Firm News

Silverman Thompson Managing Partner Steven D. Silverman has been named one of the top ten criminal defense attorneys in the Northeast by Avvo and published in the December, 2010 Best of the Northeast issue of Arrive Magazine.

Silverman Thompson partner and domestic attorney Monica Scherer appeared on Baltimore’s NBC affiliate Sunday to discuss a new Maryland law aimed at protecting victims of domestic violence. To view the video, click here.

Silverman Thompson managing partner Steve Silverman was recently named in the 2010 nationwide listing in Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition. Mr. Silverman has been recognized in the area of civil litigation defense. Law & Politics performs the polling, research, evaluation and selection of Super Lawyers in a process designed to identify lawyers who have obtained…

As reported in the Baltimore Sun, Silverman Thompson partner Andy White has convinced an Anne Arundel Circuit Court Judge to strike down a ballot referendum challenging the Cordish company’s planned slots parlor at Arundel Mills mall.

Today Silverman Thompson partner Andrew G. Slutkin filed one of the first comprehensive lawsuits against Dr. Mark Midei, Saint Joseph Medical Center and Mid Atlantic Cardiovascular over the insertion of unnecessary cardiac stents during cardiac catheterization. The lawsuit claims medical malpractice and fraud amongst the eight counts.

Today the firm recovered one million dollars in a confidential settlement that will ensure the future care and well being of an elderly woman who was debilitated by medical negligence.

In the matter of State v. Campbell, today the Maryland Court of Special Appealsreversed a ruling by Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Dana Levitz. The defendant, who was represented by another law firm at the trial level, lost a motion to dismiss for lack of probable cause and received a sentence of ten years without…

Silverman Thompson associate Jason Wasserman has been named the Chair-Elect of the Young Lawyer’s Division (YLD) of the Bar Association of Baltimore City (BABC). By taking a leadership role in the first Bar Association formed in the State of Maryland and one of the oldest in the Nation, Mr. Wasserman will strive to further the…

Silverman Thompson has recovered a policy maximum of $1.25 Million for a 54 year old New York woman who was critically injured while a passenger on a motorcycle on a Pennsylvania highway. The collision was caused when the driver of the motorcycle attempted to pass an SUV in a no-pass-zone, the SUV turned left and…

Silverman Thompson criminal defense attorney Brian G. Thompson convinced prosecutors in Baltimore County to drop a highly publicized animal cruelty prosecution. Initially, the Baltimore County Police held a press conference to tout the arrest. Please click here to view the entire front page story in today’s Baltimore Sun.