August 26, 2010 — Forty-six lawyers from Whiteford, Taylor & Preston have been selected by their peers for inclusion in Woodward/White’s The Best Lawyers in America® 2011.  This is an increase of nine over last year and includes 11 lawyers who were named for the first time. The individual lawyers named, and the area(s) of practice in which they were recognized are:

Baltimore, MD

* Thomas C. Barbuti (2009) -- Real Estate Law
* John F Carlton* -- Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
* Robert F. Carney (2010) -- Construction Law
* Mary Claire Chesshire (2007) -- Employee Benefits Law, Non-Profit/Charities Law
* Jonathan E Claiborne* -- Commercial Litigation
* Robert B. Curran (2001) -- Corporate Law, Employee Benefits Law, Tax Law
* Deborah H. Diehl (2008) -- Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Public Finance Law
* Gardner M. Duvall* -- Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law
* Howard R. Feldman (2010) -- Information Technology Law
* Martin T. Fletcher (1999) -- Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, Commercial Litigation
* Stephen F. Fruin* -- Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
* Harry S. Johnson (2006) -- Mass Tort Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation
* Frank S. Jones, Jr. (2007) -- Corporate Law, Intellectual Property Law, Mergers & Acquisitions Law, Venture Capital Law
* Alexander Koff* -- International Arbitration
* Edward U. Lee III* -- Real Estate Law
* Dana O. Lynch (2010) -- Technology Law
* Paul W. Madden (2010) -- Employee Benefits Law
* Richard J. Magid (2009) -- Commercial Litigation
* Rose M. Matricciani (2008) -- Health Care Law
* Albert Mezzanotte, Jr. (2005) -- Commercial Litigation
* Paul M. Nussbaum (2001) -- Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
* Kenneth Oestreicher (2010) -- Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
* Gary S. Posner* -- Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
* Herman B. Rosenthal (2005) -- Tax Law
* William Ryan, Jr. (2005) -- Commercial Litigation
* Joseph N. Schaller* -- Real Estate Law
* Robert Sloan III (2010) -- Trusts and Estates
* Gregory M. Stone (2009) -- Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law
* Brent C. Strickland (2010) -- Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
* Steven E. Tiller (2006) -- Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law
* Daniel J. Vorsteg* -- Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law
* Warren N. Weaver (2008) -- Product Liability Litigation
* William B. Whiteford (1989) -- Alternative Dispute Resolution, Personal Injury Litigation
* Robert M. Wright (2006) -- Alternative Dispute Resolution, Construction Law
* Thurman W. Zollicoffer, Jr. (2009) -- Product Liability Litigation

Columbia, MD

* Jonathan Z. May (2007) -- Non-Profit/Charities Law, Tax Law

Towson, MD

* G. Scott Barhight (2006) -- Land Use & Zoning Law
* Edwin G. Fee, Jr. (2008) -- Trusts and Estates
* John B. Gontrum (2010) -- Land Use & Zoning Law
* Dino C. La Fiandra (2010) -- Land Use & Zoning Law
* George S. Lawler (2009) -- Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, Venture Capital Law

Washington, DC

* Kenneth J. Ingram (2007) -- Education Law
* Bruce Lehman* -- Intellectual Property Law

(Year) First year the lawyer was listed.
(*) Lawyers who are listed for the first time in Best Lawyers.