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ENSURING THAT WHISTLEBLOWER & ADKINS L.L.C. SIEGEL, P.C. OVER $700 MILLION IN CLIENTS FEEL AT HOME & PENN STATE PULLING MILLION-DOLLAR AGGRESSIVE LEADERS VERDICTS & SETTLEMENTS IN VERDICTS IN INTRICATE CASES IN PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE HOWARD JANET TOP CASES: WHISTLEBLOWER & PENN STATE CHAIKIN, SHERMAN, CAMMARATA & SIEGEL, P.C. AGGRESSIVE LEADERS IN PERSONAL INJURY SALSBURY, CLEMENTS, RIFKIN, LIVINGSTON, BEKMAN, MARDER & ADKINS L.L.C. SCHOCHOR, FEDERICO AND STATON, P.A. OVER $700 MILLION IN VERDICTS & LEVITAN & SILVER, LLC PULLING MILLION-DOLLAR VERDICTS IN INTRICATE CASES SETTLEMENTS IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE BRINGING A SMALL-FIRM, HANDS-ON APPROACH TO LARGE-FIRM LITIGATION A SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT IN RIFKIN, LIVINGSTON, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO A SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT IN LEVITAN & SILVER, LLC THE NEW YORK TIMES A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO BRINGING A SMALL-FIRM, HANDS-ON APPROACH TO LARGE-FIRM LITIGATION A SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT A SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT ALSBURY, CLEMENTS, BEKMAN, MARDER & ADKINS, LLC (SCBMA) IS A plaintiffs’ trial firm that has litigated more than 600 jury trials to verdict and has achieved millions of dollars for clients affected by catastrophic injuries and wrongful deaths. Since its founding in 1945, the firm has established a SALSBURY, CLEMENTS, BEKMAN, MARDER & ADKINS, LLC tradition of excellence in handling medical malpractice; professional negligence; product liability; birth trauma; and automobile, transportation, maritime, and business matters. MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, PERSONAL INJURY, COMPLEX CIVIL LITIGATION S “OUR COMMITMENT TO HARD WORK AND PREPARATION, ALONG WITH OUR willingness to try cases, has allowed us to consistently achieve landmark recoveries for our clients,” notes managing partner Paul D. Bekman, who has been AV Preeminent® rated by Martindale-Hubbell®, along with Stuart M. Salsbury, Daniel M. Clements, Laurence A. Marder, E. Dale Adkins III, Wendy L. Shiff, and Michael P. Smith. NOW IN HIS FOURTH DECADE OF PRACTICE, BEKMAN IS ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED trial attorneys in Maryland. He has achieved the highest personal injury verdicts in multiple Maryland counties and has been named as a Best Lawyers Lawyer of the Year in Baltimore for the past five consecutive years. Bekman is also a Fellow, former Regent, and current Secretary of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) and a past-President of the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA), the Bar Association of Baltimore City (BABC), and the Maryland Association for Justice (MAJ). SALSBURY HAS PRACTICED TRIAL LAW FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS AND IS KNOWN FOR obtaining justice for his clients. His achievements include securing one of the highest recoveries in Maryland for a brain-injured child and successfully representing the families of individuals who died because of the water taxi disaster in Baltimore Harbor. In addition to being a Fellow of the ACTL, he is a past-President of the MAJ and a past-Governor of the American Association for Justice. CLEMENTS IS A FORMER ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY WHO HAS DEMONSTRATED HIS pre-eminence as a trial lawyer in more than 130 jury trials. From winning record- setting malpractice awards to defending Prince George’s County’s civil rights record, Clements has spent countless hours advocating for injured persons and consumers. He is a past-President of the MAJ and the Chairman of the MSBA Technology Task Force. Clements also takes active roles in the Maryland Democratic Party and Planned Parenthood of Maryland. MARDER HAS BUILT A SUCCESSFUL RECORD FOR HIS CLIENTS OVER MORE THAN TWO decades as a partner at SCBMA. Indeed, his insistence on thorough analysis and trial preparation resulted in a $7.7 million jury verdict in a medical malpractice case early in his career. Marder frequently lectures on topics related to his field and also serves on the boards of the Beth Tfiloh Community School and the Suburban Orthodox Congregation. AFTER DECADES OF DEFENDING DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE cases, Adkins now uses his knowledge about insurance companies to help injured plaintiffs. He has since obtained many multimillion-dollar jury verdicts, including a $17.4 million award in the District of Columbia. In 2010, he was named Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year in Baltimore for personal injury litigation. He is also a Fellow of the ACTL. SHIFF HAS PRACTICED MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE LAW FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS, AND also represented health care providers before becoming a plaintiff’s trial attorney. She has since obtained substantial results that have significantly improved the TOP RATED LAWYERS quality of life for her clients. Shiff has served on the Board of Governors of the MAJ and is on the Board of Directors of The League for People with Disabilities. AFTER FOUR YEARS OF TEACHING CALCULUS, SMITH SUCCESSFULLY CHANNELED HIS TOP RATED LAWYERS mathematical background into a 29-year career as a Maryland lawyer. He has tried more than 75 cases and has obtained significant awards for his clients, including a STUART MARSHALL SALSBURY $2.1 million jury verdict in a Baltimore City medical malpractice case. Smith has also DANIEL M. CLEMENTS published a number of articles and has been an active fee arbitrator for the BABC. PAUL D. BEKMAN LAURENCE A. MARDER TRL LAWYERE. NAMES DALE ADKINS 300 W. Pratt Street, Suite 450 WENDY LOZINSKY SHIFF Front row, from left: Stuart Salsbury, Paul D. Bekman, Lawrence A. Marder Baltimore, MD 21201 MICHAEL P. SMITH Middle row, from left: Wendy Shiff, Daniel Clements, E. Dale Atkins ph: 410.539.6633 • fax: 410.625.9554 www.scbmalaw.com Back row: Michael P. 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