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                                                                                                                                                                                                      Miles & Stockbridge

                                                                                                                                                                  Labor & Employment Group Support of
                                                                                                                                           Baltimore Ronald McDonald House Spans Decades







                                                                                                                                          he Miles & Stockbridge Labor   far  past  that  particular  horizon;   the firm to support the nonprofit
                                                                                                                                          &    Employment     Practice   under  the  stewardship  of  the   organization  across   multiple
                                                                                                                                      T Group’s support of Ronald        practice’s  co-leaders,  Miles  &   practices.  Eriksson,  who  has
                                                                                                                                      McDonald     House     Charities   Stockbridge   principals   Kristy   served on the RMH board for
                                                                                                                                      Maryland  (RMH)  extends  back     Eriksson and Suzzanne Decker,      the last ten years, was elected as
                                                                                                                                      years, even  decades. And  while   and  the  combined  efforts  of    chair of the Board of Directors
                                                                                                                                      an  important chapter  of  that    lawyers and staff alike, the bonds   just as RMH kicked off its hugely
                                                                                                                                      ongoing  journey  will  culminate   between  both  institutions  have   ambitious  capital  campaign  to
                                                                                                                                      on May 14, 2019,  at the ribbon-   only grown stronger.               finance  the  new  House,  and
                                                                                                                                      cutting  ceremony  for  the  first-                                   her  efforts  have  been  critical  to
                                                                                                                                      class  new  Ronald  McDonald           The new building, intended as   bringing the project to the finish
                                                                                                                                      House  Maryland  at 1  Asquith     a 21st-century effort to meet the   line. Andrew Skopp, a principal
                                                                                                                                      Street  in  the  historic  Jonestown   needs of the children and families   in  the  firm’s  real  estate  and
                                                                                                                                      neighborhood  of  Baltimore, that   of children with long-term illness,   transactions practice, secured
            Kristy Eriksson, Principal                         Suzzanne Decker, Principal                                             group’s  support will  continue    has proven an opportunity for      the new market tax credits for the





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