Culture
As a workplace, the firm has worked hard to establish and maintain a culture of professionalism, diversity, community, growth, pride, appreciation, philanthropy, work-life balance and fun. The firm has repeatedly been selected as a Baltimore Sun Top 100 Workplaces and a Baltimore Business Journal Best Place to Work Finalist. As part of its recent office renovation, the firm built the PK Law Café where attorneys and employees gather for morning coffee, lunch, happy hour and firm events. Organized by the PK Law Fun Committee, the firm regularly engages in fun activities including outings to O’s games, karaoke night, bowling, paint night, pumpkin decorating, garage top barbeques and ice cream socials. The firm also participates in firm sponsored community service activities such as their annual Food Box Program, Dress for Success, Toys for Tots and back to school supply drives. The success of these efforts can be seen in the numbers.
60% of our employees have been with PK Law for five years or more, 41% for 10 years or more and 15 PK Law employees have been with the firm for 20 years or more! PK Law looks forward to continued success and growth over the next thirty years and beyond.
PK Law Attorneys and Staff participated in the Carroll County Out of the Darkness Walk to fight suicide on September 14th at 9:00 a.m. at Krimgold Park, Woodbine, MD For More Information: https://supporting.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=10289
PK Law is sponsoring The Harford/Cecil Walk to End Alzheimer’s to be held on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen. All are encouraged to join Team PK Law and participate! (Click on Team PK Law to register) Can’t join on the 28th? Please consider joining in on one of the other Walks […]
PK Law has been named one of The Daily Record’s 2024 Empowering Women award winners! Empowering Women is designed to showcase tangible and innovative efforts by companies, law firms, nonprofits and other organizations to advance women in the workplace and community. Honorees demonstrate a track record of hiring and promoting women; support programs to mentor women […]
Members of the PK Law Medical Malpractice Defense Group took an afternoon to meet, eat, and welcome attorneys Andrew Vernick, Christopher Greaney, Chris Vernick, and Jeneen Burrell and billing coordinator/practice specialist, Alison Schwartz, to the group. They also took some time to say “CHEESE” for some great group photos!
PK Law was a proud supporter of the Howard County Police Foundation Police Pace and PK Law Member David Burkhouse participated at the event completing a 10K! The Police Pace is a fun walk and run at Centennial Park in Ellicott City. The goal of the event is to raise money to support the Howard […]
PK Law Participates in March Madness PK Law staff participated in a little friendly competition for March Madness! This year our winners of the Men’s Bracket were: Pat Lambert, Robin Holevas and Tracy Klima Winners of the Women’s Bracket were: Robin Holevas, Lauren Ades, and Carl Spaeth/Alex Camacho (tied) Congrats to our winners and thanks […]
Team PK Law had a great time participating at Bar Wars Team Trivia! Money raised from the event helped to support The American Cancer Society. Even though Team PK Law didn’t bring home the trophy, we still look forward to participating in this great event year after year. Thank you, Baltimore County Bar Association! PK […]
Congratulations to the following PK Law Attorneys selected for inclusion on the 2024 Best Lawyers in America and 2024 Best Lawyers in American Ones to Watch list. Special recognition to Catherine Steiner, Mairi Pat Maguire and Paul Finamore for being voted 2024 Lawyers of the Year for Medical Malpractice Law in Defendants, Professional Malpractice Law […]
PK Law was a proud sponsor of the 8th Annual Chip In Fore Kids Golf Outing supporting the Harford County Education Foundation. PK Law Members Eric McLauchlin and Adam Konstas participated on behalf of the firm. The Harford County Education Foundation works to remove barriers from learning to ensure every child has the tools they […]
What a great evening celebrating the Grand Opening of PK Law’s newest office location! We are thrilled to be part of the Water’s Edge Campus located in Belcamp, MD. The evening was filled with excitement as we mixed and mingled with local business owners and other professionals in the community all while taking in the […]
PK Law was a proud sponsor of The Law on the Game, which was an event focused on the new era of student athlete rights. This event was a half-day symposium on student athletes’ right specifically those associated with Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL). Noelle W. Newman, Counsel at PK Law, attended the event which […]
PK Law staff volunteered their time to help out the Associated’s Bunches of Lunches volunteer program during Passover by making 100 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and packing the sandwiches in a bag along with a water bottle, fruit cup, spoon and snack. The lunches will be delivered to Charm City Care Connection. The mission […]
Congratulations to PK Law! PK Law was named a 2022 Baltimore Sun Top Workplace and was one of only three law firms on the list for 2022! Thank you to all of our employees who participated in the survey and thanks to everyone who makes the firm a great place to work.
PK Law kicked off its 13th annual Holiday Food Box Program last week! The PK Law Food Box Program is a PK Law volunteer activity where PK Law employees, family members and friends have traditionally come together to pack boxes with breakfast, lunch and dinner items. For the past twelve years, the boxes have been […]
The Gerald M. Katz Client Appreciation Award On November 9, 2022, PK Law honored the memory of the late Gerald M. Katz with a small gathering of staff, friends and family and presented the first Gerald M. Katz Client Appreciations Award. The Gerald M. Katz Client Appreciation Award is intended to recognize and memorialize the […]
Each year PK Law staff look forward to the annual PK Law Pumpkin Decorating Contest organized by our Fun Committee. This year participants brought their A game with some creative and festive entries. Although all the pumpkins were amazing, we could only select 3 as our winners. In third place was Witches Brew, in second […]
PK Law joins the Maryland legal community in recognizing the tremendous contributions made by University of Baltimore School of Law Professor Emeritus Byron Warnken during his lifetime. The many attorneys he touched, some before even entering law school, is astounding and those who knew him undoubtedly will recall how he touched their lives upon hearing […]
PK Law Member, Lisa Y. Settles supported and attended the Baltimore County Alumnae Chapter (BCAC) of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, who hosted the 24th Annual Scholarship Fundraiser Crab Feast. The firm was a proud sponsor of this event. For more than 30 years, the BCAC of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has hosted vital […]
Pessin Katz Law, P.A. (“PK Law”) is pleased to announce that Eric E. McLauchlin has joined the firm as a Member in PK Law’s Corporate and Real Estate Group. Mr. McLauchlin, who has been practicing law in Harford County for over 25 years, joined Towson-based PK Law with a goal of goal of merging more […]
PK Law was deeply saddened with the news of Judge Joseph F. Murphy, Jr.’s passing on July 27, 2022. Judge Murphy retired from the Court of Appeals on August 5, 2011. He then joined the law firm of Silverman Thompson where he headed the firm’s Alternative Dispute Resolution practice. He retired from that firm in […]
William (Bill) Fields attended the Maryland Association of the Deaf 65th Anniversary Gala on April 2, 2022 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront. Bill is a current Member of the Board of Trustees for the Maryland School for the Deaf. The event was held to reflect on the many strengths and successes of the Association while […]
Congratulations to the PK Law Associates who participated in the Baltimore County Bar Association Bar Wars Trivia Night last evening – Megan Anderson, Meghan Sibiski, Selin, Sev, Alex, Halle, Andrew and Jim! This was a hard fought win that went down to the wire as they went into the final question tied for third place. […]
PK Law Member David N. Pessin was recently a guest speaker at his fellow PK Law Attorney, Ashley Nelson-Raut’s, Sports Law Class at Stevenson University. David is the Co-Founding Member of Pessin Katz Law, P.A. (PK Law), a 50+ attorney firm based in Towson, and has been practicing law for over 36 years. David, a […]
Such a fun evening with the UMD Francis King Carey School of Law Diversity Scholars! PK Law attorneys shared some helpful tips with the students about what they wish they knew while in law school to help prepare for life after graduation. We enjoyed great food, drinks and conversation.
Congratulations to Lauren Ades and Cheryl Jones for being named Equity Members here at PK Law. The firm gathered in our PK Law Cafe to celebrate Lauren and Cheryl with cupcakes and champagne! Lauren is a Member in the firms Corporate and Real Estate Group. She has significant experience in the areas of corporate and […]
PK Law celebrates International Women’s Day! Did you know 66% of our PK Law team are women!? Let’s celebrate, encourage and empower.
After going virtual last year, PK Law will be, once again, hosting an in-person event for the U of MD Francis King Carey School of Law Diversity Scholars on March 9th from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. Several years ago PK Law joined the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and three other […]
Pessin Katz Law, P.A. (PK Law) employees packed and distributed 150 Food Boxes in its 12th annual Holiday Food Box Program! Boxes were distributed to Baltimore Arc, Safe Streets Harford Family House and Hampden Family Center. A donation of left-over food items was also made to the St. Clement Church’s Food Pantry in Halethorpe. […]
PK Law staff enjoyed a day long celebration with a catered breakfast, lunch and happy hour! We were so thankful to be able to spend time together and celebrate the holiday season.
