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12/19/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/19/2025 07:05

11 Baker Donelson Attorneys Named to 2026 Maryland Super Lawyers List; 14 Named to Maryland Rising Stars

Twenty-five attorneys with Baker Donelson have been named to the 2026 editions of Maryland Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.

The 11 attorneys named to the 2026 list are:

  • Kenneth B. Abel (Mergers & Acquisitions)
  • Thomas H. Barnard (Civil Litigation: Defense)
  • Jennifer L. Curry (Employment Litigation: Defense)
  • James E. Edwards Jr. (Construction Litigation)
  • Zachary L. Erwin (Employment Litigation: Defense)
  • Ty Kelly (Criminal Defense: White Collar)
  • Joseph C. Kovars (Construction Litigation)
  • Matthew A. Mace (Estate & Probate)
  • Kelly M. Preteroti (Estate & Trust Litigation)
  • Michael A. Schollaert (Construction Litigation)
  • Sanford V. Teplitzky (Health Care)

Maryland Super Lawyers also named shareholders Kelly M. Preteroti and Michael A. Schollaert to its list of Top 100 attorneys in Maryland. Ms. Preteroti was additionally included in the Top 50 Women Maryland Super Lawyers listing.

The publication also honored 16 Baker Donelson attorneys in its 2026 Rising Stars listing:

  • Lisa Blitstein (Land Use & Zoning)
  • Alexander V. Cranford (Employment Litigation: Defense)
  • Brittany Feinberg (General Litigation)
  • Gillian Felix (Employment & Labor)
  • Zachary S. Gilreath (Construction Litigation)
  • Krishna Gohel (Securities & Corporate Finance)
  • Chaitra Gowda (Employment Litigation: Defense)
  • Annie M. Kenville (Criminal Defense: White Collar)
  • Reba Letsa (Employment & Labor)
  • Tim Maffett (Construction Litigation)
  • Sabrina Marquez (Criminal Defense: White Collar)
  • Matthew McGee (International)
  • Jordan Savitz (Business & Corporate)
  • Alison Schurick (Criminal Defense: White Collar)

Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a patented, multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates, and peer reviews by practice area. The result is a credible, comprehensive, and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys.

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