2025-2026

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