Andrew G. Slutkin is a named partner in the law firm of Silverman Thompson Slutkin and White, a Baltimore-Washington litigation firm.
Mr. Slutkin is an experienced trial lawyer who concentrates his practice in complex civil litigation representing plaintiffs in catastrophic injury matters, most of which are medical malpractice, serious collision, product liability and wrongful death cases. He also handles a select number of business litigation matters.
Mr. Slutkin regularly or obtains million dollar plus settlements and verdicts for his clients. In fact, he has been trial counsel in some of the largest multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements in the area. He also has been counsel in several business litigation matters that have resulted in recoveries of over $100 million. For example, he and his partners were lead counsel in a $276 million fraud verdict in Baltimore against First Union National Bank. After that, Mr. Slutkin and his partners represented the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in its fraud case against Ernst & Young arising from the billion-dollar failure of Superior Bank in Chicago. That case netted the FDIC $125 million from Ernst.
Mr. Slutkin is an adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore School of law, where he has taught Litigation Process and currently teaches Medical Malpractice Litigation. He is on the faculty of the Maryland Trial Advocacy Institute, where he frequently demonstrates and teaches trial advocacy to Maryland attorneys. He also has taught seminars for the Maryland Institute of Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers. At the invitation of leading hospitals in Maryland, he has spoken on the subject of how to avoid medical malpractice lawsuits. Mr. Slutkin also is Chairman of the Board of The League For People With Disabilities.
Mr. Slutkin has been given an AV rating by the Martindale Hubbell Lawyers Directory, which is the highest rating, signifying “very high to pre-eminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar.” In another survey of Maryland attorneys, Mr. Slutkin has been chosen as one of Maryland’s “Super Lawyers,” in 2007 (the first year of the survey), 2008, 2009 and 2010. In 2010 and 2011, Mr. Slutkin was voted one of the top 50 lawyers in Maryland by his peers in the “Super Lawyers” survey, and in 2012, Mr. Slutkin was voted one of the top 100 lawyers in Maryland (after “Super Lawyers” eliminated the top 50 category and replaced it with the top 100 category). Mr. Slutkin also has been selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in 2010, in the field of medical malpractice law. Mr. Slutkin also is a member of the Peer Review Committee of the Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, which evaluates the ethical conduct of attorneys charged with misconduct, for which he repeatedly has served as Chairman of various peer reviews. He received his JD from Duke University School of Law.
