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Forty-Three Offit Kurman Attorneys on the Best Lawyers in America List
Nine on the Ones to Watch List — One Lawyer of the Year
Maple Lawn, MD | August 20, 2020
Offit Kurman is pleased to announce that forty-three of the firm's attorneys have been included on the Best Lawyers in America list for 2021. Lawyers in every region were awarded. Nine more attorneys were included on the Ones to Watch list. Based on over 7 million peer reviews provided by attorneys, the rankings are a leading, unbiased source of legal referrals in the United States.
Additionally, Tate K. Sterrett, who is a Family Law attorney in the firm's Charlotte region, was selected as the Lawyer of the Year (Edition 27, 2021). In the Lawyer of the Year category, additional recognitions are also awarded to individual lawyers with the highest overall peer-feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region. Only one lawyer is recognized as the"Lawyer of the Year" for 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 ten years in the United States. Like traditional Best Lawyers awards, a Best Lawyers: 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, 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
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
Cheryl L. Hepfer (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 1995)
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
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Bethesda Office
Ronald L. Ogens (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2008)
Family Law (since 2008); Family Law Arbitration (since 2018); Family Law Mediation (since 2016)
Bethesda Office
Bryn H. Sherman (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Real Estate Law
Bethesda Office
Real Estate Law
Maple Lawn Office
Theodore A. Offit (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
Maple Law 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
Construction Law
Plymouth Meeting Office
New York
Charlotte
Clayton S. Curry, Jr. (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2011)
Real Estate Law
Zipporah B. Edwards (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2020)
Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate Law
Elizabeth T. Hodges (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2008)
Family Law
Elizabeth J. James (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Family Law
Mitchell Kelling (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Family Law
Robert B. McNeill (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Insurance Law
David Powell (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2010)
Real Estate Law
Tate K. Sterrett (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2007)
Family Law and Family Law Mediation
James M. Talley, Jr. (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2012)
Real Estate Law
Robert Turner III (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2010)
Real Estate Law
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
Steven David Stone (Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2013)
Education Law
Tysons Corner Office
Ones to Watch
MARYLAND
Commercial Litigation; Family Law
Baltimore Office
Family Law
Bethesda Office
CHARLOTTE
Family Law
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