Personal injury trial lawyers Emily Malarkey and Ryan Perlin have left the firm formerly known as Bekman, Marder, Hopper, Malarkey & Perlin to form their own firm.

The two founding partners specialize in catastrophic injury, medical malpractice and other personal injury cases. Their clients include a “sizeable portion” of the more than 900 victims of child sexual abuse with claims in the Baltimore Archdiocese’s bankruptcy.

“We want to build a firm that practices in a very personal and streamlined way,” Perlin told The Daily Record.

Malarkey and Perlin, who were classmates at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and teammates on the school’s competitive trial team, had spent most of their careers at the firm. Malarkey was there for nearly 20 years, Perlin for nea

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