Recognition

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.

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

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

 

Robert B. McNeill (2013)

Commercial Litigation

Insurance Law

Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants

Litigation - Insurance

Litigation - Real Estate

 

H. David Powell (2010)

Real Estate Law

 

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

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

NEW JERSEY

 

East Hanover, NJ Office

Matthew Karmel (2021)

Energy Law

Environmental 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

ABOUT OFFIT KURMAN

Offit Kurman, a full-service AmLaw 200 law firm with offices throughout the East Coast and in Southern California, serves dynamic businesses, individuals and families. Founded in 1987, the firm’s 280+ attorneys counsel clients across more than 30 areas of practice. Offit Kurman helps maximize and protect business value and personal wealth by providing innovative and entrepreneurial counsel that focuses on clients’ business objectives, interests and goals. The firm is distinguished by the quality, breadth and global reach of its legal services and a unique operational structure that encourages a culture of collaboration.