Brown, Goldstein & Levy was nicely represented on the Maryland State Bar Affiliation’s 2025 Authorized Summit and Annual Assembly, hosted from June 4 to six in Ocean Metropolis, Maryland. Ten BGL attorneys attended the Summit, with 5 sharing their industry-leading expertise and data throughout academic periods on June 4 and 5.
The MSBA Authorized Summit has related the Maryland authorized neighborhood for over 30 years in a pinnacle occasion for attorneys of all phases and apply areas. Because the MSBA’s signature occasion, the Summit attracts greater than 1,000 attendees to over 75 thought management seminars, workshops, and networking periods, in addition to two receptions and a commerce present. Ten attorneys attended the 2025 Authorized Summit: Monica Basche, Jacqui Cadman, Lauren DiMartino, Kevin Docherty, Andy Levy, Anthony Could, Catalina Odio, Anisha Queen, Jamie Strawbridge, and Jessie Weber.
The 5 presenters from BGL led two participating seminars:
Kevin Docherty, Anisha Queen, and Jamie Strawbridge offered “Private Jurisdiction in a Digital World,” which explored the employer-employee dispute panorama following the numerous shift to telework on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. Distant work has important implications on the existence of private jurisdiction in Maryland in circumstances involving breach of contract, violation of the Maryland Uniform Commerce Secrets and techniques Act, and different workplace-related claims. Jamie, Kevin and Anisha drew from their important expertise in employment regulation and resolving employer-employee disputes to debate key concerns driving private jurisdiction evaluation. Their presentation additionally used case research to debate how the emergence of telework might affect future litigation selections.
Anthony Could and Lauren DiMartino offered “Telling a Compelling Story,” which explored writing and storytelling strategies to elicit curiosity, construct dramatic rigidity, and deemphasize unfavorable details in litigation with out dropping credibility. Anthony and Lauren’s session inspired attendees to mirror on how to liven up their purchasers’ tales in a method that vindicates them and attracts empathy from different audiences. The session additionally mentioned the function of language in contributing to or deconstructing dangerous patterns. With hands-on workouts, attendees at their session engaged in sensory writing to apply their artistic writing and narration for a authorized setting.
As annual MSBA Authorized Summit attendees, BGL attorneys at all times benefit from the alternative to attach with fellow authorized professionals and focus on new developments in shared apply areas. We sit up for subsequent yr’s Summit.
ABOUT BROWN, GOLDSTEIN & LEVY
Based in 1982, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is a regulation agency based mostly in Baltimore, Maryland, with an workplace in Washington, DC. The agency is nationally acknowledged in all kinds of apply areas, together with advanced civil and business litigation, civil rights, well being care, household regulation, and felony protection. Above all else, Brown, Goldstein & Levy is a client-centered regulation agency that brings a long time of expertise and passionate, efficient advocacy to your combat for justice.
