The Icon Honors recognizes Maryland leaders over the age of 60 for their notable success and demonstration of strong leadership both within and outside of their chosen field.
Linda is a founding member of Goodell DeVries and served as the firm's Managing Partner from 2005-2020 and Co-Managing Partner from 2020 to 2023. She leads the Commercial Litigation and Insurance practices at Goodell DeVries and represents clients in catastrophic loss, class action and multidistrict litigation, complex commercial, insurance coverage, product liability, and construction litigation. She has represented national and international companies in a wide variety of industries in bet-the company litigation. She is recognized annually by Chambers & Partners and Best Lawyers, two leading directories of the nation's top lawyers and law firms.
Active in the community, Linda is a Board Member of the Caroline Center, a nonprofit workforce development organization serving women in Baltimore. She has also served on the boards of the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau's Equal Justice Council (2007-2014), CENTERSTAGE (2009-2017), and Notre Dame Preparatory School (2009-2016).
The Daily Record honored Linda with the Leadership in Law Award in 2006 and named her among Maryland's Top 100 Women twice — in 2007 and 2012. She received the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel's Andrew C. Hecker Award in 2016, recognizing the top legal article submitted for publication that year.