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Roy B. Cowdrey, Jr., born Bethesda, Maryland, March 5, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Maryland. Education: University of Maryland (B.S., with honors, 1969; J.D., 1972). Phi Alpha Delta. Lecturer, Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education, 1983—. Selected to be included in "Best Lawyers in America," 2001-2002.

Member: Talbot County (President, 1984-1985), Maryland State (Member: Special Committee on Health Claims Arbitration, 1984-1985; State Judicial Appointments Committee, 1985—; Professional Liability Committee, Litigation Section, 1984-1985; Compiler, Maryland Opinions on Ethics) and American Bar Associations; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys. [With U.S. Naval Reserve, 1964-1969].

Reported Cases: Reed v. Campagnolo, 332 Md. 226, 630 A.2d 1145 (1993); Weimer v. Hetrick, 309 Md. 536, 525 A.2d 643 (1987); Condon v. Anne Arundel Medical Center, 338 Md. 33, 655 A.2d 1281 (1995); Shenasky v. Gunter, 339 Md. 636, 664 A.2d 882 (1995).

Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; General Litigation in all State and Federal Courts.



David R. Thompson, born St. Mary's County, Maryland, October 25, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Virginia; 1978, Maryland. Education: College of William & Mary (A.B., 1970; J.D., 1974). Articles Editor, William & Mary Law Review, 1973-1974. Commonwealth Attorney, King George County, Virginia, 1976-1978. County Attorney, Talbot County, Maryland, 1982-1986. Town Attorney, Oxford, Maryland, 1978—; Town Attorney, Trappe, Maryland; Town Attorney, Denton, Maryland; Selected to be included in "Best Lawyers in America," 2001-2002.

Member: Talbot County, Maryland State and American Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar.

Reported Cases: Mastandrea v. North, 361 Md. 107 (2000); Spring v. Bradley, 355 Md. 79 (1999); Bucktail, LLC v. Talbot County 352 Md. 530 (1999); Chesapeake Publishing Corp. v. Williams, 339 Md. 285, 661 A.2d 1169 (1995); Mears v. Town of Oxford, 762 F.2d 368 (4th Cir. 1985); Schisler v. State, 394 Md. 519 (2006); Bryan v. Makosky, 380 Md. 603 (2003).

Practice Areas: Zoning; Land Use; Real Estate; Property Rights; Administrative Law; Municipal Law; Civil Practice; Litigation in State and Federal Courts.





Robert J. Merriken, born Annapolis, Maryland, July 9, 1957; admitted to bar, 1988, Maryland; 1988, District of Columbia. Education: Salisbury State College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1984); Delaware Law School of Widener University; University of Maryland (J.D., 1988).

Member: Talbot County, Caroline County and Maryland State Bar Associations, United States Coast Guard, 1976-1980, E-5, United States Coast Guard Reserve 1980-1991.

Practice Areas: General Litigation; Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice.



Curtis H. Booth, born Olean, New York, May 3, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Maryland. Education: Bucknell University (B.A., 1993); Washington and Lee University (J.D., 1996). Order of the Coif. Member, Washington and Lee Law Review; Georgetown University, LL.M., Taxation, 2005.

Member: Talbot County, Anne Arundel County and Maryland State Bar Associations; Maryland Trial Lawyers Association.

Reported Cases: Green v. North Arundel Hospital, 366 Md. 597 (2001); Landon v. Zorn, 389 Md. 206 (2005).

Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Business Litigation; Corporate Law; Estate Planning.



Brynja McDivitt Booth, born Olean, New York, June 10, 1972; admitted to bar, 1996, Maryland. Education: Bucknell University (B.A., 1993); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1996). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Moot Court Board. Law Clerk, Honorable William S. Horne, Circuit Court for Talbot County, 1996-1997; Town Attorney, Oxford, Maryland, Town Attorney, Trappe, Maryland, Town Attorney, Denton, Maryland.

Member: Talbot County Bar Association; Maryland State Bar Association; Chairperson of the Judicial Nominating Commission, District Sixteen for Caroline, Dorchester and Talbot Counties.

Reported cases: Mastandrea v. North, 361 Md. 107 (2000); Spring v. Bradley, 355 Md. 79 (1999); Bucktail, LLC v. Talbot County, 352 Md. 530 (1999); Schisler v. State, 394 Md. 519 (2006); Bryan v. Makosky, 380 Md. 603 (2003).

Practice Areas: Zoning; Land Use; Real Estate; Property Rights, Administrative Law; Municipal Law; Coporate law; Litigation in all State and Federal Courts.



Hugh Cropper, IV, born Salisbury, Maryland, April 30, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Maryland. Education: College of William & Mary (B.A., 1985); University of Maryland (J.D., with honors, 1988). Attorney for Town of Ocean City, Board of Adjustments and Appeals, 1990-1991; Town of Ocean City, Board of Zoning Appeals, 1991-2002.

Member: Worcester County Bar Association; Maryland State Bar Association.

Practice Areas: General Civil Practice; Commercial Trial Practice; Insurance Defense Law; Malpractice Defense; Products Liability Law; Zoning Law; Subdivision Law; Corporation Law.



Elizabeth A. Evins, born South Bend, Indiana, October 14, 1955; admitted to bar, 1996, Maryland. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.S., 1986); University of Maryland (J.D., 1996). Registered Nurse, 1976.

Member: Maryland State Bar Association.

Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice; Civil Litigation; Health Law.



Derrick H. Dye, born Abingdon, Virginia, May 19 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Maryland. Education: Emory & Henry College (B.A., 2003); University of Baltimore (J.D., 2006). Law Clerk, Honorable W. Newton Jackson, III, Circuit Court for Wicomico County, 2006-2007.

Member: Talbot County, Wicomico County & Maryland State Bar Associations; Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association.

Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Criminal Defense; Family Law




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COWDREY THOMPSON
A Professional Corporation

130 North Washington Street
P.O. Box 1747
Easton MD 21601-1747
Phone: (410) 822-6800
Fax: (410) 820-6586
9923 Stephen Decatur Highway
Suite D-2
Ocean City, MD 21843
Phone: (410) 213-2681
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