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Kenneth L. Thompson, Esq. Joins The McCammon Group

For Immediate Release
September 1, 2010
For more information contact:
Rich Huffman
Direct Dial: (804) 433-2242

Kenneth L. Thompson has joined The McCammon Group, a leading provider of mediation, arbitration, and related dispute resolution services in the mid-Atlantic.

Mr. Thompson, a true trial lawyer, has represented plaintiffs and defendants alike in matters ranging from personal injury and mass tort litigation to governmental relations and complex commercial matters.  He is currently Partner at DLA Piper in the Baltimore office.

Mr. Thompson is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and the American Board of Trial Advocates.  He has served Baltimore City as Chairman of the Judicial Nominating Commission, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Baltimore Municipal Golf Corporation, and Member of the  Board of Trustees of the Baltimore Bar Foundation and the Good Samaritan Hospital.  He was recognized in The Daily Record for “Leadership in Law,” and has long been listed in Best Lawyers in America and Maryland Super Lawyers.

Mr. Thompson will continue his law practice with DLA Piper, but now also lends his experience to The McCammon Group as he serves the mediation, arbitration, and special master needs of lawyers and litigants throughout Maryland, the mid-Atlantic, and beyond..

Mr. Thompson joins the other professionals of The McCammon Group’s Maryland Panel:

David A. Carney, Esq. – Howard
Hon. Dale R. Cathell (Ret.) – Berlin
Hope B. Eastman, Esq. – Bethesda
Morton A. Faller, Esq. – Rockville
John Henry Lewin, Jr., Esq. – Baltimore
Patrick C. McKeever, Esq. – Rockville
Hon. James L. Ryan (Ret.) – Rockville
John E. Sandbower, III, Esq. – Baltimore
Hon. J. Frederick Sharer (Ret.) – Cumberland

The McCammon Group provides alternative dispute resolution services (ADR) including mediation, arbitration, neutral evaluation, special master, private judging, as well as related facilitation, training, and consulting services.  It consists of seventy-five professionals including retired judges and practicing attorneys located throughout Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.  Since its founding in 1995, The McCammon Group has handled more than 11,000 disputes, with a mediation settlement rate of approximately 85%.  The McCammon Group is committed to the proposition that ADR processes provide individuals, as well as public and private entities, with many substantial benefits including effective and prompt resolution of disputes, self determination, cost savings, timeliness, flexibility, and confidentiality.

For more information, please visit www.mccammongroup.com.

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