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
Nicole Barmore
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
missbarmore@gmail.com
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