Maryland law firms announce staffing changes: January 14, 2008

Daily Record, The (Baltimore), Jan 14, 2008

Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP announced that 32 WTP attorneys have been selected among the 2008 Maryland Super Lawyers: Thomas C. Barbuti, Anne T. Brennan, Mary Claire Chesshire, Jonathan E. Claiborne, Robert B. Curran, William M. Davidow, Deborah H. Diehl, Edwin G. Fee, Martin T. Fletcher, James P. Gillece, John Gontrum, Peter D. Guattery, Harry S. Johnson, Frank S. Jones Jr., George S. Lawler, Natalie C. Magdeburger, Jonathan Z. May, Kevin C. McCormick, M. Natalie McSherry, Albert J. Mezzanotte Jr., Paul M. Nussbaum, Kenneth Oestreicher, Herman B. Rosenthal, William F. Ryan Jr., Catherine M. Steiner, Brent C. Strickland, Steven E. Tiller, Warren N. Weaver, William B. Whiteford, Larry M. Wolf (ret.), Robert M. Wright, and Thurman W. Zollicoffer Jr. Special recognition was given to Nussbaum who was named one of Maryland's Top 10 Lawyers by Super Lawyers. Nussbaum, Curran, McSherry and Ryan were named among Maryland's Top 50 Lawyers. McSherry was also listed among Maryland's Top 25 Women Lawyers.

Richard M. Zeidman has been named managing partner at the law firm of Linowes and Blocher LLP. Zeidman will be the sixth managing partner in the firm's 50-year history. He has practiced at Linowes and Blocher for the past 25 years. Over the course of his career, Zeidman has represented private developers, REITs and institutions in several billion dollars worth of acquisitions, financings and dispositions as well as in major public/private transactions. Linowes and Blocher, founded in 1956, is one of Maryland's leading full-service real estate and business law firms.

Nine attorneys of Venable LLP have been elected to partnership status: Jeffrey A. Barnes, Anne-Therese Bechamps, George E. Constantine, Brian L. Flack, Danielle R. Foley, Kathleen S. Hardway, Colleen M. Mallon, Michael D. Schiffer and Armand J. (A.J.) Zottola. One of the American Lawyer's Top 100 law firms, Venable has attorneys practicing in all areas of corporate and business law, complex litigation, intellectual property and government affairs. Venable serves corporate, institutional, governmental, nonprofit and individual clients throughout the U.S. and around the world from its headquarters in Washington, D.C., and offices in California, Maryland, New York and Virginia.

Tydings & Rosenberg LLP announced that L. Content McLaughlin is now a partner of the firm and that Kristin P. Herber, Jessica L.H. Tupis, Craig R. Haughton and Avery E. Davis have become associated with the firm. McLaughlin counsels businesses on day-to-day legal matters, as well as business formation and governance issues, corporate and tax and business planning issues, and establishments of 501(c)(3) organizations. Herber is an associate in the firm's litigation department. Tupis is an associate in the business, corporate, tax and estates and trusts departments. Haughton and Davis are associates in the litigation department.

Twenty-one Ober|Kaler attorneys have been selected for the Maryland Super Lawyers 2008 issue: Raymond Daniel Burke; Kevin A. Dunne; James E. Edwards; S. Craig Holden; Leonard C. Homer; Joseph C. Kovars; Richard F. Lindstrom; Donald R. Mering; Alan J. Mogol; John F. Morkan; David S. Musgrave; F. Thomas Rafferty; Stuart M. Schabes; Ray M. Shepard; Howard L. Sollins; Paul S. Sugar; Sanford V. Teplitzky; Geoffrey S. Tobias; M. Hamilton Whitman; and John Anthony Wolf. Ober|Kaler principal Dunne has an exclusive spot in the personal injury plaintiff: products category. CEO and Chair John Wolf, along with Teplitzky and Whitman, are listed in the "Top 50" Super Lawyers section.

Adding to its national bankruptcy practice as the pace of corporate restructurings and workouts has taken a pronounced tick upward, Venable LLP announced that experienced bankruptcy lawyer Andrew J. Currie has joined the firm as a partner in the Baltimore office. Currie has a well-rounded background in business bankruptcy, including litigation, restructurings, out-of-court workouts and insolvencies. He has represented debtors as well as creditor committees (secured and unsecured), equity holders and lenders, and also buyers and sellers of assets both in and outside of bankruptcy. Currie serves as counsel for U.S. Office Products Company, the country's third-largest office supply business.