News: Press Release
Fifty-Eight Offit Kurman Attorneys Named to the 2023 Best Lawyers in America List
Four Lawyers Receive “Lawyer of the Year” Recognition; Fourteen are Honored as “Ones to Watch”
Bethesda, MD | August 18, 2022
Offit Kurman is pleased to announce that fifty-eight of the firm’s attorneys have been included on the Best Lawyers in America list for 2023. Lawyers throughout each of the firm’s five regions were recognized. In addition, four attorneys were selected as Lawyer of the Year and an additional fourteen were chosen as Ones to Watch. Based on over 7-million peer reviews provided by attorneys throughout the country, the rankings are a leading, unbiased source of legal referrals in the United States.
Theodore A. Offit, firm co-founder and Principal, was selected as Lawyer of the Year for his work in Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships). Firm President and Principal, Timothy Lynch also received this award for his work in Real Estate Litigation. Steven D. Stone, an Education Law Principal and Zipporah B. Edwards, a Real Estate Litigation Principal, were also awarded Lawyer of the Year. To be named a Lawyer of the Year, one must receive the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one lawyer is recognized as the Lawyer of the Year in each specialty and location.
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.
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 years included on the list, can be found below.
Maryland
Russell B. Berger (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Employment Law - Management
Baltimore Office
Edward A. Bloom (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2010)
Real Estate Law (Since 2010); Litigation - Real Estate (Since 2023)
Bethesda Office
Sandra A. Brooks (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2018)
Family Law; Family Law Arbitration
Bethesda Office
William P. Cannon III (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Real Estate Law
Bethesda Office
Sara M. Donohue (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2010)
Family Law
Bethesda Office
William E. Erskine (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
Real Estate Law (Since 2021); Land Use and Zoning Law (Since 2023); Litigation – Construction (Since 2023)
Columbia Office
Michelle L. Evans (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Trusts and Estates
Bethesda Office
Jack A. Garson (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Real Estate Law (Since 2013); Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) (Since 2023)
Bethesda Office
Emily B. Gelmann (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
Family Law
Bethesda Office
Cheryl L. Hepfer (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2003)
Family Law (Since 2003); Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law (Since 2023);
Bethesda Office
James M. Hoffman (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Litigation – Bankruptcy
Bethesda Office
Robert J. Kresslein (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Banking and Finance Law
Frederick Office
Joyce A. Kuhns (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2007)
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bankruptcy Litigation
Baltimore Office
Howard K. Kurman (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2015)
Employment Law - Management
Baltimore Office
Timothy C. Lynch (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Real Estate
Baltimore Office
Stephen Metz (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law (Since 2021); Litigation - Real Estate (Since 2022); Commercial Litigation (Since 2023); Litigation - Banking and Finance (Since 2023); Litigation – Bankruptcy (Since 2023)
Bethesda Office
Catherine H. McQueen (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2018)
Family Law
Bethesda Office
Pilar C. Nichols (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2018)
Family Law
Bethesda Office
Ronald L. Ogens (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2008)
Family Law (Since 2008); Family Law Mediation (Since 2016); Family Law Arbitration (Since 2018)
Bethesda Office
Theodore A. Offit (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Baltimore Office
John R. Orrick, Jr. (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2016)
Corporate Law 2016
Bethesda Office
Linda S. Ostovitz (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Family Law; Family Law Mediation
Columbia Office
Keith Schiszik (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Family Law
Frederick Office
David A. Severn (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Real Estate Law
Frederick Office
Bryn H. Sherman (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Real Estate Law
Bethesda Office
Fred H. Silverstein (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Family Law
Columbia Office
Jonathan R. Wachs (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Cannabis Law; Copyright Law; Litigation – Intellectual Property
Columbia Office
Pennsylvania
Michael Conley (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2010
Insurance Law
Philadelphia Office
Neil A. Morris (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2012)
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Philadelphia Office
Joshua Quinter (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
Construction Law
Plymouth Meeting Office
Megan E. Smith (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Family Law; Collaborative Law: Family Law
Philadelphia Office
New York
Matthew D. Asbell (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Litigation - Intellectual Property; Trademark Law
New York Office
Tony V. Pezzano (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Patent Law
New York Office
Thomas M. Pitegoff (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Franchise Law
New York Office
New Jersey
Tanya L. Freeman (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
Family Law
East Hanover Office
Louis Tambaro (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Commercial Litigation
Metropark Office
Virginia
Kyle F. Bartol (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2015)
Family Law
Tysons Corner Office
Joseph A. Condo (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 1983)
Family Law
Tysons Corner Office
C. Thomas Hicks III (Recognized in Best Lawyers from 1989 - 2006, retired from law, then listed again after retirement since 2014)
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Law; Real Estate Law
Tysons Corner Office
Lauren A. Jenkins (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Trusts and Estates
Tysons Corner Office
Shirley F. Keisler (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2015)
Family Law
Tysons Corner Office
Steven David Stone (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Education Law
Tysons Corner Office
Washington D.C.
Delaware
Katherine Witherspoon Fry (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Employment Law – Management
Wilmington Office
James A. Landon (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2023)
Land Use and Zoning Law
Wilmington Office
North Carolina
Paul R. Baynard (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2016)
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Charlotte Office
Clayton S. Curry, Jr. (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2011)
Real Estate Law
Charlotte Office
Zipporah B. Edwards (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2020)
Litigation – Real Estate (Since 2020); Real Estate Law (Since 2021); Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants (Since 2023)
Charlotte Office
Louise F. Harmon (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
Real Estate Law
Charlotte Office
G. Edward Hinshaw, Jr. (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2022)
Corporate Law (Since 2022); Tax Law (Since 2023); Trusts and Estates (Since 2023)
Charlotte Office
Elizabeth T. Hodges (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2008)
Family Law
Charlotte Office
Elizabeth J. James (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Family Law
Charlotte Office
K. Mitchell Kelling (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Family Law
Charlotte Office
Robert B. McNeill (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Insurance Law (Since 2013); Commercial Litigation (Since 2022); Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants (Since 2023); Litigation – Real Estate (Since 2023)
Charlotte Office
H. David Powell (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2010)
Real Estate Law
Charlotte Office
Tate K. Sterrett (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2007)
Family Law (Since 2007); Family Law Mediation (Since 2010)
Charlotte Office
South Carolina
James C. Hardin III (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 1987)
Trusts and Estates (Since 1987); Litigation - Trusts and Estates (Since 2011)
Rock Hill Office
J. Benjamin Stevens (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
Family Law (Since 2021); Family Mediation (Since 2022); Family Law Arbitration (Since 2023); Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law (Since 2023)
Spartanburg Office
Ones to Watch
Litigation - Real Estate
Washington, DC Office
Litigation - Labor and Employment
Philadelphia Office
Family Law
Bethesda Office
Litigation - Real Estate
Plymouth Meeting Office
Family Law
Charlotte Office
Family Law
Bethesda Office
Family Law
Charlotte Office
Commercial Litigation; Family Law: Arbitration and Mediation
Baltimore Office
Construction Law
Philadelphia Office
Construction Law
Plymouth Meeting Office
Litigation - Real Estate
Baltimore Office
Mergers and Acquisitions Law
Bethesda Office
Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law - Employee
Tysons Corner Office
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