Executive Council
The Honorable Teresa Epps Cummings, President
Office of Administrative Hearings
Evelyn Cusson, President-Elect
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland
The Honorable La Zette Ringgold-Kirksey, Vice President
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Damien Banks, Treasurer
The Banks Firm
Samuel R. Pulver, Secretary
The Yost Legal Group
Rachel W. Samakow, Chair, Young Lawyers’ Division
Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company
Derek Van De Walle, Chair-Elect, Young Lawyers’ Division
Baltimore City Law Department
Standing Committees
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Douglas Furlong, Co-Chair
Furlong ADR, LLC
Jeff Trueman, Co-Chair
Jeff Trueman, Esq., LL.M, Mediator & Arbitrator
Bench/Bar
The Honorable Dana Middleton, Co-Chair
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Amy Petkovsek, Co-Chair
Community Law Center
Budget & Finance
Damien Banks, Chair
The Banks Firm
Communications and News Journal
Derek Van De Walle, Chair
Baltimore City Law Department
Continuing Legal Education
Gary Norman, Co-Chair
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Gwen Tromley, Co-Chair
Baltimore City Department of Law
Events
Kerri L. Smith, Chair
Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White, LLC
Judicial Selections
Kendrick K. McLeod, Co-Chair
Baltimore City Law Department
John T. Prisbe, Co-Chair
Venable LLP
Lawyer Referral and Information Service
Letam Duson, Chair
The Maryland Office of the State Prosecutor
Legislation
Jacob Dorfman, Chair
Schlachman, Belsky, Weiner & Davey, P.A.
Long Range Planning
Evelyn Cusson, Chair
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland
Membership
Divya Potdar, Chair
Diva Law, LLC
Personnel
The Honorable La Zette C. Ringgold-Kirksey, Chair
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Pro Bono and Access to Legal Services
Domonique Flowers, Chair
Social Security Administration
Professional Ethics
Irwin Kramer, Chair
Kramer and Connolly
Technology
Lauren Lake, Chair
Gordon Feinblatt, LLC
Elected Members
Robert D. Anbinder
Baltimore City Department of Law
Monica Basche
Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
Valda Ricks
Pro Bono Resource Center
Viola A. Woolums
Office of Equity & Civil Rights
Sarah P. Belardi
Maryland Office of the Attorney General
Members-At-Large
The Honorable Darren Kadish
District Court for Baltimore City
The Honorable Lynn Stewart Mays
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Amy Petkovsek
Community Law Center
Immediate Past President
James W. Motsay
Motsay & Lay
ABA Delegate
The Honorable Michael W. Reed
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Treasurer, Young Lawyers’ Division
Jacob Dorfman
Schlachman, Belsky, Weiner & Davey, P.A.