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Deborah K. St. Lawrence Thompson is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Employment Law - Management and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Deborah K. St. Lawrence practices law in Baltimore, Maryland Best Lawyers has recognized Deborah K. St. Lawrence Thompson since 2020. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Debor...

Jonathan Portner is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Jonathan practices law in Columbia, Maryland Best Lawyers has recognized Jonathan Portner since 2027. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Jonathan Portner is held by other lawyers.

Kirk Kolodner is a trial lawyer with 30 years of litigation and transactional experience in many diverse areas of law. He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubble, which is the highest rating for legal ability and professional ethics. He has been selected to Maryland Super Lawyers for 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 21014 and 2015. In 2012 and 2013, he had the distinction of being named among the 100 top lawyers in Maryland. He was selected for 2015 among Best Lawyers® in America in the pract...

Patrick Thronson has a national practice focused on helping people obtain just compensation for preventable medical errors, sexual abuse, and other catastrophic injuries. With his legal teams, he has recovered tens of millions of dollars to help injured plaintiffs and their families seek peace and resolution and rebuild their lives. Patrick represents clients in individual lawsuits and in class actions in trial courts across the country. NBC News, the Associated Press, the Washington Post, an...

Chris is Chair of Gordon Feinblatt's Financial Services practice group and a member of the following teams: Financial Services, Health Care and EMERGE. He is a trusted advisor who serves as outside general counsel to several highly regulated enterprises. To that end, Chris helps clients manage risk and identify and implement proactive solutions to complex problems. Chris has extensive in-house counsel experience that includes having served as general counsel for an enterprise holding company ...

Bobbie James is Counsel in Gordon Feinblatt’s Energy and Environmental Practice Group. For more than 25 years, Bobbie has helped shape, enforce, and apply environmental law at the highest levels of state and federal government before bringing that depth of experience to private practice. Clients value Bobbie’s ability to combine practical business judgment with deep knowledge of environmental law and government decision-making. Having served as outside counsel, government litigato...

Ted brings more than 30 years of experience in employee benefits, ERISA and employment law and litigation to the firm. He represents private and nonprofit employers and their plans on numerous employee benefit matters. He advises employers on designing and improving qualified and non-qualified pension and deferred compensation plans. This includes drafting documents for 401(k) plans and deferred equity and non-qualified deferred compensation programs for executives, including advice on compli...

Matt began his legal career at Jackson Lewis, following his participation in the Boston office’s summer internship program in 2004. Over the past two decades, Matt has built a strong reputation as a reliable and trusted advisor to business leaders around the country. Matt represents clients in court litigation and arbitration, and routinely handles labor union, government regulatory and administrative agency actions. Through effective advocacy, Matt helps clients achieve favorable resul...

Doug is Chair of Gordon Feinblatt's Tax practice group and has significant experience in the planning and structuring of sophisticated business and tax transactions for companies involving corporations and flow-through entities (including LLPs, LLCs and S corporations). He has advised and represented clients in connection with the sale of their companies, in the form of both asset and equity transactions, and has also represented clients in business acquisitions. Doug also provides third-part...

Stephen D. Shawe is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management and Litigation - Labor and Employment. Stephen D. practices law in Baltimore, Maryland Best Lawyers has recognized Stephen D. Shawe since 1983. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Stephen D. Shawe is held by other ...