Recent Articles from Anamika Roy
ABA sees uptick in two-year bar pass rate
Nationwide, nearly 90% of 2016 law school graduates who sat for the bar exam within two years of graduation have passed, according to figures released by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. The data, which show results for American Bar Association-approved law schools, reveal that 88.57% of 2016 law graduates […]
Baltimore family law attorney Sheila Sachs dies at 78
Sheila K. Sachs, a pioneering family law practitioner and a prominent member of the legal community, died of cancer Sunday. The Baltimore resident was 78. Sachs, a partner at Gordon Feinblatt LLC, had a law practice that included litigating and negotiating marital settlement agreements; addressing the equitable distribution of marital property; and handling alimony, custody, […]
Baltimore seeks injunction against federal family planning rule
Baltimore has filed a motion seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent a federal regulation from being implemented in the city that would prohibit family planning clinics receiving federal money from making abortion referrals. The federal Title X program, enacted in 1970, makes family planning services available to low-income individuals for free or at low cost. […]
Feb. bar exam sees record low number of test-takers — and a 39% pass rate
The number of people sitting for the Maryland bar examination in February hit its lowest level in more than 50 years, with only 302 people opting to take the test. It was the lowest figure since March 1965, when 279 people sat for the exam. However, test-takers did better on this year’s February exam than […]
Baltimore jury awards $1.2 million lead paint verdict
A Baltimore city jury awarded $1.2 million to a woman who has permanent cognitive deficiencies from being exposed to lead paint as a baby. After a five-day trial and two hours of deliberations, a jury of two men and four women awarded damages to Courtney Tomlin, 25, on Friday. Tomlin lived at a home on […]
Calvert Co. jury awards $250k to woman injured at yacht club
A Calvert County jury has awarded $250,000 to a woman who was injured when a pier collapsed during a wedding reception at a yacht club. Plaintiff Polly Traynham and other wedding guests were lining up to send off the bride and groom when the pier collapsed and fell into the water on April 23, 2016, […]
Firms reflect on diversity in the profession
Law firms often tout their commitment to diversity, pointing to specific affinity groups, a dedicated diversity committee, targeted recruitment efforts and mentoring programs for women and people of color. Indeed, the legal community in the Baltimore region has undergone tremendous change over the last several decades, from the 1930s integration of the University of Maryland […]
Rainmakers: Md. lawyers at the top of their game discuss their journey
The Daily Record spoke to 10 lawyers at the top of their game at some of Maryland’s largest law firms. We asked these “rainmakers” how they got where they are today, what they love about their jobs and what advice they would offer to the next generation of lawyers. Meet the rainmakers (some answers have […]
Frosh, Davis focus on government response to opioid crisis
As more and more jurisdictions file lawsuits against drug manufacturers for their role in the opioid crisis, officials at a conference in Baltimore on Thursday stressed that a multifaceted approach was needed to target opioid addiction in Maryland and across the country. “What we’re looking at is a public health crisis,” said Maryland Attorney General […]
Podcast producer plans to use court audio, calls Md. statute ‘unlawful’
Producers of a podcast series about Keith Davis Jr., who has been tried three times in the 2015 killing of a Pimlico Race Course security guard, plan to use audio from court proceedings and want the Maryland Judiciary not to enforce a state statute that prohibits the broadcasting of criminal matters heard in trial court. […]
Pessin Katz attorneys raising Alzheimer’s awareness
For the past 10 years, attorney Edmund J. O’Meally and his wife, Dawn, have seen the toll Alzheimer’s disease can take on a person through the impact the disease has had on his mother. In an effort to help others in the same situation navigate important decisions related to the disease, the couple is hosting […]
Potomac solo practitioner disbarred following 3 client complaints
The Court of Appeals disbarred a solo practitioner in Montgomery County after three former clients complained about his conduct. The state’s highest court found Jonathan David Robbins violated several of the Maryland Attorneys’ Rules of Professional Conduct related to competence, scope of representation and allocation of authority, diligence, communication, fees, conflicts of interest and gene[...]