James R. Hammerschmidt
Overview Jim Hammerschmidt’s practice includes a range of commercial, corporate, and employment counseling and litigation in Maryland and the District of Columbia. Though armed with decades of legal experience, Jim …
Glenn M. Cooper
Overview Glenn Cooper handles complex business, financial, commercial and domestic litigation involving significant business issues in Maryland and the District of Columbia. He appears before federal and state courts at …
Litigator Stuart Berman gets favorable outcome for client in ‘one of the strangest cases’ involving bribery, kidnapping
Lerch Early Litigation Principal Stuart Berman has seen a lot in more than 35 years of prosecuting and defending federal criminal cases, but a recent case is up there in …
Lerch Early is one of MSBA’s 100% Law Firms
Lerch, Early & Brewer is proud to be recognized as one of the Maryland State Bar Association’s (MSBA) 100% Law Firms. The designation means that 100% of the lawyers at …
Lerch Early Attorneys Named to 2023 Maryland Super Lawyers List
Multiple Lerch Early attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2023 Maryland Super Lawyers and “Rising Stars” lists. Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than …
Eight Lerch Early Attorneys Recognized as 2023 Top Lawyers by Washingtonian
Eight Lerch Early attorneys have been recognized by Washingtonian on its 2023 Top Attorneys lists. Divorce attorneys Erik Arena, Erin Kopelman, and Deborah Reiser; employment attorney Marc Engel, estates and …
U.S. News Ranks 8 Lerch Early Practices Nationally in 2023 Best Law Firms List
Eight of Lerch, Early & Brewer’s practices are ranked nationally in the 2023 U.S. News & World Report “Best Law Firm” rankings. In addition, U.S. News ranked Lerch Early in Tier 1 in the Washington, DC …
Lauri Cleary Named to The Daily Record’s 2022 Business & Employment Law Power List
Lerch Early litigator Lauri Cleary has been named to The Daily Record’s 2022 Business & Employment Law Power List. From The Daily Record (TDR): “These days there seems to be …
A Haircut as Destructive or Concealment of Evidence or Consciousness of Guilt-Part Two
Last fall, I wrote a post asking if a haircut could support a jury instruction regarding destruction or concealment of evidence. (October 25, 2021, “When can a haircut amount to …
Maryland Expands Employers Reasonable Accommodation Obligations to Applicants with Disabilities
Since October 1, 2022, Maryland employers are obligated to reasonably accommodate not only the disabilities of employees, but also the disabilities of applicants. Until the new legislation was passed, Maryland’s …
