2023-2024

Officers

Rachel W. Samakow, Chair
Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company
Rsamakow@gmail.com

Jacob Dorfman, Treasurer
Schlachman, Belsky, Weiner & Davey, P.A. 
jacob.howard.dorfman@gmail.com

Derek Van De Walle
Department of Law, Baltimore City
vandewalle.derek.m@gmail.com

Immediate Past Chair

James Robinson
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP
jprobinson@gdldlaw.com

Elected Member

Lauren Lake
Gordon Feinblatt, LLC
llake@gfrlaw.com

Members at Large

Kayla DiNuccio
kayladinuccio@gmail.com

Kiernan Waters
Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
Kiernanwaters@gmail.com

Greg Waterworth
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP
gwaterworth@gmail.com

Committees

Awards

Kendrick K. McLeod
Baltimore City Department of Law
kendrickmcleod@gmail.com

Samuel R. Pulver
The Yost Legal Group
spulver@yostlaw.com

Continuing Legal Education

Megan Micco
Kramon & Graham, P.A.
mmicco@kg-law.com

Alison Schurick
Baker Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
alison.schurick@gmail.com

Diversity & Inclusion

Kumudha Kumarachandran
kumudha.nadine@gmail.com

Sunny Shim
Frost Law
sunny.shim@frosttaxlaw.com

Events

Stephen Craig
Tarpine, Heller & Pendergrass
stephen.craig23@gmail.com

Kayla DiNuccio
kayladinuccio@gmail.com

Life & The Law

Natalie Krajinovic
Office of the Attorney General
nataliekrajinovic@gmail.com

Kate McComiskey
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP
kate.mccomiskey@gmail.com

Membership

Sarah P. Belardi
Office of the Attorney General
sarah.belardi@gmail.com

Maria Bermudez
State Attorney’s Office of Baltimore City
maria.j.bermudez@outlook.com

Mentoring

Lance Garner
Robinson & Associates
garnerlance@gmail.com

Jacob Hervey Ziff
Frost Law
jacob.h.ziff@gmail.com

Nominating

James Robinson
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP
jprobinson@gdldlaw.com

Policy and Planning

Rachel W. Samakow, Chair-Elect
Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company
Rsamakow@gmail.com

Public Education

Zachary Scott Gilreath
Anderson, Coe & King
gilreath@acklaw.com

Kenesha Raeford
Niles, Barton & Wilmer, LLP
karaeford@nilesbarton.com

Public Relations

Molly Nicholl Inglis
Law Office of Peter T. Nicholl, LLP
manicholl@nicholllaw.com

Kiernan Waters
Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
Kiernanwaters@gmail.com

Public Service

Viola Woolums
Mayor’s Commission on Disabilities
viloa.woolums@gmail.com

Greg Waterworth
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP
gwaterworth@gmail.com

Liaisons

Alliance of Black Women Attorneys

Letam P.A. Duson
Office of the State Prosecutor
Letam.Duson@gmail.com

American Bar Association

Kumudha Kumarachandran
kumudha.nadine@gmail.com

Kerri L. Smith
Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White, LLC
ksmith@mdattorney.com

Federal Bar Association

Lauren Lake
Gordon Feinblatt, LLC
llake@gfrlaw.com

Maryland State Bar Association

Kerri L. Smith
Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White, LLC
ksmith@mdattorney.com

Monumental City Bar Association

Kendrick McLeod
Baltimore City Department of Law
kendrickmcleod@gmail.com

Women’s Bar Association

Kiernan Waters
Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
Kiernanwaters@gmail.com

University of Baltimore School Law

Paris Holmes
paris.holmes@ubalt.edu

University of Maryland School of Law

Samantha Fitzgerald
sfitzgerald@umaryland.edu