Ms. Hess has been selected by her peers for inclusion in the 2014 Best Lawyers in America Publication. Best Lawyers is one of the leading referral guides in the legal profession. Ms. Hess will be listed in the Washington D.C. and the Baltimore's Best Lawyers special advertising supplement in the The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, The New York Times, and all local editions of The Wall Street Journal on Friday, September 27, 2013.