Shapiro Sher partner Matthew Esworthy serves as a featured presenter at the Government Security Conference and Expo (“GovSec“) in Washington, DC. His topic: “Rule of Law in Cyber Conflict & Cybercrime.”
Shapiro Sher partner Matthew A.S. Esworthy serves as a panelist on the subject of cost-effective ESI, at the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section’s Spring Conference on E-Discovery in Government Investigations and Criminal Litigation.
Mr. Esworthy’s panel discussion at the ABA’s event in Los Angeles was titled, “Cost Effective Approaches to Dealing with ESI.” Mr. Esworthy currently serves as co-chair of the ABA Criminal Justice Section’s Cyber Crime Committee.
Some 135 young lawyers attend Shapiro Sher partner Paul Mark Sandler’s annual Litigation in Trial Training Conference, known also as a boot-camp for trial lawyers, held in conjunction with the ABA Section of Litigation.
The conference, founded several years ago by Paul Mark Sandler, is held annually as a one-day or two-day event, with registration limited to approximately 100 young trial attorneys interested in improving their trial-advocacy skills. For more information on this year or next year’s event, contact the ABA Section on Litigation.
The Philadelphia Business Journal features Shapiro Sher’s Ron Shapiro in an article about how to remain kind on one’s way up the ladder of success.
Bankruptcy group partner Richard M. Goldberg is installed as president of the Bankruptcy Bar Association for the District of Maryland, for a term that runs until May 2013.
Shapiro Sher’s Banking & Financial Services group, based in Baltimore, Maryland and co-chaired by K. Lee Riley, Jr. and Scott W. Foley, releases its inaugural newsletter, Banking & Financial Services Report, May 2012.
Shapiro Sher partner William A. McComas writes for the Washington Business Journal about the risks and rewards of crowdfunding by small businesses.
The Maryland Daily Record quotes Shapiro Sher partner William A. McComas about his role in getting Maryland’s guide for entrepreneurs updated and online.
Chambers USA’s 2012 edition recognizes Shapiro Sher partners: William E. Carlson, Richard M. Goldberg, Lonnie Ritzer, Paul Mark Sandler, and Joel I. Sher. The guide also ranks Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler among the leading three firms for bankruptcy litigation in Maryland.
Joseph A. Pulver, a 2008 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Baltimore Law School who also holds an M.B.A. from the University of Baltimore’s Merrick School of Business, joins the firm’s Banking & Financial Services Group as an associate.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Pulver practiced for four years with another Maryland firm, primarily providing legal services to financial institutions and capital finance companies.
Mr. Pulver will now serve as an associate in Shapiro Sher’s Banking and Financial Services Group, as well as its Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Group. His experience includes representing lenders in commercial loan workouts, restructurings, and loan originations, as well as advising clients in a variety of complex business disputes and bankruptcy cases.
Mr. Pulver earned his M.B.A. and J.D. from the University of Baltimore in a three-year-period. In that time, he served on the University of Baltimore Law Review and as a judicial intern in the Maryland Court of Appeals and the Circuit Court for Howard County. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business, in 2005.
In addition to practicing law at Shapiro Sher, Mr. Pulver also serves as Secretary of Hero Dogs, Inc., a Maryland non-profit that raises, trains, and places service dogs with injured or disabled U.S. military veterans.
Scott W. Foley and K. Lee Riley, co-chairs of Shapiro Sher’s Banking and Financial Services Group, said the hiring of Mr. Pulver is part of an overall expansion of the practice group, which last month began publishing a monthly newsletter, The Banking and Financial Services Report, for the lending community.
“Joe’s experience in the banking industry, combined with his strong business background, make him an ideal fit for our practice group and valuable to our clients,” said Mr. Foley. “We are pleased to have him aboard.”
