Harold M. Walter

Principal

Baltimore Office

Contact

Email: hwalter@offitkurman.com

Phone: 410.209.6400

Fax: 410.209.6435

Mailing: 300 E. Lombard Street

Suite 2010 Baltimore , MD 21202

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PRACTICE FOCUS

Harold "Hal" Walter is a Principal Attorney in the Business Litigation Practice Group, and also works as an intellectual property (IP) litigation attorney. Mr. Walter’s practice focuses on complex civil litigation including product liability, toxic tort, labor & employment, estates & trusts, and a wide variety of commercial and business litigation. Highlights of Mr. Walter’s legal experiences include:

Defense verdicts in the first two cases to go to verdict in the United States alleging that ELF/EMF caused brain tumors
The trial of numerous consolidated product liability and mass tort cases involving multiple plaintiffs and multiple defendants in which punitive damages were at issue
The argument of hundreds of motions and participation in over a thousand depositions
Fluency in the language of medicine, statistics, and science, honed through the presentation and cross-examination of the world's leading experts on a variety of medical, epidemiological, and scientific issues
The trial of a variety of multimillion dollar commercial and business claims representing either plaintiffs or defendants
Managing litigation, including acting as national or regional counsel for clients with multistate litigation, involving the hiring, supervision, and direction of local counsel and devising and implementing litigation management systems, all within a budget
Counseling business clients, with a particular emphasis on intellectual property and the entertainment industry.

POINTS OF DISTINCTION

Harold Walter has been recognized by The National Law Journal as one of the nation's Top Ten Winning attorneys in recognition of his impressive victories in jury trials of national significance. The NLJ identified Mr. Walter as among the nation's best at establishing credibility with jurors and winning difficult cases. A skillful negotiator, Mr. Walter has also resolved cases in both practical and creative ways. Clients have compared Mr. Walter to a master chess champion who sees the end-game, then plans and executes a winning legal strategy to get there. Mr. Walter represents his clients with his whole heart and full legal acumen to get the best possible outcome.

Mr. Walter received the highest professional (AV) rating from his peers, as reported by Martindale-Hubbell. From the years of 2007-2013 and 2015-2016, Mr. Walter was selected by his peers and through independent research by Law & Politics Magazine as a Maryland Super Lawyer. Mr. Walter has been recognized by The National Law Journal as one of the nation's ten leading litigators (June 10, 2002 issue, "The Art of the Win").

In addition, Mr. Walter recently received a SmartCEO Powerplayer's Award.

SPEECHES

Mr. Walter has written and lectured regarding legal/medical issues as they arise in litigation or potential litigation. He chaired a national symposium of the nation's leading attorneys that focused on trial practices that win cases. He has co-authored a manual on "Trial Preparation From Start to Finish." Mr. Walter has recently written several articles for national journals on electronic discovery and selection of expert witnesses.

PREVIOUS WORK

Before joining Offit Kurman Attorneys At Law, Mr. Walter was a partner with a large downtown Baltimore law firm. Immediately following law school, he served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Richard P. Gilbert, Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.

HONORS

2016 Legal Elite Awards’ Most Tenacious IP Litigator
2007 - 2013 and 2015 - 2016 Top Rated Business Litigation Attorney in Baltimore, MD by Super Lawyers

Practice Areas

Education & Admissions

J.D., University of Maryland, 1982
B.A., Franklin and Marshall College, 1979

Maryland
New York
District of Columbia
United States Supreme Court
United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
United States District Court for Maryland
United States District Court for the Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of New York
United States District Court for the District of Columbia

Activities

Officer and Board Member of the Hebrew Free Loan Association of Baltimore
Member of the board of directors of US Against MS

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