Firm News

Silverman Thompson partner Andrew G. Slutkin has obtained a significant confidential settlement in a District of Columbia wrongful death case in which a man died because of a fitness center’s negligent failure to keep its automatic external defibrillator in working condition as required by DC law. Because of the defendant’s negligence, the batteries were missing…

Silverman Thompson lawyers Bill Sinclair and Anna Skelton recently convinced a New Jersey federal judge that he should compel arbitration of their suit, effectively dismissing a federal complaint. The plaintiff, Precision Funding Group, sued its competitor, National Fidelity Mortgage, for alleged interference with contracts and business opportunities (among other business torts). PFG based its complaint…

Steve Kelly was recognized by the US Department of Justice and the Roper Victim Assistance Academy of Maryland with an award “For Exceptional Leadership, Service, Support and Dedication to the Needs of Maryland Crime Victims” on April 19, 2013.

The murder mystery of Baltimore millionaire J. Schuyler “Sky” Alland, who was executed while driving his $80,000 black BMW in 1992, is the subject of a new documentary on the Discovery Channel. The documentary features extensive interviews with Andy White who at the time was an Assistant United States Attorney and the lead prosecutor. This…

Super Lawyers, a leading attorney ranking service, has recognized Silverman Thompson partners Andrew Slutkin and Andrew White on it’s top 100 lawyers in Maryland list. Andy Slutkin cracked the exclusive top 10 list and is believed to be the youngest lawyer ever to receive this recognition. The rankings were published in Baltimore Magazine and are…

Silverman Thompson was featured in Baltimore Magazines February 2013 “Best Places to Work” issue. For a copy of the write-up, please click here.

In a case concluded yesterday by partners Andrew Slutkin and Jamison White, a Baltimore jury awarded $1.42M against a doctor who removed the wrong ovary and unnecessarily took out a fallopian tube tube during surgery. After seven sonograms showing a right-side ovarian cyst that was potentially cancerous, the doctor negligently removed the healthy ovary. The…

Silverman Thompson partners Monica Scherer, Steve Silverman, Andy Slutkin, Brian Thompson, Andy White, Jamison White and associates Jennifer Fox, Steve Kelly, Ned Parent, Amanda Schwartzkopf, Anna Skelton, Creston Smith and Jason Wasserman were among the attorney recognized as “Super Lawyers” published in Baltimore Magazine this month. Andy Slutkin was also recognized as one of the…

Silverman Thompson partners Andrew Slutkin and Alex Brown won a significant verdict against UBS Financial Services and one of it’s brokers, Gordon Witherspoon. In reaching a $1,782,898.00 verdict, the Baltimore City Jury found fraud and awarded punitive damages against a UBS financial adviser.

In the matter of State v. Theodore Dargan, the Maryland Court of Specials Appeals reversed the conviction of a defendant who had served nearly four years of a twenty-five year sentence without the possibility of parole. Ms. Murphy argued that the police violated the defendant’s Fifth Amendment right to remain silent when they re-interviewed him…