Our Management Team

Linda Ostovitz
Legal Operations Chair
lostovitz@offitkurman.com |  301.575.0381

Ms. Ostovitz serves as the Legal Operations Chair and is a member of the firm’s Management Committee. Her practice focuses on Family Law, including such subject matters as divorce, custody, child support, alimony, property division, post and prenuptial agreements. She is a mediator and a certified arbitrator.  She holds a prestigious fellowship in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and serves as the Vice President of the Maryland Chapter. She is the Chair of the Board of the Howard County Chamber of Commerce, and also serves on the Boards of Offit Kurman, the Rotary Club of Columbia Patuxent, and Respite Retreats. She is an active supporter of Gilchrist Hospice.

Katie Barrett
Legal Operations Director
katie.barrett@offitkurman.com | 410.209.6422 |

As Legal Operations Director, Katie assists both the Managing Principal and Legal Operations Chair with the Office of Managing Principal’s special initiatives, projects, programs, and strategic goals. Katie works closely with other firm management teams to ensure efficient communications, prioritization of important issues, and timely completion of tasks and assignments.

Russell Berger
Principal and Department Chair
rberger@offitkurman.com | 410.209.6435

Russell Berger is a business counselor serving the needs of small and mid-sized businesses as an outside general counsel and as a labor and employment attorney.

As a top-rated labor and employment attorney, Mr. Berger provides business counsel to employers on employee matters. He is well-versed in litigating in both state and federal courts.

Mr. Berger draws from his experience as a member of management at Offit Kurman to provide solutions to his clients that address legal issues and promote the growth of the business. He works diligently to solve the problems of owners and operators of business-to-business, professional service, technology, and other firms so that they can focus on what they do best - running and growing their business.

William Cannon, III
Principal and Department Chair
bcannon@offitkurman.com | 240.507.1771

Billy Cannon is a Department Chair and a member of Offit Kurman's Landlord Representation Practice Group. He represents property owners and property management companies in litigation, mediations, administrative agency hearings and leasing, with a special emphasis on Fair Housing and discrimination complaints. Mr. Cannon routinely provides Fair Housing Act training and compliance for clients in litigation and administrative disputes related to Fair Housing and discrimination.

Mr. Cannon serves as General Counsel for Property Management Association. He also sits on the board for Special Love, a non-profit that provides cancer families a community of support, and the Willie Strong Foundation, a non-profit which raises funds to find a cure for pediatric brain cancer.

Douglas Kay
Principal and Department Chair
dkay@ofittkurman.com | 703.745.1810

Douglas Kay is a commercial and business litigation attorney and Department Chair. As Department Chair, he plays an integral role in managing four different practice groups consisting of over seventy-five lawyers located across the entire Offit Kurman platform. Mr. Kay possesses a broad range of practical experience to assist clients in reaching business and litigation resolutions for their most threatening and difficult problems.

He has represented a wide variety of clients from individuals to publicly traded corporations and small businesses. Mr. Kay is particularly skilled in diagnosing and solving problems in their earliest stages and has a proven track record of avoiding costly and unnecessary litigation. However, he is calm and experienced when confronted with a matter that must be resolved in a court of law, administrative hearing or through alternative dispute resolution.