Firm News

This month, Silverman Thompson attorneys Andrew G. Slutkin and Jamison G. White settled two Maryland medical malpractice / wrongful death cases for substantial confidential recoveries. The first case involved a 58 year old woman who suffered a massive stroke and then death after the woman’s gastroenterologist negligently took her off the blood-thinner Coumadin for 12…

After deliberating for less than two hours yesterday, a Baltimore County jury found Silverman Thompson partner Brian Thompson’s client not guilty on all charges. Mr. Thompson’s client was facing felony 1st Degree Assault charges with a maximum sentence of 25 years of incarceration. The prosecutor’s plea offer was 16 years to serve in jail. Mr.…

Governor Martin O’Malley has re-appointed Silverman Thompson partner Steven D. Silverman to a second four-year term as a member of the Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities. Mr. Silverman was originally appointed by Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. and confirmed by the Maryland Senate in 1995. The Commission is empowered to investigate complaints, conduct hearings and…

Managing Partner Steven D. Silverman has been named a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA). The LCA is a trial lawyer honor society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Fellowship in the LCA is highly selective and by invitation only. Fellows are selected based uopn “effectiveness and accomplishment…

In the case of Thomas v. Sager, pending in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Silverman Thompson partner and catastrophic injury lawyer Andrew Slutkin settled the case for policy limits of $1,000,000.00 prior to trial. Although the medical lien was under $80,000.00, Mr. Slutkin maintained that his client suffered diminished cognitive brain function as…

Last week, Partner Andrew G. Slutkin was elected the Chairman of the Board of Directors for The League For People With Disabilities. Founded in 1927, The League is a pioneering organization in Baltimore which annually provides thousands of people with physical, cognitive and/or neurological disabilities the opportunities to gain independence through a comprehensive continuum of…

A Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge ruled against the State of Maryland and the Department of Juvenile Services in its attempt to have the plaintiff’s case dismissed. The plaintiffs, represented by partner Steven D. Silverman, convinced Judge Sylvester Cox that the state had both a duty to the decedent and that proper notice of the…

Partner Andrew Slutkin atgued today before Maryland’s highest court in the matter of University of Maryland Medical System Corporation, et al. v. Rebecca Marie Waldt. Mr. Slutkin, the chair of the firm’s medical malpractice department, won a key victory on behalf of his client, Ms. Waldt, in the intermediate appellate court. The University of Maryland…

The Maryland Court of Special Appeals, in a reported decision, overturned a $33.6 million by retired Raven Michael McCrary against his former business associates Stuart C. “Neil” Fisher and Edward V. Giannasca. Silverman Thompson Managing Partner Steve Silverman successfully briefed and argued the appeal of one of the largest bench verdicts in Maryland history. Silverman…

Mr. Slutkin presented witness direct and cross examination techniques at a one-day trial advocacy program at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Mr. Slutkin was on the 12 person faculty for the program described as an “all-star trial advocacy program featuring some of the most experienced and skilled trial lawyers and judges in Maryland”.…