WHITEFORD TAYLOR PRESTON - Key Persons
Baltimore, MD - Whiteford, Taylor & Preston (WTP) is delighted to announce that Albert J. Mezzanotte, Jr., was honored yesterday with the H. Mebane Turner Service Award at the University of Baltimore's 39 th Annual Alumni luncheon at the Belvedere Hotel.
Named after the former president of the University of Baltimore, H. Mebane "Meb" Turner, the award recognizes those volunteers deemed "shining stars" in honor of the contributions to the University's continued welfare.
C. Allen Foster has been recognized as a preeminent trial lawyer for over 50 years, having tried high profile cases in 15 states, numerous federal courts and virtually all of the national and international arbitration venues. He was a senior lecturer in law at Duke Law School for ten years, teaching trial practice, commercial arbitration and construction law. He has served as the U.S. government representative to the International Agency Dispute Resolution Centre in Paris, was special litigation counsel to the Republican Party and has served as a commissioner to the National Commission on Uniform State Laws. He is active in numerous national and international charitable organizations.
Job Titles:
- Partner
- Local Officials
- PARTNER, CO - CHAIR of COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS SECTION
Mr. Toms is a Partner with Whiteford Taylor & Preston practicing in the areas of complex business litigation, community associations and business reorganization. He frequently handles litigation matters involving common interest communities, corporate governance, fiduciary duty and bankruptcy issues. Mr. Toms is licensed to practice law in Delaware, New Jersey and Maryland and is also a Certified Public Accountant, currently inactive. He heads up the firm's Community Association practice in Delaware and the Eastern Shore and manages the firm's Bethany Beach, Delaware and Ocean City, Maryland offices. In that capacity, Mr. Toms advises common-interest community association boards on day-to-day business operations including compliance with governing documents, operating procedures, meetings (including quorum, voting and proxy issues), insurance matters, director issues and disputes, member issues and disputes, financial and real property matters. He also serves on the Advisory Council to the Delaware Common Interest Community Ombudsman.
Chad Toms is speaking at event on March 1 with State Sen. Gerald Hocker Sr. (R-20th) and state Rep. Ron Gray (R-38th). They hope to educate residents on common-interest communities (CICs) at a public workshop in Frankford, Delaware.
Mr. Toms is an experienced community associations lawyer and one of two appointees to the Council to be selected by the Delaware State Bar Association.
Chad J. Toms, an attorney and certified public accountant, has joined Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLC (WTP) as Counsel in the firm's growing Wilmington office. He is a member of the firm's bankruptcy and business litigation sections.
Job Titles:
- PARTNER, CO - CHAIR of FINANCIAL & TORT LITIGATION DEPARTMENT, CO - CHAIR of TORT & INSURANCE LITIGATION SECTION
Dale G. Mullen, a partner in Whiteford's Richmond office, has been appointed to the Virginia Board of Accountancy by Governor Glenn Youngkin. He was sworn in by Secretary of the Commonwealth Kay Coles James on March 15. The mission of the VBOA is to protect the citizens of the Commonwealth through a regulatory program of licensure and compliance of CPAs and CPA firms. "It is a tremendous honor to serve in this capacity," Mr. Mullen said.
Job Titles:
- Experienced Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey Litigator, Joins Whiteford, Taylor & Preston 's New Wilmington Office
- Managing Partner of Whiteford 's Delaware
- PARTNER, CO - CHAIR of TORT & INSURANCE LITIGATION SECTION
The 2012 edition of Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys has once again singled out Daniel Griffith, partner and chair of the Wilmington office of Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLC, as a "Future Star."
Mr. Griffith commented, "Only 61 litigators in the entire state of Delaware were named in this year's rankings, so I'm very honored to be included among them."
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP (WTP) is delighted to announce that Daniel A. Griffith has joined the firm as a partner in our Litigation department in Delaware.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Head
- PARTNER
- Earns Certified Franchise Executive Designation
- Franchise Attorney
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston is pleased to announce that David Cahn, Chair of the firm's Franchise Law group, has been selected as a Franchise Times Legal Eagle for 2016. This ranks David in the top 150 franchising attorneys in North America.
Whiteford Taylor & Preston is pleased to announce that David L. Cahn has been selected for the latest edition of the International Who's Who of Franchise Lawyers. He is one of only 150 lawyers in the United States listed in this reference and one of only two in Maryland.
Whiteford Taylor & Preston is pleased to announce that David L. Cahn, the head of the firm's Franchise Law practice, has been recognized as a Certified Franchise Executive by the Institute of Certified Franchise Executives.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston is delighted to announce that David L. Cahn has joined the firm's Baltimore office as Counsel.
The firm's managing partner, Martin T. Fletcher, said, "We are very pleased to welcome David to the firm. His established franchise practice is highly complementary to our business practices and an excellent strategic fit for our mid-market focus."
Job Titles:
- III Inducted As President of WMCCAI
- PARTNER, CO - CHAIR of BUSINESS DEPARTMENT
Whiteford Taylor & Preston is delighted to announce that our partner, Edward J. O'Connell III has been inducted as the president of the Washington Metropolitan Chapter of the Community Associations Institute.
Job Titles:
- Construction / Surety "Rising Star" ( 2010 - 2013 )
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston (WTP) announced today that Raymond J. Diaz, former President of the Virginia State Bar, and Edward O'Connell III have joined the firm's expanding Community Associations (CA) practice.