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Aimee Bader
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Aimee Bader announces the opening of her practice, the Law Office of
Aimee M. Bader, LLC, 2605 Royal Oak Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21207, (410)
499-6793. Bader will concentrate in real estate matters and landlord/tenant
law.
The law firm of Kaufman, Ries & Elgin, P.A., announces
that Thomas C. Ries has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The
Best Lawyers in America 2005-2006 as one of the leading family law attorneys.
Paul Kemp, a veteran Maryland and Washington, D.C.,
trial lawyer who has represented a number of high-profile clients over more
than three decades in private practice, has joined Venable LLP.
Timothy F. Maloney was the keynote speaker at the
30th Annual Conference of the National Association of Administrative Law Judges
in Baltimore, where he spoke on the topic “The Importance of Administrative
Adjudication in the Context of the Rule of Law”.
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June E. Hooper
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Edward J. Gutman announces the formation of the firm
of Edward J. Gutman, LLC, where he will practice as a mediator and arbitrator.
He has resigned from the firm of Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, where he had been
a principal in the firm’s Labor and Employment practice group since 2001.
Catherine Chen Hester, formerly of the Baltimore City
and Howard County State’s Attorney’s Offices, has joined the Maryland
Office of People’s Counsel in Baltimore City, an organization that represents
the interests of Maryland’s residential consumers of energy, telecommunications,
private water and certain transportation services.
The Maryland Conference of Circuit Judges has elected the Honorable
William D. Missouri as its newest chair.
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Jonathan M. Holda
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Jessica L. Waicker has joined the law firm of Adelburg,
Rudow, Dorf &
Hendler, LLC, as an associate attorney in the firm’s Business Group,
where she will focus her practice on real estate and corporate law.
Associates Jonathan M. Holda and June E. Hooper have
joined the Business &
Tax Department of the law firm of Ober Kaler. Staff attorney David G. Kinzer has
joined the firm’s Construction Group.
Cheryl Kelly Jacobs, Division Chief of Narcotic and
Special Investigations in the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s
Office, has been appointed to the Executive Council of the Criminal Justice
Section of the American Bar Association.
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David G. Kinzer
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Jason E. Fisher has been elected a principal in the
firm of Lerch, Early &
Brewer, Chtd. Fisher practices in the firm’s Community Associations and
Litigation practice groups.
The Intellectual Property law firm of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
P.L.L.C. announces the election of Eldora L. Ellison and Heidi L.
Kraus to its directorship. Both are members of the firm’s Biotechnology/Chemical
Group.
Corporate and real estate lawyer Michael L. Jennings has
joined Ober Kaler’s Business Group in the firm’s Baltimore office.
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Michael L. Jennings
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Whiteford, Taylor & Preston L.L.P. attorney Joseph
K. Pokempner has received the 2004 Charles H. Dorsey, Jr., Mentor Award
from the Bar Association of Baltimore City. The award is given to lawyers
that provide exemplary service to the community-at-large and other members
of the Bar.
Lila Shapiro Cyr, an associate in the Baltimore office
of the law firm of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, has been elected
to the Board of Directors of the Chesapeake Search and Rescue Dog Association,
Inc., an organization dedicated to ensuring that a 24-hour, 7-day per week,
professionally trained, all-volunteer K9 Search Team is available to law enforcement,
fire services, natural resource authorities and emergency management agencies
within the Chesapeake Bay Region.
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Joseph K. Pokempner
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Marci I. Gordon, an associate in the Baltimore office
of the law firm of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, has been elected
to the Board of Directors of the Everyman Theatre, a professional equity theatre
with a repertory company of artists from the Baltimore/Washington area.
Alice Dansker Doyle has joined the family law firm
of Silverstein & Ostovitz, LLC, as an Associate.
Maurice A. Bellan has joined the Litigation Group
at Hodes, Ulman, Pessin
& Katz, P.A., and will practice from the firm’s Columbia office.
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Nicole F. Munro
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Nicole F. Munro has become a partner in the nationwide
consumer financial services law firm of Hudson Cook LLP. Lisa Crowley DeLessio has
joined the firm as an associate.
Patricia McGowan, Mattnew T. Murnane, Eric S. Namrow,
John M. Ramirez and Brian A. Zemil have become partners at Venable
LLP.
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John B. Gontrum
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John B. Gontrum, Gary W. Kuc, Dino C. La Fiandra, Frank
J. Mastro and Gregory M. Stone have been elected partners in the
law firm of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston L.L.P.
The Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, announces
the selection of Robin W. Denick to the position of Senior Counsel,
Office of the Division Counsel, Tax Exempt and Government Entities (Northeast &
Mid-Atlantic Area). Denick is a Past Chair of the MSBA Section of Taxation.
Zuckerman Spaeder has been named one of the top five firms
in The American Lawyer’s inaugural “Litigation Boutique
of the Year” competition. The only East Coast law firm named to the list,
Zuckerman Spaeder was selected for its track record of preparation, integrity
and positive results defending clients in high profile civil and white-collar
litigation.
The law firm of Kimmel & Silverman, P.C., announces the
opening of its Maryland office at 10451 Mill Run Circle, Suite 400, Owings
Mills, Maryland 21117, (800) 536-6652.
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Gary W. Kuc
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Dino C. La Fiandra
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Frank J. Mastro
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Gregory M. Stone
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