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Meet Offit Kurman

Offit Kurman is a full-service law firm assisting clients in the mid-Atlantic region.
Our firm is well positioned to meet the legal needs of dynamic businesses and the
people who own and operate them. At Offit Kurman, we are our clients’ most trusted
legal advisors, the professionals who help them to maximize and protect their business
value and individual wealth. In every interaction, we consistently strive to maintain
our clients’ trust, further their objectives, and help them achieve their goals.

Given the consolidation and global expansion occurring at the top of the legal
marketplace, we have witnessed mid-market clients and their lawyers being abandoned
by the larger law firms. We recognize that good lawyers with portable practices — and
practice groups — need a firm able to help them serve clients in this strong market.
At the same time, we understand that mid-market clients need a law firm with
sophistication — and one that’s willing to accept their business at mid-market pricing.
In all of these circumstances, Offit Kurman sees a vast opportunity. We are looking for
talented, entrepreneurial lawyers and lawyer groups with ambition to share our vision
and help us grow to become the branded mid-market leader in our region.

That’s why, in our effort to attract top talent, Offit Kurman is committed to helping
lawyers develop and grow their practices by offering full-service administrative,
marketing and lawyer support when they join our firm. Our tools, support and
collegial environment will enable you to serve your clients better than ever before.
You’ll find our performance-based compensation system and our open-book
management a refreshing departure from the way most law firms do business.

Our careful market assessment has led us to adopt an aggressive but strategic
growth plan, with a goal of significantly increasing our legal depth, breadth and
regional influence — without losing the essence of what has made us so successful
to date. We think you fit neatly into that plan. Come prosper with Offit Kurman.

Theodore A. Offit
Managing Partner



Our history

In 1987, Offit Kurman was established as a niche-practice law firm focused on the
needs of privately held businesses, their owners and managers. Originally based
outside of Baltimore, the firm placed special emphasis on building long-term advisory
relationships with its clients.

Our growth was best described as slow and steady, adding lawyers who could fill
particular needs within the practice. However, over the past several years, and
in response to burgeoning demand in our market and region, the firm has greatly
expanded in size by organic growth and by attracting lawyers and lawyer groups with
well-established practices of their own.

Today, Offit Kurman is a dynamic, full-service law firm with clients in the mid-Atlantic
region and beyond. Our legal services include commercial litigation, business law,
real estate, intellectual property, labor and employment, construction law, estate planning,
asset protection, elder law and health care law.

A better way to do business

At Offit Kurman, we have some pretty unorthodox principles. Like fairness and
teamwork — both hard to come by at some law firms. We believe the two go hand-in-
hand in building a flourishing operation of talented and satisfied professionals.

Our performance-based compensation system means your earnings are tied to
objective measurements — the same ones for every lawyer in the firm, principal and
associate alike. Our simple formula takes into account the value of the business
you bring in and the value of your productive hours. Our transparent system of
management means everyone has access to the firm’s monthly and annual
performance records.

Our system rewards lawyers for their individual efforts. But we also value teamwork.
That’s why we reward our lawyers for the referrals they make to others in the firm.
And why we hold regular monthly meetings for the entire Offit Kurman team —
so everyone can analyze results, see what the firm is working on and determine what
and how they can contribute.

We believe our dual emphasis on performance-based compensation and teamwork is
the best way to motivate every individual to work hard not only for him- or herself,
but for the good of the entire firm.





We help you perform better A solid firm, firmly grounded

Talented attorneys at many firms face At any stage in your career, making a move
tough hurdles in building their practices: to a new firm is a major decision. You need to
tedious administrative responsibilities; ensure that your professional investment is a
legal matters beyond their core focus area; sound one. At the same time, quality of life may
development of experienced lawyer and be increasingly important. Joining Offit Kurman
administrative support staff; crushing time can help you achieve both of these goals.
commitments and travel schedules.
For more than 20 years, Offit Kurman has had
Offit Kurman gives you the resources you a healthy balance sheet and income statement.
need to fully serve your clients while building Our growth has been equity funded, and our
long-term, value-added relationships so you’ll expense percentage is well below the national
never need to turn away new business. average.This enables us to compensate you
Our support staff includes experienced generously and still provide reasonable rates
paralegals, law clerks and administrative to our clients.
assistants. With the support of every lawyer in
our firm behind you, you can offer your clients At Offit Kurman, we also pride ourselves on
access to wide-ranging expertise while you being a little different from most firms in other
focus on practicing law. Our locations across ways. While we work hard, demand excellence
the region become your satellite offices while of ourselves, and put the client first, we do it in
you’re on the road. Our growing reputation a friendly and low-key environment. Our clients
and quality marketing tools make it easier and staff appreciate our down-to-earth, high-
to acquire new clients — and remain their touch approach.
ongoing, trusted advisor.
A stress-free law firm? Not quite — but nearly.
Offit Kurman can free you from much of the
day-to-day administrative burden of running
your practice so you can concentrate on
what you want to do.

A reputation for excellence and a commitment
to improvement

Offit Kurman has steadily built a firm of distinction serving privately held,
middle-market businesses and their owners, large nonprofit organizations and
families of wealth in the mid-Atlantic region. Clients and competitors have come
to respect us for both our legal acumen and our unflagging dedication to service.

Our strong market position, our commitment to strategic planning and a
climate of flux in the legal services arena provide us with an ideal opportunity
for unprecedented growth.

We see an underserved business sector and an expanding market — and we’re
poised to seize both. Our vision stretches throughout the mid-Atlantic region
and beyond, with a host of new clients and new services for existing clients.
Organic growth simply will not meet the demand. That’s why we are selectively
seeking established but entrepreneurial lawyers and lawyer groups that share
our vision and ambition.

Trust. Knowledge. Confidence. In a partner, that’s perfect.