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The March 2021 Defense Line is here! Featured articles include:

• The COVID Cases Are Coming
  
• Editor’s Corner
  
• MDC’s Virtual Trivia Night
  
• Managing Mistrust in Mediation
  
• Practice Pointers from the Pandemic
  
• Md. High Court to Defendants: Don’t Show Up Empty Handed When Using the “Empty Chair” Defense
  
• Amicus Brief
  
• MGM Trial Services is Tapped to Support the First Multi-Day Civil Jury Trial in Maryland Since the Covid-19 Shutdown
  
• Spotlights
  
• MDC Sponsors 2020–2021

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PUBLISH AN ARTICLE and/or HIGHLIGHT YOUR VICTORIES

The Spring/Summer edition of The Defense Line is right around the corner and we want to showcase our members! We are soliciting substantive articles, practice pointers, and case updates as well as personal victories. Do you have some news to share about yourself or a colleague? Let us know!

Submission deadline: June 15, 2021

Please send all submissions, questions or suggestions to Nicholas Phillips or Rachel Gebhart.

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MDC volunteers with Happy Helpers for the Homeless Food Bank

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John Sly attended the investiture of Gregory Sampson on October 15, 2018

MDC issued lifetime achievement awards on March 19, 2018

The Honorable Herbert F. Murray Lifetime Achievement Award

The Murray award will be for a Dean of the Bench — This award is given to a sitting or retired judge who has demonstrated the highest attributes of intelligence, character, impartiality, judicial sensitivity and temperament, and enjoys the respect of the bar.

John H. Mudd Lifetime Achievement Award

The Mudd award will be for a Dean of the Bar — This award is given to an individual who has demonstrated dedication, service, and leadership throughout their career as well as professional presence and commitment to MDC.

“The Associate’s Handbook: A Resource for Aspiring Trial Lawyers” »
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