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Best Lawyers Names Eighty-Seven Offit Kurman Attorneys to their Best Lawyers in America and Ones to Watch Lists
Bethesda, MD – (August 18, 2023) –Offit Kurman is pleased to announce that seventy of the firm’s attorneys have been included on the Best Lawyers in America list for 2024. In addition, seventeen attorneys were chosen to Ones to Watch and two attorneys were selected as Lawyer of the Year.
Attorneys in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch category are extraordinary lawyers who have been in private practice for less than 10 years in the United States. Like traditional Best Lawyers awards, the Ones to Watch recognition is based entirely on peer review.
Robert McNeill was selected as Lawyer of the Year for his work in Insurance Law. Tate Sterrett received the Lawyer of the Year recognition for his work in Family Law and Family Law Mediation.
The Offit Kurman lawyers on the lists are a diverse group of individuals whose practices span various legal service areas, including family law, bankruptcy, insurance, real estate, education law, estates and trusts, business organizations and commercial litigation. Many of the attorneys recognized this year have appeared on the list multiple times.
Links to these attorneys’ biographies, along with their Best Lawyers practice areas and first year included on the list can be found below.
*The year in parenthesis is the first edition year the lawyer was recognized in Best Lawyers for any practice area.
The Best Lawyers in America (2024 Edition)
DELAWARE
Wilmington, DE Office
Katherine Witherspoon Fry (2023)
Employment Law - Management
James A Landon (2023)
Land Use and Zoning Law
MARYLAND
Baltimore, MD Office
Russell B. Berger (2023)
Employment Law - Individuals
Employment Law - Management
Joyce A. Kuhns (2007)
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation – Bankruptcy
Howard K. Kurman (2015)
Employment Law – Management
Timothy C. Lynch (2013)
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Real Estate
Theodore A. Offit (2013)
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Bethesda, MD Office
Sandra A. Brooks (2018)
Family Law
Family Law Arbitration
Edward A. Bloom (2010)
Litigation - Real Estate
Real Estate Law
William P. Cannon III (2023)
Real Estate Law
Sara M. Donohue (2010)
Family Law
Michelle L. Evans (2023)
Trusts and Estates
Jack A. Garson (2013)
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Construction Law
Real Estate Law
Cheryl L. Hepfer (2003)
Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Family Law
James M. Hoffman (2013)
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Marjorie Just (2024)
Family Law
Catherine H. McQueen (2018)
Family Law
Stephen Metz (2021)
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Banking and Finance
Litigation - Bankruptcy
Litigation - Real Estate
Ronald L. Ogens (2008)
Family Law
Family Law Arbitration
Family Law Mediation
John R. Orrick, Jr. (2016)
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Corporate Law
Eric J. Pelletier (2024)
Commercial Litigation
Bryn H. Sherman (2013)
Real Estate Law
Columbia, MD Office
William E. Erskine (2021)
Land Use and Zoning Law
Litigation - Construction
Real Estate Law
Linda Sorg Ostovitz (2023)
Family Law
Family Law Mediation
Fred H. Silverstein (2023)
Family Law
Jonathan R. Wachs (2023)
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Cannabis Law
Copyright Law
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Frederick, MD Office
Robert J. Kresslein (2023)
Real Estate Law
David A. Severn (2023)
Real Estate Law
Keith Schiszik (2023)
Family Law
NEW YORK
New York, NY
Matthew D. Asbell (2023)
Trademark Law
Rawan Hmoud (2024)
Family Law
Thomas Pitegoff (2013)
Franchise Law
NEW JERSEY
Hackensack, NJ
Margaret Carmeli (2024)
Environmental Law
Louis Tambaro (2023)
Commercial Litigation
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte, NC Office
Paul R. Baynard (2016)
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Christopher F. Brislin (2024)
Real Estate Law
Clayton S. Curry, Jr. (2011)
Real Estate Law
Zipporah B. Edwards (2020)
Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
Litigation - Insurance
Litigation - Real Estate
Real Estate Law
G. Edward Hinshaw, Jr. (2022)
Corporate Law
Tax Law
Trusts and Estates
Elizabeth T. Hodges (2008)
Family Law
Elizabeth J. James (2013)
Family Law
K. Mitchell Kelling (2013)
Family Law
Robert B. McNeill (2013)
Commercial Litigation
Insurance Law
Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants
Litigation - Insurance
Litigation - Real Estate
H. David Powell (2010)
Real Estate Law
Tate Sterrett (2007)
Family Law
Family Law Mediation
Greensboro, NC Office
J. Alexander S. Barrett (2021)
Employment Law – Management
Robert D. Douglas III (2014)
Litigation - Real Estate
Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Real Estate Law
Trusts and Estates
Charles T. Hagan III (2015)
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
Corporate Governance Law
Corporate Law
Trusts and Estates
Kurt A. Seeber (2020)
Workers' Compensation Law – Employers
PENNSYLVANIA
Harrisburg, PA Office
Anthony Potter (2024)
Construction Law
Philadelphia, PA Office
Michael Conley (2010)
Insurance Law
Neil A. Morris (2012)
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Megan Smith (2023)
Collaborative Law: Family Law
Family Law
Family Law Mediation
Plymouth Meeting, PA
Meghan K. Finnerty (2024)
Insurance Law
Joshua Quinter (2021)
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
SOUTH CAROLINA
Rock Hill, SC Office
James C. Hardin III (1987)
Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Trusts and Estates
VIRGINIA
Tysons Corner, VA Office
Kyle Bartol (2015)
Family Law
Joseph A. Condo (1983)
Family Law
David N. Goldberg (2024)
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Commercial Litigation
Family Law
Richard A. Gray (2024)
Collaborative Law: Family Law
Lauren A. Jenkins (2023)
Trusts and Estates
Douglas Kay (2024)
Commercial Litigation
Michael N. Mercurio (2024)
Corporate Law
Mark Moorstein (2024)
Land Use and Zoning Law
Alison K. Noll (2024)
Trusts and Estates
Thomas W. Repczynski (2024)
Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Thomas Powell (2024)
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
Steven David Stone (2013)
Education Law
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Washington, D.C. Office
Erin C. Golding (2019)
Collaborative Law: Family Law
Family Law
Family Law Mediation
Stephen Hessler (2023)
Real Estate Law
The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch (2024 Edition)
MARYLAND
Baltimore, MD Office
Gwendolyn Roy-Harrison (2022)
Litigation - Real Estate
Rachel Mech (2021)
Commercial Litigation
Family Law
Family Law: Arbitration and Mediation
Litigation - Securities
Bethesda, MD Office
M. Jemi Cho (2021)
Family Law
Samantha H. Kravitz (2021)
Family Law
NEW YORK
New York, NY Office
Justin Corbalis (2021)
Environmental Law
Alexander Mirkin (2024)
Antitrust Law
NORTH CAROLINA
Charlotte, NC Office
Kyle Frost (2021)
Appellate Practice
Family Law
Anna Gray LeBlanc (2023)
Family Law
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia, PA Office
Justine Baakman (2024)
Litigation - Construction
Gabriel V. Celii (2023)
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Franklin C. Miller, Jr. (2023)
Construction Law
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Plymouth Meeting, PA Office
Joseph Mathew (2024)
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Patent Law
VIRGINIA
Tysons Corner, VA Office
Theodora Stringham (2022)
Commercial Litigation
Labor and Employment Law - Employee
Real Estate Law
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Washington, DC Office
Tracy Buck (2023)
Banking and Finance Law
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Real Estate
Ian Thomas (2024)
Commercial Litigation
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