2026-2027

Executive Council

Hon. La Zette C. Ringgold-Kirksey, President
Circuit Court for Baltimore City

Samuel R. Pulver, President-Elect
The Yost Law Firm

Valda Ricks, Vice President
Pro-Bono Resource Center

Amy Petkovsek, Treasurer
Community Law Center

Ryan Dietrich, Secretary
Office of the Attorney General

Young Lawyers’ Division

Jacob Dorfman, Chair, Young Lawyers’ Division
Elville & Associates

Viola Woolums, Chair-Elect, Young Lawyers’ Division
Maryland Legal Aid

Stephen Craig, Treasurer, Young Lawyers’ Division
City Solicitor, Baltimore City Department of Law, Litigation

Steven Kappen, Secretary, Young Lawyers’ Division

Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service

Tyler Creevy, Elected Member

Rosenburg Martin

Michael Spanos, Elected Member

Rosenburg Martin

Standing Committees

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Cynthia Leppert, Chair
Law Office of Cynthia Leppert

Bench/Bar

Hon. Nicole Barmore, Co-Chair

Circuit Court for Baltimore City

Hon. Darren Kadish, Co-Chair

District Court for Baltimore City

J. Burke Miller, Co-Chair
Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City

Amy Petkovsek, Co-Chair
Community Law Center

Budget & Finance

Sam Pulver, Chair
The Yost Law Firm

Communications and News Journal

Joseph Vercillo, Chair

Cipriani & Werner

Continuing Legal Education

Hon. Noelle W. Newman

District Court for Baltimore City

Amy Petkovsek, Co-Chair
Community Law Center

Events

Kerri L. Smith, Co-Chair
Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White, LLC

Nija Bastfield, Co-Chair

Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City

Judicial Selections

John T. Prisbe, Chair
Venable LLP

Sophia Barilone, Chair
Maryland Legal Aid

Lawyer Referral and Information Service

Alexander Coffin, Chair
Law Office of Alex Coffin, LLC

Legislation

Jacob Dorfman, Co-Chair
Elville & Associates

Richard A. Tabuteau, Co-Chair

Maryland Lobbyist

Long Range Planning

Samuel R Pulver, Chair
The Yost Law Firm

Membership

Divya Potdar, Chair
Diva Law, LLC

Personnel

Valda Ricks, Chair
Pro Bono Resource Center

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

Hon. Otis W. Freeman

District Court for Baltimore City

Gary Norman

Retired, US Dept. Health & Human Services

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. Evelyn Lombardo Cusson
Circuit Court for Baltimore County

ABA Delegate

Hon. Michael W. Reed
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland