The Sharecropper’s Son
Colleagues say Ken Ravenell is one of the hardest-working lawyers in the state; but he says he knows what hard work really is
Dynamite
Employment lawyer Kathleen Cahill shakes things up locally and nationally
Love and Documents
Lawrence Jacobs helps same-sex couples plan their estates
Insurance Exchange
Jeffrey A. Wothers, managing partner of Niles, Barton & Wilmer, talks insurance, Lloyd’s of London, and why the founder of his firm was jailed by Abraham Lincoln
The Devil and Paul Mark Sandler
For the noted trial attorney, argument, in its scholarly sense, is central to his life
Lien Machine
Deborah Hunt Devan is a stock speculator, a private investigator and a CEO; in other words, a bankruptcy lawyer
Overtime
Aisha Braveboy is both lawyer and delegate
Small Oil
Harry Storm represents the corner gas station
Unnecessary Roughness
Workers’ comp lawyer Benjamin Boscolo represents plumbers, bus drivers and Baltimore Ravens
Rifkin, Not Ripken
Alan Rifkin has represented Maryland’s Senate, governor, jockey club, and, yes, its baseball team
‘If You Run Big, Dangerous Things, You Have an Obligation to Run Them Safely’
The philosophy of Constellation Energy’s Charles Berardesco
Medium Cool
How Susan Preston went from fiery protester to cool med-mal attorney
A New York Yankees Fan in Baltimore’s Bankruptcy Court
Paul M. Nussbaum succeeds at helping failing businesses
Some Little Ol’ Lawyer in Rockville
For 50 years, Albert D. Brault has fought for the righteous cause; he also changed law
Watchman
Jeffrey Nusinov used to fix what you used to wind on your wrist
‘Brace for Impact’
Venable’s James Hanks Jr. was the last passenger out of Flight 1549
The Very Model of a Modern General Litigator
Brian Goodman has fun every summer with Gilbert and Sullivan
Q&A With Ward B. Coe III
The Gallagher Evelius & Jones attorney talks about taking on country clubs, S&Ls—and skunks
High Hurdles
How Olympian Edward Neufville overcame civil war, immigrant status and a speech impediment to amend the U.S. Patriot Act
We Will Sell No Astrachan Before Its Time
James Astrachan is a "professionally focused attorney" mixed with the "nuttiness of an intuitive ad man"
The Collector
Robert T. Franklin is a maniac for Baltimore sports memorabilia and die-cast model trucks
Mr. Everything
A soldier, a cop, a deacon and a lawyer walk into a bar—and they're all Francis Laws
The Lawyer’s Lawyer
Why Andrew Jay Graham believes any case can be won
The Lawyer Who Cleaned Up Baseball
Charles Scheeler on The Wire, WorldCom and the worst middle seat ever
The Pit Bull
To Michele Nethercott, innocence is more than a project

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