It pleases me greatly to see a brilliant classmate of mine from Maryland Law opening her own practice. Attorney Melissa Maguire, formerly of Whiteford, Taylor and Preston, has declared professional independence and now serves her clients as legal counsel on employment issues from her Roland Park office.
While I am proud to serve my labor law clients from an exclusively pro-worker, pro-union and pro-labor perspective, I respect the smart, diligent and ethical players on the other team. Melissa has counseled businesses on labor law issues for nearly her entire career and has earned recognition as a Rising Star and one of the Legal Elite by Superlawyers.com and SmartCEO magazine. She is published on highly technical issues of labor law and is active in the non-profit and philanthropic community as well. From my acquaintance with her from law school from 1991-1994 and after, I can certify that she has the brilliance, the toughness and the judgment to do in sensitive labor law cases what needs to get done for her management clients. Melissa was known as a top student and Law Review member and clearly was one of the people to watch out for for the future in our class. Businesses seeking guidance, negotiations or litigation services in the Mid-Atlantic would be very wise to pick up the phone and call her office at 410-905-4573 or visit her firm’s website.
Big firm life has its advantages; they have the human resources (slaves) to take on massive projects that require an army of attorneys. Plus they usually have access to good bagels, or so I have been served during settlement conferences. But as a militant solo who admires the likes of Carolyn Elefant and Susan Cartier Liebel, I am pleased when lawyers find the resources to go rogue, er, independent and build their own dreams for themselves and their families. The happiest lawyers – myself included! – seem to be the solos and I extend my best wishes to attorney Melissa Maguire upon her declaration of independence for prosperity, professional satisfaction and happiness.
