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Best Lawyers Names Sixty-Three Offit Kurman Attorneys to their Best Lawyers in America and Ones to Watch Lists

August 18, 2023
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Offit Kurman is pleased to announce that sixty-three of the firm’s attorneys have been included on the Best Lawyers in America list for 2024. In addition, six attorneys were chosen to Ones to Watch and one attorney was 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

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

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

Alexander Mirkin (2024)

Antitrust Law

NEW JERSEY

East Hanover, NJ Office

Matthew Karmel (2021)

Energy Law

Environmental Law

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