BAR ADMISSIONS
- Maryland, 1987
- U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1988
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1997
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1999
EDUCATION
- University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore,MD
- J.D.
- Honors: Heisler Honor Society
- Honors: With Honors
- Law Review: University of Baltimore School of Law, Editor in Chief, 1985-1987
- Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, MD
- B.A.
- Honors: Magna Cum Laude
- Honors: Pi Sigma Alpha
- Honors: George Henry Miles Honor Society
- Honors: President, Pre-Law Society
- Honors: President, Political Science Honor Society
- Major: Economics
- Major: Political Science
PUBLISHED WORKS
- Exclusive Remedy Under Workers' Compensation: An Update on Exceptions to the General Rule, 17 U. Balt.L.F.,Winter 1987
- Johnson v. Mountaire Farms of Delmarva: Maryland Fails to Expand Workers' Compensation Act, 16 U.Balt. L.F., Spring, 1986
- Liscombe v. Potomac Edison Co.: Contributory Negligence-Still a Complete Bar to Recovery, 16 U.Balt. L.F.15, Winter, 1986
- Handling Automobile Tort Cases in Maryland, Bar Association of Baltimore City, CLE, September, 1999
- Medical Malpractice: Handling Medical Malpractice Cases in the State of Maryland, Bar Association of Baltimore city, CLE, February, 1998
- Basic Automobile Tort Cases in Maryland, Bar Association of Baltimore City, CLE, February, 1997
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
- Associated Building Maintenance, Inc.
- Finmarc Properties
- Extra Innings
- Next Level Sports Performance, Inc.
- Subway Real Estate Corp.
- Next Generation Auto Mechanics, Inc.
- Subway Development Corporation of Washington, D.C.
- Doctors Associates, Inc.
HONORS AND AWARDS
- AV Rated Martindale Hubbell (1994-present)
- Maryland Super Lawyers (Baltimore Magazine Jan. 2008)
- Maryland Super Lawyers (Baltimore Magazine Jan. 2007)
- Bar Association of Baltimore City 2000 Presidential Award
- West's Who's Who Amoung Practicing Attorneys
- University of Baltimore Law Forum, Editor-in-Chief ( Volume 17, 1986-1987)
- Heisler Honor Society, 1987
- Member International Law Society, 1986, 1987
- Who's Who Among American Law Students, 1987
- Delta Epsilon Sigma, 1984
- Pi Sigma Alpha National Honor Society, 1983, 1984 (President and Treasurer)
- George Henry Miles Honor Society, 1984
- Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities, 1984
- Appoint to the National Symposium on the Study of the Presidency, 1984
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
- Chairman Membership Services Committee 2006-2007
- Vice Chairman Membership Services Committee 2005
- Chairman Sponsorship Committee 2003-2004
- Chairman Lawyer Referral Committee 2002
- Legislative Committee member 2000-2001
- American Bar Association
- Member, January 1988 to present
- Maryland Trial Lawyers Association
- Member, July 1988 to present
- American Trial Lawyers Association
- Member, July, 1988 to present
- Bar Association of Baltimore City
- Executive Council, July 1992 to June 1994, July 1996 to present
- Harford County Bar Association
- Member, July 1997 to present
- Maryland Trial Lawyers Association
- Board of Governors, July 1999 to 2008
- Bar Association of Baltimore City Sponsorship Committee Chairman, July, 1998 to present
- Bar Association of Baltimore City Long Range Planning Committee
- Committee member, July, 1988 to present
- Bar Association of Baltimore City Budget and Finance Committee
- Committee member, July 1988 to present
- Bar Association of Baltimore City Lawyer Referral and Information Service
- Committee Member, September 1990 to 1999
- Bar Association of Baltimore City Lawyer Referral and Information Service
- Chairman, 1992-1994, 1996-1997
- Attorney Grievance Commissions of Maryland
- Inquiry Panel member, July 1996 to June 1999
- Bar Association of Baltimore City, Products Liability Sub-committee
- Sub-committee Member, June 1993 to May 1995
- Bar Association of Baltimore City, 501(c) (3) Sub-Committee
- Sub-Committee Member, September 1992 to May 1993
PRO BONO ACTIVITIES
- Maryland Trial Lwyers Association Bike Helment Program
- Lawyer Referal and Information Service of Baltimore City Bar Association, 1989 through present
- Amici Curiae Brief to Supreme court of the United States, on Behalf of People Against Child Abuse (State of Maryland v. Craig), 1989
CLASSES/SEMINARS TAUGHT
- The role of the Legal Nurse Consultant in Assessment and Evaluation of Medical Malpractice Claims, Greater Baltimore Area Chapter of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, Sheppard Pratt Hospital, Balt., MD 2000
- Sexual Child Abuse, Civil Custody, and Litigation Issues, People Against Child Abuse Annual Conference, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 1999
- Handling Automobile Tort Cases in Maryland, Bar Association of Baltimore City, Balt., MD, 1999
RECENT SETTLEMENTS AND VERDICTS 2008 was a good year both with trial results and with settlements for the office. Collectively Steve Markey and Amy Orsi recovered several millions of dollars for clients in the areas of medical malpractice, legal malpractice, automobile accidents, premises liability, faulty construction and landlord/tenant matters.
Possibly the most interesting cases have been in the area of medical and legal malpractice. This year the firm resolved three significant legal malpractice matters. Two of the matters involved attorneys that acknowledged to the client that they had made a mistake and advised the client to hire an attorney to pursue a legal malpractice action against them. These ethical attorneys did the right thing, and the cases against them resolved in a very short period of time for very reasonable amounts. The third case involved an attorney that refused to admit his mistake resulting in long and nasty litigation with a considerably larger settlement than would otherwise have occurred had the attorney simply been honest. Ultimately the attorney will face far more repercussions than just having his insurance carrier pay an agreed upon amount. Unfortunately, the Defense attorney for the Defendant made matters worse by her aggressive representation. Similar situations have occurred this year in the medical malpractice field. In several cases resolved this year the Defendant doctor denied, against overwhelming evidence to the contrary, any wrongdoing. The net result was larger recoveries after more contentious litigation. In one case where liability was not seriously contested, the matter resolved fairly quickly, with little fanfare, and less expense for all.
The moral of the story is that when you are honest and responsible for your actions, things tend to get resolved faster, cleaner and for less money. We are all human and mistakes will be made. It is how you handle your mistakes that help define you as a person.
In 2007, Steve Markey and Amy Orsi settled two six figure legal malpractice claims. Both cases were against attorneys who failed to file the Plaintiffs? claims within the applicable statute of limitations. Once again the actual amounts of the settlements is confidential.
Steve reached a significant settlement against a builder and subcontractor as a result of serious personal injury and death arising out of the ownership of a defectively constructed condominium. After moving into their condominium, the Plaintiff and her now deceased husband began experiencing various health problems, and both were ultimately diagnosed with cancer. Subsequent to their diagnosis, the Plaintiff was notified that there was an issue with the construction of the condominium community in which she and her family resided and became ill, and that the construction defects led to the development of toxic mold.
Steve also reached a sizable settlement against a Baltimore area orthopedic surgeon in a medical malpractice action wherein the doctor performed back surgery on a pre-teen who suffered from scoliosis. Following surgery, it was discovered that the instrumentation placed in the minor child?s back was too short and was not adequately secure. As a result, the minor child had to undergo corrective surgery. Steve resolved several other medical and legal malpractice cases this year.
Amy settled a wrongful death auto accident case on behalf of a minor child whose father was killed in an auto accident by a driver who ran a red light.
In 2006, Steve Markey and Amy Orsi reached a significant settlement against a prominent Baltimore area orthopedic surgeon in a medical malpractice action. During a revision left hip total replacement, the surgeon broke through the client?s femur with the femoral stem of the prosthetic device. Despite x-rays being taken in recovery which showed that the femoral stem had broken through the femur, the doctor failed to review the x-rays and failed to repair the femur.
Steve also settled a six figure medical malpractice claim against an emergency room physician who misdiagnosed his client as having a urinary tract infection instead of appendicitis. As a result, the client?s appendix ruptured, thereby requiring emergency surgery.
Following two mediation conferences and on the eve of trial, Steve recently resolved a medical malpractice case on behalf of a child against an Eastern shore surgeon that damaged a nerve during a lymph node biopsy that should never have been performed. The settlement will provide funds to allow the child to attend private school and college or trade school. It also provides payments for the life of the child. Aside from assisting the victim of the malpractice, one of the more satisfying aspects of the settlement is that three prominent malpractice attorneys turned the case down before Steve accepted the case.
Amy resolved an automobile accident case just prior to trial in Prince George?s County. The client was struck by a vehicle traveling the wrong way on a one way street. As a result, the client sustained serious permanent injury to his low back. The case settled for six figures shortly after Amy deposed the Defense expert doctor who admitted the client?s injuries were caused by the accident.
Amy also obtained a judgment totaling $153,500.00 on behalf of a family who was injured in Western, Maryland when the minivan they were traveling in was struck head on by a driver who fell asleep and crossed the center line.
In 2005, Stephen A. Markey and Amy Orsi reached a $500,000.00 settlement against 3 defendants and obtained $1,00,000 judgment against the remaining defendants for a client who was injured in a construction accident. The client fell approximately 30 feet when the scaffold he was working on collapsed causing him to fracture his vertebrae. The defendants against whom the $1,000,000 judgment was obtained have assigned their rights to our client to go after the insurance company that denied them a defense.
Steve obtained a judgment in the amount of $475,000 against an individual who sexually molested a client when she was a child. Subsequent to having judgment entered against him, the defendant filed bankruptcy claiming insolvency. Steve and Amy were able to recover $340,000 of the $475,000 judgment in the bankruptcy proceedings.
In 2004, Stephen Markey obtained a $505,000.00 settlement for a 65 year old woman in a premises liability case against an apartment complex. The client had fallen when the railing she was using for support collapsed causing her to break her hip requiring surgery. Amy Orsi settled an automobile accident case in the amount of $250,000 against a truck driver and trucking company. Steve and Amy settled a slip and fall case against Toys R Us in the amount of $225,000 after a client slipped on hydraulic fluid leaking from a piece of equipment.
Together, Steve and Amy have been successful in obtaining over $25,000,000.00 in settlements and verdicts for cases involving medical malpractice, automobile accidents, slip and falls, landlord/tenant, and contract matters.