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