Firm News

Silverman Thompson is pleased to announce that on February 13, 2024, Judge Highberger of the Los Angeles Superior Court Complex Civil Litigation Division granted a motion they filed on behalf of firm client NFM, Inc. to compel arbitration of its former employee’s wage and hour claims. The plaintiff, who was only employed for two months…

On November 17, 2023, the Circuit Court for Howard County granted a motion to dismiss filed by Silverman Thompson lawyers in the matter of George Arthur Willson, II v. TDH Farms LLC, ending the case against the Firm’s client. The case involved a complicated land dispute related to a barn built by plaintiffs that significantly…

Silverman Thompson Partner Jodie Buchman has been appointed to the Board of Directors for Itineris, Inc., which is a comprehensive program that provides life-building and goal-reaching services to people impacted by autism. Itineris continues to be the only agency in the greater Baltimore region that exclusively supports this growing and under-served population. Autism now affects…

STSW is honored to be named finalist in the Baltimore Business Journal’s 2023 Best Place to Work medium category. Read the full article here.

On May 10, the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County granted a motion to dismiss a negligent hiring lawsuit against the firm’s client. The plaintiff alleged that the client, a licensed residential services agency, failed to properly vet a home healthcare aide who conspired with the plaintiff’s former spouse to injure the plaintiff. Michael Levin…

Last week, on April 11, 2023, Governor Wes Moore signed the Child Victims Act of 2023 (CVA) into law. The CVA eliminates the statute of limitations and the statute of repose for survivors of child sexual abuse, permitting survivors to pursue civil claims against individual perpetrators and the organizations or entities who facilitated the abuse,…

On March 28, the US District Court for the District of Maryland granted a summary judgment motion filed by Silverman Thompson lawyers in the matter of McGill, et al. v. Koros, LLC, et al., ending the case against the firm’s clients. The case involved race and religious discrimination claims brought under federal law by a…

In the last two weeks, Silverman Thompson lawyers have gone three for three on motions to dismiss argued before the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. On February 23, the leader of the Firm’s business litigation group, Bill Sinclair, argued against a motion to dismiss his client’s breach of contract claim. The case involved a…

On Friday, January 6, 2023, Silverman Thompson Slutkin & White filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City on behalf of Alyssa Mendez who alleges that in 2018 she was repeatedly sexually abused while still a minor by an NFB-affiliated employee, despite notifying NFB leadership. Ms. Mendez alleges that her experience was not…

Tots Early Learning Center had its daycare license revoked in an emergency hearing in early 2021 after the Office of Child Care (“OCC”) reported several minor infractions, all of which were quickly fixed, and attempted to inspect the facility, unannounced, during the middle of pandemic but were turned away because the facility was closed and…