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Tydings is pleased to announce that Mark D. Dopkin and Emerson L. Dorsey, Jr. have been named “2013 Top-Rated Lawyers in Real Estate Law” by American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell™. Emerson Dorsey chairs the business, corporate, and tax department at Tydings.  An experienced real... Read more >

Renewable Energy World recently interviewed Franklin M. Lee, a partner at the firm, on Baltimore City’s urban solar power initiative in Baltimore.  Mr. Lee was the leading architect for the City’s public/private partnership model that will use municipal revenue bond financing for the instal... Read more >

Tydings is pleased to announce that The Daily Record has named Franklin M. Lee a 2013 “Leadership in Law” recipient. Franklin Lee is one of the country’s leading authorities on socio-economic policies that promote the use of small, minority-owned, and woman-owned businesses in government co... Read more >

Tydings is pleased to announce that Diane V. D’Aiutolo, Daniel S. Katz, and Ferrier R. Stillman have been named “2013 Top-Rated Lawyers in Health Care Law” by American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell™. Ms. D’Aiutolo concentrates her practice in medical malpractice and products liabi... Read more >

The list of things to take care of is overwhelming for a woman who finds herself suddenly single. Should you buy or rent a home? How should you organize your life? What direction can you take your career? And if you're thinking about remarrying, should you consider a prenuptial agreement? To help ou... Read more >

Six lawyers from Tydings have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2014. Scott Patrick Burns:  Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions-Defendants and Product Liability Litigation-Defendants. William W. Carrier, III: Commercial Litigation, Employmen... Read more >

With Maryland's passage of the Civil Marriage Protection Act granting same-sex couples the right to marry, questions will arise as couples transition from domestic partnership arrangements to the traditional marital model. The Daily Record published an article entitled "New Law, New Clients, New Que... Read more >

Employers who anticipate hiring new H-1B employees under the FY2014 cap (for employment beginning October 1, 2013) should be aware that the first day to submit petitions for new H-1B employment is April 1, 2013. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) only grants H-1B status to 65,0000 ... Read more >

At its annual meeting on June 14th, the Maryland State Bar Association’s (MSBA) Real Property Section honored Mark D. Dopkin, a partner with Tydings, with the Distinguished Maryland Real Property Practitioner Award.  This annual award recognizes the one Maryland real estate attorney who best ... Read more >

Tydings represented the Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, along with 26 other coalitions in an important Fourth Amendment case before the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to overturn a Maryland court decision holding that DNA testing of arrestees was unconstitutional.  Bill Sammons aut... Read more >