Eight Associates Join Ober|Kaler

December 14, 2006

Law associates will work in key practice areas

BALTIMORE – December 14, 2006 Ober|Kaler is pleased to announce that eight associates have joined the firm in key practice areas including Health Law, Business, Lending & Leasing, and Litigation. Kristin Cilento, Sarah Hornbeck, Seth Kossman, Kelly Preteroti, Jed Spencer, Mark Stanley, and Matthew Vocci are resident in the firm's Baltimore office. Alan Arville will practice from Ober|Kaler's Washington, DC office.

Sarah Hornbeck will provide real estate counsel to clients buying, selling, leasing, and developing commercial and residential properties. Prior to joining the firm, she was an associate at Gordon Feinblatt. Ms. Hornbeck served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable James R Eyler in the Maryland Court of Special Appeals and interned at Deutsche Bank and T Rowe Price.

Ms. Hornbeck serves on the board of directors of Maryland Lawyers for the Arts. She is a graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law (JD, 2003) and Washington College (BA, 1997).

She lives in Federal Hill.

Seth Kossman will support Ober|Kaler's expanding tax practice. A CPA and former tax accountant with Black & Decker, Mr. Kossman is an LLM candidate at the University of Baltimore, Graduate Tax Program. He graduated from the University of Maryland (JD, with honor, 2001), and Ner Israel College (BA, 1997). In 1999, Mr. Kossman served as a legal intern for Judge John Carroll Byrnes.

He is a resident of the Pikesville area.

Practicing in the firm's Health Law Group, Alan Arville brings a wealth of experience as advisor to physicians, hospitals, and other health care entities on transactional matters, antitrust laws, HIPAA and EMTALA issues. He was previously with Schottenstein, Zox & Dunn in Ohio.

Mr. Arville graduated from the University of Dayton (BA, 2000) and Georgetown University Law Center (JD, cum laude, 2003).

He is a resident of Penn Quarter in Washington, DC

About Ober|Kaler
Ober|Kaler is a national law firm providing integrated regulatory, transactional, and litigation services to financial, health care, construction, and other business organizations. The firm has more than 125 attorneys, and offices in Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and Falls Church.