Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, 2014–presentRecognized by Chambers USA for Litigation: General Commercial in Maryland, 2020–presentMaryland Trial Lawyer of the Year, 2000Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America, 2021, 2022, & 2023Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America, 2023Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment and Civil Rights Lawyers, 2021 & 2022Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Employment Lawyers, 2018, 2019, & 2020Best Lawyers’ Baltimore Lawyer of the Year, Bet-the-Company Litigation, 2023Best Lawyers’ Baltimore Lawyer of the Year, Litigation – Labor and Employment, 2022Best Lawyers’ Baltimore Lawyer of the Year, Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs, 2020Best Lawyers’ Baltimore Lawyer of the Year, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Plaintiffs, 2014 & 2019Best Lawyers’ Baltimore Lawyer of the Year, Employment Law – Individuals, 2018The Best Lawyers in America Appellate Practice, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Civil Rights Law, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law (Individuals), Litigation (Labor and Employment), Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions (Plaintiffs), and Personal Injury Litigation (Plaintiffs), 2012–presentTop 100 Maryland Super Lawyers, 2018 and 2023Maryland Super Lawyer, 2007–presentRobert M. Bell Award for Leadership in Public Service from the University of Baltimore Students for Public Interest, 2010Champion of Justice Award of The Legal Aid Bureau, 2009Leadership in Law Award 2006, the Daily RecordWasserstein Fellow, Harvard Law School, 2006–07 (sponsored by Office of Public Interest Advising)Top Defense Wins of 2000 (nationwide), the National Law JournalHuntington S. Williams Award of the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, 1998“Outstanding Achievement Award in the Field of Fair Housing” from the Washington Lawyer’s Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, 1994Sampson Green Award of the Maryland Food Committee for “outstanding efforts to bring the National School Breakfast Program to Baltimore County,” 1992“Most Energetic Foster Parent” Award of the Baltimore City Department of Social Services, 1990

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