Stephen W. Godoff

Bob counsels and represents clients in all aspects of employment and labor law, including employment discrimination, personnel policies and practices, employment contracts, restrictive covenants, severance agreements, wrongful discharge, wage and hour law, collective bargaining, and National Labor Relations Act matters. He advises clients with respect to a wide range of employee benefits matters and is counsel to multiemployer pension and welfare funds and other employee benefit plans. Bob ch...

Kevin Stern is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs. Kevin practices law in Baltimore, Maryland Best Lawyers has recognized Kevin Stern since 2026. 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 Kevin Stern is held by other lawyers.

Brian S. Brown, one of the firm’s founding partners and its Managing Member, has over 40 years of experience as a trial lawyer and focuses his practice on nursing home abuse and medical malpractice cases. Brian has tried well over 100 tort cases and obtained multiple multimillion-dollar verdicts. Over his career, he has recovered more than $200 million for his clients through both trial and settlement. In addition to his trial experience, Brian has extensive appellate experience, having...

Christopher S. Norman has the unique honor of having been named a “Super Lawyers Rising Star” first for his work defending healthcare providers, and most recently for his work advocating on behalf of injured patients. Chris leverages the “inside knowledge” that he gained as a “Rising Star” medical malpractice defense attorney in his unrelenting effort to get the most for the injured patients that he now represents. Chris was also selected to serve on the Bo...

David's practice in Bankruptcy Law involves the representation of secured and unsecured creditors, including advice and litigation regarding loan workouts, financings, contract disputes and related matters. In addition, he provides counsel to banks and financial institutions regarding creditor's rights matters, including commercial and corporate finance and real estate matters. His representation includes commercial loan documentation and the creation and perfection of security interests in p...

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...

Stephen M. Silvestri is a Shareholder in the Baltimore office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Mr. Silvestri has nearly 30 years of experience representing companies, public sector employers, and institutions of higher learning in complex labor disputes, and has acted as their chief spokesperson and bargaining strategist in negotiations throughout the country. His practice also includes union avoidance, EEO trials in state and federal courts, employee benefits litigation, labor arbitrations and WARN Act...

Kerri L. Smith is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Litigation - Real Estate and Real Estate Law. Kerri L. practices law in Baltimore, Maryland Best Lawyers has recognized Kerri L. Smith 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 Kerri L. Smith is held by other lawyers.

Jan Berlage is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Bankruptcy and Litigation - Intellectual Property. Jan practices law in Baltimore, Maryland Best Lawyers has recognized Jan Berlage since 2022. 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 Jan Berlage is held by other lawyers.

Constance M. Hare is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Bankruptcy and Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law. Constance M. practices law in Lutherville, Maryland Best Lawyers has recognized Constance M. Hare since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition r...