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Ellicott City, Maryland 21043
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CONTACT US
LAWRENCE WHITTAKER, PC
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
LAWRENCE WHITTAKER, PC
LORRAINE LAWRENCE-WHITTAKER
LEAD COUNSEL
Email: llw@lwtrialteam.com
Bar Admissions
Maryland, 1997
District of Columbia, 2002
Education
J.D., Duquesne University, 1997
B.A., The Pennsylvania State University, 1994
JAMESM. DORE, ESQUIRE
of Counsel
Email: ejb@lwtrialteam.com
Bar Admissions: Maryland, 1999
Education
J.D., University of Baltimore, 1999
EDWARD J. "BUD" BROWN, ESQUIRE
A veteran of the litigation bar for over 39 years, Edward J. "Bud" Brown is known for his collegial personality while bringing his tenacious style to bear for all of his clients. A Past President of the Maryland Defense Counsel, Mr. Brown has well over 30 published appellate opinions on a range of topics and is sought after by large institutional and private individual clients alike.
Most recently, Mr. Brown, along with our founder, Lorraine Lawrence-Whittaker, have taken on such giants of industry as Asplundh Tree Experts, LLC ($2.129 million trial verdict), Rite Aid ($20.3 million trial verdict) as well as Yum Brands (KFC), LG Chem and other large corporate defendants on behalf of Lawrence-Whittaker, PC's clients.
Maryland Jury Awards $20.3 Million Against Drugstore Giant Rite Aid in False Imprisonment, Assault and Battery Case
"This jury was invested in justice." - Lorraine Lawrence-Whittaker
EDWARD J. "BUD" BROWN, ESQUIRE
of Counsel
Email: ejb@lwtrialteam.com
Bar Admissions: Maryland, 1985
District of Columbia, 1988
Education
J.D., University of Maryland, 1985
B.A., Georgetown University, 1982
JAMES "JIM" M. DORE, ESQUIRE
James "Jim" Dore pursued a degree in law after completing a successful career as an enlisted member of the United States Navy. A practicing member of the Maryland bar since 1999, Mr. Dore brings his extensive knowledge of litigation, estates and trusts and family law to Lawrence Whittaker's trial team. Formerly the managing partner of Neidig & Dore, LLC, Mr. Dore consistently brings his creative perspective to the table for our clients. When he is not working to better the lives of his clients, Jim may be found at various music venues in Frederick or surrounding counties showing off his guitar skills.
LORRAINELAWRENCE-WHITTAKER, ATTORNEYATLAW
Lorraine Lawrence-Whittaker leads the firm calling upon her 27 years of intensive trial and litigation work. After a brief award-winning stint as a legal journalist for The Daily Record, Ms. Lawrence-Whittaker jumped into the fire of working for a high-pressure, high-end plaintiff’s firm that litigated major business fraud and medical malpractice cases against the likes of Ernst & Young, LLP, Bell Atlantic and Bristol-Myers Squibb. Ms. Lawrence-Whittaker was an associate on the team that secured a $185,000,000 settlement from Ernst & Young in the Merry-Go-Round bankruptcy malpractice case and was the primary associate on a medical device case that garnered a $10,000,000 verdict in DC Federal Court against Bristol-Myers Squibb. Ms. Lawrence-Whittaker was fortunate to be mentored by Arnold Weiner, Esquire and Jonathan Portner, Esquire who have continued to graciously answer when called.
Most recently, Ms. Lawrence-Whittaker and of Counsel, Edward J. Brown, have teamed up for trial verdicts of $20.3 million against Rite Aid and $2.129 million against Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC.
Since 2004 Ms. Lawrence-Whittaker has been the managing member of a Maryland based firm where she has litigated cases in the federal, state and administrative courts of Maryland and the District of Columbia, where she is licensed. She is a sought after trial counsel for cases in other jurisdictions including New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, among others in personal injury, criminal, family law, estates and trusts, business and real property litigation.
Among her most unusual clients is Maryland's own "Anna's Bandit", the "Winningest Thoroughbred of North America of 2019." Ms. Lawrence-Whittaker was delighted represent this special equine twice before the Maryland Racing Commission.