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Credentials & Resume
Anyone considering using a lawyer should check that lawyer's credentials. Here are
mine:
EDUCATION
- Juris Doctor, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Mo. - 1974
- Chief Comments Editor, Urban Law Annual (currently Journal of Urban and Contemporary
Law)
- B.A., University of Rochester- Rochester, New York -- 1971
BAR MEMBERSHIPS
State of Maryland; District of Columbia; United States District Court for the District
of Columbia; United States District Court for Maryland; United States Court of Appeals for
the District of Columbia Circuit; United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit;
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
PUBLICATIONS
Professional
- Co-Author, THE STREET SMART
WRITER (Nomad Press, 2005)
- Contributor of articles to Screentalk Magazine; Writer's Digest Magazine;
The Writer; AbsoluteWrite.com.
- Contributing Editor, Writer's Carousel Magazine
- Author, HEALTH CARE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT (Warren Gorham & Lamont, 1995)
- Editor and Publisher, Medical-Legal Letter for Maryland Physicians (1993-94)
- Contributor, Chapter Three, in A. Julien, OPENING STATEMENT (Callahan & Co. 1986)
- Audiotape contributor, "Million Dollar Verdicts" Series. (Professional
Techniques Library, Dallas, TX, 1986)
General
- Author, CLINICAL TRIALS (novel)
(HarperCollins, 1998)
- Author, FINAL REMEDY (novel)
(HarperCollins, 1996)
- Author of articles and fiction published in general circulation magazines, including Regardie's,
American Baby, and Computer Shopper Magazine
PERTINENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Private law practice, Law Offices of Daniel N. Steven. General practice with an emphasis
on publishing and entertainment law; health care law; estates and trusts; small business
matters.
- Vice President & Publisher, AtYourBusiness.com. Managed the design, development, and
implementation of pre-IPO web site furnishing employee management services, tools, and
information to small businesses; acted as in-house counsel.
- Publisher, AlignMark Information Publishing; P&L and budget responsibility for $20M
business information publisher within $6B Thomson Corporation; managed 36-person staff of
editorial, information technology, and marketing professionals in the creation of print,
CD and web products covering human resources and employment law; managed the development
of hr-esource.com, an original information portal for human resource professionals, fully
e-commerce enabled.
- Director of Business Development/Senior Editor/Editor, at HR Solutions Division, RIA
Group, division of Thomson Corporation (various positions). Conducted strategic planning
for company's Internet products; planned survey and focus group research; acted as
in-house counsel to senior management with ongoing advice and support on employment,
copyright, and intellectual property law; conceived, designed, and prototyped information
services for HR managers, with primary emphasis on health care benefits; acquired and
developed new titles for Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company and Clark Boardman
Callahan Publishing Company; initiated acquisition of ATLA Press by Lawyers Cooperative
Publishing Company (a Thomson company).
- Private law practice, Law Offices of Daniel N. Steven; general practice with emphasis on
representing health care providers, corporate and securities transactions, real estate,
and general civil litigation; rated "av" (highest rating) by Martindale-Hubbell.
- Private law practice, Waldman, Steven & Diamond, Chtd.; general practice with an
emphasis on civil litigation, including plaintiff's personal injury, medical malpractice,
and products liability.
- Associate General Counsel, Maryland-National Cap. Park And Planning Commission.,
Riverdale, MD.
SIGNIFICANT LEGAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Plaintiff's lead counsel in Beverly v. Greater Southeast
Community Hospital, et al, 25 ATLA L. Rep. 474 (1982).
($1.5 million medical malpractice verdict against an internist for negligent
work-up and surgical referral of a patient misdiagnosed as having gall bladder disease).
Counsel for the appellant in Cannon v. Mcken, 296 Md. 27, 459
A.2d 196 (1983); The Court of Appeals of Maryland held that jurisdiction of the Maryland
Health Claims Arbitration Act did not include claims for damages arising from a
professional's failure to exercise due care in a non-professional situation such as
premises liability. This brought several
classes of plaintiffs out of the arbitration system, once more entitling such plaintiffs
to trial by jury.
Counsel for Metropolitan Home Therapeutics, Inc., a local
medical company, in its 1988 purchase by a major national medical services corporation. Representation included negotiation of purchase
agreements, shareholder agreements, and preparation of merger documents.
Counsel
for plaintiff in Raisley v. Maryland Board of Psychologists (unreported 1978 opinion of
the Maryland Board of Administrative Appeals). First
case challenging the application of the Maryland law permitting non-psychologists to
become licensed therapists. Based on the
Board's position in this case, hundreds of psychiatric social workers became eligible for
insurance reimbursement.
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES
- Chairman, Contracts and Grievances Committee, Mystery Writers of America, Inc.
- Member, Entertainment and Sports Law Committee, Maryland State Bar Association
- Member, Montgomery County Bar Association Intellectual Property and Technology Committee
- Member, Health Law Section, Montgomery County Bar Association
- Member, Estate Law Section, Montgomery County Bar Association
- Chairman, Montgomery County Bar Association Interprofessional Committee, 1983-84
(Moderator of 1983-84 Medical Society - Bar Association Joint Meeting).
- Member, Montgomery County Bar Association Interprofessional Committee, 1980-83
- Co-President and Member of Board of Trustees, The Harbor School, Bethesda, MD 1991-1995
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