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Marios J. Monopolis Named 2015 Maryland Rising Star
Marios J. Monopolis, an associate with the Firm, has been named to the 2015 Maryland Rising Stars list, published by Super Lawyers. This is Mr. Monopolis’ second consecutive nomination to the prestigious list. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement…. Read More »
Cyber Crime in the Bunker Industry
Firm Principal J. Stephen Simms discusses the growing threat of cyber crime to the bunker industry and its financial implications in a recently published Bunkerspot article.
Marios J. Monopolis Named Maryland Rising Star
Marios J. Monopolis, an associate with the Firm, has been named to the 2014 Maryland Rising Stars list, published by Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations… Read More »
US Trade Sanctions Against Iran Can Cause Major Problems for Bunker Suppliers
Firm principal J. Stephen Simms discusses how trade sanctions imposed by the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) can have significant consequences for bunker suppliers in a recent Bunkerspot article. Access a PDF version of the article by clicking here.
M. Scotland Morris Named Super Lawyer
M. Scotland Morris, a partner with the Firm, has been named a 2013 Super Lawyer in the area of Criminal Defense (White Collar). Super Lawyers 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 selection process is multi-phased… Read More »
Firm Successfully Auctions Domain Name Through Rule B Action
In what may be the only case of its kind, Simms Showers successfully used a Rule B admiralty action to attach, and ultimately auction, a domain name. In Bunkers International Corporation v. Carreira Pitti, P.C. (United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, Case No. 11-cv-62753), the Court ordered the United States Marshals Service… Read More »
Firm Represents Whistleblower ‘Short-Changed’ by US
The Firm represents a blacklisted, whistleblowing third engineer who alerted the United States Coast Guard to illegal dumping in violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. The third engineer’s evidence earned the U.S. government over $2,000,000 in fines; and despite a Department of Justice recommendation that the third engineer recover from the… Read More »
Whistleblower Awarded $462,500 in Magic Pipe Case
UPDATE: A third engineer whistleblower represented by the Firm whose information to the Coast Guard enabled the U.S. government to levy $2,000,000 in fines is awarded $462,500 by a federal district court judge. See the prior post here. Read the full story at the Baltimore Sun.
Firm Sues GPS Vendor After Teen Injured By Stray Bullet
Simms Showers will represent the victim of a 2009 shooting by a repeat juvenile offender who was supposedly being tracked by an ankle monitoring device. The offender, who was under home detention, got into a fistfight in South Baltimore, left and then returned with a gun, firing into a crowded intersection. The then-six-year-old victim… Read More »
