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Kramon & Graham rankings increase in 2020 Chambers USA legal guide
Jean Lewis and Stuart Seraina join the firm's growing list of Chambers USA-ranked lawyers, Firm's Litigation and Insurance Coverage practices again receive top ranking in Maryland
Kramon & Graham's Commercial Litigation practice holds its Band 1 ranking for the sixteenth consecutive year and is one of only four firms in the state recognized at this level. The group is co-led by Phil Andrews and Jean Lewis.
The firm's Insurance Coverage practice group also maintains its Band 1 ranking. Only one other firm in the state is recognized at this level. Lee Ogburn, whom Chambers identifies as a "preeminent practitioner in the coverage area" and who also receives top tier ranking again this year, leads the group which represents national property and casualty insurers in disputes involving more than $1 billion.
Also ranked is the firm's Real Estate practice, which Chambers describes as offering "experience across all stages of commercial property development, including the purchase, financing, leasing and sale of assets."
In this year's guide, Kramon & Graham founding principal Andrew Jay Graham earns his fifth "Star Individual" ranking, a designation reserved for attorneys garnering exceptional recommendations from clients and peers.
The newly released publication again ranks Natalie McSherry in Band 1 for her successful representation of clients in medical malpractice matters.
The complete list of Kramon & Graham attorneys recognized in the 2020 Chambers USA legal guide are:
Amy E. Askew, Litigation, Medical Malpractice Defense
Cynthia Berman, Real Estate
John A. Bourgeois, Litigation
Geoffrey H. Genth, Litigation
Ezra S. Gollogly, Insurance
Andrew Jay Graham, Litigation
Jean Lewis, Litigation
Steven M. Klepper, Insurance
M. Natalie McSherry, Medical Malpractice Defense
Lee H. Ogburn, Insurance
Stuart M.G. Seraina, Insurance
James P. Ulwick, Litigation
Comments about the firm and individual lawyers include:
- "The firm is highly responsive, thorough in its analysis of issues and strives to provide practical solutions to complex disputes."
- "Every lawyer we have worked with in litigation or appellate work has a great courtroom presence."
- "When something requires sensitivity and smarts, [Andrew Jay Graham] is a go-to lawyer…."
- "Excellent: tenacious, smart, well prepared and very involved."
Chambers USA is one of the most prestigious legal ranking guides in publication. Updated annually, the guide's thorough vetting process ranks attorneys based on technical legal skills, client service, astuteness, diligence, commitment, professional conduct, and other qualities.
Chambers USA is published by Chambers & Partners. A description of the selection methodology can be found at https://chambers.com/research/methodology.
