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Forty-Four Offit Kurman Attorneys Named to the 2022 Best Lawyers in America List
Three Lawyers Receive “Lawyer of the Year” Recognition; Eleven are Honored as “Ones to Watch”
Baltimore, MD | August 20, 2021
Offit Kurman is pleased to announce that forty-four of the firm’s attorneys have been included on the Best Lawyers in America list for 2022. Lawyers throughout each of the firm’s five regions were recognized. In addition, three attorneys were selected as Lawyer of the Year and an additional eleven 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.
Tate K. Sterrett, in the firm’s Charlotte region, was selected as Lawyer of the Year for the second consecutive year, this year for his work in Family Law Mediation. Robert B. McNeill, an Insurance Law attorney in the Charlotte region and Ronald L. Ogens, a Family Law attorney in the firm’s Washington D.C. region also were 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
Joyce A. Kuhns (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2007)
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law (since 2007); Bankruptcy Litigation (since 2011)
Baltimore Office
Howard Kurman (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2015)
Employment Law and Management
Baltimore Office
Timothy C. Lynch (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Commercial Litigation and Real Estate Litigation (Since 2014)
Baltimore Office
Theodore A. Offit (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Baltimore Office
Edward A. Bloom (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2010)
Real Estate Law
Bethesda Office
Sandra A. Brooks (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2018)
Family Law and Family Law Arbitration
Bethesda Office
Sara M. Donohue (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2010)
Family Law
Bethesda Office
Jack A. Garson (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Real Estate Law
Bethesda Office
Family Law
Bethesda Office
Cheryl L. Hepfer (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2003)
Family Law
Bethesda Office
James M. Hoffman (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Bankruptcy Litigation
Bethesda Office
Catherine H. McQueen (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2018)
Family Law
Bethesda Office
Stephen Metz (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Real Estate
Bethesda Office
Pilar Nichols (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2018)
Family Law
Bethesda Office
Ronald L. Ogens (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2008)
Family Law; Family Law Arbitration; Family Law Mediation
Bethesda Office
John R. (Jack) Orrick (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2016)
Corporate Law
Bethesda Office
Bryn H. Sherman (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Real Estate Law
Bethesda Office
William E. Erskine (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
Real Estate Law
Columbia Office
Pennsylvania
Michael Conley (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2010)
Insurance Law
Philadelphia Office
Neil A. Morris (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2012)
Labor and Employment Litigation
Philadelphia Office
Joshua Quinter (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
Construction Law
Plymouth Meeting Office
New York
North Carolina
Paul Baynard (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2016)
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Charlotte Office
John H. (“Jack”) Capitano (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2018)
Real Estate Litigation
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)
Real Estate Litigation and Real Estate Law
Charlotte Office
William B. Hamel (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2017)
Business Organizations (Including LLCs and Partnerships)
Charlotte Office
Corporate Law
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
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
Charlotte Office
Henry N. Pharr III (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2016)
Real Estate Litigation (Since 2018) and Real Estate Law (Since 2016)
Charlotte Office
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); Trust and Estates - Litigation (since 2011)
Rock Hill Office
Ben Stevens (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2021)
Family Law and Family Law Mediation
Spartanburg Office
Virginia
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, and Real Estate Law
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
Ones to Watch
MARYLAND
Litigation - Real Estate
Baltimore Office
Commercial Litigation; Family Law
Baltimore Office
Family Law
Bethesda Office
CHARLOTTE
Family Law
TYSONS CORNER
Commercial Litigation; Labor and Employment Law
Tysons Corner Office
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