NEWS
Goodell DeVries Supports My Sister's Place Bridesmaids' BINGO Event
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP Salutes our Partner Thomas J.S. Waxter, III on his selection by the Daily Record to receive its "Leadership in Law Award
No sash, but the competitive streak’s the same
Goodell, DeVries ‘Tops’ Among Maryland Super Lawyers for 2009
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP Salutes our Partner Thomas J. Cullen, Jr. on his selection by the Daily Record to receive its "Leadership in Law Award"
Congratulations to the Maryland Defense Counsel (MDC) for winning the 2008 DRI Diversity Award for the “Great Strides, Great Struggles: The Continuing Case for Diversity 70 Years after Murray” program this past May.
Eight attorneys of Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP ranked as Best Lawyers
Congratulations to Thomas J.S. Waxter, III on his installment as the President of the Bar Association of Baltimore City for 2008-2009.
Linda S. Woolf has been named by Maryland Super Lawyers magazine as one of the outstanding attorneys in Maryland for 2008.
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP announces newly elected partners
Nine Goodell, DeVries Attorneys Honored As “Super Lawyers”
Kamil Ismail has been appointed by Governor Martin O'Malley to the Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Commission for Baltimore City.
Seven lawyers from Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2008.
Chambers USA recognizes GDLD as a Leading Law Firm and names 3 Partners as Leaders in Health Care Defense.
GDLD is pleased to welcome back former Partner Jim Frederick.
Congratulations to Linda S. Woolf for being named one of The Daily Record's Maryland's Top 100 Women for 2007.
EIGHT GOODELL DeVRIES ATTORNEYS NAMED SUPER LAWYERS
Congratulations to Donald L. DeVries, Jr., Charlie P. Goodell, Jr., Jeff J. Hines, Sid Leech and Amy B. Heinrich as they were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2007 (Copyright 2006 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.).
RECENT COURT PROCEEDINGS
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP, Establishes that Client was not Negligent in Slip and Fall Case
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann Lawyers Win Plastic Surgery Trial
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP Obtains Affirmance of Summary Judgment for Physician Consultant on Grounds of No Physician-Patient Relationship in Context of Informal Consult
Goodell Successfully Defends George Washington University Hospital Following Patient's Alleged Fall, Death
Goodell, DeVries, Leech and Dann, LLP Gets Defense Verdict in Florida
Defending Leading Manufacturer of Material Handling Equipment against Crashworthiness Design Defect Claims
Goodell, DeVries Wins Summary Judgment and Disproves Plaintiff's Agency Theory
Goodell, DeVries Obtains Defense Verdict in 5 Week Trial of Equitable Indemnification Claim Brought by Former Arnold & Porter Partner
Goodell DeVries Wins High Profile Medical Malpractice Case in Federal Court
GDLD Attorneys Don DeVries and Craig Brodsky win first case in the District of Columbia interpreting the new Medical Malpractice Procedure Act's 90 Day Notice of Intent to Sue requirement.
GDLD’s lead paint defense team has won another important victory in the Court of Appeals of Maryland. See Lanay Brown v. Daniel Realty Co., No. 77.
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP partners Charles P. Goodell, Jr. and Richard M. Barnes, partnering with attorneys from Boies, Schiller & Flexner and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, represented Pfizer Inc in the first Neurontin case to go to trial.
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Summary Judgment Ruling That Statute of Limitations Protects Oral Laxative Manufacturer from Untimely Personal Injury Claim
On March 10, 2009, a jury in Annapolis Maryland returned a defense verdict in favor of the Defendants in the case of Bigley v THI of Maryland et al.
Goodell, DeVries, Leech and Dann, LLP Successfully Defends a Leading Manufacturer of Material Handling Equipment Against Design Defect Claims in a West Virginia State Court
Donald L. DeVries, Jr. and Kelly Hughes Iverson obtain a quick defense verdict for two physicians and a hospital after a three-week medical malpractice trial in the District of Columbia.
On November 13, 2008, Thomas J. Cullen, Jr. and Constantine J. Themelis obtained a defense verdict on behalf of Crown Equipment Corporation in the Supreme Court of the State of New York in Suffolk County.
Goodell, DeVries asbestos lawyers secure summary judgment victory in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP Obtains Summary Judgment In Favor of the Manufacturer and Distributor of a Medical Product Under the Doctrine of Federal Preemption
On July 23, 2008 Craig S. Brodsky, George S. Mahaffey, and Paula Krahn Merkle successfully obtained the dismissal of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case that had been filed on the eve of trial.
On June 25, 2008, Constantine J. Themelis of Goodell, DeVries, Leech and Dann, LLP obtained a defense verdict on behalf of Interstate Bakeries Corporation in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County.
Goodell, DeVries, Leech and Dann, LLP Successfully Defends a Leading Manufacturer of Material Handling Equipment Against Design Defect Claims in a Federal District Court in Missouri
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP Obtains Fourth Circuit Affirmance of Important Dismissal for Local Government in Long-Running Environmental Litigation
On April 21, 2008, Amy B. Heinrich and Shannon M. Marshall obtained a defense verdict on behalf of their clients, a neurosurgeon and his professional association, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County Maryland.
On January 23, 2008, Thomas J. Cullen, Jr. and Constantine J. Themelis obtained a defense verdict on behalf of Crown Equipment Corporation
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann obtains victory in the Court of Special Appeals
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann Obtains Defense Verdict on Behalf of Midwives and Hospital in Case Involving Infant Death Following Uterine Rupture
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann Successfully Defends Doctor in Malpractice Case Alleging Failure to Diagnose MRSA Mastitis.
PRESS RELEASE
Press Release June 18, 2010
Chambers USA Recognizes Goodell DeVries Attorney Nationally for Product Liability & Mass Torts and Names GDLD Maryland’s Top Medical Malpractice Firm
Press Release December 22, 2009
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann Featured in Maryland Super Lawyers Magazine for 2010
Press Release September 2009
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann and 8 Attorneys Listed In Best Lawyers In America 2010
Press Release June 13, 2008
Chambers USA ranks GDLD as the Leading Law Firm in Maryland for Medical Malpractice Defense
Press Release March 12, 2008
CRAIG B. MERKLE ADMITTED TO AMERICAN COLLEGE OF TRIAL LAWYERS