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Maryland Super Lawyers Recognizes Twelve Shapiro Sher Attorneys

The newly published 2018 Maryland Super Lawyers list names twelve attorneys from Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler. Among them are one attorney given a Top 10 Super Lawyer designation, two attorneys in the Top 100, and three “Rising Stars.”

Maryland Super Lawyers 2018 names the following Shapiro Sher attorneys in their respective practice areas:

  • David B. Applefeld – Construction Litigation, Civil Litigation, Insurance Coverage
  • William E. Carlson – Business/Corporate, Securities & Corporate Finance (Maryland Super Lawyers’ Top 100)
  • Scott W. Foley – Banking, Creditor Debtor Rights
  • Richard M. Goldberg – Bankruptcy, Business Litigation, Civil Litigation
  • Ann Clary Gordon – Real Estate, Business/Corporate
  • Eric R. Harlan – Business Litigation, Family Law, Employment & Labor
  • Anastasia L. McCusker – Bankruptcy, Business Litigation (“Rising Star”)
  • Joseph A. Pulver – Banking, Business Litigation, Real Estate, Creditor Debtor Rights (“Rising Star”)
  • Paul Mark Sandler – General Litigation, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Business Litigation (Maryland Super Lawyers’ Top 10)
  • Ronald M. Shapiro – Entertainment & Sports, Closely Held Business, Real Estate
  • Joel I. Sher – Bankruptcy, Business Litigation (Maryland Super Lawyers’ Top 100)
  • Daniel J. Zeller – Bankruptcy, Business Litigation, Creditor Debtor Rights (“Rising Star”)

Super Lawyers is a division of Thomson Reuters. It rates attorneys throughout the country using a proprietary combination of peer review, professional achievement tracking, and independent attorney research.

Shapiro Sher was founded in 1972 by Ronald M. Shapiro with the mission of providing outstanding legal counsel for Maryland businesses of all sizes. With offices in Baltimore and Washington D.C., the Firm is nationally recognized for its practices in business law, litigation, bankruptcy, and creditors’ rights. 

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Best Lawyers in America Recognizes Nine Shapiro Sher Attorneys

Nine Shapiro Sher attorneys were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2018, and Shapiro Sher Chairman Joel I. Sher was selected Baltimore “Lawyer of the Year” in bankruptcy law. Mr. Sher, who heads the Firm’s Bankruptcy Group, has been recognized in Best Lawyers since 2008. Best Lawyers presents a “Lawyer of the Year” award to the attorney who has the highest overall peer-review feedback in a practice area for a particular region.

All of the firm’s core practice areas – including its nationally known corporate law, litigation, and bankruptcy and creditors’ rights practices – are represented in Best Lawyers’ 2018 selections. The guide, released this month, cites the following attorneys in their indicated practice areas:

  • William E. Carlson: Biotechnology Law; Corporate Law
  • Scott W. Foley: Commercial Litigation
  • Larry S. Gibson: Civil Rights Law
  • Richard M. Goldberg: Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights; Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Bankruptcy Litigation
  • Ann Clary Gordon: Real Estate Law
  • Eric R. Harlan: Commercial Litigation; Family Law
  • Paul Mark Sandler: Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants and Plaintiffs
  • Ronald M. Shapiro: Sports Law; Entertainment Law
  • Joel I. Sher: Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights; Insolvency and Reorganization Law

Shapiro Sher was founded in 1972 by Ronald M. Shapiro with the mission of providing outstanding legal counsel for Maryland businesses of all sizes. With offices in Baltimore and Washington D.C., the Firm is nationally recognized for its practices in business law, litigation, bankruptcy, and creditors’ rights. 

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Appellate Decision Endorses MSBA Committee’s Recommendations

The Daily Record reports on a recent Maryland Court of Appeals decision that endorses the recommendations of the Maryland State Bar Association Special Committee on Voir Dire, which is co-chaired by Shapiro Sher’s Paul Mark Sandler.

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Renée Lane-Kunz Selected for Leadership in Law Award

The Daily Record has selected Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler partner Renée Lane-Kunz to receive a 2017 Leadership in Law Award. Ms. Lane-Kunz is Shapiro Sher’s Chief Operating Officer and co-chair of the Firm’s Employment Law Group. 

Ms. Lane-Kunz is among 39 recipients of The Daily Record Leadership in Law honors this year. The newspaper launched the award program in 2001 as a way to recognize the career accomplishments, community service, and mentoring activities of members of Maryland’s legal community. 

The winners of this year’s awards will be honored at a Daily Record celebration event May 11 at the BWI Hilton. 

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ABA Publishes Fifty-State Survey Book Co-Edited by Eric Harlan

The ABA’s First Chair Press has published a Fifty-State Survey entitled “Daubert v. Frey: Admissibility of Expert Testimony.  The book details each state’s and the District of Columbia’s approach to the admissibility of opinion testimony and also provides an appendix containing sample briefs, interrogatories and checklists for expert preparation and discovery.  Shapiro Sher partner Eric Harlan, who is a co-chair of the ABA Section of Litigation’s Trial Evidence Committee, co-edited and served as an author.