Riane White is an associate at Silverman Thompson who primarily practices in the Firm’s criminal defense group. She works on a broad range of criminal matters, from DUIs and assaults to white collar investigations and contempt of congress. She has state and federal jury trial experience and state and federal appellate writing experience. 

Before joining the Firm, Ms. White was judicial law clerk in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County to the Honorable Vicki Ballou-Watts and Stacy A. Mayer. She also clerked for the Honorable Susan H. Hazlett in the District Court for Harford County. 

Riane attended Washington University School of Law where, in addition to her J.D., she earned an LL.M. in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution and served as a certified student attorney for the St. Louis County Public Defender’s Office. She was also awarded a Global Public Interest Fellowship and worked in the High Court Unit of Legal Aid South Africa in Durban. 

Riane completed her undergraduate education at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she received a Bachelor of Science in broadcast journalism. 

Education
  • Washington University School of Law - J.D. - 2019
  • Washington University School of Law - LL.M - 2019
  • University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - B.S. - 2016

    Cum Laude

Practice Areas
  • Criminal Defense
  • White Collar Criminal Defense
  • Business Litigation
  • General Civil Litigation
  • Real Estate
Significant Cases
  • Second-chaired a contempt of Contempt of Congress trial for a senior presidential advisor
  • Second-chaired a trial for Conspiracy to Commit First-Degree murder, and related offenses in Howard County Circuit Court where the jury returned a verdict of not guilty on all charges. (Spring 2022)
Government Service
  • Judicial law clerk, Honorable Vicki Ballou-Watts and Stacy A. Mayer, Circuit Court for Baltimore County, 2020-2021
  • Judicial law clerk, Honorable Susan H. Hazlett in the District Court for Harford County, 2019-2020
  • Student attorney, St. Louis County Public Defender’s Office, 2019
Professional and Bar Association Memberships
  • Bar Association of Baltimore City
  • Baltimore County Bar Association

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