High Quality Legal Practice At Pessin Katz Law

From Pessin Katz Law's 8th Annual Food Box Program for breakfast, lunch, dinner food items to be distributed to families in need.

One of the larger law firms in the Baltimore area is PESSIN KATZ LAW, with more than 60 lawyers, paralegals, and law clerks. With three different offices in various parts of the metro area, this agency covers the spectrum of legal services.

Like many law firms, Pessin Katz stays up to date on legal rulings that could affect their clients. Many employers and employees were following the status of the new and expanded overtime regulations which were to go into effect yesterday. These new regulations would have at least doubled the salary limit for those designated as exempt from requiring overtime pay, meaning many more workers requiring eligibility.



However on November 22, a federal judge in Texas issued an injunction against the implementation of the new limits. The court ruled that the original statute did not allow this change, since it did not specify a salary-only test in order to be qualified. However, it left intact the duties test (e.g., executive, administrative, etc.).

Many of us are familiar with U.S. News & World Reports' rankings in various sectors, such as hospitals and universities. The magazine also does the same with law firms. On November 11, this publication announced the Best Law Firms for 2017 with over ten tiered rankings. Pessin Katz fell into an elite group of Baltimore law firms with more than ten tiered rankings. This law firm rankings are:

National Second-Tier Ranking: Land Use & Zoning Law, Sports Law.

First Tier Ranking Baltimore Area: Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants, Sports Law.

Second Tier Ranking Baltimore Area: Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: General Practice, Entertainment Law, Insurance Law, Land Use & Zoning Law.

Third Tier Ranking Baltimore Area: Criminal Defense: White Collar, Education Law, Entertainment Law.

With Brightstar Care Pessin Katz Law presented seminar on Elder Law and Estate Planning Basics.

What these rankings mean is that the best law firms are given recognition for demonstrating professional excellence, as affirmed by client and peer ratings. So when a law firm has a tiered ranking, it is because of high quality legal practice and scope of legal expertise. Firms are ranked both nationally and by metropolitan area.

Pessin Katz Law's booth at 2016 Senior Expo.

Thanks for information from this article by Edmund O'Meally, Esquire, on PK Law: http://pklaw.com/news/injunction-issued-new-salary-thresholds-flsa-exemptions/; this article on PK Law: http://pklaw.com/news/pk-law-receives-11-tiered-rankings-u-s-newsbest-law-firms/; and the above link.

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