Firm News

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…

Veteran criminal defense attorney Creston Smith is profiled in the ABA Journal for his role in the creation of the CBS legal drama “Made in Jersey’. In appreciation for his contributions to the show, one of the characters will bear his name.

Partner Andy Slutkin has been named by the National Law Journal 2012 Edition of Top Rated Lawyers for his exceptional work in the area of personal injury litigation. Mr. Slutkin is rated AV Preeminent by his peers and also teaches medical malpractice at the University of Baltimore School of Law.

On June 15, 2012 Silverman Thompson member Joe Murphy became the twenty third recipient of the H. Vernon Eney Endowment Fund Award. The award is presented by the Maryland Bar Foundation to an individual who has “demonstrated outstanding leadership in working to improve government and the administration of justice”. Past winners include U.S. Senator Benjamin…

Silverman Thompson Attorneys Andrew G. Slutkin and Jamison G. White recently settled a medical malpractice case for $4 million on behalf of a 48 year-old man who suffered a spinal cord injury following his health care providers’ failure to timely diagnose and treat a herniated disk in his neck that was pressing on his spinal…

Today judges from throughout Maryland assembled for the statewide meeting of the Maryland Judicial Conference. At the conference the Maryland Access to Justice Commission presented Judge Murphy with it’s highest award: Judge of the Year 2012. The Maryland Access to Justice Awards recognize individuals, programs and entities in the State that improve the ability of…

In a decision published today by the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, the Court in Allen v. State overturned the defendant’s conviction on appeal. The Court agreed with the appellant’s challenge to the circuit court’s instruction to the jury with respect to “anti-CSI effect”.

The National Trial Lawyers has selected Silverman Thompson’s Jason Wasserman and Jamison White to its “Top 40 lawyers under 40” in the state of Maryland for 2012. Membership is by invitation only and extended exclusively to those individuals who exemplify superior qualifications, trial results and leadership as a young trial lawyer under the age of…

Silverman Thompson Attorneys Andrew G. Slutkin and Jamison G. White settled a medical malpractice case for $5 million on behalf of the surviving family of a 48 year-old man who died of an undiagnosed pulmonary embolism following routine ankle surgery. In the lawsuit, the family alleged that at a routine post-surgical follow-up visit, the decedent…

The Maryland Senate unanimously voted Friday to censure Maryland Sen. Ulysses Curie. Sen.Currie was represented by Silverman Thompson retired Court of Appeals Judge Joseph Murphy before the Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics. Mr. Murphy argued that censure was the appropriate sanction-not expulsion-after Sen.Currie was acquitted by a federal jury for allegedly accepting inappropriate money from…