Dedication and keeping our priorities straight is why Astrachan Gunst Thomas Rubin's efforts are successful. Our client's interest comes first, our Firm's second and the individual lawyer's third. We stay on the sharp side of the cutting edge by emphasizing education -- our attorneys write, teach and lecture nationally and locally. Our Firm includes six adjunct law professors, lawyers named numerous times to Best Lawyer in America (intellectual property, entertainment and advertising), the former and current Chair of the Maryland Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Committee and the recipient of the American Advertising Federation's 2nd District (New York-Maryland) Crystal Prism Award for contributions to the advertising industry. We write the book (6 volumes, actually) on The Law of Advertising and Mass Communications published by LexisNexis/Matthew Bender and updates three times a year.
Many of our lawyers are also listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in
American Law and are rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell, as reported to
Martindale-Hubbell by their colleagues at the bar. The AV rating is the
highest rating available to attorneys.
Our Firm's practice includes litigation, transactional matters and
counseling in the following areas:
Advertising
Acquisitions, Mergers and Business Issues
Antitrust
Complex Commercial Litigation
Copyright
Corporate Restructuring, including Divestitures and Mergers
Distance Learning
Distribution and Franchise law
Domain Name Disputes
EEOC Law
Employment Agreements
False Advertising
Human Resources, including Compensation and Discrimination
Insurance Coverage Disputes
Licensing
Media and Entertainment
Petroleum Marketing Practices Act
Post-employment Restraints, including Non-competes
Publishing
Software
Trade Associations
Trade Secrets
Trademark
Unfair Competition
We regularly represent clients in the following industries:
