2023-2024
Officers
Rachel W. Samakow, Chair
Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company
Rsamakow@gmail.com
Jacob Dorfman, Treasurer
Schlachman, Belsky, Weiner & Davey, P.A.
jacob.howard.dorfman@gmail.com
Derek Van De Walle
Department of Law, Baltimore City
vandewalle.derek.m@gmail.com
Immediate Past Chair
James Robinson
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP
jprobinson@gdldlaw.com
Elected Member
Lauren Lake
Gordon Feinblatt, LLC
llake@gfrlaw.com
Members at Large
Kayla DiNuccio
kayladinuccio@gmail.com
Kiernan Waters
Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
Kiernanwaters@gmail.com
Greg Waterworth
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP
gwaterworth@gmail.com
Committees
Awards
Kendrick K. McLeod
Baltimore City Department of Law
kendrickmcleod@gmail.com
Samuel R. Pulver
The Yost Legal Group
spulver@yostlaw.com
Continuing Legal Education
Megan Micco
Kramon & Graham, P.A.
mmicco@kg-law.com
Alison Schurick
Baker Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC
alison.schurick@gmail.com
Diversity & Inclusion
Kumudha Kumarachandran
kumudha.nadine@gmail.com
Sunny Shim
Frost Law
sunny.shim@frosttaxlaw.com
Events
Stephen Craig
Tarpine, Heller & Pendergrass
stephen.craig23@gmail.com
Kayla DiNuccio
kayladinuccio@gmail.com
Life & The Law
Natalie Krajinovic
Office of the Attorney General
nataliekrajinovic@gmail.com
Kate McComiskey
Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP
kate.mccomiskey@gmail.com
Membership
Sarah P. Belardi
Office of the Attorney General
sarah.belardi@gmail.com
Maria Bermudez
State Attorney’s Office of Baltimore City
maria.j.bermudez@outlook.com
Mentoring
Lance Garner
Robinson & Associates
garnerlance@gmail.com
Jacob Hervey Ziff
Frost Law
jacob.h.ziff@gmail.com
Nominating
James Robinson
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP
jprobinson@gdldlaw.com
Policy and Planning
Rachel W. Samakow, Chair-Elect
Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company
Rsamakow@gmail.com
Public Education
Zachary Scott Gilreath
Anderson, Coe & King
gilreath@acklaw.com
Kenesha Raeford
Niles, Barton & Wilmer, LLP
karaeford@nilesbarton.com
Public Relations
Molly Nicholl Inglis
Law Office of Peter T. Nicholl, LLP
manicholl@nicholllaw.com
Kiernan Waters
Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
Kiernanwaters@gmail.com
Public Service
Viola Woolums
Mayor’s Commission on Disabilities
viloa.woolums@gmail.com
Greg Waterworth
Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP
gwaterworth@gmail.com
Liaisons
Alliance of Black Women Attorneys
Letam P.A. Duson
Office of the State Prosecutor
Letam.Duson@gmail.com
American Bar Association
Kumudha Kumarachandran
kumudha.nadine@gmail.com
Kerri L. Smith
Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White, LLC
ksmith@mdattorney.com
Federal Bar Association
Lauren Lake
Gordon Feinblatt, LLC
llake@gfrlaw.com
Maryland State Bar Association
Kerri L. Smith
Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin & White, LLC
ksmith@mdattorney.com
Monumental City Bar Association
Kendrick McLeod
Baltimore City Department of Law
kendrickmcleod@gmail.com
Women’s Bar Association
Kiernan Waters
Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
Kiernanwaters@gmail.com
University of Baltimore School Law
Paris Holmes
paris.holmes@ubalt.edu
University of Maryland School of Law
Samantha Fitzgerald
sfitzgerald@umaryland.edu