Maryland Lawyers
Mr. Joel Smith will conduct a workshop titled “Use of the Contract Clause to Challenge Attacks on Public Pensions as Well as Potential Collective Bargaining Solutions to the Public Employees Pension Funding Crisis.” He will discuss accounting and financial concepts, as well as basic Contract Clause principles. Mr. Smith will be presenting with Jewell Gould, Director of AFT’s Research and Strategic Initiatives.
The 2013 AFT lawyers Conference will be held in Baltimore, April 24-26, 2013.
Mr. Smith will present “Employment Disputes 101.” He will discuss the use of administrative remedies to assert wage payment, prevailing wage, unemployment and employment discrimination claims. His presentation will examine the importance of primary, exclusive and concurrent jurisdiction, and other principles of administrative law, in employment litigation.
The presentation is part of a full day seminar titled “Every Move You Make: Successful Strategies for Practicing Administrative Law.” The seminar is provided by the MSBA Administrative Law Section, in partnership with the Maryland Judiciary. It is an affordable, one of a kind CLE program that will provide a full day of instruction for administrative lawyers, and a fun, interactive game show lunch time presentation to determine if you’re “Smarter than a Law Clerk” moderated by the Honorable Lynn Battaglia of the Court of Appeals.
The seminar will be held on April 16, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. in Annapolis, MD at the Judicial Training Center. Esteemed faculty include The Honorable Glenn Harrell, The Honorable Thomas Dewberry, and others addressing Contested Cases Under the MD APA, Open Government Issues, Differences in the Federal Forum, Trying a Case in the MD OAH, Bid Protests, Standard of Review and Recent Impact Decisions. Six hours of CLE credit with one hour of ethics will be offered at a great low price of $40.
For more details and to register use the following link:
MSBA – Every Move You Make: Successful Strategies for Practicing Administrative Law
KSC Super Lawyers 2013 Article
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We are proud that again this year all five of the firm’s principals were selected for inclusion in Maryland Super Lawyers. No more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by Super Lawyers. We are also proud that associates Christopher Ryon, Todd Schuler, and David Gray Wright were selected as Rising Stars. We appreciate their talents and dedication and are glad it is being recognized.
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Kahn, Smith & Collins, P.A. is pleased to announce that it has again been selected for inclusion in the “Best Law Firms” rankings published by U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers. The firm was selected for inclusion for the second year in a row. We are ranked national and locally in Labor & Employment Litigation.
The U.S.News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. To be eligible for a ranking, a law firm must have at least one lawyer who is included in Best Lawyers as part of the annual peer review assessment.
For 2013 the firm was included in multiple categories:
National “Tier 3″
Baltimore “Tier 1″
Baltimore “Tier 2″
Best Lawyers is the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession. For over thirty years, the company has helped lawyers and clients find legal counsel in distant jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties. The 2013 edition of The Best Lawyers in America includes 41,284 lawyers covering all 50 states and the District of Columbia and is based on more than 4.3 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers. Best Lawyers also publishes peer-reviewed listings of lawyers in nearly 70 other countries, covering many of the world’s major legal markets. Best Lawyers lists are excerpted in a wide range of general interest, business and legal publications worldwide, reaching an audience of more than 17 million readers.
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