Twelve attorneys from Semmes have been named in "Super
Lawyers 2010" to the list of top attorneys or rising stars in Maryland. All of
us at Semmes congratulate these attorneys who have been selected for attaining a
high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement in their respective
practices. Along with this special recognition, I take this opportunity to
acknowledge the accomplishments of all our attorneys and support staff who
continue to provide our clients with quality, personalized service. The success
of our Firm during this past year, and in our 120+ year history, is grounded in
the loyalty of our clients who have come to rely on the dedication and
commitment of our team of attorneys to provide exceptional value and effective
and efficient legal solutions and services.
Richard W. Scheiner
Principal and Firm Chairman
The following Semmes' attorneys were selected 2010 Super
Lawyers or Rising Stars by Law & Politics. Their names and the practice areas
for which they were recognized appear below and in the January issue of Maryland
Super Lawyers 2010.
James W. Bartlett III, honored for Transportation/Maritime
Stan M. Haynes, honored for Workers' Compensation
James A. Johnson, honored for Business Litigation
Heather H. Kraus, honored for Workers' Compensation
Thomas V. McCarron, honored for Insurance Coverage
Cleaveland D. Miller, honored for Business/Corporate
John A. Roberts, honored for Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights
Rudolph L. Rose, honored for Workers' Compensation
Robert E. Scott, Jr., honored for Personal Injury Defense:Products
J. Snowden Stanley, Jr., honored for Construction Litigation
JoAnne Zawitoski, honored for Transportation/Maritime
Alexander M. Giles, honored as a Rising Star for
Transportation/Maritime
Christopher J. Lyon, honored as a Rising Star for Civil
Litigation Defense
March 25-26, 2010, Scottsdale, Arizona
Presented by DRI's Women in the Courtroom Committee
Sharing Success – A Seminar for Women Lawyers will be held at
The Westin Kierland, 6902 East Greenway Parkway, Scottsdale, Arizona on March
25-26, 2010.
DRI's Women in the Courtroom Committee proudly presents this
seminar to help women lawyers maximize their full potential in the courtroom,
law firm and community. This seminar addresses the unique challenges women face
in the practice of law and offers an alternative model for success based on a
woman's distinctive communication style and personality. The program is both
educational and enriching, geared to help you to hone your trial and business
development skills. It is also an opportunity to participate in a variety of
networking and social activities. View Full Details
The ALFA International Tele-Seminar "How To Defend A
Failure-To-Warn Claim Because You Told The Consumer's Doctor Instead: Advancing
the Learned Intermediary Doctrine" was held on February 18, 2010.
For biographies of the speakers
click this link.
You may access an audio play-back of the above tele-seminar, dated 2/18/2010,
from the ALFA
Audio Library.
This Daily Record article "In Practice: One Century, one
name", by Danny Jacobs" highlights the South Charles Street space of Semmes,
Bowen & Semmes as a showcase of a rich past: This year, the Baltimore firm
celebrated its 100th anniversary under the Semmes name. "It gives you a sense of
the history of the firm," said Semmes Principal, Stan M. Haynes as he stood in
the 14th-floor lobby, surrounded by what amounts to a miniature Semmes museum of
artifacts that he collected from archives, libraries and the Maryland Historical
Society. View Full Details (pdf).
On October 1, 2009, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes in conjunction
with the Defense Research Institute presented a live webcast that addressed
internet networking tools used by successful lawyers to generate business and
establish contacts with other attorneys.
The webcast was broadcasted live from the Semmes, Bowen, &
Semmes offices in Baltimore. Attendees gained invaluable insight into online
professional and social networking tools, including LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter,
YouTube, and blogging. Panelists explained how each of these networking tools
worked and the means by which they meet specific marketing goals. View Full Details
Ten attorneys from Semmes, Bowen & Semmes have been named to
the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers®, the oldest and most respected peer-review
publication in the legal profession. James W. Bartlett III, Alexander M. Giles and
JoAnne Zawitoski,
Maritime Law; Alan N. Gamse,
Insurance Law; James A. Johnson,
Commercial Litigation; Cleaveland D. Miller,
Banking Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance Law, and Corporate Law;
Rudolph L. Rose, Workers' Compensation
Law, Robert E. Scott, Jr.,
Personal Injury Litigation; J. Snowden Stanley, Jr.,
Construction Law; and
Jane A. Wilson,
Real Estate Law. Bartlett, Miller and Scott have been listed
in Best Lawyers for at least 10 years.
For 27 years, Best Lawyers has come to be regarded – by both
the legal profession and the public – as the definitive guide to legal
excellence in the U.S. The new 2010 Best Lawyers, is based on a rigorous
national survey involving more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers
by other lawyers. Corporate Counsel Magazine has called Best Lawyers "the most
respected referral list of attorneys in practice."
Baltimore, MD., June 12, 2009 - The Independent Insurance
Agents of Maryland, during their 72nd annual dinner meeting at the Turf Valley
Resort in Ellicott City, awarded their highest honor to
Brett Lininger, Esq., of Semmes, Bowen
and Semmes.
Shelley Arnold, Executive Vice President of IIAM, said, "One
of the highest awards that can be given to an individual is the IIAM Stanley
Betts 'Insurance Man of the Year' award. The award is given to a man or a woman
who has contributed the most to our insurance industry".
View Full Details (pdf).
Alexander Giles,
a principal with Semmes’ Maritime
& Business
Litigation practice group, recently served as the Convention Chairman of the
82nd Annual International Propeller Club Convention that was held in Baltimore,
Maryland on October 7-10, 2008.
The theme of the Convention was "Partners of Industry and
Guardians of the Sea: A Collaborative Discussion of Maritime Issues," and it
provided a forum for speakers, panelists, and attendees from all aspects of the
international maritime industry and government, including representatives from
Congress, the United States Department of Defense, the United States Coast
Guard, MARAD, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the World
Shipping Council, the Chamber of Shipping of America, the American Association
of Port Authorities, and the Maryland Port Administration, among others, to
discuss the relevant issues currently affecting the maritime industry.
View Full Details
A.M. Best Co. began, in 1929, publishing the reference work
known as Best's Directories of Recommended Insurance Attorneys and Adjusters. In
the May 2009 edition of Best's Review, in the article "Standing the Test of
Time," by Kate Fry, Semmes is the only law firm in the Maryland, Washington
D.C., Northern Virginia region, among the sixty-nine law firms with insurer
defense practices, that has been recommended and listed in A.M. Best every year
for 75 years by the insurance companies they have represented. The
recommendation comes from positive feedback, for the work and services provided
by the firm, from insurance company clients represented by the firm.
Dating back to the origins of Semmes, Bowen & Semmes over a
century ago, insurance defense litigation has always occupied a core position in
the Firm's practice and growth. Consequently, Semmes enjoys a longstanding
reputation for its expertise in insurance defense litigation and its commitment
to effective and efficient representation in this area.
Semmes' principal Donald F. Burke conducts employee
seminars on "Harassment in the Workplace".
This workshop is intended to assist you, the employer,
in understanding the law surrounding workplace harassment and to demonstrate
how to react to allegations of workplace harassment you may encounter.
The following new attorneys have recently joined the firm:
Eric M. Anderson
Associate, Workers' Compensation & Employers' Liability
Virginia Office
John A. Roberts
Principal, Corporate & Business
Baltimore Office
Julie M. Dietrick
Associate, Workers’ Compensation & Employers’ Liability
Baltimore Office
Derrick H. Dye
Associate, Workers’ Compensation & Employers’ Liability
Baltimore Office
Scott E. Massengill
Counsel, Workers’ Compensation & Employers’ Liability
Baltimore Office
J. Gregory Donlin
Counsel, Workers’ Compensation & Employers’ Liability
Baltimore Office
Eric S. Mueller
Associate, Litigation
Baltimore Office
Pia J. Miller
Associate, Workers’ Compensation & Employers' Liability
Baltimore Office
Sarah L. Hill
Associate, Corporate & Business, Creditor's Rights & Bankruptcy, Real Estate
Baltimore Office
Christina Bolmarcich
Associate, Labor & Employment, Business Litigation
Baltimore Office
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