Harms goes bankrupt, lays off 40 workers
By KATIE ARCIERI, Staff Writer
John E. Harms Jr. and Associates, a Pasadena engineering firm that developed marquee projects in the county for more than half a century, filed for bankruptcy last week after abruptly dismissing its 40 remaining workers.
Dianne Netherland, the company's chief financial officer, said most of the employees worked in the firm's Pasadena office at 90 Ritchie Highway. About 10 workers reported to the company's Frederick and Easton offices.
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Nixon's Farm files for Chapter 11
A last-minute bankruptcy filing has saved Nixon's Farm, a Howard County landmark known for social and political gatherings, from a foreclosure auction originally scheduled for today.
The Chapter 11 filing in U.S. District Court on Tuesday will allow Randall Nixon to continue operating the 128-acre West Friendship farm his family has owned since 1956, said James A. Vidmar, the Annapolis lawyer representing Nixon and his mother, Mildred.
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Attorney says farm will operate as normal and plans for development continue
By Derek Simmonsen
Nixon’s Farm in West Friendship staved off a last-minute foreclosure auction after a member of the family filed for bankruptcy Tuesday.
The family’s attorney said Nixon’s Farm will continue to operate as normal and is moving ahead with plans to develop portions of the property into a multi-generational residential community.
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Baltimore Business Journal - by Ryan Sharrow Staff
James A. Vidmar knows there is no better time to be a corporate bankruptcy attorney.
Vidmar, after 19 years at Bethesda law firm Linowes and Blocher LLP, joined longtime friends Sean Logan and Lawrence Yumkas in March at their Annapolis practice. Paul Sweeney, also of Linowes and Blocher, joined Vidmar and formed Logan, Yumkas, Vidmar & Sweeney LLC. Vidmar, 54, a past president of the Bankruptcy Bar Association for Maryland, works with home builders, developers and car dealers on restructuring and litigation.
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Baltimore Business Journal, Legal
Jim Vidmar and Paul Sweeney, formerly of Linowes and Blocher, joined Logan, Yumkas, Vidmark & Sweeney LLC in Annapolis. Vidmar and Sweeney specialize in bankruptcy and commercial litigation.
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Baltimore Sun
The Logan Yumkas law firm has added two new attorneys and expanded the company's name to Logan, Yumkas, Vidmar & Sweeney LLC of Annapolis.
Jim Vidmar and Paul Sweeney, formerly of Linowes and Blocher, joined Logan Yumkas, a corporate bankruptcy and commercial litigation firm.
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The Daily Record (Baltimore) by Caryn Tamber
In the latest instance of bankruptcy lawyers switching firms, two attorneys from Linowes & Blocher LLP have left to join a small practice in Annapolis.
James A. Vidmar and Paul M. Sweeney left their longtime posts at Bethesda-based Linowes & Blocher earlier this month to join Sean Logan and Lawrence Yumkas in their Annapolis bankruptcy practice.
The new firm is Logan, Yumkas, Vidmar & Sweeney LLC. A fifth partner, James Schraf, was formerly senior attorney at Logan & Yumkas.
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Expanded Firm To Be Called Logan, Yumkas, Vidmar & Sweeney, LLC
(Annapolis, MD) – March 11, 2009 – Sean Logan and Larry Yumkas of the law firm of Logan Yumkas, LLC, today announced that Jim Vidmar and Paul Sweeney, formerly of the law firm Linowes & Blocher, have joined the newly expanded firm of Logan, Yumkas, Vidmar & Sweeney, LLC. The Annapolis-based firm combines the expertise of some of the area’s most prominent corporate bankruptcy and commercial litigation attorneys.
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