2023-2024
Officers
Rachel W. Samakow, Chair
Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company
Derek Van De Walle, Chair-Elect
Baltimore City Law Department
Jacob Dorfman, Treasurer
Schlachman, Belsky, Weiner & Davey, P.A.
Viola Woolums, Secretary
Office of Equity & Civil Rights
Immediate Past Chair
James Robinson
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP
Elected Member
Sarah Belardi
Maryland Office of the Attorney General
Members at Large
Lauren Lake
Gordon Feinblatt, LLC
Gregory Waterworth
Saul, Ewing, Arnstein, & Lehr, LLP
Jeffrey J. Sadri
Ellison Sadri, LLP
Committees
Awards
TBD
Continuing Legal Education
Kiernan Waters
Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
Events
Gregory Waterworth
Saul, Ewing, Arnstein, & Lehr, LLP
Maria Wharton
Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City
Mentoring
TBD
Nominating
TBD
Policy and Planning
Derek Van De Walle, Chair-Elect
Baltimore City Law Department
Public Education
TBD
Public Relations
Steven Kappen
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service
Public Service
Samuel Pulver
The Yost Legal Group
Hanna Marie C. Sheehan
Baltimore City Law Department
Liaisons
University of Baltimore School of Law
Angelina Davis
Emma Tedder
University of Maryland School of Law
Imani Vice