Five Miller, Miller & Canby Attorneys Named 2019 Maryland Super Lawyers
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Five Miller, Miller & Canby Attorneys Named 2019 Maryland Super Lawyers

Posted December 11, 2018 at 9:19 PM

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Miller, Miller & Canby is proud to announce the following five attorneys have been named to the 2019 list of Super Lawyers for the State of Maryland:  James Thompson, Jody Kline, Donna McBride, Diane Feuerherd and Callie Carnemark. Mr. Thompson has been named to the prestigious list every year since 2007, Mr. Kline every year since 2008 and Ms. McBride every year since 2014. Ms. Feuerherd and Ms. Carnemark are named to the “Rising Stars”, recognition for attorneys under the age of 40.
 
James (Jim) Thompson has led Miller, Miller & Canby's Litigation Group for more than 25 years, concentrating his practice in eminent domain and real estate valuation litigation, as well as in property tax assessment appeals. For more than a decade, Mr. Thompson represented Maryland in the Owners’ Counsel of America, a national network of property rights attorneys with demonstrated excellence in this area. In 2018, Mr. Thompson was recognized with the President's Citation for Outstanding Service by the Montgomery County Bar Association. He was also selected as the Senior Lawyer of the Year by the Maryland State Bar Association.

Jody Kline has been at the forefront of Miller, Miller & Canby’s Land Development department since 1981, focusing his practice in land use, zoning and subdivision law and representing clients in many of Montgomery County’s planning and economic development initiatives. In addition to zoning and subdivision law, he represents clients in matters related to master planning, zoning text amendments, conditional use permits, building permit issuance, and other administrative and real estate matters related to land use and development.

Donna McBride, a partner in Miller, Miller & Canby's Litigation practice, focuses her practice in litigation in the following areas:  business and commercial, employment, estates and trusts, personal injury and insurance, and real estate.  In addition to her extensive background as a trial lawyer, Ms. McBride is a co-chair of the Maryland State Bar Association’s Judicial Selections Committee and is a member of the Standing Committee on Practice and Procedures, where she was appointed to serve a second 5-year term beginning in 2018. She is also a member of the Trial Court's Judicial Nominating Commission, the Montgomery County Inn of Court, a former co-chair and current member of the Maryland State Bar Association's Judicial Selections Committee and has volunteered as a mediator for the District Court since 2008. In 2018, she was elected to serve as Treasurer for the Montgomery County Bar Association.

Diane Feuerherd is an associate in the firm’s Litigation practice. She has briefed and successfully argued cases before the Court of Special Appeals and the Court of Appeals, including a notable representation of a commercial developer challenging the validity of Montgomery County’s Rain Tax.  Ms. Feuerherd is active in state and local bar associations, including:  the Maryland State Bar Association, where she was named a Fellow of the prestigious Leadership Academy and now serves on the Judicial Appointments Committee; the Bar Association of Montgomery County; and the Montgomery County Inns of Court. In 2016, she was appointed to a social media workgroup for the Judicial Council, which is a policy advisory body to the Maryland Judiciary. She has also worked with the Finding Justice Project, a committee of the Women's Bar Association Foundation, to research and memorialize the history of women lawyers. 2019 is the fourth year in a row that she has been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star.

Callie Carnemark is an associate with the Litigation Practice Group, focusing her practice on real estate and business litigation as well as the firm’s appellate practice. She is a member of the Montgomery County Inns of Court, the Montgomery County Bar Association, the Maryland State Bar Association and the Montgomery County Women’s Bar Association. She is a graduate of the 2017 Class of the Montgomery County Bar Association Leadership Academy. 2019 is the first year Ms. Carnemark is being honored as a Super Lawyers Rising Star.

These five attorneys join other Miller, Miller & Canby attorneys previously named Super Lawyers including Joe Suntum, who practices in the field of eminent domain and commercial litigation, and Pat McKeever, whose practice focuses in real estate law.

Super Lawyers, part of Thomson Reuters, is a research-driven, peer influenced rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement

The annual selections are made using a patented multiphase process that includes:
•    Peer nominations
•    Independent research by Super Lawyers
•    Evaluations from a highly credentialed panel of attorneys

The objective of Super Lawyers is to create a credible, comprehensive and diverse listing of exceptional attorneys to be used as a resource for both referring attorneys and consumers seeking legal counsel. The Super Lawyers lists are published nationwide in Super Lawyers Magazines and in leading city and regional magazines and newspapers across the country, as well as the Maryland Super Lawyers Digital Magazine.

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