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The Daily Record named McGuireWoods partner Elena Marcuss to its 2024 Employment Law Power List, which recognizes Maryland’s most influential and respected practitioners. Marcuss chairs McGuireWoods’ Labor & Employment Department and serves as managing partner of the firm’s Baltimore office. She advises in-house counsel, senior leadership and human resources professionals in all aspects of employment law. She provides advice and counsel regarding everyday employment matters, employment policies, and federal and state discrimination, whistleblower …

… consistently earned Tier 1 nationwide rankings for employment law and labor and employment litigation in Best Law Firms and nationwide rankings for labor and employment in Chambers USA. Among her numerous honors, Beldner was recognized as Labor & Employment Lawyer of the Year in Euromoney’s 2022 Women in Business Law Awards: Americas, and The National Law Journal named her an Employment and Discrimination Law Trailblazer in 2023. Lawdragon has named Beldner to its list …

McGuireWoods has appointed new office managing partners in New York, Chicago, Charlotte and Baltimore, maintaining the firm’s longstanding tradition of rotating key leadership positions. Jeffrey Chapman is the firm’s new office managing partner in New York. He succeeds partner Noreen Kelly, who served in the role since 2015 and recently became chair of the firm’s nationally recognized Government Investigations & White Collar Litigation Department. Chapman focuses on financial services litigation, including complex commercial …

McGuireWoods has developed a comprehensive online guide to help companies navigate Washington, D.C.’s complex employment laws. The 100-page, fully annotated publication is designed to help human resources professionals, in-house counsel and small-business owners avoid pitfalls and obtain answers to common questions about the District’s workplace laws.Members of the firm’s Labor & Employment Department created “An Employer’s Guide to D.C. Employment Statutes,” which covers leave laws, wage …

On Dec. 5, 2019, McGuireWoods Baltimore lawyers partnered with Exelon, Constellation, BGE and the Baltimore City Bar Senior Legal Services to assist low-income seniors at a pro bono estate-planning legal clinic held at the Elderslie-St. Andrews Church in Baltimore City.More than 20 volunteers assisted 18 clients in drafting 34 estate planning documents, including wills, advanced medical directives and financial powers of attorney. McGuireWoods lawyers have been participating in these clinics every …

Ava Lias-Booker, managing partner of the firm’s Baltimore office, has been honored as one of Maryland’s “Super Lawyers” for 2016 in the practice area of business litigation. She is ranked among the state’s top 50 women lawyers and among Maryland’s top 100 lawyers overall by Super Lawyers Magazine based on the number of points she received in the survey’s nomination, research and review process.Ava is also featured in …

McGuireWoods sponsored the Second Annual American Girl Fashion Show®, held on March 23 and 24 to benefit Cool Kids Campaign and University of Maryland Children's Hospital – two nonprofit organizations focused on helping sick children and their families. More than 250 young girls participated as models with their American Girl Dolls, including Sadie Van Horn, the daughter of partner Jim Van Horn, and Lucia Ayala, daughter of partner Elena Marcuss. The young models alone …