Executive Council
Evelyn Lombardo Cusson, President
Hon. La Zette C. Ringgold-Kirksey, President-Elect
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Damien Banks, Vice President
The Banks Law Firm
Samuel R. Pulver, Treasurer
The Yost Law Firm
Amy Petkovsek, Secretary
Community Law Center
Derek Van De Walle, Chair, Young Lawyers’ Division
Baltimore City Law Department
Jacob Dorfman, Chair-Elect, Young Lawyers’ Division
Schlacman, Belsky, Weiner & Davey, P.A.
Standing Committees
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Cynthia Leppert, Chair
Law Office of Cynthia Leppert
Bench/Bar
Hon. Dana Middleton, Co-Chair
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Amy Petkovsek, Co-Chair
Community Law Center
Budget & Finance
Sam Pulver, Chair
The Yost Law Firm
Communications and News Journal
Derek Van De Walle, Co-Chair
Baltimore City Law Department
Viola Woolums, Co-Chair
Chief Legal Counsel, Mayor’s Commission on Disabilities
Continuing Legal Education
Sarah Belardi, Co-Chair
Assistant Attorney General at the Maryland Office of the Attorney General
Amy Petkovsek, Co-Chair
Community Law Center
Events
Kerri L. Smith, Chair
Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White, LLC
Judicial Selections
John T. Prisbe, Chair
Venable LLP
Nicole Love Kelly, Chair
MD Office of the Public Defender
Sophia Barilone, Chair
Maryland Legal Aid
Lawyer Referral and Information Service
Alexander Coffin, Chair
The Law Office Of Allen Collins
Legislation
Jacob Dorfman, Chair
Schlachman, Belsky, Weiner & Davey, P.A.
Long Range Planning
Hon. La Zette C. Ringgold Kirksey, Chair
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Membership
Divya Potdar, Chair
Diva Law, LLC
Personnel
Damien Banks, Chair
The Banks Firm
Pro Bono and Access to Legal Services
Sophia Barilone, Chair
Maryland Legal Aid
Professional Ethics
George Mahaffey, Co-Chair
Goodell Devries Leech & Dann
Craig Brodsky, Co-Chair
Goodell Devries Leech & Dann
Technology
Lauren Lake, Chair
Gordon Feinblatt, LLC
Elected Members
Hon. Anthony Vittoria
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
John Fischel
Bradley Fischel & Daily, LLC
Valda Ricks
Pro Bono Resource Center
Viola A. Woolums
Office of Equity & Civil Rights
Stephen Craig
City Solicitor, Baltimore City Department of Law, Litigation
Members-At-Large
Hon. Lynn Stewart Mays
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Robert Anbinder
Baltimore City Law Department
Hon. Darren Kadish
District Court for Baltimore City
Immediate Past President
Hon. Teresa Epps Cummings
Administrative Law Judge
ABA Delegate
Hon. Michael W. Reed
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Treasurer, Young Lawyers’ Division
Steven Kappen
Pro bono Resource Center of Maryland