Category: Firm News

Last week Business Today announced its Top Ten Most Influential Maryland Employment Lawyers.  Darrell VanDeusen was touted as “highly regarded for his vast experience assisting employers with a full range of employment disputes, in addition to traditional labor concerns.”   The article continued, noting  “[t]he skills of these lawyers transcend the conventional boundaries of law, into the art of intricate problem-solving and advanced legal...

Darrell VanDeusen’s treatise on the Family and Medical Leave Act is now available through LexisNexis as a standalone reference book.  It is available both in hard copy and as an eBook.  This link will take you to the Lexis store.    Darrell’s work on the FMLA and Wage and Hour Law will continue to be available as a part of LEXIS’s Labor and Employment Law multi-volume series as well, and of course on the LEXIS research...

The 2020 Bostock U.S. Supreme Court decision expanded the scope of Title VII to include sexual expression and gender identity.  Since then, the judicial and legislative activity surrounding LGBTQ+ protection has been on the rise, including the recent Supreme Court case, 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis.  In this webinar, Darrell VanDeusen and Vince Jackson, co-authors of ‘LGBTQ+ Protections and Best Practices under Title VII and the ADA’, will...

Darrell VanDeusen has been named by Best Lawyers as the 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” in two categories:  Labor Law – Management, and Litigation - Labor and Employment.  Only a single lawyer in each practice area and community is honored with a "Lawyer of the Year" award.  Darrell previously received this recognition in 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2019.  K&S’s Pete Saucier and Eric Paltell are also named in Best Lawyers, with...

Join Kollman & Saucier attorneys, Garret Wozniak and Bernadette Hunton, for a discussion about Maryland’s new paid family and medical leave law, the Time to Care Act of 2022, and other recently passed legislation impacting businesses in Maryland. We know you have many questions such as: When doe the Time to Care Act of 2022 take effect? Which employers are covered by the Act? For what reasons can employees receive paid leave under the...

Four Kollman & Saucier Partners have been named 2022 Maryland "Super Lawyers." Darrell VanDeusen was included for "Employment Defense: Litigation," while Frank Kollman, Pete Saucier and Eric Paltell were included for "Employment and Labor."  Eric was also named one of Maryland's "Top 100" lawyers for...

Jordan Dunham has volunteered to be a  mentor for first year law students at the University of Baltimore School of Law.  The goals of the University of Baltimore’s 1L Mentor Program are to help first-year law students connect with the legal community, develop professionalism and professional relationship building skills, gain insight into the practice of law as a compliment to their academic study, and develop some...