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The unauthorized practice of public adjusting and the assignment of benefits is problematic for both insurance companies and policyholders and has become the predominant discussion within the industry.

Kramon & Graham appellate practice leader Steve Klepper was asked for his thoughts on the Maryland Court of Special Appeals' new policy to give advance notice to attorneys of the judges who will be hearing their case.

Kramon & Graham litigation defense principal Brian Goodman recently obtained summary judgment for his clients, a local conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the presiding bishop, against claims brought by a former pastor who was suspended from her church position following an internal church dispute.

Veteran real estate attorney Stuart Resnick has joined Kramon & Graham as Of Counsel in the firm's Real Estate and Transactions practice groups.

Kramon & Graham government contracts attorneys John Dougherty and Sheila Gibbs won a bid protest for a highway contractor in an appeal before the Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals.

Kramon & Graham is one of several law firms that have teamed up to file the nation’s largest class action complaint against Marriott International following a massive, long-running data breach at the company.

Business disasters come in all forms, from natural causes to cybersecurity breaches. Insurance-defense principal Brian Goodman offers tips to the Daily Record on How lawyers can help businesses before — and after — disasters strike (December 13, 2018).

Founding principal Andrew Jay Graham, who has spent his career trying cases in the federal courthouse and has served in various leadership positions in the Maryland Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, was interviewed by Law360 for its article, Meet The Judge Who Controls Fate Of ACA, Trump's AG (November 16, 2018).

On order by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure has proposed an update to Maryland's rules governing judicial ethics as reported in the Daily Record article Proposed Md. judicial discipline rules redefine reprimand, add discovery requirements (October 25, 2018).

Congressman Greg Gianforte, a Montana politician, assaulted Guardian journalist Ben Jacobs in May 2017 after Mr. Jacobs tried to ask the then-candidate a question about his views on a health care bill.

Appellate attorney Steve Klepper submitted a brief amicus curiae in the Maryland Court of Appeals in State v. Adnan Syed, a case which has drawn international interest following the popular Serial podcast.

The Daily Record publication Path to Excellence features Cynthia Berman in its column 5 Women Who Changed My life, (September 21, 2018).

Brian and NAPIA president Greg Rabb presented to the Insurance Commissioners of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Southeast Zone on problems impacting consumers in first-party property claims, specifically Assignments of Benefits and UPPA, the unauthorized practice of public adjusting.

In the Daily Record article After high court decision, rules committee ready to act on judicial discipline changes, July 31, 2018, Andrew Jay Graham comments on the Court of Appeals dismissal of Judge Mary C. Reese’s judicial discipline case.

Trial attorneys Jean Lewis and Dave Shuster serve as special litigation counsel to bankruptcy trustees in adversary proceedings. The team was recently engaged by Chapter 11 Trustee Roger Schlossberg to pursue claims against a debtor, his estranged wife, and dozens of companies and family members who were involved in concealing the debtor’s assets.