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Andrew G. Slutkin

Partner
aslutkin@mdattorney.com
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Phone: 410.385.2786
Fax: 410.547.2432

201 N. Charles Street
Suite 2600
Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Education

J.D., Duke University School of Law, 1991

B.S., University of Baltimore, 1988

Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice

State of Maryland, 1991
District of Columbia, 1992

Focus

Andrew G. Slutkin is an experienced trial lawyer who concentrates his practice in complex civil litigation primarily representing plaintiffs in catastrophic injury matters, such as complex medical malpractice cases, wrongful death cases, product liability cases and cases involving major collisions. He also handles a select number of business litigation matters.

Professional History

Mr. Slutkin regularly obtains million dollar plus settlements and verdicts for his clients.  In fact, he has been trial counsel in some of the largest multi-million dollar injury verdicts and settlements in the area.  Click here to see a sample of newspaper headlines from his cases.  Click here to see a sample of settlements.

He also has been counsel in several business litigation matters that have resulted in recoveries of over $100 million.  For example, he and his partners were lead counsel in the recent $276 million fraud verdict in Baltimore against First Union National Bank.  After that, Mr. Slutkin and his partners represented the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in its fraud case against Ernst & Young arising from the billion-dollar failure of Superior Bank in Chicago.  That case netted the FDIC $125 million from Ernst.

Honors, Awards and Appointments

Mr. Slutkin has been an adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore School of law since 2002, where he has taught Litigation Process and currently teaches Medical Malpractice Litigation.  He also is on the faculty of the Maryland Trial Advocacy Institute, where he demonstrates and teaches trial advocacy to Maryland attorneys.  He also has taught seminars for the Maryland Institute of Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, and his court filings have been published by West as forms for other lawyers to use.  At the invitation of leading hospitals in Maryland, he has spoken to groups of physicians on the subject medical malpractice litigation, and now to avoid it.  Mr. Slutkin also is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of The League For People With Disabilities.

Mr. Slutkin has been given an AV® Preeminent™ 5 out of 5 rating by the Martindale Hubbell Lawyers Directory, which is the highest rating, signifying “very high to pre-eminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar.”  In another survey of Maryland attorneys, Mr. Slutkin has been chosen as one of Maryland’s “Super Lawyers,” first in 2007 (the initial year of the survey), and then 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.  In 2010 and 2011, Mr. Slutkin was voted one of the top 50 lawyers in Maryland by his peers in the "Super Lawyers" survey, and in 2012 Mr. Slutkin was voted one of the top 100 lawyers in Maryland (after "Super Lawyers" eliminated the top 50 category and replaced it with a top 100 category). He also has a 10 out of 10 rating ("Superb") on Avvo.com, which rates attorneys.  Mr. Slutkin also is a member of the Peer Review Committee of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, which evaluates the ethical conduct of attorneys charged with misconduct, for which he repeatedly has served as Chairman of various peer reviews.