Category: Firm News

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...

Five Kollman & Saucier Partners have been named 2022 Maryland "Super Lawyers."  Randi Hyatt and Darrell VanDeusen were 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...

Earlier today,  Kollman & Saucier launched a  revamped website.  The new site offers a fresh and updated look, provides easier access to our three blogs, and includes contact information for our newly opened Charlottesville, Virginia office.  The site also showcases the photography skills of our colleagues Frank Kollman and Darrell VanDeusen, whose black and white photos and attorney head shots give the website its great new...

Kollman & Saucier is pleased to announce that Bernadette Hunton and Garrett Wozniak have been named Partners in the Firm, effective January 1, 2020. Bernadette  joined the firm in 2011, and is relied upon by in-house counsel, HR professionals, and business leaders in both the public and private sector for counsel on a broad array of employment law issues.  She is known for her niche specialty as an attorney investigator of workplace...

Kollman & Saucier is pleased to announce that Best Lawyers, a highly respected legal industry peer review publication, has  selected Eric Paltell as its 2020 “Lawyer of the Year” in Employment Law within the Baltimore area.  This prestigious honor is given annually to only one attorney in a designated metropolitan area for each practice specialty. Eric has been described by clients as “a leading figure in the labor and employment...

On June 17, 2019, Darrell VanDeusen was elected a Fellow in the 2019 Class of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.  The College is a  professional association honoring the leading lawyers nationwide in the practice of Labor and Employment Law.  Darrell joins Eric Paltell and Pete Saucier (both of whom were elected in 2014) as a Fellow in the College.  Darrell will be formally inducted into the College in a November 9, 2019 ceremony at the...