FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Maryland Association
for Justice Celebrates 61th Annual President’s Dinner
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| David M. Kopstein |
On May 3rd,
2014, the Maryland Association for Justice, Inc. (MAJ) gathered at the Hilton
Baltimore Hotel to celebrate the association’s 61th Annual
President’s Dinner, welcoming new leadership and honoring excellence in the
legal community.
The
highlight of the evening’s events was the transition of the association’s
leadership; outgoing President Lawrence S. Greenberg passed the “Bronze Bell of
Justice,” a symbol of the association, to incoming President David M. Kopstein.
Following his installation as
President, Mr. Kopstein welcomed the other newest MAJ officers: President-Elect
David V. Diggs of Kahn, Smith & Collins, PA in Baltimore; Vice President Philip
C. Federico of Schochor, Federico & Staton, PA in Baltimore; Secretary
Thomas G. Yost, Jr. of The Yost Legal Group, LLC in Baltimore; Treasurer Elisha
N. Hawk of Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC in Baltimore; and Parliamentarian
David J. Wildberger of Iliff, Meredith, Wildberger & Brennan, PC in
Pasadena.
Mr. Kopstein is Principal
Attorney at The Law Office of Kopstein & Associates, LLC in Seabrook, Maryland.
Mr. Kopstein graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center with the
degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1979. He was admitted to the D.C. Bar in
1979, and to the Maryland and Virginia Bars in 1989. He is a Fellow of the
National College of Advocacy and is currently a member of the Maryland State
Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, the Maryland Association
for Justice, the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, the Prince George’s County
Bar Association, and the Fairfax Bar Association. In 2004, Mr. Kopstein was
honored by Justice Stephen Breyer of the United States Supreme Court and others
for his
participation in Trial Lawyers
Care, an organization that provided free legal services to victims of the
September 11th attacks. In 2007, 2010 and 2011, Mr. Kopstein was recognized by
The Virginia Lawyers Weekly for having obtained one of the twenty largest
verdicts in that state during each of those years.
Also recognized during the
evening’s festivities were award winners for Trial Lawyer of the Year and the
Simon K. Walton Civil Justice Award.
John B. Bratt and Rodney M. Gaston,
were named the 2014 Trial Lawyers of the Year for their zealous advocacy and the important
legal precedent created in The Brethren Mutual Insurance Company v. Ember
Louise Buckley, Case No. 10, September Term, 2013, helping ensure victims
of automobile crashes receive justice and fair compensation from their insurer.
Joel D. Feldman, founder of End
Distracted Driving, was honored with the Simon K. Walton Civil Justice Award his
efforts to preserve life, promote safety, and eliminate distracted driving
through advocacy, education, and action.
The evening’s special guest
speaker was Howard County Executive Ken Ulman.
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