Executive Council
James W. Motsay, President
Motsay & Lay
jmotsay@motsayandlay.com
Teresa Epps Cummings, President-Elect
Baltimore City Department of Law
tecummings1019@gmail.com
Evelyn Lombardo Cusson, Vice President
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland
evelynclombardo@gmail.com
The Honorable La Zette Ringgold-Kirksey, Treasurer
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
lringgoldkirksey@gmail.com
Damien Banks, Secretary
The Banks Firm
damien@thebanksfirm.com
Sara El-Shall, Chair, Young Lawyers’ Division
Law Office of Sara El-Shall
sara.elshall@gmail.com
Rachel W. Samakow, Chair-Elect, Young Lawyers’ Division
Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company
Rsamakow@gmail.com
Standing Committees
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Michael Gordon, Chair
Wright, Constable & Skeen, LLP
mgordon@wcslaw.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
The Honorable La Zette Ringgold-Kirksey, Chair
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
lringgoldkirksey@gmail.com
Communications and News Journal
Domonique Flowers, Co-Chair
Social Security Administration
Domoniqueflowers@ymail.com
Derek Van De Walle, Co-Chair
Department of Law, Baltimore City
vandewalle.derek.m@gmail.com
Continuing Legal Education
TBD
Events
Kerri L. Smith, Chair
Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White, LLC
ksmith@mdattorney.com
Judicial Selections
Kendrick K. McLeod, Co-Chair
Department of Law Baltimore City
kendrickmcleod@gmail.com
Lawyer Referral and Information Service
Scarlett M. Corso, Chair
Goldberg Segalla
scarlett.corso@gmail.com
Legislation
Ari Plaut, Chair
Boston Platt
aplaut9@gmail.com
Long Range Planning
Teresa Epps Cummings, Chair
Baltimore City Department of Law
tecummings1019@gmail.com
Membership
Divya Potdar, Chair
Diva Law, LLC
dpotdar@divalaw.net
Personnel
Evelyn Lombardo Cusson, Vice President
U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland
evelynclombardo@gmail.com
Pro Bono and Access to Legal Services
Amy Petkovsek, Chair
Community Lawyers
Professional Ethics
Irwin Kramer, Chair
Kramer and Connolly
irk@kramerslaw.com
Technology
Robert C. Baker, III, Co-Chair
Neuberger, Quinn, Gielen, Rubin & Gibber, P.A.
rcb@nqgrg.com
Elected Members
Monica Basche
Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
mrbasche@gmail.com
Lauren Lake
Gordon Feinblatt LLC
llake@gfrlaw.com
The Hon. Lynn Stewart Mays
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
lynn.mays@mdcourts.gov
Amy Petkovsek, Chair
Community Lawyers
Derek Van De Walle, Co-Chair
Department of Law, Baltimore City
vandewalle.derek.m@gmail.com
Members-At-Large
Robert D. Anbinder
Department of Law, Baltimore City
robert.anbinder@baltimorecity.gov
The Honorable Darren Kadish
District Court for Baltimore City
darren.kadish@mdcourts.gov
Valda G. Ricks
Pro Bono Resource Center
gibbons_valda@yahoo.com
Immediate Past President
The Honorable Myshala E. Middleton
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
myshala.middleton@mdcourts.gov
ABA Delegate
The Honorable Michael W. Reed
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
michael.reed@mdcourts.gov
Treasurer, Young Lawyers’ Division
Jacob Dorfman
Schlachman, Belsky, Weiner & Davey, P.A.
jdorfman@sbwdlaw.com