e d i a t i o n B a l t i m o r e SELECTED FOR INCLUSION IN Baltimore & Washington DC s 2012 EDITION E. Dale Adkins III Paul D. Bekman Daniel M. Clements Stuart M. Salsbury of injured plaintiffs. Throughout his career he has obtained many multimillion-dollar jury verdicts, including a $17.4 million award in the District of Columbia. In 2010, The Best Lawyers in America named him a Lawyer of the Year for Baltimore in the area of personal injury litigation. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. 300 W. Pratt Street Suite 450 Baltimore, MD 21201 ph: 410.539.6633 fax: 410.625.9554 www.scbmalaw.com Gary Landsman For more info go to www.law.com/baltimorebest Baltimore & Washington DC s Best Lawyers 5
A Special Advertising Supplement Baltimore & Washington DC S 2 0 1 2 E D I T I O N A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO Baltimore & washington DC s LEGAL TALENT Baltimore & Washington DC s Best Lawyers helps take the mystery out of locating a high-quality advocate to protect you, your family, your business, and all other assets. Keep this comprehensive guide available for those times when you need a first-rate advocate to assist you. The lawyers listed in Baltimore & Washington DC s Best Lawyers are happy to help. Janet, Jenner & Suggs: Achieving Goals Through the Power of No 9 Jack H. Olender: Changing Lives 11 Barry J. Nace: Reflects Upon 40-Year Career of Helping Victims of Medical Malpractice 15 Paul D. Bekman: Achieves $1.25M Jury Verdict for Victim of Knife Attack 17 Schochor, Federico and Staton: Leveling the Playing Field for Injured People 19 Patrick M. Regan: committed until the end 21 Baltimore & washington DC s best lawyers by specialty Administrative / Regulatory Law 6 Admiralty & Maritime Law 8 Advertising Law 8 Alternative Dispute Resolution 8 Antitrust Law 8 Appellate Practice 10 Banking and Finance Law 10 Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law 10 Bet-the-Company Litigation 12 Biotechnology Law 12 Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) 12 Civil Rights Law 12 Collaborative Law: Family Law 12 Commercial Litigation 12 Communications Law 14 Construction Law 14 Corporate Governance and Compliance Law 16 Corporate Law 16 Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar 16 Criminal Defense: White-Collar 18 Derivatives and Futures Law 18 DUI/DWI Defense 20 Education Law 20 Elder Law 20 Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law 20 Employee Benefits (Erisa) Law 20 Energy Law 20 Entertainment Law 22 Environmental Law 22 Equipment Finance Law 22 Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law 22 Family Law 22 Family Law Mediation 24 FDA Law 24 First Amendment Law 24 Food and Beverage Law 24 Franchise Law 24 Gaming Law 24 Government Relations Practice 24 Health Care Law 26 Immigration Law 28 Information Technology Law 28 Insurance Law 28 Intellectual Property Law 29 International Arbitration 30 International Trade and Finance Law 31 IT Outsourcing Law 32 Labor and Employment Law 32 Land Use & Zoning Law 32 Legal Malpractice Law 32 Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law 33 Litigation Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy) 33 Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions 33 Media Law 34 Medical Malpratice Law 34 Mergers & Acquisitions Law 34 Mining Law 34 Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law 34 Municipal Law 35 Mutual Funds Law 35 Native American Law 35 Natural Resources Law 35 Non-Profit / Charities Law 35 Oil & Gas Law 35 Personal Injury Litigation 36 Private Funds / Hedge Funds Law 37 Product Liability Litigation 38 Professional Malpractice Law 38 Project Finance Law 38 Public Finance Law 39 Railroad Law 39 Real Estate Law 39 Securities / Capital Markets Law 40 Securitization and Structured Finance Law 40 Sports Law 41 Tax Law 41 Technology Law 41 Transportation Law 42 Trusts and Estates 42 Venture Capital Law 46 Water Law 46 Workers Compensation Law 46 METHODOLOGY T his list is excerpted from the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. Published for more than a quarter of a century, Best Lawyers lists attorneys in 79 specialties, representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia, who have been chosen through an exhaustive survey in which thousands of the nation s top lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The 2012 edition of Best Lawyers, which was published in November 2011, is based on more than 2.8 million evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. The method used to compile Best Lawyers remains unchanged since the first edition was compiled more than 26 years ago. Lawyers are chosen for inclusion based solely on a vote of their peers. Listings cannot be bought, and no purchase is required to be included. In this regard, Best Lawyers remains the gold standard of reliability and integrity in lawyer ratings. The nomination pool for the 2012 edition consisted of all lawyers whose names appeared in the previous edition of Best Lawyers, lawyers who were nominated since the previous survey, and new nominees solicited from listed attorneys. In general, lawyers were asked to vote only on nominees in their own specialty in their own jurisdiction. Lawyers in closely related specialties were asked to vote across specialties, as were lawyers in smaller jurisdictions. Where specialties are national or international in nature, lawyers were asked to vote nationally as well as locally. Voting lawyers were also given an opportunity to offer more detailed comments on nominees. Voting lawyers were provided this general guideline for determining if a nominee should be listed: If you had a close friend or relative who needed a real estate lawyer (for example), and you could not handle the case yourself, to whom would you refer them? All votes and comments were solicited with a guarantee of confidentiality a critical factor in the viability and validity of Best Lawyers surveys. To ensure the rigor of the selection process, lawyers were urged to use only their highest standards when voting and to evaluate each nominee based only on his or her individual merits. The additional comments were used to make more accurate comparisons between voting patterns and weight votes accordingly. Best Lawyers uses various methodological tools to identify and correct for anomalies in both the nomination and voting process. Ultimately, of course, a lawyer s inclusion is based on the subjective judgments of his or her fellow attorneys. While it is true that the lists may at times disproportionately reward visibility or popularity, the breadth of the survey, the candor of the respondents, and the sophistication of the polling methodology largely correct for any biases. 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WHITE Advertising Law Astrachan Gunst Thomas Rubin JAMES B. ASTRACHAN Dow Lohnes PETER C. CASSAT, SCOTT D. DAILARD Keller and Heckman SHEILA A. MILLAR 202.434.4100 Page 45 Kelley Drye & Warren CHRISTIE L. GRYMES, WILLIAM C. MACLEOD, GONZALO E. MON, LEWIS ROSE, DANA B. ROSENFELD, JOHN E. VILLAFRANCO Kleinfeld, Kaplan & Becker ANNE MAHER Manatt, Phelps & Phillips CHRISTOPHER A. COLE, IVAN J. WASSERMAN Morgan, Lewis & Bockius MICHAEL F. CLAYTON Morrison & Foerster D. REED FREEMAN, JR. Reed Smith JOHN P. FELDMAN Venable GARY D. HAILEY, JEFFREY D. KNOWLES Alternative Dispute Resolution A denotes Arbitration; M denotes Mediation Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler PAUL A. DORF (A, M) Akerman Senterfitt Vienna, VA DONALD G. GAVIN (A, M) Allan Goodman Rockville, MD ALLAN H. GOODMAN (A, M) Bickerman Dispute Resolution JOHN BICKERMAN (M) MITCHELL F. DOLIN (A, M), EUGENE D. GULLAND (A, M), ROBERT N. SAYLER (A, M) Crowell & Moring ANDREW H. MARKS (A, M), STUART H. 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SKEEN (M) Zuckerman Spaeder HERBERT BETTER (A, M) Antitrust Law All litigation categories will be denoted with an * Listed lawyers with both will be denoted with ** Adams Holcomb KENNETH L. ADAMS** Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld BRADY DUGAN* Arnold & Porter WILLIAM J. BAER**, DEBORAH L. FEINSTEIN, DONNA E. PATTERSON**, ROBERT PITOFSKY, RICHARD L. ROSEN**, DOUGLAS L. WALD** Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider JOHN DEQ. BRIGGS Baker & Hostetler LEE H. SIMOWITZ Baker & McKenzie MARY L. AZCUENAGA**, H. STEPHEN HARRIS, JR.** Baker & Miller DONALD I. BAKER** Baker Botts R. STAN MORTENSON*, JAMES F. RILL Boies, Schiller & Flexner WILLIAM ISAACSON Bryan Cave DANIEL C. SCHWARTZ** Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft CHARLES F. RULE** Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton GEORGE S. CARY**, DAVID I. GELFAND**, MARK LEDDY** Clifford Chance WILLIAM BLUMENTHAL Constantine Cannon W. STEPHEN CANNON**, DOUGLAS E. ROSENTHAL HARVEY M. APPLEBAUM, THOMAS O. BARNETT**, GREGG H. LEVY*, ROBERT N. SAYLER, THEODORE VOORHEES, JR. Crowell & Moring JEFFREY BLUMENFELD, ARTHUR N. LERNER, WM. RANDOLPH SMITH, JEANE A. THOMAS** Davis Polk & Wardwell MICHAEL N. SOHN** Dechert JEFFREY W. BRENNAN**, PAUL T. DENIS** Dewey & LeBoeuf MARK CLIFFORD SCHECHTER, MARC G. SCHILDKRAUT, DAVID S. TURETSKY** Dickstein Shapiro ELAINE METLIN* Drinker Biddle & Reath ROBERT A. SKITOL Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer TERRY CALVANI*, PAUL YDE Frommer, Lawrence & Haug MICHAEL F. BROCKMEYER** Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher D. JARRETT ARP**, MICHAEL DENGER**, JOSEPH KATTAN** Goodwin Procter STEPHEN J. POLLAK Hausfeld MICHAEL D. HAUSFELD** Haynes and Boone JAMES R. WADE** Hogan Lovells US JOSEPH G. KRAUSS, ROBERT F. LEIBENLUFT**, JANET L. MCDAVID** Hogan Lovells US MARK D. GATELY* Hunton & Williams RAY V. HARTWELL III** Jones Day KATHRYN M. FENTON, J. BRUCE MCDONALD**, LESLIE C. OVERTON, PHILLIP A. PROGER**, JOE SIMS, TOBY G. SINGER**, TOM D. SMITH Kaye Scholer ROBERT B. BELL** Kelley Drye & Warren WILLIAM C. 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A Special Advertising Supplement Janet, Jenner & Suggs: COVER Achieving Goals Through the Power of No Giving Clients Peace of Mind Spotlight Exceptional Case In the courtroom and at the settlement table, Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC is committed to maximizing the value of its clients claims. Howard Janet, Ken Suggs and Rob Jenner believe the overwhelming needs of their clients dictate such an approach. That belief holds true for all of this national litigation firm s practice areas: medical malpractice, birth injury related cerebral palsy, dangerous medications and defective medical devices, mass torts, product liability, business disputes, and environmental hazards. The firm s thoroughness, dead-on analysis, and courage invest clients with the confidence to embrace the firm s philosophy. Managing Principal Janet explains, We empower our clients to exercise The Power of No and reject enticing offers that, in reality, fall short of the settlements they deserve. Our goal is to obtain full not partial justice and, in turn, peace of mind for our clients. With our guidance, parents of a child who has cerebral palsy due to obstetrical negligence stay the course of negotiations until their settlement is sufficient to fully meet their child s special needs, Janet notes. A recent case of this nature on behalf of six-year-old Devon and his mother settled for $15 million. A recent commercial case produced a $16 million settlement after the firm enabled its client to say No to substantial, but inadequate, offers. Janet says, The proceeds helped this technology company client survive and even flourish. History of Groundbreaking Results The ability of the 23 attorneys who comprise Janet, Jenner & Suggs to obtain full justice settlements emanates from the firm s reputation for winning groundbreaking verdicts. Janet, Best Lawyers 2012 Lawyer of the Year Plaintiffs Personal Injury Litigation in Baltimore, has won noteworthy verdicts throughout his career. He doubled what had been the largest medical malpractice verdict in Washington, D.C., with a $24 million award and twice set the mark for the highest birth injury verdict in Minnesota. He also achieved landmark results in Maryland s highest appellate court, expanding the scope of damages recoverable by brain-damaged children and expanding the rights of patients who have been victimized by fraudulent physicians. Ken Suggs, a past president of the American Association for Justice and Best Lawyers 2012 Lawyer of the Year Plaintiffs Product Liability Litigation in Columbia, South Carolina, has numerous groundbreaking verdicts to his credit, including a $48 million breach of contract and fraud verdict for a public corporation against a Fortune 500 company. Jenner, 2009 Maryland Trial Lawyer of the Year, is a national leader in multidistrict litigation involving dangerous medications and defective medical devices. Suggs and Jenner won the first trial victory for women suing a pharmaceutical giant for marketing a hormone replacement therapy drug suspected in the development of breast cancer. Birth injury authority Dov Apfel, OB/GYN Giles Manley, and Stephen Offutt are other leading attorneys in the firm who have obtained extraordinary results. Named Principals Called Upon By State Governments States engaged in high stakes litigation have called upon the firm s named principals. They represent New Jersey against a major oil company for extensive damage to the state s natural resources and South Carolina against a pharmaceutical manufacturer for the recovery of substantial Medicare and Medicaid payments involving a drug the company marketed for purposes beyond those approved by the FDA. The firm s environmental department also represents communities in Ohio, New Jersey, and Nevada. Firm s Cases Translate to Better Public Safety Many of the firm s victories have produced important improvements in product design, medication warnings, and hospital policies and training programs. A condition of a birth injury settlement required a hospital to provide advanced electronic fetal monitor interpretation training to its labor and delivery nursing staff. After the firm began pursuing hundreds of injury claims against a toning shoe, the manufacturer began marketing a new shoe design. A wrongful death suit brought by parents whose infant son choked on a fabric ball pulled off a stuffed toy led to a safer manufacturing process. This case made national news on Dateline NBC. Sponsors of Birth Injury Prevention and Cerebral Palsy Resources The firm sponsors Cerebral Palsy Family Network, a nonprofit organization. Through www.cpfamilynetwork.org, the network engages and supports families touched by cerebral palsy. Nationwide, families use the site and its Facebook page to share information, support, and hope. Janet, who has investigated 15,000 birth injury inquires, and Dr. Manley, who has delivered 2,000 babies, are collaborating on a book entitled Patients Rights and Doctors Wrongs Secrets to a Safer Pregnancy and Childbirth to help SM educate expectant parents about potential obstetrical complications, so they can advocate more effectively for themselves and their unborn children. From left: Dov Apfel, Robert K. Jenner, Howard A. Janet, Kenneth M. Suggs Our goal is to obtain full not partial justice and, in turn, peace of mind for our clients. Howard A. Janet Sam Kittner For more info go to www.law.com/baltimorebest Baltimore & Washington DC s Best Lawyers 9
2012 Survey Results Winston & Strawn Sullivan & Cromwell DARYL A. LIBOW* Tydings & Rosenberg THOMAS M. WILSON III** Weil, Gotshal & Manges STEVEN K. BERNSTEIN**, JAMES C. EGAN, JR.*, ANN MALESTER, STEVEN A. NEWBORN** White & Case J. MARK GIDLEY* Williams & Connolly STEVEN R. KUNEY WilmerHale JAMIE GORELICK*, WILLIAM J. KOLASKY**, JAMES W. LOWE**, THOMAS MUELLER** Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice DAVID B. HAMILTON* Appellate Practice Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld PATRICIA ANN MILLETT Arnold & Porter LISA BLATT Bingham McCutchen DAVID B. SALMONS Bose McKinney & Evans GEORGE T. PATTON, JR. Bredhoff & Kaiser LAURENCE GOLD Brown Goldstein Levy MELVIN J. SYKES Cooper & Kirk CHARLES J. COOPER GREGG H. LEVY, ROBERT A. LONG, JOHN W. NIELDS, JR. Farr & Taranto H. BARTOW FARR III, RICHARD G. TARANTO Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner DONALD R. DUNNER Fulbright & Jaworski JONATHAN S. FRANKLIN Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher MIGUEL A. ESTRADA, THOMAS HUNGAR, THEODORE B. OLSON, MARK PERRY Goldstein, Howe & Russell Bethesda, MD THOMAS C. GOLDSTEIN Hogan Lovells US CATHERINE E. STETSON Jenner & Block PAUL M. SMITH Jones Day DONALD B. AYER, GLEN D. NAGER Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel DAVID C. FREDERICK, MICHAEL K. KELLOGG Kirkland & Ellis CHRISTOPHER LANDAU, EDWARD W. WARREN Koonz, McKenney, Johnson, DePaolis & Lightfoot MARC FIEDLER Latham & Watkins RICHARD P. BRESS, GREGORY G. GARRE, MAUREEN E. MAHONEY Law Offices of Alfred F. Belcuore ALFRED F. BELCUORE Lewin & Lewin NATHAN LEWIN Mayer Brown KENNETH S. GELLER, DAVID M. GOSSETT, DAN HIMMELFARB, MIRIAM R. NEMETZ, ANDREW J. PINCUS, CHARLES A. ROTHFELD, EVAN M. TAGER MoloLamken JEFFREY A. LAMKEN Morgan, Lewis & Bockius PETER BUSCEMI Morrison & Foerster DREW S. DAYS III, DEANNE E. MAYNARD O Melveny & Myers WALTER DELLINGER, JONATHAN HACKER, SRI SRINIVASAN Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber ROY T. ENGLERT, JR., LAWRENCE S. ROBBINS, ALAN E. UNTEREINER Rosenberg Martin Greenberg ANDREW H. BAIDA, BENJAMIN ROSENBERG Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis TIMOTHY K. LEWIS Sidley Austin PETER D. KEISLER, CARTER G. PHILLIPS, VIRGINIA A. SEITZ Sutherland Asbill & Brennan KENT L. JONES Wiley Rein ANDREW G. MCBRIDE WilmerHale LOUIS R. COHEN, EDWARD C. DUMONT, SETH P. WAXMAN, PAUL R. Q. WOLFSON STEFFEN N. JOHNSON, GENE C. SCHAERR Zuckerman Spaeder JOHN J. CONNOLLY Banking and Finance Law All litigation categories will be denoted with an * Listed lawyers with both will be denoted with ** Arnold & Porter RICHARD M. ALEXANDER, A. PATRICK DOYLE, JOHN D. HAWKE, JR., MICHAEL B. MIERZEWSKI Baker Botts JOE R. CALDWELL, JR.*, WILLIAM H. JEFFRESS, JR.* BuckleySandler DAVID S. KRAKOFF*, ANDREW L. SANDLER* ROBERT A. LONG*, MARK E. PLOTKIN, STUART C. STOCK**, D. JEAN VETA** Davis Polk & Wardwell JOHN L. DOUGLAS Dechert ROBERT H. LEDIG, THOMAS P. VARTANIAN Dickstein Shapiro HOWARD S. JATLOW DLA Piper FRANK M. CONNER III Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson CHRISTOPHER BELLINI** Gallagher Evelius & Jones WARD B. COE III*, PETER E. KEITH* Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher CANTWELL F. MUCKENFUSS III Goodwin Procter MELANIE L. FEIN, THOMAS M. HEFFERON*, ROBERT M. KURUCZA Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander MARJORIE A. CORWIN*, LAWRENCE S. GREENWALD*, BRIAN MOFFET*, PETER ROSENWALD, CARLA STONE WITZEL* Hudson Cook Hanover, MD THOMAS B. HUDSON Hunton & Williams McLean, VA C. CHRISTOPHER GIRAGOSIAN K&L Gates LAURENCE E. PLATT McGuireWoods ROBERT PLOTKIN* McGuireWoods AVA E. LIAS-BOOKER* Miles & Stockbridge FREDERICK W. RUNGE, JR., JEFFERSON V. WRIGHT* Morrison & Foerster CHARLES M. COLE, L. RICHARD FISCHER, OLIVER I. IRELAND**, DWIGHT C. SMITH III, ANDREW M. SMITH Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver FRANK C. BONAVENTURE, JR., PATRICK K. CAMERON** Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe PAULINE A. SCHNEIDER Perkins Coie MARTIN E. LYBECKER Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman DAVID J. CYNAMON* Promontory Financial Group JOHN C. MURPHY, JR. Rosenberg Martin Greenberg GERARD GAENG*, BENJAMIN ROSENBERG* Schwartz & Ballen GILBERT T. SCHWARTZ Semmes Bowen & Semmes CLEAVELAND D. MILLER Sidley Austin WILLIAM S. ECKLAND, JAMES HUIZINGA Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom JAMIE L. BOUCHER*, WILLIAM J. SWEET, JR. Stinson Morrison Hecker BARKLEY CLARK** Sullivan & Cromwell WILLIAM F. KROENER III, DARYL A. LIBOW* Venable RONALD R. GLANCZ* Webster Book Alexandria, VA STEVEN T. WEBSTER* Williams & Connolly JOHN K. VILLA, PAUL MARTIN WOLFF* WilmerHale RUSSELL J. BRUEMMER, FRANCA HARRIS GUTIERREZ, DAVID MEDINE Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law All litigation categories will be denoted with an * Listed lawyers with both will be denoted with ** Akerman Senterfitt WILLIAM C. CRENSHAW* A Special Advertising Supplement Akerman Senterfitt Vienna, VA STANLEY M. SALUS** Arent Fox MARY JOANNE DOWD** Arnold & Porter MICHAEL L. BERNSTEIN Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC Arlington, VA JENNIFER A. BRUST** JAMES R. SCHROLL 703.525.4000 Page 37 Butzel Long Tighe Patton KERMIT A. ROSENBERG**, WILLIAM DANIEL SULLIVAN* Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft MARK C. ELLENBERG**, KENNETH W. IRVIN** Caplin & Drysdale JEFFREY A. LIESEMER**, PETER VAN N. LOCKWOOD* Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard GARY H. LEIBOWITZ**, IRVING E. WALKER** Cooter, Mangold, Deckelbaum & Karas LLP NELSON DECKELBAUM**, ROGER M. WHELAN 202.537.0700 Page 44 DENNIS AUERBACH, MICHAEL ST. PATRICK BAXTER Crowell & Moring MARK D. PLEVIN Dickstein Shapiro SAM J. ALBERTS**, PAUL BENNETT BRAN**, DANIEL M. LITT*, GEORGE R. PITTS* DLA Piper MARK J. FRIEDMAN, RICHARD M. KREMEN Gallagher Evelius & Jones THOMAS C. DAME Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues & Rundell Alexandria, LA BRADLEY L. DRELL Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander Baltimore, MD LAWRENCE D. COPPEL** Greenberg Traurig McLean, VA LAWRENCE E. RIFKEN Henry & O Donnell Fairfax, VA BRUCE W. HENRY** Hodes, Pessin & Katz Towson, MD MARK SCURTI Holland & Knight STEPHEN A. BOGORAD**, RICHARD E. LEAR** Jackson & Campbell JEFFREY M. SHERMAN** Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton MARK D. TAYLOR** Leach Travell Britt McLean, VA STEPHEN E. LEACH** LeClairRyan Alexandria, VA C. ERIK GUSTAFSON** Linowes & Blocher Bethesda, MD JENNIFER KNEELAND* Miles & Stockbridge LINDA V. DONHAUSER**, JOEL L. PERRELL, JR.* Neuberger, Quinn, Gielen, Rubin & Gibber DEBORAH HUNT DEVAN** Odin, Feldman & Pittleman Fairfax, VA DONALD F. KING, JAMES W. REYNOLDS** Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe ROGER FRANKEL** Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LOUIS J. EBERT**, WILLIAM L. HALLAM** Saul Ewing JOYCE A. KUHNS**, CHARLES O. MONK II* Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler RICHARD M. GOLDBERG**, JOEL I. SHER Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker Potomac, MD MORTON A. FALLER** Sidley Austin DAVID R. KUNEY Stein, Sperling, Bennett, De Jong, Driscoll & Greenfeig Rockville, MD ALAN S. KERXTON Stinson Morrison Hecker MARC E. ALBERT**, DARRELL W. CLARK**, JANET M. NESSE Thompson Coburn HARVEY A. LEVIN* Tydings & Rosenberg ALAN M. GROCHAL** Tyler, Bartl, Ramsdell & Counts Alexandria, VA RICHARD A. BARTL, ROBERT O. TYLER Venable GREGORY A. CROSS*, MICHAEL SCHATZOW*, RICHARD L. WASSERMAN** Venable Vienna, VA STEPHEN K. GALLAGHER**, LAWRENCE A. KATZ** 10 Baltimore & Washington DC s Best Lawyers For more info go to www.law.com/baltimorebest
A Special Advertising Supplement Changing Lives Medical Malpractice Titan Jack H. Olender Fights Hard and Gives Generously COVER Spotlight When defense experts testified that an injured girl would not live long enough to justify a significant amount of money to pay for her care, her attorney, Jack H. Olender, was furious. Due to errors made by two obstetricians, the little girl was rendered with cerebral palsy at birth. Olender fought hard, and it worked. The injured girl, in fact, did not die very young, but graduated college and went on to counsel children with disabilities. Without the lawsuit, the outcome would have been very different, Olender says. Thanks to the money obtained from the jury verdict, the child was able to get excellent care and good schooling, Olender recalls. The administrator at the hospital where the girl was delivered later stated the jury verdict was the best thing that ever happened to the hospital, because it helped improve practices within the obstetric department. Dubbed the King of Medical Malpractice, Olender achieved the country s first multimillion dollar obstetric malpractice verdict in 1976. Since then, his work has resulted in more than 200 verdicts and settlements of $1 million or more. The verdicts and settlement awards Olender wins on behalf of his clients mean these children can receive the best in treatment, therapy, and training. These results mean that these children have the financial means to live as nice a life as possible, he says Without these verdicts and settlements, most families would not have the means to obtain adequate full care, training, rehabilitation, and education for their children who suffered from birth injuries. Olender s dedication to helping children who suffer brain damage or cerebral palsy as the result of birth injuries and improper prenatal care has also resulted in improved policies and procedures in hospitals, as well as impacted legislation. He wishes more attorneys would avoid agreeing to complete secrecy of cases in settlement agreements, since this limits the potential positive changes that can result from education relating to a case. A desire for secrecy means that doctors and medical personnel aren t always informed about mistakes, and therefore are limited from preventing recurrences. In many jurisdictions, including the District of Columbia, a lawyer can ethically agree not to disclose the amount of the settlement, but cannot be required to agree to keep the case secret, Olender explains. This is something that many lawyers know about, but some do not and will sign a total secrecy agreement. In another case in which a CT scan was misread, a neurosurgeon performed brain surgery on the wrong side of a teenage girl s brain. Instead of removing the cancerous area from her brain, the surgeon mistakenly removed a portion of the healthy side of her brain. As a result, the girl lost her short-term memory and had to undergo a subsequent surgery to have her tumor removed. That mistake occurred with a particular brand of CT scan equipment, and I attempted to place advertisements in six of the top medical journals in the country to warn doctors of the tendency of this particular CT scan machine to improperly designate right and left, Olender recalls. All six journals rejected the ad. Finally, American Medical News found out about the danger and published an investigative report. The radiologist in Olender s case devised a simple method to correct the equipment s mistake. He placed a chip on the right side of the patient s head, so that when he read the scan, he could always be sure which side was which. Yet, he never told anybody about that, Olender says. Throughout his expansive career, Olender has observed changes that have made malpractice cases increasingly more challenging to prosecute. The courts have changed the law to require very high standards for expert testimony and have stiffened the rules relating to those who can testify in court, Olender says. In addition, the expense of undertaking medical malpractice cases makes them harder to get to trial. It is not rare for an attorney to shell out $100,000 and more to advance the costs of a medical malpractice case. My firm s experience in handling these types of cases, our ability to access the right experts, and our financial capability to front the costs mean that we can tackle medical malpractice cases when some other firms cannot, Olender says. Olender s commitment to making a difference is not limited to his legal work. He and his wife, Lovell, created the Olender Foundation to counter poverty and violence and to promote opportunity and equal justice. We use the foundation to aid in medical, civil rights, and community projects that benefit both our local community and the nation, Olender says. In addition, the foundation honors leaders at an annual event that draws crowds upward of 500 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. Previous honorees include Muhammad Ali, Jerry Lewis, Buzz Aldrin, and more. It s very important to me to work hard to help my clients, to help improve health and safety for the public and to give back to the community, Olender says. Ashley Cisneros It s very important to me to work hard to help my clients, to help improve health and safety for the public and to give back to the community. Jack H. Olender Gary Landsman For more info go to www.law.com/baltimorebest Baltimore & Washington DC s Best Lawyers 11
2012 Survey Results Sidley Austin Whiteford, Taylor & Preston JOHN F CARLTON**, MARTIN T. FLETCHER, STEPHEN F. FRUIN, PAUL M. NUSSBAUM**, KENNETH OESTREICHER**, GARY S. POSNER**, DENNIS J. SHAFFER, BRENT C. STRICKLAND**, DANIEL J. VORSTEG Whiteford, Taylor & Preston Falls Church, VA BRADFORD ENGLANDER**, CHRISTOPHER A. JONES** Wiley Rein McLean, VA H. JASON GOLD**, VALERIE P. MORRISON**, DYLAN TRACHE WilmerHale CRAIG GOLDBLATT*, WILLIAM J. PERLSTEIN** Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice JEFFREY L. TARKENTON** Zuckerman Spaeder GRAEME W. BUSH*, NELSON C. COHEN**, BRUCE GOLDSTEIN Bet-the-Company Litigation Arnold & Porter STEPHEN M. SACKS Baker Botts JOE R. CALDWELL, JR., WILLIAM H. JEFFRESS, JR., R. STAN MORTENSON, RANDALL J. TURK Brown Goldstein Levy ANDREW D. LEVY Brown Rudnick MARK H. TUOHEY III Butzel Long Tighe Patton THOMAS E. PATTON MARK H. LYNCH, GEORGE F. PAPPAS, ETHAN M. POSNER, ROBERT N. SAYLER Dewey & LeBoeuf RALPH C. FERRARA DLA Piper FRANCIS B. BURCH, JR., NEIL J. DILLOFF, ROBERT J. MATHIAS, CHARLES P. SCHEELER Fulbright & Jaworski THOMAS C. GODBOLD Gallagher Evelius & Jones WARD B. COE III Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann LINDA S. WOOLF Goodwin Procter JOHN D. ALDOCK, STEPHEN J. POLLAK Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander LAWRENCE S. GREENWALD Hogan Lovells US ROBERT S. BENNETT, JOSEPH M. HASSETT, DAVID J. HENSLER, JAMES A. HOURIHAN, JANET L. MCDAVID Hogan Lovells US MARK D. GATELY, STEPHEN J. IMMELT Holland & Knight McLean, VA RICHARD O. DUVALL Hunton & Williams McLean, VA THOMAS J. CAWLEY, STEPHEN M. SAYERS Jones Day HENRY W. ASBILL Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel Washington, DC MARK C. HANSEN King & Spalding JOHN M. BRAY Kramon & Graham PHILIP M. ANDREWS, ANDREW JAY GRAHAM, LEE H. OGBURN, JAMES P. ULWICK Latham & Watkins MAUREEN E. MAHONEY Lewin & Lewin NATHAN LEWIN Mayer Brown RICHARD BEN-VENISTE Miles & Stockbridge JEFFERSON V. WRIGHT Miller & Chevalier RICHARD A. HIBEY Morgan, Lewis & Bockius PETER BUSCEMI Nixon Peabody LAURA ARIANE MILLER Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver JOHN ANTHONY WOLF O Melveny & Myers WALTER DELLINGER Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe MICHAEL J. MADIGAN Patton Boggs THEODORE SONDE Ropes & Gray STEPHEN L. BRAGA Rosenberg Martin Greenberg GERARD P. MARTIN, BENJAMIN ROSENBERG Saul Ewing CHARLES O. MONK II THOMAS C. GREEN, MARK D. HOPSON, CARTER G. PHILLIPS Stein, Mitchell & Muse JACOB A. STEIN Stites & Harbison Alexandria, VA ROBERT E. SCULLY, JR. Sullivan & Cromwell DARYL A. LIBOW Trout Cacheris PLATO CACHERIS, ROBERT P. TROUT Venable BRIAN L. SCHWALB Venable MICHAEL SCHATZOW, JAMES L. SHEA Venable Vienna, VA WILLIAM D. DOLAN III Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease PAMELA A. BRESNAHAN Weil, Gotshal & Manges RALPH I. MILLER Wiley Rein BERT W. REIN Williams & Connolly KEVIN T. BAINE, BRUCE R. GENDERSON, DAVID E. KENDALL, STEVEN R. KUNEY, WILLIAM E. MCDANIELS, BRENDAN V. SULLIVAN, JR., JOHN W. VARDAMAN, JOHN K. VILLA, CAROLYN H. WILLIAMS, PAUL MARTIN WOLFF WilmerHale JAMIE GORELICK, WILLIAM R. MCLUCAS, HOWARD M. SHAPIRO, SETH P. WAXMAN Zuckerman Spaeder GRAEME W. BUSH, WILLIAM W. TAYLOR III Zuckerman Spaeder HERBERT BETTER, MARTIN S. HIMELES, JR., WILLIAM J. MURPHY Biotechnology Law ERIKA KING LIETZAN DLA Piper HOWARD S. SCHWARTZ Foley & Lardner STEPHEN A. BENT, STEPHEN B. MAEBIUS, RICHARD C. PEET, MICHELE M. SIMKIN Morgan, Lewis & Bockius PAUL N. KOKULIS Nixon & Vanderhye Arlington, VA B. J. SADOFF Perkins Coie COLIN G. SANDERCOCK Reed Smith ARETA KUPCHYK Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck R. DANNY HUNTINGTON Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler WILLIAM E. CARLSON Sidley Austin JEFFREY P. KUSHAN, JAMES C. STANSEL Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox JORGE A. GOLDSTEIN Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver STUART M. SCHABES Civil Rights Law Bernabei & Wachtel, PPLC DAVID WACHTEL 202.745.1942 Page 29 Brown Goldstein Levy DANIEL GOLDSTEIN Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll JOSEPH M. SELLERS Heller, Huron, Chertkof & Salzman STEPHEN Z. CHERTKOF, DOUGLAS B. HURON, RICHARD A. SALZMAN Katz, Marshall & Banks LISA J. BANKS, DEBRA S. KATZ Relman, Dane & Colfax JOHN P. RELMAN Webster, Fredrickson, Correia & Puth, PLLC LINDA M. CORREIA, BRUCE A. FREDRICKSON 202.659.8510 Page 33 Collaborative Law: Family Law A Special Advertising Supplement Kuder, Smollar & Friedman PAUL R. SMOLLAR 202.331.7522 Page 00 Law Office of Karen L. Keyes Arlington, VA KAREN L. KEYES Lerch, Early & Brewer Bethesda, MD DEBORAH E. REISER Oakley & Eckstein Rockville, MD SUZY ECKSTEIN Pasternak & Fidis Bethesda, MD ANNE W. WHITE Commercial Litigation Adams Holcomb KENNETH L. ADAMS Arnold & Porter MARK D. COLLEY, STEPHEN M. SACKS, JONATHAN L. STERN Baker & McKenzie H. STEPHEN HARRIS, JR. Baker Botts MICHAEL J. BARTA, JOE R. CALDWELL, JR., R. 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SHOOP Fite, O Brien & Anderson Vienna, VA 12 Baltimore & Washington DC s Best Lawyers FRANCES FITE For more info go to www.law.com/baltimorebest
& Washington DC s B est L a w y e r s A Special Advertising Supplement Baltimore J A N E T, J E N N E R & S U G G S, L L C The extraordinary needs of their clients drive the attorneys of Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC to remain steadfast in their efforts to obtain results their clients truly deserve. While the firm s verdicts and settlements are exceptional, JJS measures success not only by the size of recoveries but also by how much they can restore quality of life and secure peace of mind for their clients. This mind-set influences the firm s representation of clients throughout its practice areas: medical malpractice, birth injury related cerebral palsy, dangerous medications and defective medical devices, product liability, mass torts, business disputes, and environmental hazards. Whether JJS is representing parents of a child who developed cerebral palsy from obstetrical negligence, a business victimized by unscrupulous behavior of another company, consumers harmed by dangerous prescription drugs, or communities endangered by a toxic spill, each can count on the firm s full justice mentality. Many of the firm s 23 attorneys have been recognized by their peers as top lawyers in the nation. The Best Lawyers in America has repeatedly recognized the achievements and abilities of founding and managing principal, Howard Janet, as well as Ken Suggs, Robert Jenner, and Dov Apfel. Janet, Best Lawyers 2012 Lawyer of the Year in Plaintiffs Personal Injury Litigation in Baltimore, has compiled an extraordinary record in the courtroom and at the settlement table. Suggs, a former president of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), is the Best Lawyers 2012 Lawyer of the Year in Plaintiffs Product Liability Litigation in Columbia, South Carolina. Jenner, 2009 Maryland Trial Lawyer of the Year, is a former president of the Maryland Association for Justice. Apfel, a former co-chair of AAJ s Birth Trauma Litigation Group, recently received its lifetime achievement award. In-house resources are considerable. They include an OB/GYN, a Certified Public Accountant, and the wherewithal to advance substantial litigation costs on behalf of clients. The firm s reach extends far and wide. Noteworthy verdicts and settlements have been secured in Maryland, the District of Columbia, Minnesota, Iowa, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Illinois, New Jersey, and a host of other venues. Examples can be found at www.myadvocates.com. Even state governments rely on the firm s trial and negotiating skills. South Carolina and New Jersey tapped Janet, Jenner & Suggs principals for representation in high stakes litigation: an environmental case in New Jersey against a major oil company and a case in South Carolina against a pharmaceutical company to recover wrongfully extracted Medicare and Medicaid payments. Public service is a priority at JJS. Aware of the wide ranging needs of families that include children with cerebral palsy, the firm sponsors the Cerebral Palsy Family Network. This nonprofit organization s robust website, cpfamilynetwork.org, and Facebook page supply valuable resources and information to families. JJS or its attorneys have been selected for inclusion in Baltimore and Washington DC s Best Lawyers 2012 The Best Lawyers in America 2012 Super Lawyers in multiple states Newsweek Top Law Firms in Maryland U.S. News & World Report Best Lawyers Best Law Firms Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers SELECTED FOR INCLUSION IN Baltimore & Washington DC s 2012 EDITION Howard A. Janet Kenneth Suggs Robert K. Jenner Dov Apfel howard a. JaneT kenneth m. suggs Personal Injury Litigation Plaintiffs: Baltimore Product Injury Litigation Plaintiffs: Columbia, SC For more info go to www.law.com/baltimorebest For more info go to www.law.com/baltimorebest Baltimore & Washington DC s Best Lawyers 13
2012 Survey Results Sharp & Associates Hogan Lovells US MARK D. GATELY, STEPHEN J. IMMELT Holland & Knight McLean, VA RICHARD O. DUVALL Hunton & Williams McLean, VA THOMAS J. CAWLEY, STEPHEN M. SAYERS Jackson & Campbell JAMES P. SCHALLER Janis, Schuelke & Wechsler N. RICHARD JANIS Jones Day HENRY W. ASBILL, STEPHEN J. BROGAN, MARY ELLEN POWERS, JOHN B. WILLIAMS K&L Gates CAROL ELDER BRUCE Katten Muchin Rosenman S. SCOTT MORRISON Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel Washington, DC MARK C. HANSEN King & Spalding JOHN M. BRAY Kirkland & Ellis DANIEL F. ATTRIDGE, THOMAS D. YANNUCCI Kramon & Graham PHILIP M. ANDREWS, KEVIN F. ARTHUR, GEOFFREY GENTH, ANDREW JAY GRAHAM, M. NATALIE MCSHERRY, LEE H. OGBURN, JAMES P. ULWICK Latham & Watkins MAUREEN E. MAHONEY Law Offices of Timothy J. Bloomfield Sherwood Forest, MD TIMOTHY J. BLOOMFIELD Lerch, Early & Brewer Bethesda, MD HARRY C. STORM Lewin & Lewin NATHAN LEWIN Linowes & Blocher Bethesda, MD GERALD W. HELLER London & Mead CHRISTOPHER B. MEAD MarcusBonsib Greenbelt, MD BRUCE MARCUS Mayer Brown RICHARD BEN-VENISTE, RICHARD J. FAVRETTO, KENNETH S. GELLER, ANDREW J. PINCUS McDermott Will & Emery BOBBY R. BURCHFIELD, MARGARET H. WARNER, CHARLES R. WORK McGuireWoods ROBERT PLOTKIN McGuireWoods AVA E. LIAS-BOOKER McGuireWoods McLean, VA THOMAS E. SPAHN, WARREN E. ZIRKLE McKnight & Kennedy Silver Spring, MD H. VINCENT MCKNIGHT Miles & Stockbridge ROBERT S. BRENNEN, JEFFERSON V. WRIGHT Miller & Chevalier RICHARD A. HIBEY Morgan, Lewis & Bockius PETER BUSCEMI Murphy & Mood Rockville, MD THOMAS D. MURPHY Neuberger, Quinn, Gielen, Rubin & Gibber PRICE O. GIELEN, THOMAS M. WOOD IV Nixon Peabody LAURA ARIANE MILLER Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver JOHN ANTHONY WOLF O Melveny & Myers WALTER DELLINGER, RICHARD G. PARKER, HENRY C. THUMANN Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe MICHAEL J. MADIGAN Patton Boggs THEODORE SONDE Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison KENNETH A. GALLO Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman DAVID J. CYNAMON Quinn, Gordon & Wolf Towson, MD KIERON F. QUINN Ropes & Gray STEPHEN L. BRAGA Rosenberg Martin Greenberg GERARD GAENG, GERARD P. MARTIN, BENJAMIN ROSENBERG Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis TIMOTHY K. LEWIS Semmes Bowen & Semmes JAMES A. JOHNSON Seyfarth Shaw ALAN I. BARON Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler PAUL MARK SANDLER JAMES E. SHARP Sidley Austin THOMAS C. GREEN, MARK D. HOPSON, CARTER G. PHILLIPS, KAREN A. POPP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom GREGORY B. CRAIG Squire, Sanders & Dempsey DONALD T. BUCKLIN Stein, Mitchell & Muse JACOB A. STEIN Steptoe & Johnson ROGER E. WARIN Stites & Harbison Alexandria, VA ROBERT E. SCULLY, JR. The Law Offices of Arnold M. Weiner ARNOLD M. WEINER Trout Cacheris PLATO CACHERIS, JOHN THORPE RICHARDS, JR., ROBERT P. TROUT Troutman Sanders WALLACE A. CHRISTENSEN, JOHN R. GERSTEIN, MARK E. NAGLE Tydings & Rosenberg HERBERT J. BELGRAD, JOHN B. ISBISTER Venable JAMES K. ARCHIBALD, BRIAN L. SCHWALB Venable JAMES E. GRAY, MICHAEL SCHATZOW, JAMES L. SHEA, PAUL F. STRAIN, KENNETH L. THOMPSON Venable Vienna, VA WILLIAM D. DOLAN III Vinson & Elkins C. MICHAEL BUXTON Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease PAMELA A. BRESNAHAN Webster Book Alexandria, VA AARON S. BOOK, STEVEN T. WEBSTER Weil, Gotshal & Manges RALPH I. MILLER Whiteford, Taylor & Preston EDWARD M. BUXBAUM, JONATHAN E CLAIBORNE, GARDNER M. DUVALL, MARTIN T. FLETCHER, RICHARD J. MAGID, ALBERT MEZZANOTTE, JR., WILLIAM F. RYAN, JR. Wiley Rein THOMAS W. BRUNNER, BRUCE L. MCDONALD, BERT W. REIN Williams & Connolly KEVIN T. BAINE, ROBERT B. BARNETT, DANE H. BUTSWINKAS, BRUCE R. GENDERSON, DAVID E. KENDALL, STEVEN R. KUNEY, WILLIAM E. MCDANIELS, BRENDAN V. SULLIVAN, JR., MICHAEL S. SUNDERMEYER, JOHN W. VARDAMAN, JOHN K. VILLA, CAROLYN H. WILLIAMS, PAUL MARTIN WOLFF Williams Mullen McLean, VA THOMAS O. MASON WilmerHale LOUIS R. COHEN, DAVID DONOVAN, JAMIE GORELICK, A. STEPHEN HUT, JR., WILLIAM R. MCLUCAS, RANDOLPH D. MOSS, HOWARD M. SHAPIRO, SETH P. WAXMAN, LAURA S. WERTHEIMER Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker PAUL D. KRAUSE Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice DAVID B. HAMILTON Zuckerman Spaeder DWIGHT BOSTWICK, GRAEME W. BUSH, FRANCIS D. CARTER, MARK W. FOSTER, WILLIAM W. TAYLOR III, ROGER E. ZUCKERMAN Zuckerman Spaeder HERBERT BETTER, MARTIN S. HIMELES, JR., WILLIAM J. MURPHY, ROBERT T. SHAFFER III, CYRIL V. SMITH Communications Law Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld TOM W. DAVIDSON Bingham McCutchen JEAN L. KIDDOO, ANDREW D. LIPMAN, ANDREW M. RAY JONATHAN D. BLAKE, MACE J. ROSENSTEIN, GERARD J. WALDRON, STEPHEN A. WEISWASSER Davis Wright Tremaine ROBERT CORN-REVERE, DAVID OXENFORD Dow Lohnes RAYMOND G. BENDER, JOHN R. FEORE, KEVIN LATEK, JOHN S. LOGAN, KEVIN F. REED, M. ANNE SWANSON, TO- QUYEN T. TRUONG, DAVID J. WITTENSTEIN Holland & Knight NORMAN LEVENTHAL Kelley Drye & Warren BRAD E. MUTSCHELKNAUS Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel PETER W. HUBER, MICHAEL K. KELLOGG Latham & Watkins JAMES H. BARKER, ERIC L. BERNTHAL, MATTHEW A. BRILL Law Offices of Jack N. Goodman JACK N. GOODMAN Lawler, Metzger, Keeney & Logan REGINA M. KEENEY, A. RICHARD METZGER, JR. Lerman Senter STEVEN LERMAN, MEREDITH SENTER, JR. Levine, Blaszak, Block & Boothby JAMES S. BLASZAK, COLLEEN L. BOOTHBY, HENRY D. LEVINE Lukas, Nace, Gutierrez & Sachs McLean, DC BROOKS E. HARLOW Mayer Brown KENNETH S. GELLER Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo CHARLES D. FERRIS, HOWARD J. SYMONS Paul Hastings CARL W. NORTHROP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison HENK BRANDS Sidley Austin DAVID LEE LAWSON, MARK D. SCHNEIDER Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom ANTOINETTE C. BUSH Squire, Sanders & Dempsey JOSEPH P. MARKOSKI Wiley Rein MARK N. LIPP, BERT W. REIN, HENRY M. RIVERA, R. MICHAEL SENKOWSKI, RICHARD E. WILEY Wilkinson Barker Knauer WILLIAM F. MAHER, JR., LAWRENCE J. MOVSHIN, KENNETH E. SATTEN, PAUL J. SINDERBRAND, DAVID H. SOLOMON, L. ANDREW TOLLIN, BRYAN N. TRAMONT, CHERYL A. TRITT Willkie Farr & Gallagher MICHAEL H. HAMMER WilmerHale JONATHAN E. NUECHTERLEIN Wiltshire & Grannis PAUL MARGIE, JOHN T. NAKAHATA, WILLIAM M. WILTSHIRE, CHRISTOPHER J. WRIGHT Construction Law All litigation categories will be denoted with an * Listed lawyers with both will be denoted with ** Akerman Senterfitt Vienna, VA DONALD G. GAVIN**, JEFFREY G. GILMORE**, OWEN J. SHEAN* Asmar, Schor & McKenna LAURENCE SCHOR** Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC Arlington, VA TIMOTHY HUGHES* 703.525.4000 Page 37 Braude & Margulies HERMAN M. BRAUDE** 202.471.5400 Page 00 Blankingship & Keith Fairfax, VA JOHN A. C. KEITH* Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP DOUGLAS L. PATIN 202.393.7150 Page 5 Cameron/McEvoy Fairfax, VA EDWARD W. CAMERON* Cokinos, Bosien & Young Arlington, TX PATRICK J. WIELINSKI* Cooley Reston, VA JOHN G. LAVOIE DLA Piper NEIL J. DILLOFF*, ANTHONY L. MEAGHER** Goldberg, Besche & Banks HOWARD G. GOLDBERG Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann SIDNEY G. LEECH* Greenberg Traurig C. ALLEN FOSTER*, LARRY D. HARRIS** Holland & Knight ANDREW W. STEPHENSON** Holland & Knight McLean, VA THOMAS M. BROWNELL* Husch Blackwell STEVEN J. WEBER Ittig & Ittig JUDITH B. ITTIG** Jones Day ANDREW DAVID NESS** Kasimer & Annino Falls Church, VA JOSEPH H. KASIMER* A Special Advertising Supplement 14 Baltimore & Washington DC s Best Lawyers For more info go to www.law.com/baltimorebest
A Special Advertising Supplement Barry J. Nace Reflects Upon 40-Year Career of Helping Victims of Medical Malpractice COVER Spotlight Exceptional Case If you want to make Barry J. Nace angry, talk to him about so-called frivolous medical malpractice cases. When I hear someone say something about a frivolous medical malpractice suit, I want to tell them to come and work with me for a day to find out what s really happening, Nace says. Medical malpractice cases are expensive to take on; an attorney doesn t invest that kind of money in a case unless he or she believes that it is a strong case. For almost four decades Nace has been a go-to attorney for injured people and victims of medical malpractice. As someone who always wanted to be a trial lawyer, Nace has handled historic cases that have resulted in multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements, along with new legislation. Three of his cases resulted in awards in excess of $30 million. As a result of his work on the landmark case of Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the Supreme Court lessened the standard for the admissibility of expert testimony. The case continues to be widely cited in commentary related to the subject. During his lengthy career, Nace has observed definite changes in medical malpractice law. It has become more difficult to take medical malpractice cases to trial because the requirements have become so onerous, requiring more time and money, he says. As a result, many cases never make it to trial, leaving victims with few options. Most people never hear about the clients Nace represents. They come to him often at their most critical hour, desperately needing help. Everyone likes to criticize trial lawyers until they need a trial lawyer, but people forget that we help people who are hurting, Nace says. To this day, he has never forgotten the expression of one of his clients who ran up to him during a trial break in the courtroom. A defining moment in the trial had just taken place, and Nace s client literally had him against the wall in excitement. He told me, Now I know what happened, Nace recalls. It was very important to him to finally know and understand what occurred in his medical malpractice case. Another memorable moment came when Nace watched one of his three sons win his first case on his own. Today his sons, Christopher T. Nace, Jonathan B. Nace, and Matthew A. Nace, all work with him at the firm, along with Caitlin Palacios, who began her legal career with Nace in the 1990s. As children, Nace s sons would accompany him when he attended legal conventions. He was pleasantly surprised when they all decided to go to law school and, ultimately, practice medical malpractice law. Anyone who works with their children will tell you that it is a unique experience. I have three of them working with me, so I have triple the unique experience, Nace says with a chuckle. Nace earned a BS degree in chemistry from Dickinson College in 1965 and earned his JD from Dickinson School of Law four years later. The law school also awarded him an honorary doctor of laws degree in 1994. A founding member of the board of the Public Justice Foundation, Nace was elevated to the highest rank of advocate with the American Board of Trial Advocates. He served as president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and as chairman of the ATLA PAC, which lobbies to promote justice and fairness for injured persons. In addition, Nace served two terms as president of the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Fellow attorneys elected Nace to join the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American Law Institute, and he is Board Certified in both civil litigation and medical malpractice. He also served as President of the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification. He has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America for nearly 20 years. Nace is also a repeat honoree of both Who s Who in American Law and is among the Top 100 Washington, D.C. Area Super Lawyers. He attributes his success to hard work and ripping his cases apart to study every single detail. While there s no such thing as a perfect case, Nace takes painstaking measures to know each case inside and out, plan for every moment of trial, and avoid potential surprises. Trial attorneys don t just pick up a file and walk into the courtroom. We work on these cases for years sometimes and intensely prepare for weeks before a trial, Nace says. After you win a case, the satisfaction you receive from a deeply appreciative client makes it all worthwhile. Ashley Cisneros After you win a case, the satisfaction you receive from a deeply appreciative client makes it all worthwhile. Barry J. Nace For more info go to www.law.com/baltimorebest Baltimore & Washington DC s Best Lawyers 15
2012 Survey Results Morgan, Lewis & Bockius Kraftson Caudle McLean, VA LARRY W. CAUDLE, JR.**, DANIEL J. KRAFTSON** Lane Law Services McLean, VA DAVID G. LANE Law Offices of Timothy J. Bloomfield Sherwood Forest, MD TIMOTHY J. BLOOMFIELD McManus & Darden GEOFFREY T. KEATING, JOSEPH A. MCMANUS, JR.** Moore & Lee McLean, VA CHARLIE C. H. LEE**, ROBERT M. MOORE** Niles, Barton & Wilmer CHRISTOPHER J. HEFFERNAN Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver BARBARA G. WERTHER Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver JOSEPH C. KOVARS*, JOHN ANTHONY WOLF Peckar & Abramson ADRIAN L. BASTIANELLI III* Pike & Gilliss Timonium, MD PATRICK M. PIKE** Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman DAVID T. DEKKER**, MICHAEL EVAN JAFFE* Rosenberg Martin Greenberg KEVIN PASCALE* Semmes Bowen & Semmes J. SNOWDEN STANLEY, JR.* Seyfarth Shaw BENNETT D. GREENBERG**, DAVID C. MANCINI, RICHARD MCKIM PRESTON** Smith Pachter McWhorter Vienna, VA MARK E. HANSON**, VAL S. MCWHORTER, RICHARD F. SMITH, BRIAN J. VELLA Stites & Harbison Alexandria, VA ROBERT E. SCULLY, JR.* Thomas A. Baker THOMAS A. BAKER** Venable Vienna, VA A. WAYNE LALLE, JR.** Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald McLean, VA LEWIS J. BAKER**, KATHLEEN O. BARNES**, CHRISTOPHER J. BRASCO**, ROBERT K. COX**, SHELLY L. EWALD**, ROBERT M. FITZGERALD**, VIVIAN KATSANTONIS**, CARTER B. REID**, MARK A. SGARLATA**, JOHN B. TIEDER**, PAUL A. VARELA**, ROBERT G. WATT* Whiteford, Taylor & Preston ROBERT F. CARNEY**, ROBERT M. WRIGHT* Wright, Constable & Skeen GEORGE J. BACHRACH, CYNTHIA E. RODGERS-WAIRE** Zuckerman Spaeder ROBERT T. SHAFFER III* Corporate Governance and Compliance Law Alston + Bird DAVID E. BROWN, JR., DENNIS O. GARRIS Baker Botts JAMES A. BAKER III, MARY C. SPEARING Ballard Spahr CHARLES R. MORAN Bryan Cave THERESE D. PRITCHARD BuckleySandler CHRISTOPHER F. REGAN Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft BRUCE A. HILER BRUCE A. BAIRD, DAVID B.H. MARTIN Dewey & LeBoeuf RALPH C. FERRARA Dilworth Paxson RICHARD S. KRAUT DLA Piper R. W. SMITH, JR., SHALE D. STILLER Duane Morris WILBERT H. SIROTA 410.949.2913 Page 43 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson DIXIE LYNN JOHNSON FTI Consulting JOHN J. HUBER Fulbright & Jaworski THOMAS A. FERRIGNO Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher AMY L. GOODMAN, BRIAN J. LANE, RONALD O. MUELLER, JOHN F. OLSON Holland & Knight WILLIAM S. SESSIONS K&L Gates MICHAEL J. MISSAL, DICK THORNBURGH Mayer Brown RICHARD BEN-VENISTE LINDA L. GRIGGS Morrison & Foerster DAVID LYNN Murphy & McGonigle JOSEPH I. GOLDSTEIN, JERRY A. ISENBERG Pollack & Storch IRVING M. POLLACK Richards Kibbe & Orbe MICHAEL D. MANN Schulte Roth & Zabel RICHARD J. MORVILLO, PETER H. WHITE Semmes Bowen & Semmes CLEAVELAND D. MILLER Sidley Austin MICHAEL HYATTE Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom COLLEEN P. MAHONEY Venable WALLACE E. CHRISTNER Venable JAMES J. HANKS, JR., SHARON KROUPA Vinson & Elkins PAUL S. MACO Weil, Gotshal & Manges CATHERINE T. DIXON Williams & Connolly JOHN K. VILLA WilmerHale BRUCE E. COOLIDGE, WILLIAM R. MCLUCAS, HARRY J. WEISS, THOMAS W. WHITE Corporate Law Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler JERALD B. LURIE, DAVID B. RUDOW Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld SANDRA W. HALLMARK Alston + Bird DAVID E. BROWN, JR., DENNIS O. GARRIS Arnold & Porter STEVEN KAPLAN, KENNETH A. LETZLER, MICHAEL D. TRAGER, CHARLES R. WENNER Ballard Spahr CHARLES R. MORAN Bryan Cave WILLIAM F. BAVINGER III, STANLEY J. MARCUSS Cooley Reston, VA MICHAEL LINCOLN DAVID B.H. MARTIN DLA Piper FRANK M. CONNER III, ERIC J. GEPPERT DLA Piper STEPHEN L. OWEN, R. W. SMITH, JR., SHALE D. STILLER, EARL S. WELLSCHLAGER Duane Morris WILBERT H. SIROTA 410.949.2913 Page 43 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson RICHARD A. STEINWURTZEL, VASILIKI B. TSAGANOS Fulbright & Jaworski MARILYN MOONEY Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher STEPHEN I. GLOVER, JOHN F. OLSON Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander WILLIAM M. DAVIDOW, JR., ABBA DAVID POLIAKOFF Greenberg Traurig McLean, VA LEE R. MARKS, MARK J. WISHNER Harkins Cunningham LLP PETER D. EHRENHAFT 202.973.7600 Page 46 Hogan Lovells US ALAN L. DYE, J. WARREN GORRELL, JR. Hogan Lovells US HENRY D. KAHN, WALTER G. LOHR, JR., MICHAEL J. SILVER Holland & Knight McLean, VA JOCELYN WEST BRITTIN, WILLIAM J. MUTRYN K&L Gates ALAN J. BERKELEY Kirkland & Ellis GEORGE P. STAMAS Manatt, Phelps & Phillips JOHN L. RAY Mayer Brown STEPHANIE M. MONACO McGuireWoods McLean, VA THOMAS C. BROWN, JR. Miles & Stockbridge JOHN B. FRISCH, FREDERICK W. RUNGE, JR., J. W. THOMPSON WEBB Morrison & Foerster McLean, VA GREGORY M. GIAMMITTORIO, LAWRENCE T. YANOWITCH Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver KENNETH B. ABEL Proskauer Rose RICHARD H. ROWE Rees Broome Vienna, VA JOEL M. BIRKEN Saul Ewing MARSHALL B. PAUL Semmes Bowen & Semmes CLEAVELAND D. MILLER Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom MICHAEL P. ROGAN Squire, Sanders & Dempsey Tysons Corner, VA ROBERT E. GREGG, ROBERT B. WEBB III Steptoe & Johnson MARK J. SILVERMAN Sullivan & Cromwell ROBERT S. RISOLEO Sutherland Asbill & Brennan STEVEN B. BOEHM Thompson Coburn MICHAEL F. LAUSE Venable MICHAEL J. BAADER, BRYSON L. COOK, JAMES J. HANKS, JR., CHARLES J. MORTON, JR., THOMAS D. WASHBURNE, JR. Venable Vienna, VA ELIZABETH R. HUGHES Vinson & Elkins CATHERINE S. GALLAGHER Whiteford, Taylor & Preston ROBERT B. CURRAN, FRANK S. JONES, JR., ROBERT KALINOSKI Williams & Connolly ROBERT B. BARNETT, JERRY L. SHULMAN WilmerHale YOON-YOUNG LEE, JOHN B. WATKINS Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice Tysons Corner, VA W. THOMAS PARROTT III Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar Armstrong & Cheris Rockville, MD PHILIP H. ARMSTRONG Baker Botts JOHN J. CASSIDY, WILLIAM H. JEFFRESS, JR., R. STAN MORTENSON, RANDALL J. TURK Cozen O Connor BERNARD GRIMM Dickstein Shapiro JOHN T. KOTELLY Dorsey & Whitney WILLIAM R. MARTIN G. Allen Dale G. ALLEN DALE Greenspun Shapiro Davis & Leary Fairfax, VA PETER D. GREENSPUN, JONATHAN SHAPIRO Heeney & Arii Rockville, MD THOMAS L. HEENEY Hodes, Pessin & Katz Towson, MD STEVEN A. ALLEN 410.339.6769 Page 44 Howard, Morrison, Ross & Whelan Warrenton, VA BLAIR D. HOWARD Irwin Green & Dexter Towson, MD DAVID B. IRWIN Ken Robinson Law Firm KENNETH M. ROBINSON Land, Clark, Carroll, Mendelson & Blair Alexandria, VA JAMES C. CLARK Leffler & Mosley, PC Fairfax, VA RODNEY G. LEFFLER 703.293.9300 Page 45 Law Offices of Marvin D. Miller Alexandria, VA MARVIN D. MILLER Law Offices of William B. Cummings Alexandria, VA WILLIAM B. CUMMINGS Lerch, Early & Brewer Bethesda, MD STANLEY J. REED MarcusBonsib Greenbelt, MD ROBERT C. BONSIB, BRUCE MARCUS Nathans & Biddle LARRY ALLEN NATHANS Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe PRESTON BURTON Ropes & Gray STEPHEN L. BRAGA Schertler & Onorato DANNY ONORATO, DAVID SCHERTLER Sidley Austin MARK D. HOPSON Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom MICHELE A. ROBERTS A Special Advertising Supplement 16 Baltimore & Washington DC s Best Lawyers For more info go to www.law.com/baltimorebest
A Special Advertising Supplement COVER Paul D. Bekman Achieves $1.25m Jury Verdict for Victim of Knife Attack Case Settled for a Confidential Amount Following Appeal by Nordstrom Spotlight Malls are supposed to be safe places where customers should only have to worry about overspending, and maybe missing out on a great sale. They aren t supposed to be places where people get hurt. But that s exactly what happened at a Maryland shopping mall in 2005, when a woman attacked employees and shoppers in a department store with knives. Recently released from prison, the woman carried a plastic bag with knives inside. She had taped two together, so there were blades on each side. It was around 5:30 p.m. on a weekday evening when the woman went to the third floor of a department store and walked to the customer service area. Two store employees were behind the counter assisting customers. The woman removed the knives from her bag, climbed over the customer service desk, and attempted to stab the two employees. They fled to an office and locked themselves inside. The woman stomped around the customer service area before attempting to stab another employee, who ran away. The attacker moved to another department, where she knocked down a young woman and stabbed her several times. Another customer was in the dressing room and heard the commotion. She investigated, but didn t see anything and returned to the dressing room to change into her clothes. After leaving the dressing room a second time, the customer took the escalator to the third floor. The attacker pushed her down from behind and stabbed her multiple times. The injured woman staggered to the bottom of the escalator. An off-duty FBI agent happened to be at the bottom of the escalator. He pulled out his gun and arrested the attacker. Following the horrific incident, the victim in the dressing room hired respected trial attorney, Paul D. Bekman. For more than 40 years, Bekman has worked tirelessly on behalf of injured clients and families. His firm, Salsbury Clements Bekman Marder & Adkins, LLC, focuses on catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases, with significant experience and expertise in handling medical and professional negligence; product liability; and automobile, transportation, maritime, and complex business litigation. Bekman filed a lawsuit on behalf of his client against the department store for premises liability, because he believed the store s management failed to do two things. One was to follow their own procedures, he explains. They had an emergency preparation and response guide that basically told them what to do when there was a random act of violence, and that is to make an announcement and evacuate the store with specific language as to what to do. Second, they failed to train their employees about this manual, which had existed for some time. Bekman tried the case for two weeks along with associate, Ryan Perlin. It took the jury about an hour and 45 minutes to award Bekman s client $1.25 million. When the store appealed the case to the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, mediation was held, and the case was settled for a confidential amount. Today Bekman s client suffers atrophy and limited motion due to her injury, in addition to post-traumatic stress disorder. She was unable to work following the attack, but is now able to work part time. Bekman attributes the outcome of the case to intense preparation. We out-prepared the other side and were ready for everything, he says. We spoke to several employees who were on duty that evening, and they didn t know about the store manual and were not trained on its contents. Following the incident, the store amended its manual to include a specific code for emergency situations like the attack. I think my client felt redeemed in the sense that she went through this terrible tragedy, and she always held the belief that this could have been prevented. The jury agreed, says Bekman, who has been recognized by his peers for achieving a significant amount of multimillion-dollar awards. Bekman has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America since 1989 for the practice areas of personal injury, medical malpractice, product liability, maritime law and alternative dispute resolution. He was named Lawyer of the Year for the personal injury category in 2009, for medical practice law in 2010, for products liability litigation in 2011, and alternative dispute resolution in 2012. Bekman served as chair of the University of Maryland School of Law Board of Visitors for nine years. A fellow and former regent in the American College of Trial Lawyers, Bekman served as President of the Maryland State Bar Association, the first plaintiffs attorney ever to hold that position for the organization, as well as the Bar Association of Baltimore City and the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association. I think it s very rewarding to be able to help people in a way that, in many cases, can be life-changing, he says. No amount of money is ever going to repay someone for their losses, but it can help make their life easier, more comfortable and give them more security. Ashley Cisneros I think it s very rewarding to be able to help people in a way that, in many cases, can be life-changing. Paul D. Bekman Gary Landsman For more info go to www.law.com/baltimorebest Baltimore & Washington DC s Best Lawyers 17