2022-2023

Executive Council

The Honorable Myshala E. Middleton, President
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
myshala.middleton@mdcourts.gov

James W. Motsay, President-Elect
Motsay & Lay
jmotsay@motsayandlay.com

Teresa Epps Cummings, Vice President
Baltimore City Department of Law
tecummings1019@gmail.com

Evelyn Lombardo Cusson, Treasurer
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland
evelynclombardo@gmail.com

The Honorable La Zette Ringgold-Kirksey, Secretary
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
lringgoldkirksey@gmail.com

James P. Robinson, Chair, Young Lawyers’ Division
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP
jprobinson@gdldlaw.com

Sara El-Shall, Chair-Elect, Young Lawyers’ Division
Law Office of Sara El-Shall
sara.elshall@gmail.com

Standing Committees

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Alice G. Pinderhughes, Chair
Alice G. Pinderhughes, P.A.
alice@pinderhughes.com

Bench/Bar

The Honorable Yvette M. Bryant, Co-Chair
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
yvette.bryant@mdcourts.gov

Andrew Gendron, Co-Chair
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
andrew.gendron@lewisbrisbois.com

Budget & Finance

Evelyn Lombardo Cusson, Chair
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland
evelynclombardo@gmail.com

Communications and News Journal

Domonique Flowers, Co-Chair
Social Security Administration
Domoniqueflowers@ymail.com

Levi S. Zaslow, Co-Chair
Smithey Law Group.
Levi.Zaslow@Smitheylaw.com

Continuing Legal Education

Scarlett M. Corso, Chair
Franklin & Prokopik, P.C.
scarlett.corso@gmail.com

Events

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

Judicial Selections

Kendrick K. McLeod, Co-Chair
Baltimore City Public Schools
kendrickmcleod@gmail.com

Michelle K. Wilson, Chair
D.C. Division of Correction
michelle.wilson@dc.gov

Lawyer Referral and Information Service

TBD

Legislation

TBD

Long Range Planning

James W. Motsay, Chair
Motsay & Lay
jmotsay@motsayandlay.com

Membership

Divya Potdar, Chair
Diva Law, LLC
dpotdar@divalaw.net

Personnel

Teresa Epps Cummings, Chair
Baltimore City Department of Law
tecummings1019@gmail.com

Pro Bono and Access to Legal Services

Amy Petkovsek, Chair
Maryland Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.
apetkovsek@mdlab.org

Professional Ethics

James Astrachan, Chair
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP
jastrachan@gdldlaw.com

Technology

Robert C. Baker, III, Co-Chair
Neuberger, Quinn, Gielen, Rubin & Gibber, P.A.
rcb@nqgrg.com

Elected Members

Robert D. Anbinder
Department of Law, Baltimore City
robert.anbinder@baltimorecity.gov

Damien Banks
Banks Law Firm
damien@thebanksfirm.com

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

Valda G. Ricks
LECO Baltimore, LLC
gibbons_valda@yahoo.com

Sara El-Shall
Law Office of Sara El-Shall
sara.elshall@gmail.com

Members-At-Large

The Honorable Nicole K. Barmore
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
nicole.barmore@mdcourts.gov

Mary Cina Chalawsky
Office of the Attorney General of Maryland
chalawskylaw@gmail.com

The Hon. Lynn Stewart Mays
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
lynn.mays@mdcourts.gov

Immediate Past President

The Honorable Anthony F. Vittoria
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
anthony.vittoria@mdcourts.gov

ABA Delegate

The Honorable Michael W. Reed
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
michael.reed@mdcourts.gov

Treasurer, Young Lawyers’ Division

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