2025-2026
Officers
Derek Van De Walle, Chair
Baltimore City Law Department
Jacob Dorfman, Chair-Elect
Schlachman, Belsky, Weiner & Davey, P.A.
Steven Kappen, Treasurer
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service
Viola Woolums, Secretary
Office of Equity & Civil Rights
Immediate Past Chair
Rachel W. Samakow
Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company
Elected Member
Stephen Craig
Baltimore City Law Department
Members at Large
Maria Wharton
Howard County State’s Attorney’s Office
Andrew Siske
Wais, Vogelstein, Forman, Koch & Norman, LLC
Michael Spanos
Rosenberg Martin Greenberg
Committees
Awards
Greg Waterworth
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP
Continuing Legal Education
Elizabeth Caldera
Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP
Michael Spanos
Rosenberg Martin Greenberg
Events
Jeffrey Sadri
Ellison Sadri, LLC
TJ Creevy
Rosenberg Martin Greenberg
Membership
Christiana Araviakis
Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP
Raelyn Schuh
Wais, Vogelstein, Forman, Koch & Norman, LLC
Nominating
Rachel W. Samakow
Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company
Policy and Planning
Jacob Dorfman
Schlachman, Belsky, Weiner & Davey, P.A.
Public Education
Samantha Pearl
Preller Law Firm, LLC
Public Service
Maria Wharton
Howard County State’s Attorney’s Office
Zachary Babo
Baltimore City Law Department
Liaisons
Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Maryland
Steven Kappen
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service
Maryland State Bar Association
Lauren Lake
Gordon Feinblatt
Women’s Bar Association
Maria Wharton
Howard County State’s Attorney’s Office