[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 136 (Tuesday, September 30, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1920]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     100TH ANNIVERSARY OF OBER, KALER, GRIMES AND SHRIVER LAW FIRM

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                        HON. BENJAMIN L. CARDIN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 30, 2003

  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay special tribute to one 
of Baltimore's leading law firms--Ober, Kaler, Grimes and Shriver--as 
it celebrates its 100th anniversary. The firm was founded in 1903 when 
Stuart S. Janney and Albert C. Ritchie merged their practices into 
Ritchie and Janney.
  After World War I, the firm became Ritchie, Janney, Ober and Williams 
when Frank B. Ober and Robert Williams joined the practice. Another 
merger in 1969 changed the name to Ober, Grimes and Shriver. The 
current name of the firm--Ober, Kaler, Grimes and Shriver--resulted 
from a merger in 1983 with the Washington, D.C. firm of Kaler, Daniel, 
Worsley and Hollman.
  Most often referred to as Ober/Kaler, this law firm has produced two 
Maryland governors. In 1920, Albert Ritchie left the firm to begin an 
unprecedented 16-years as governor of Maryland. He returned to the firm 
after rejecting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's invitation to be his 
vice presidential running mate. Gov. Robert Ehrlich, the current 
governor of Maryland, practiced law for 12 years at Ober/Kaler.
  Ober/Kaler is a lawyer's law firm. With more than 120 lawyers, and 
offices in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia, the firm serves a 
national and international roster of clients in litigation, regulatory 
and transactional issues, as well as various other areas of the law. It 
provides outstanding legal advice to both businesses and individuals, 
including clients engaged in health care, construction, equipment 
leasing, banking, secured financing and other industries.
  I hope my colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives will join 
me in saluting Ober, Kaler, Grimes and Shriver as it celebrates 100 
years of providing its clients with excellent legal advice.




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