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2016

LEADERSHIP IN LAW

Robert D. Anbinder

Tiffany H. Anderson

Ivan J. Bates

Marnell A. Cooper

David V. Diggs

Nancy McCutchan Duden

Robert L. Ferguson Jr.

Gerard J. Gaeng

Mike Goecke

Kathryn Grill Graeff

Jill Green

Lawrence Greenberg

Kristin Herber

Quinton M. Herbert

Matthew G. Hjortsberg

Kelly Hughes Iverson

Jay D. Miller

Hon. Doug Nazarian

Lawrence E. Schmidt

Jane Frankel Sims

Adam M. Spence

Ferrier R. Stillman

Brian Tucker

Michele Bresnick Walsh

Becki L. Young

LIFETIME ACHIEVMENT AWARD

Hon. Sheila R. Tillerson Adams

Ronald A. Baradel

GENERATION J.D. AWARD

Tara A. Barnes

Jamar R. Brown

Hon. John Alvin Henderson Jr.

Jordan J. Lysczek

Kathleen McClernan-Walz

Benjamin Meredith

Heather R. Pruger

Jeremy D. Rachlin

Michelle Daugherty Siri

Ebony M. Thompson

Thomas M. Weschler Jr.

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Towson University is proud to congratulate

Gerard J. Gaeng ‘81

as 2016 Best Lawyers Litigation – Banking & Finance “Lawyer Of The Year” In Baltimore

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LEADERSHIP IN LAW

Robert D. Anbinder

Ti� any H. Anderson

Ivan J. Bates

Marnell A. Cooper

David V. Diggs

Nancy McCutchan Duden

Robert L. Ferguson Jr.

Gerard J. Gaeng

Mike Goecke

Kathryn Grill Grae�

Jill Green

Lawrence Greenberg

Kristin Herber

Quinton M. Herbert

Matthew G. Hjortsberg

Kelly Hughes Iverson

Jay D. Miller

Hon. Doug Nazarian

Lawrence E. Schmidt

Jane Frankel Sims

Adam M. Spence

Ferrier R. Stillman

Brian Tucker

MicheleBresnick Walsh

Becki L. Young

LIFETIME

ACHIEVMENT AWARD

Hon. Sheila R.Tillerson Adams

Ronald A. Baradel

GENERATION

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Tara A. Barnes

Jamar R. Brown

Hon. John Alvin

Henderson Jr.

Jordan J. Lysczek

Kathleen

McClernan-Walz

Benjamin Meredith

Heather R. Pruger

Jeremy D. Rachlin

Michelle Daugherty Siri

Ebony M. � ompson

� omas M. Weschler Jr.

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2016 HONOREESRobert D. Anbinder .................................7Hon. Tiffany H. Anderson .........................8Ivan J. Bates ..........................................9Marnell A. Cooper ...............................10David V. Diggs .....................................13Nancy McCutchan Duden ......................14Robert L. Ferguson Jr. ............................15Gerald J. Gaeng ..................................16Mike Goecke ......................................17Hon. Kathryn Grill Graeff .......................18Jill Green ...........................................21Lawrence Greenberg .............................22Kristin Herber .......................................23Quinton M. Herbert ..............................24Matthew G. Hjortsberg ..........................25Kelly Hughes Iverson .............................26Jay D. Miller ........................................27Hon. Doug Nazarian ............................28Lawrence E. Schmidt .............................29Jane Frankel Sims ..................................30Adam M. Spence .................................31Ferrier R. Stillman ..................................32Brian Tucker .........................................33Michele Bresnick Walsh .........................34Becki L. Young .....................................35Sheila R. Tillerson Adams .......................37Ronald A. Baradel ................................39Tara A. Barnes .....................................41Jamar R. Brown ....................................41Hon. John Alvin Henderson Jr. .................41Jordan J. Lysczek ...................................42Benjamin Meredith ................................42Kathleen McClernan-Walz .....................42Heather R. Pruger .................................43Michelle Daughtery Siri ..........................43Jeremy D. Rachlin .................................43Ebony M. Thompson .............................44Thomas M. Weschler Jr. ........................44

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LETTER FROM THE DAILY RECORD

JUDGING PROCESS

The Daily Record has been publishing legal news and information since 1888. The legal audience comprises our core readership, and that is why we launched the Leadership in Law event in 2001: We wanted to honor members of Maryland’s legal community who are excellent attorneys and judges but are also making an impact on the state through community service and mentoring. The Daily Record is proud to shine a spotlight on the leaders that you will meet in this magazine.

For the 15th anniversary of Leadership in Law last November, we announced that we would be moving the event to the first week of May to tie to Law Day celebrations happening all over the U.S. We also added two new categories – Lifetime Achievement and Generation J.D.

Generation J.D. highlights those individuals who are the up and coming generation of leaders

and Lifetime Achievement honors an exceptional man and women who have achieved great things professionally and in the community, making a sustainable impact on Maryland. I want to thank the legal community for supporting this change and nominating more than 70 people for these new categories while still nominating candidates for Leadership in Law.

Of course, the pinnacle of the awards celebration remains when the Top Leader in the Law is announced. The Leadership in Law winners selected this winner through a secret ballot and the name is kept a secret until the night of the celebration.

Maryland’s legal community protects, creates change and makes a difference in the lives of so many, every single day. The Daily Record wants to say thank you for your commitment to excellence.

We started this year’s selection process with nearly 100 nominations from around the state. A group of past Leadership in Law winners as well as The Daily Record’s legal editor gathered to review those nominations and select today’s 25 Leadership in Law winners, 11 Generation J.D. winners and two Lifetime achievement winners.

The criteria used in selecting the recipients of these awards are:

• demonstrated excellence and achievement in the legal profession

• maintaining a leadership role and devoting time and talent to the communities in which our winners live and work

• demonstrating a commitment to mentoring Finally, the 25 Leadership in Law winners each

completed a secret ballot to select the Top Leader in Law. That person was kept a secret until the awards event on May 5.

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“If we can help provide services to people who might otherwise just get run over by the legal system,

I think we have an obligation to do it.”

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ROBERT D. ANBINDERC H I E F S O L I C I T O R • B A L T I M O R E

C I T Y L A W D E P A R T M E N T

W hen it comes to closing the justice gap, as Robert Anbinder, chief solicitor in the Litigation Division of the Baltimore City Law

Department puts it, a pro bono attorney can make a difference in a legal case just by being present.

“If we can help provide services to people who might otherwise just get run over by the legal system, I think we have an obligation to do it,” Anbinder said. He helped create the city law department’s “user friendly” pro bono policy and advocates for other government agencies to adopt them as well. He’s also a member of the Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Pro Bono, and a volunteer and mentor for the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service.

“I also try to encourage others to take on pro bono,” Anbinder said.

Aside from furnishing a vital service, he said pro bono work makes attorneys better by improving their commitment to their professional teams and the broader community. It can also allow them to follow their interests in different legal areas they wouldn’t normally follow at their day jobs; public defense attorneys, for instance, can try their hand as a plaintiff ’s lawyer.

“You get to see the law from the other side, that just makes all of us better,” he said.

Anbinder is a former television and radio

journalist; he worked for the Associated Press Radio Network in Washington D.C. and for the investigative unit of WJZ-TV before deciding to switch to a legal career that offered a chance for better security. He attended law school at night and graduated in 1992.

“I believe that lawyers need not only take care of themselves and their families but they

also have an obligation to try to give back to make the world a bit better,” he said.

Later in his legal career, Anbinder helped write and edit the “Journalists’ Guide to Maryland’s Legal System,” which is located on the Maryland Judiciary website and elsewhere

on the web. He’s also served for a variety of associations, including the Attorney Grievance Commission, the Baltimore Courthouse and Law Museum Foundation and the Chizuk

Amuno Congregation synagogue in Pikesville. In 2015, Anbinder became the president of

the Bar Association of Baltimore City, a career highlight, he said. He’s expanded his dogged efforts to promote pro bono work by creating a new weekly email newsletter that includes a “Pro Bono Link of the Week,” which allows organizations to recruit from the association’s membership. A dedicated government lawyer, Anbinder said he’s still always looking for new ways to serve the community that inspires him.

“I am looking for other opportunities to give back after the bar presidency,” he said. “At 59, I still have time to do that.”

TOPWINNER

The Top Winner is selected by a secret ballot of all of the 2016

Leadership in Law honorees.

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HON. TIFFANY H. ANDERSONADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE • DISTRICT COURT OF MARYLAND FOR PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY

“I always see something I want to change. I have really enjoyed being a lawyer and a judge. In fact, I think this is about

the best job in the world.”

T iffany H. Anderson, administrative judge for the District Court of Maryland for Prince George’s County, works hard each day to make sure the team she likes and respects, including one of the state’s busiest benches, is happy in their jobs.

For instance, Anderson is pleased to report the court’s staff members are getting new work stations this summer for the first time in 24 years.

“I’m focused on the staff, making their work environment better,” Anderson said. “That translates to serving the public. I know that every day I go to work, I want to have an impact on the people who are coming before the court.”

In 2015, she and her team instituted a roundtable symposium for the District Court, inviting lawyers to meet and interact with judges to gain more knowledge of each other’s work and the day-to-day processes of the court, she said. They also learned how some new state laws are impacting cases in various legal fields. The event turned into such a hit, the court scheduled another for

this April.She’s also worked to improve the efficiency, by, for example,

shortening the daily docket to 20 or so cases per judge instead of 35 per day, Anderson said. The former rate didn’t leave sufficient time to finish each case by the end of the day, clogging the docket and delaying the conclusion of trials.

Anderson even takes a case from time to time, taking along a notepad to jot down ideas for improvement.

“I always see something I want to change,” she said. “I have really enjoyed being a lawyer and a judge. In fact, I think this is about the best job in the world.”

Appointed as administrative judge in 2014, Anderson said she has been honored and humbled by the nod, particularly because she is one of the first African-American women to have been appointed to the position.

“For me, that brings a lot of responsibility,” she said. “I want someone else to say, ‘I can aspire to be that person and do that.’”

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“It’s the cases that no one has really heard about,

the kids that I’m able to give a second chance, those are the cases I’m most proud of.”

I van Bates has handled a number of high-profile cases as a criminal defense attorney. Bates currently represents Baltimore police Sgt. Alicia White, one of the highest ranking officers charged in connection with the death of Freddie Gray. He previously defended a Drug Enforcement Agency agent in

the Silk Road case that ultimately led a federal judge to sentence the founder of the illegal online marketplace to life in jail.

Bates has also been on the other side of the courtroom as an assistant state’s attorney with the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office.

But one of the most rewarding aspects of his career involves providing legal services to “others who didn’t really think they could have had a good lawyer,” Bates said.

In some cases, this has involved pro bono work, but it’s also meant providing counsel at a discounted rate to a mother working an extra shift to pay for a lawyer to represent her son, he said.

“It’s the cases that no one has really heard about, the kids that I’m able to give a second chance, those are the cases I’m most

proud of,” Bates said.Another career highlight has been starting his own firm,

Baltimore-based Bates & Garcia PC, in 2006.“I like having my own business,” he said. “It lets you put your

career in the direction you want it to go. It’s very rewarding.”He also gives back to his community and those he cares about:

He created a nonprofit, the Baltimore United Foundation, to provide small donations mostly to local sports teams for new uniforms or a trip to a tournament, he said.

“There are groups who need small dollar amounts, so I give them something to make what they’re doing a bit easier,” Bates said.

He also makes it a point to speak and mentor to youth in the community, as he was mentored by two loving parents and a broader community that supported him.

“I think being an African American, seeing how these younger kids look up to me, I’m able to sit down with them and help them understand some of the pitfalls and obstacles that are there,” he said.

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A native Baltimorean, Marnell Cooper has traveled the world representing clients in trade and diplomatic efforts.

Yet he considers one of his most significant accomplishments as an attorney taking a case from a

woman that more than a dozen other firms rejected, he said. The woman was on the verge of being evicted from her home of 25 years.

“What I realized is that the attorneys before me did not stop to listen to her case,” Cooper said. “She did not have any money and it did not look as if she stood a chance.”

But after months of work, Cooper resolved the case in her favor so that she was allowed to stay in her home and was awarded a six-figure judgement, he said.

“This case has inspired me to listen to everyone who walks in the door and to do what I can to help them,” Cooper said.

A resident of Baltimore’s Cherry Hill and Edmondson Village neighborhoods, Cooper graduated from one of the lowest performing high schools in the Baltimore, Cooper. At the time, he felt he wasn’t academically or socially prepared to perform in

college at a high level. But, after graduating from the Community College of Baltimore County, he earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park and then his law degree from the University of Maryland Frances King Carey School of Law.

In 2012, Gov. Martin O’Malley and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake jointly appointed Cooper to serve as a commissioner on the city’s Board of School Commissioners. As chairman, he spearheaded one of the city’s largest school building campaigns, which he said will allow students to move from some of the oldest facilities in the country to modern digs.

Cooper established a small, successful firm, of which he is currently the principal attorney focusing on general business law, antitrust, consumer protection, employing, lending and securities law, among other topics.

He also became a coach at UM Carey’s mock trial team, mentoring more than 100 attorneys in civil litigation and even wound up hiring a few of the students he coached, Cooper said.

“I continue to teach and mentor students because I want the next generation of lawyers to be of the highest integrity and willing to give back themselves,” he said.

“I continue to teach and mentor students because I want the

next generation of lawyers to be of the highest integrity and willing to give back

themselves.”

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DAVID V. DIGGSS H A R E H O L D E R • K A H N , S M I T H & C O L L I N S P. A .

“Whether our clients face careless doctors,

greedy insurance companies or too-

big-to-fail corporations, MAJ members

are often the only ones standing up to

protect the interests of the

underprivileged, the

destitute and the

injured.”

M aryland may be known as a blue state, but for David Diggs and his colleagues in the Maryland Association for Justice, laws that, say, maintain a cap on non-economic damages in personal injury civil suits or that prevent

civil punitive damages for drunken drivers run contrary to a progressive legal framework.

As president of MAJ, Diggs helms one of the state’s largest specialty bar associations, counting some 1,300 plaintiffs’ attorneys from across the region as members.

Among its functions, the association remains active in lobbying at the state legislature for bills its members view will improve the civil justice system, and several dozen of its active members worked to develop positions on hundreds of bills during the General Assembly’s 2016 session, Diggs said.

“Whether our clients face careless doctors, greedy insurance companies or too-big-to-fail corporations, MAJ members are often the only ones standing up to protect the interests of the

underprivileged, the destitute and the injured,” he wrote in a recent MAJ newsletter.

During last year’s session, the MAJ helped usher in an expansion of the Maryland False Claims Act, which incentivizes whistleblowers to report fraud against state and local governments, as well as reforms to the Tort Claims Act by increasing caps to damages.

A partner at Kahn, Smith and Collins’ Millersville office, Diggs litigates personal injury and medical malpractice cases, and has 25 years of experience representing clients in family law cases.

Looking back over the course of his career, Diggs said he’s especially proud of the pro bono services he’s provided, including free family law mediation services through the Baltimore City Circuit Court.

“Outside of our profession, I find joy and fulfillment in coaching hundreds (after 23 years, it may be thousands) of Anne Arundel county boys and girls in soccer, football, basketball, baseball and lacrosse,” he said.

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NANCY MCCUTCHAN DUDENC O U N T Y A T T O R N E Y • A N N E A R U N D E L C O U N T Y O F F I C E O F L A W

W hen Nancy McCutchan Duden was chosen to be county attorney with the Anne Arundel County Office of Law in 2014, it had brought her life full circle, the result of patient ascension along a steady career path.

“It’s really fulfilling to be the lead attorney in the county I’ve always lived in,” said Duden.

In the mid-1980s, when she first started work as an attorney for an Annapolis-based firm, it wasn’t unheard of to see a female attorney “but there were still a lot of differences in the way we were treated,” she said.

She proved herself with her work ethic, began to cultivate colleagues’ trust and found she had a knack with management roles.

“I think you have to be a good listener, be empathetic, and also willing to have tough conversations with people sometimes,” Duden said.

As county attorney, Duden’s expertise is demanded in

response to a broad host of issues, including social services, public safety, education and public parks. She’s prosecuted complex code-enforcement cases in the circuit and appellate courts and established and implemented a program to screen egregious code violators for referral to state agencies for criminal prosecution.

She and the county have been working on improving land and obtaining easements to open up trails with access to Anne Arundel’s abundant waterways for more members of the community to enjoy swimming and have boat ramp access, she said. She’s also proud of an initiative to expand the number of highs schools in order to shrink class size.

Duden has also dealt with the complications that arise from being in one of the first counties in the state living with the real-world implementation of the medical marijuana industry and the passions of people on both sides of the issue, she said.

“We do such a variety of work that touches on lives all over the county,” Duden said.

“I think you have to be a good listener, be

empathetic, and also willing to have tough

conversations with people sometimes.”

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ROBERT L. FERGUSON JR. P R E S I D E N T A N D S H A R E H O L D E R • F E R G U S O N , S C H E T E L I C H & B A L L E W P. A .

“A commitment to professional excellence” is the motto for the Baltimore-based Ferguson, Schetelich & Ballew P.A. The same saying can be used to describe its president and shareholder, Robert L. Ferguson Jr.

He is involved with many organizations dedicated to making the legal field better, including as chairman of the Court of Special Appeals Character Committee for the 6th Appellate Circuit and the Maryland State Bar Association’s Special Committee on Professionalism.

Ferguson first became active with his profession in 1990 when he was asked by David W. Skeen, then-Bar Association of Baltimore City president, to serve as a member of the Russell Committee – a group dedicated to study and report on the drug crisis and underfunding of the city courts.

“I met and worked with some extraordinary people and learned how rewarding it can be to work on such a project of such importance to my profession and my community,” he said.

The Committee led to the formation of the Baltimore Coalition Against Substance Abuse Inc. and a drug treatment court in the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City. Ferguson counts working on the committee as his most significant professional accomplishment to date.

Ferguson founded his firm in 1996, and his practice centers on civil litigation, including concentrations in insurance coverage and defense, aviation, maritime and transportation law, and products and professional liability defense. With a focus on trial work, he enjoys taking on interesting cases and the ability to aide clients out of stressful situations and issues.

“I like helping people and the challenge of the work,” he said.

“I met and worked with some extraordinary people and learned how rewarding it

can be to work on such a project of such

importance to my profession and my

community.”

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GERALD J. GAENGP A R T N E R , C H A I R M A I N O F L I T I G A T I O N • R O S E N B E R G M A R T I N G R E E N B E R G L L P

W hen attorney Gerald J. Gaeng thinks back on his most significant professional accomplishment thus far, he remembers working on the case of a death-row inmate convicted of murder nearly 20 years ago.

While the conviction had been affirmed, the death sentence was reversed on appeal and remanded for sentencing.

Gaeng successfully argued the state’s witness who identified his client as the shooter was not credible. The judge gave his client a life sentence. Years later, the man was freed for time served after DNA undermined the eyewitness evidence.

Today, Gaeng serves as partner and chair of the litigation group at Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP in Baltimore and is driven every day by the chance to serve clients and help them solve their problems.

“I enjoy learning about client businesses and I enjoy the community of attorneys that I work alongside and against,” he said.

He graduated from Towson University with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and earned his law degree at Emory University. He decided to become a lawyer because “I thought it was a chance to make a difference in people’s lives,” he said.

“Based on my background in philosophy, I like to communicate,” he continued “I appreciate good communication and rational argument.” For more than 20 years, Gaeng has given his time back to his undergraduate alma mater by serving on all three of Towson’s institutional boards. He currently assists as the co-chair for the university’s year-long 150th anniversary celebration.

Gaeng also gives his time to a number of other organizations, including serving the Lawyers Campaign Against Hunger and the Maryland Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.

“I’ve been given great opportunities, a wonderful education and substantial mentoring,” he said. “And nothing is more satisfying to me than giving back some of that to the community and to our professional organizations.”

“And nothing is more satisfying to me than giving back some of that to the community and to our professional

organizations.”

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MIKE GOECKEL I T I G A T I O N P A R T N E R • L E R C H , E A R LY & B R E W E R C H T D .

“One day I am going to be done with all of this, I want to be able to look back on it and not just look at the good briefs that I wrote and the cases that I won, but I want to be proud of what I

did for a living and something my kids can be proud of,

too.”

M ike Goecke didn’t grow up in a family of lawyers or know anyone in the profession. His view was shaped through books and movies like “To Kill A Mockingbird,” “Anatomy of a Murder” and “A Civil Action.”

With a love of writing and debate, he decided to become a lawyer because he knew the job would be interesting, have the ability to provide for a family and could help the community.

A litigation partner with Lerch, Early & Brewer Chtd. in Bethesda, Goecke’s practice handles a range of business and tort matters.

“As a professional, you want to help people,” he said. “Whether it’s for your paying clients or your pro-bono clients, you want to help solve their problems. When you can do that and help people get through a difficult situation, it’s incredibly rewarding and satisfying.”

Goecke performs around 100 hours of pro bono work a year.

Since 2011, he has volunteered his time as Montgomery County Bar Foundation pro bono committee chair and a member of the Maryland Standing Committee on Pro Bono.

“I’ve been able to sustain a commitment to pro bono throughout my 18 year career so far and I have been fortunate that I have worked at firms that supported it and embraced it,” he said.

Goecke recently explained his job to his 7-year-old daughter and how he tries to help people in need. When they were walking down the street one day, the two saw a homeless man. She realized that Goecke’s job could help the man.

“It makes me proud of what I do,” he said recalling the memory. “I feel like I am setting a good example for my kids. One day I am going to be done with all of this, I want to be able to look back on it and not just look at the good briefs that I wrote and the cases that I won, but I want to be proud of what I did for a living and something my kids can be proud of, too.”

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HON. KATHRYN GRILL GRAEFFJ U D G E • C O U R T O F S P E C I A L A P P E A L S O F M A R Y L A N D

A s a judge for the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland, Kathryn Grill Graeff hears a variety of cases including murder, family law and business disputes.

“It really is an amazing job and I look forward to the challenge it presents every day,” she said.

From a very young age, Graeff knew she wanted to be a lawyer. “I just loved the idea of solving problems and helping people,”

she said. A graduate from the University of Maryland Francis King

Carey School of Law, she worked as an associate with Smith, Somerville and Case for four years as an associate before joining the Office of the Attorney General of Maryland in 1990. Over the next 18 years, she would rise from assistant attorney general to the chief of the criminal appeals division before her judicial appointment in 2008.

“It’s been an honor to serve the state of Maryland as both an advocate and a judge,” she said. “I enjoy participating in rulings

that have relevance both to the parties and to the development of the law. I understand the responsibility of my job and I give my very best to every case reported or unreported.”

Graeff has served on the Maryland Professional Center’s Board of Directors since 2012. She got involved with the center because they promote professionalism and stability in the law. She is also is a member of the Maryland Judicial Council’s education committee and has been in charge of training all the new law clerks and staff attorneys for the Court of Special Appeals.

Since Graeff has learned so much from others, one way she gives back is by helping to develop and give lectures in educational programs for judges and lawyers.

“The law is such an interesting topic and there are so many interesting issues that are presented every day,” she said. “I enjoy talking about the legal profession with others. I particularly enjoy educational programs for young people. Their enthusiasm is very contagious.”

“I enjoy participating in rulings that have relevance both to the parties and to the development of the law. I understand the responsibility

of my job and I give my very best to every

case reported or unreported.”

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JILL GREEN A S S I S T A N T D E A N • U N I V E R S I T Y O F B A LT I M O R E S C H O O L O F L A W

“I feel like I have to lead by example for my students and so I

continue to take on pro bono cases. It is my obligation as an attorney

to be doing pro bono.”

W orking as a University of Baltimore School of Law assistant dean in the Law Career Development Office, Jill Green aims to train, mentor and support emerging leaders and young lawyers while giving them a

sense of responsibility to give back to their communities. Green chose the legal profession because of her desire to help

others and deliver services to those in need. “The bulk of my actively practicing life was in legal services

representing low income folks or children,” she said. Clinical teaching attracted her to the educational aspect of the

law. Green has created several new programs at her alma materNow in its third year, Women Lawyers as Leaders brings

together law students, young alumni and leading women lawyers and judges to discuss issues and encourage career growth. The Pro Bono Challenge, started in 2012, provides law students

with the opportunity to take on pro bono work while still in law school.

The Alternative Spring Break also was created four years ago as a way for students with busy schedules to give back to the community or participate in pro bono work for that week.

“We wanted to bring the opportunities to them and create direct pathways for them to contribute,” she said. “It’s incredibly rewarding (seeing the programs succeed) and now they are just a part of what we do here. I think that is the best part.”

Green continues to take on pro bono cases, focusing on domestic violence and immigration. Her work is a way to keep her skills sharp and help to stay connected to the legal community.

“I feel like I have to lead by example for my students and so I continue to take on pro bono cases,” she said. “It is my obligation as an attorney to be doing pro bono.”

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LAWRENCE GREENBERGP A R T N E R • G R E E N B E R G L A W O F F I C E

L awrence Greenberg is the managing partner of Greenberg Law Office and represents clients in the areas of serious personal injury and criminal defense.

Greenberg is involved in several bar associations, including the Maryland Criminal Attorneys Association,

the Baltimore County Bar Association, the Baltimore City Bar Association and the Maryland Association for Justice. For the latter group, he served as chairman of the public outreach committee, where he oversaw efforts to supply bike helmets to lower income children throughout the state. He also steered the group into a partnership with the Baltimore City Fire Department that raised money for several initiatives, including providing University of Maryland Medical Center with funding to assist families while their loved ones were patients there.

Greenberg’s leadership led him to be elected MAJ’s president

in 2013. During his tenure, he created a student chapter of MAJ at his alma mater, the University of Baltimore School of Law.

Greenberg earned his bachelor’s degree at Boston University. He serves as a captain in the JAG, Maryland Defense Force. He is a past volunteer at the House of Ruth and the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Since 2008, Greenberg has been teaching fellow attorneys and has mentored both law students and attorneys. This year, he taught a litigation process class at University of Baltimore, and later this year will participate in a two-day seminar designed to help practicing attorneys improve their work.

“Based on the guidance provided by my family, the bench and fellow lawyers, I’m determined to improve the profession and I became actively engaged in mentoring both law students and attorneys,” Greenberg said.

“Based on the guidance provided by my family, the bench and fellow lawyers, I’m determined to improve the profession

and I became actively engaged in mentoring both law

students and attorneys.”

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KRISTIN HERBERS E N I O R C O U N S E L , L I T I G A T I O N • U N D E R A R M O U R I N C .

“When only the wealthy are able to access justice, the entire society suffers.”

A s senior counsel to Under Armour, Kristin Herber has to stay on top of her game.

She joined one the nation’s fastest growing sports apparel retailers in 2013 after working for the Maryland Office of the Attorney General and two

Baltimore litigation firms. Herber received a bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina and attended the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.

It was while studying to become an attorney that Herber began volunteering at food pantries, first at St. Michael’s Outreach Center in Fells Point and then at CARES in Govans, where she continues to volunteer today.

In a way, the volunteer work has framed how Herber sees her professional success, which she measures in the results she is able to achieve for her clients. Nowhere, she said, does she feel that

results are more important than when she is representing clients on a pro bono basis, because those clients are typically seeking assistance with legal matters that are deeply personal.

Herber’s first pro bono client sought a divorce and a way out of an abusive relationship, which Herber helped her achieve.

“When lawyers provide pro bono service, that also positively affects the society at large because access to justice is so vital to our society,” Herber said. “When only the wealthy are able to access justice, the entire society suffers.”

Herber is the president of the board of directors for the annual fund at Roland Park Elementary and Middle School. She is the vice president of the board of directors for the Pro Bono Resource of Maryland Inc. and serves on the board for the Emerging Technology Center, the Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation and other groups.

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QUINTON M. HERBERTD E P U T Y L A B O R C O M M I S S I O N E R • O F F I C E O F T H E L A B O R C O M M I S S I O N E R F O R B A LT I M O R E C I T Y

Q uinton Herbert serves Baltimore in two ways – as the deputy labor commissioner, a role that he has held since 2013, and as a mentor to city students

As former associate counsel to the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners, he successfully defended the commissioners in the first bullying case to be tried under the theory of negligence. His defense, along with an article he wrote on the issue, were used by several jurisdictions facing similar trials. He also worked with counsel in Baltimore and Prince George’s counties to develop trial strategies for this type of negligence case, and both jurisdictions won court victories.

In 2015, Herbert was selected from hundreds of applications as one of 12 of the American Arbitration Association’s A. Leon Higginbotham Fellows.

In addition to his legal work, Herbert serves as pastor at Christway Christian Baptist Church in Waverly. Through this

role, he mentors students at Barclay Elementary and Middle School, and is currently working to start an after-school program at Abbottston Elementary School. Along with three other attorneys, he also mentors at-risk young men attending Frederick Douglass High School in West Baltimore.

“I believe that access to quality education is the single most important variable in reversing the trend of systematic violence that has permeated our culture,” Herbert said.

Over the past five years, Herbert has been instrumental in a drive to provide school supplies to more than 600 Baltimore students. Through his church, he also spearheads two annual food basket distributions. Finally, he volunteers with the nonprofit HopeSprings, serving as a state-certified HIV tester and linking those with HIV or AIDs with necessary services.

He is a graduate of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and Morgan State University.

“I believe that access to quality education is the single most

important variable in reversing the trend of systematic violence that has permeated our culture.”

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MATTHEW G. HJORTSBERGM A N A G I N G P A R T N E R • B O W I E & J E N S E N L L C

“I do not focus on awards. If I can help families who

have struggled with a cancer diagnosis or create a

professional environment where people enjoy their work that is

enough.”

F or Matthew Hjortsberg, the focus is on doing good work every day. Hjortsberg began his career with Bowie & Jensen as an associate in 2000, and in 2011, was named head of litigation and a managing partner. He calls himself a believer in “leadership by example” and has

worked to create a culture of professionalism and equality at the firm.

“When we hire new lawyers, I have made it a policy that secretarial staff, paralegals and other lawyers participate in the interview process so everyone feels included in the decision making process,” Hjortsberg said.

He graduated from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, where he has since served on the alumni board, and Hobart College.

For the past decade, Hjortsberg has volunteered with the

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and served as their board president from 2011 to 2013. This group become the major focus of his volunteer work after his wife was diagnosed with cancer and later went in remission. He has worked with families affected by cancer and testified in Annapolis on legislation that had an impact on low income families faced with a diagnosis.

In 2007, as a law student, Hjortsberg traveled with classmates to the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina and worked with families who needed legal services. He has coached girl softball for eight years and served on the board of his daughter’s swim club, providing the group with legal counsel as well.

“I do not focus on awards,” Hjortsberg said. “If I can help families who have struggled with a cancer diagnosis or create a professional environment where people enjoy their work that is enough.”

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KELLY HUGHES IVERSONP A R T N E R • G O O D E L L D e V R I E S

K elly Hughes Iverson specializes in products liability and litigation. She joined Goodell DeVries in 1994 and became a partner in 2001. She has represented numerous community hospitals, academic medical centers and individual health care practitioners in

malpractice claims. She also has represented manufacturers in injury claims.

Iverson is the treasurer of The Bar Association of Baltimore City and vice president of the Baltimore Bar Foundation. She is chairwoman of the Civil Subcommittee within the Pattern Jury Instruction Committee for the Maryland State Bar Association and also serves on the group’s law committee. By working with these groups, Iverson hopes to improve relationships and collegiality within the legal community.

“Some may think it counterintuitive,” she admitted. “But strong collegial relationships with opposing counsel allow us

to be more effective advocates for our clients. I also believe in providing lawyers with the tools they need – such as improved jury instructions – to better represent their clients.”

With her colleagues at Goodell DeVries, Iverson serves meals quarterly at Our Daily Bread. The experience is important, she said, because they are serving those in need. But it also gives her and her coworkers the chance to work together in a different setting. In addition, Iverson is a board member at St. Agnes Catholic School and for the Young Victorian Theatre Company.

“I feel strongly that the arts and artistic expression are of vital importance to a civil and diverse society,” Iverson said. “I hope to be able through my volunteer work to bring the arts to a wider audience.”

Iverson graduated from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and The College of William and Mary.

“Some may think it counterintuitive. But

strong collegial relationships with

opposing counsel allow us to be

more effective advocates for our clients.”

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JAY D. MILLERT R I A L A T T O R N E Y • L A W O F F I C E S O F P E T E R G . A N G E L O S P C

“Although my ego has been satisfied with my trial work, I have been truly humbled and my professional and personal life has been truly rewarded with

my accomplishments with the lawyer

assistance committee.”

J ay Miller is a medical malpractice and personal injury attorney. In 2013, Miller was one of the attorneys who represented more than 300 clients in a medical malpractice suit against Dr. Mark Midei and St. Joseph Medical Center over unnecessary coronary artery

stents. He helped to negotiate the largest medical malpractice settlement in the state and the case caused hospitals across the country to review their procedures.

Here in Maryland, the General Assembly established a subcommittee to study statewide protocol for stent procedures to ensure that only necessary medical devices would be implanted.

Miller earned both his bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Baltimore. He serves on the Baltimore County Bar Association’s executive council.

For the past 14 years, Miller also has served on the Maryland

State Bar Association’s lawyer assistance committee, the last five years as vice chairman. He holds a similar role with the Baltimore County Bar Association. Both committees assist lawyers and judges with alcohol and drug problems. In some instances, Miller has driven lawyers to treatment centers to ensure they checked in and received needed treatment. He also supports their recoveries as they return to their careers.

“Although my ego has been satisfied with my trial work, I have been truly humbled and my professional and personal life has been truly rewarded with my accomplishments with the lawyer assistance committee,” Miller said.

In 2005, Miller received the Judith P. Ritchey Achievement Award from the Baltimore County Bar Association, which is given to members who make significant, unrecognized contributions to the association.

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HON. DOUG NAZARIANJ U D G E • C O U R T O F S P E C I A L A P P E A L S O F M A R Y L A N D

W hen Doug Nazarian went to law school, his father got a sympathy card from a doctor friend.

Nazarian, a Yale graduate, also had expected his next step to be medical school,

the path of many in his family. But after a semester of obligatory pre-med biology and math courses, brightened by a psychology class, his interests began moving him toward a different path.

“I really connected, not only with the material, but the idea of trying to understand people better,” said Nazarian, now a judge on Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals.

The analytical processes used in the law and psychology are similar, he said. And law and psychology share a connection with people and the ability to understand some of their problems.

His own interest in people and community service has been a theme throughout his career. As coordinator of pro bono work in the Baltimore office of Hogan & Hartson (now Hogan Lovells), Nazarian put together a team of lawyers to represent

black motorists wrongly detained and searched along Maryland highways.

He also provided free legal representation to inmates wrongly detained in Maryland prisons, Alabama children in foster care and clients of a sexual assault/spousal abuse resource center in Bel Air.

Before his appointment to the appellate court in 2013, Nazarian served as chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission, where he previously was general counsel. Over more than four years as PSC chairman, he led consideration of utilities’ requests for rate hikes, mergers and public complaints about unreliable electric service and frequent, prolonged storm-related outages.

All was preparation for being “struck by lightning,” which is one way he describes the opportunity to be a judge.

“This is what I always wanted to do since law school,” Nazarian said. “I clerked for a federal appellate judge and knew, after that year was over, that this is the gig I wanted.”

“I clerked for a federal appellate judge and knew, after that year was over,

that this is the gig I wanted.”

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LAWRENCE E. SCHMIDTP A R T N E R • S M I T H , G I L D E A & S C H M I D T L L C

“I am proud of my tenure on the board and the perspective that I brought as a

member of the bar.”

L awrence Schmidt’s varied legal career has spanned a wide range of fields, from civil and criminal litigation to land use and zoning. He has been a partner with Smith, Gildea & Schmidt since 2004; prior to that, he served as Baltimore County zoning commissioner for 13 years.

Schmidt also served on the Baltimore County Board of Education for six years, leading the board as president from 2011 to 2015. The highly regarded county school system is the 26th largest in the country and educates a diverse population of nearly 110,000 students, which made Schmidt’s role both demanding and fulfilling.

While Schmidt was on the board, Baltimore County schools had a successful transition to a new superintendent and implemented a transformative multiyear technology program. In addition, several new schools and additions were built.

“I am proud of my tenure on the board and the perspective that I brought as a member of the bar,” Schmidt said

Not surprising for someone who served the community through education, Schmidt also enjoys mentoring young lawyers and law students as well as assisting with high school mock trial programs.

Schmidt is a board member of the Greater Towson Committee, Timonium Methodist Church, Baltimore County Chamber of Commerce and the Trial Table Law Club. He also volunteered with the Lutherville-Timonium Recreation Council’s girls’ softball program.

Schmidt received a bachelor’s degree from Western Maryland College, now McDaniel, and earned his law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law.

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JANE FRANKEL SIMSF O U N D E R & M A N A G I N G A T T O R N E Y • L A W O F F I C E O F J A N E F R A N K E L S I M S L L C

W hen Jane Frankel Sims opened her boutique estates and trusts law practice in Towson in 2008, she felt certain of two things. The first was that a law practice that focused on one concentrated area would allow her to

deepen her knowledge of the subject matter and also to better serve better her clients.

The second was that legal clients are often fearful of unexpected costs. The fix for that, she felt, was to adopt a flat-fee model. This immediately eases the biggest stressor in any attorney/client relationship — billing, Sims said.

“Having a clear understanding of the costs before the engagement begins makes for a pleasant and productive business relationship,” she said. “I cannot emphasize enough the relief and pleasure that clients express.”

Prior to opening her own firm, Sims was the founder and

managing partner of Strata Law, an associate at Miles & Stockbridge and an associate at DLA Piper. Sims serves on the board of trustees for Park School, as president of Park School’s Alumni Counsel and the Jewish Museum of Maryland.

In 2014, an interest in supporting first-generation college students led Sims to Stevenson University, where she now serves on the board and advocated for the creation of a multiyear scholarship for undergraduates who need emergency financial assistance to remain in school. Sims also serves as a mentor to a paralegal in her firm, who was a lawyer in her native Mexico and moved to the United States to improve her English. With Sims’ guidance, she enrolled in the University of Baltimore Law School and is learning the field of trusts and estates.

Sims received a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and her law degree from Harvard Law School.

“Having a clear understanding of the costs before the engagement begins makes

for a pleasant and productive business

relationship.”

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ADAM M. SPENCEP R I N C I P A L • S P E N C E | B R I E R L E Y P C

“The day after the case was over, the judge told me that what we did without getting paid was amazing, because without us, our client would have lost everything.”

A dam M. Spence lives by the Rotary motto, “Service Above Self,” so it makes sense that he calls winning a $1.5 million judgment for a client who was in danger of losing his property his best professional accomplishment.

Spence, managing partner of Spence | Brierley PC in Towson, obtained the judgment against a developer who was trying to take inherited property from his client. Spence and his co-counsel incurred about $500,000 in legal fees during a long battle that ended when the ruling was upheld on appeal.

“The day after the case was over, the judge told me that what we did without getting paid was amazing, because without us, our client would have lost everything,” said Spence, who was eventually paid.

Spence, the father of three sons, has long helped young people

through the Rotary Club of Towsontowne and the Boy Scouts of America.

“I am trying to give our youth someone they can look up to for guidance as they pursue their dreams,” he said.

He has also assisted undergraduates and law students with job referrals and career and interview pointers, and instructs them about how to practice law professionally and ethically. In addition, he has mentored several attorneys through the Maryland State Bar Association, and develops and presents continuing legal education programs.

“One of the most important topics I bring up in mentoring students and attorneys is how they can give back to society,” he said. “Success as a lawyer is not measured by the size of your house or how fast your car goes. It’s measured by the legacy we leave for our clients and community.”

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FERRIER R. STILLMANP A R T N E R • T Y D I N G S & R O S E N B E R G L L P

F errier R. Stillman has been a health care advocate for Maryland families since 1995, when she was the assistant secretary for business and regulatory services with the Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene for two years.

Stillman, now a partner with Tydings & Rosenberg LLP in Baltimore, takes great pride in her years as board chair for Planned Parenthood of Maryland, from 2010 to 2014, and has been on the board for 10 years now.

“My fundraising and direction of the organization as chair in a period of transition from a longtime CEO to a new CEO helped strengthen its services, especially for low-income women,” she said.

Stillman, who also has been on the board of trustees with the Center for a Healthy Maryland since 2007, has lobbied state

legislators and other officials on behalf of the two nonprofit boards.

“I fought for a bill that passed in 2014 that requires insurance companies to send explanation of benefits forms to patients, rather than the insured member of their family, upon the patient’s request,” she said. “This law protects the privacy of domestic violence and sexual assault victims who do not want their parents or spouse to know they have obtained health care.”

Stillman’s community service experience has helped her build a flourishing health law and family law practice.

“As a family law attorney, I work to resolve painful family disputes in a way that moves families and children toward healthy co-parenting and growth and away from high-conflict relationships,” she said. “I also provide the advocacy that clients need to move on with their lives.”

“As a family law attorney, I work to resolve painful family disputes in a way that moves families and children toward healthy

co-parenting and growth and away from high-conflict relationships.”

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BRIAN TUCKERP A R T N E R • G A L L A G H E R E V E L I U S & J O N E S L L P

“Seeing the church members’ joy upon finally

being able to break ground on their

church building after enduring years

of discrimination and arduous

litigation made me proud to be

an attorney.”

B rian Tucker is thankful that his practice at Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP allows him to focus on his passion for community service and representing nonprofit organizations.

“From churches to social service agencies like Catholic Charities to colleges, I have been privileged to help my clients work to achieve their missions,” said Tucker, a partner with the Baltimore law firm. “It is thrilling to help clients reach their objectives when I know they are working every day to strengthen our communities and state.”

Tucker said protecting the First Amendment rights of a church in Prince George’s County has been among his career highlights so far. He worked with others in his firm through a long trial and appeals process that obtained a $3.7 million judgment for Reaching Hearts International, allowing the organization to build a church.

“Seeing the church members’ joy upon finally being able to

break ground on their church building after enduring years of discrimination and arduous litigation made me proud to be an attorney,” he said.

Tucker has also led his firm’s summer associate recruiting program for several years and mentors junior associates at the firm.

“For many students, we are their first exposure in a legal environment and it can be exciting and overwhelming,” he said. “I make it a priority that each student has a productive and positive experience.”

Tucker takes pride as well in mentoring the firm’s junior lawyers because many of the senior lawyers there helped him when he was starting out.

“I always have an open door and am willing to talk through issues with young lawyers,” he said. “Watching them successfully take on new challenging responsibilities gives me great satisfaction.”

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MICHELE BRESNICK WALSHM E M B E R • G O R D O N F E I N B L A T T L L C

B eating leukemia after being told she had a 20 percent chance of survival in 2008 had a profound impact on Michele Bresnick Walsh’s personal and professional life.

“I never let it deter my spirit, and I proved to myself and others what a fighter I am,” said Walsh, a member of the business, securities law and health care practice groups at Gordon Feinblatt LLC in Baltimore. “I am proof that a positive attitude makes all the difference and I carry that attitude into my law practice.”

Walsh missed a year of work during treatment, which included a bone marrow transplant, and recovery.

“Having a stranger save my life by going through a painful bone marrow procedure for me reminded me of the importance of paying it forward, which is a guiding principle in my personal

life and practice,” said Walsh, who earned her law degree from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.

She was a founding board member in 2010 of the nonprofit group There Goes My Hero, which recruits new people to join the bone marrow registry and provides healthy meals to leukemia patients and their families.

“We have added more than 10,500 people to the registry, have found 125 matches and 17 have gone on to have life-saving transplants,” she said.

Walsh also has been active in the Lawyers Campaign Against Hunger, which raises money for the Maryland Food Bank and the Capital Area Food Bank.

“I have always been committed to community service, but even more so after I recovered from leukemia,” she said.

“Having a stranger save my life by going through a painful

bone marrow procedure for me reminded me of the

importance of paying it forward, which is a

guiding principle in my personal life and practice.

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BECKI L. YOUNGF O U N D I N G P A R T N E R • H A M M O N D Y O U N G I M M I G R A T I O N L A W L L C

“When I was growing up in the Philly

suburbs, eating at Le Bec Fin was a pie in the sky. To work with them

as a lawyer was a dream come

true.”

B ecki L. Young recently represented a Burmese victim of domestic violence who sought asylum in the United States. The woman first moved to South Korea, where she married a South Korean man who became abusive, and she then fled to the U.S.

“It is very unusual for South Korean citizens to apply for asylum because it is a developed country with many internal legal protections,” said Young, a founding partner with Hammond Young Immigration Law LLC in Silver Spring, who handled the case pro bono. “I argued that the victim was in danger as a member of an ethnic minority who had fewer rights than native Koreans, and as a woman under cultural pressure not to involve police in family disputes.”

The woman was granted asylum, which is unusual because asylum is usually approved only in cases of political violence, Young said.

“Its application to domestic violence is still a developing area of law and the case is setting precedent,” she said.

Young has been handling immigration cases for many years, often in the hospitality industry, where she has represented more than 100 of the most prominent hotels and restaurants in the U.S.

“I provide my hospitality clients with innovative, long-term solutions for retaining top foreign talent, including chefs, sommeliers and restaurant and hotel managers,” Young said.

She said being retained as the immigration attorney for Le Bec Fin, a famous French restaurant in Philadelphia that is now closed, was her proudest professional moment.

“When I was growing up in the Philly suburbs, eating at Le Bec Fin was a pie in the sky,” she said. “To work with them as a lawyer was a dream come true.”

Young holds a bachelor’s degree from University of Pennsylvania and a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

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“Each life touched by these courts is transformed and the ripple effect of that transformation changes our communities

positively, one life at a time.”

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SHEILA R. TILLERSON ADAMSA D M I N I S T R AT I V E J U D G E • P R I N C E G E O R G E ’ S C O U N T Y

A s a judge, Sheila R. Tillerson Adams seeks to solve problems. Two big problems were apparent to her in her Prince George’s County

Circuit Court courtroom – the lack of resources for returning veterans charged with a crime and a comprehensive re-entry program to transition offenders back into society after serving sentences.

Working with the community she served, Adams aggressively pursued the creation of two courts – the first a veteran’s court that joins Prince George’s County, the Veterans’ Administration and the community to assist veterans in the criminal justice system. As part of the program, veterans are partnered with mentors who will assist them in working through red tape to receive the benefits to which they are entitled.

The second court, a re-entry court, is the first of its kind in the state and helps offenders find jobs and housing, assisting them as they reintegrate into society and their families.

“These courts serve the basic needs of the citizens we serve and change lives while reducing recidivism and restoring family units and communities,” Adams said. “Each life touched by these courts is transformed and the ripple effect of that

transformation changes our communities positively, one life at a time.”

The groundwork for these two important courts actually started with a renovation project and what Adams feels is her most significant professional accomplishment – shepherding the renovation, restoration and construction of the courthouse complex in Upper Marlboro.

“I have been fortunate enough to lead this project through a very dark period before and after a devastating fire that completely destroyed the historic structure to the reopening of a beautifully restored courthouse that today services an average of five thousand visitors a day,” Adams said.

It was important to her that the courthouse meet the needs of “all of the citizens of the county from the severely disabled to the vulnerable children in our system,” which required quite a bit of cooperation from state and local officials. In all, the renovation effort took 15 years.

Adams first served as associate judge in district court in 1988 and later as associate judge in circuit court from 1996 to 2010, when she began her current role as administrative judge.

Adams has served on the Board of Governors for the Prince George’s County Bar Association, the Maryland State Bar Association and as a regional director for the National Bar Association. She also is a past president of the J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association.

Adams chairs the county bar’s Law Links Committee, which provides paid summer internships for high school students interested in law.

“I have seen young people transform during this eight week summer journey, become confident in their oratorical skills and make life changing decisions about their educational goals,” she said.

Adams holds a bachelor’s degree from Morgan State University and law degree from Howard University School of Law. She also received an LLM in taxation from Georgetown University Law Center.


“We asked them not to just join, but to actually give back, to invest their time and talent in their community of choice and to

assume leadership roles in those communities.”

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RONALD A. BARADEL

D I R E C T O R • C O U N C I L , B A R A D E L , K O S M E R L & N O L A N P. A .

W hen Council, Baradel, Kosmerl & Nolan was founded in Annapolis in 1985, Ronald

A. Baradel wanted to be sure that community service was one of the firm’s core values. How to do that was clear to him.

“We encouraged our attorneys to find a community outside our law firm and to become involved in that community, whether it’s a homeowner’s association, the chamber of commerce, their local PTA, their church or synagogue,” Baradel said. “We asked them not to just join, but to actually give back, to invest their time and talent in their community of choice and to assume leadership roles in those communities.”

Emphasizing service was the right thing to do, Baradel said. But as the firm supported, financially and otherwise, the projects that were important to the attorneys and staff, colleagues learned about causes that were important to each other and grew together.

“Community service brings balance to our lives,” Baradel said.

To that end, Baradel serves as a trustee for Indian Creek School and is the former president of the Rotary Club

of Annapolis. He serves on the board for

Hospice Cup Inc., Anne Arundel County CASA and Wellness House of Annapolis.

Founding his firm, Baradel also has mentored hundreds of law clerks and associates, an accomplishment that makes him very proud because many of these young lawyers have gone on to successful careers.

Baradel is known for representing Larry Swartz, an Anne Arundel County teenager accused of killing his adoptive parents in 1984 in a case that received national attention and inspired both a book and a TV movie.

“My representation of Larry Schwartz (along with Joseph Murphy and Richard Karceski) represented the highest ideals of the legal profession,” Baradel said. “We all represented Larry zealously on a pro bono basis, there was a huge amount of publicity attendant to the case, and our efforts helped to cast the legal profession in a very favorable light in the local community.”

Baradel has served on the Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission and the Maryland State Bar Association’s Committee on Judicial Appointments. Before starting his firm, he was an associate and then a partner at Hartman and Crain and he began his career as an FBI special agent. Baradel holds a bachelor’s degree from Mount St. Mary’s University and law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.


GENERATION J.D.


TARA A. BARNESA S S O C I A T E • R O L L I N S , S M A L K I N ,

R I C H A R D S & M A C K I E L L C

Tara A. Barnes has been a civil defense attorney since 2012, but cites the lessons learned as an assistant state’s attorney for Baltimore City as some of the most important in her career.

“I set a goal of ensuring I sought justice, and not convictions, I used the discretion at my disposal to advocate for the citizens of Baltimore and not personal benefits, and I served the public and not law enforcement or a political or social purpose,” she said. “This was a challenging task, particularly during my tenure of prosecuting sex offenses.”

Barnes is a board member of Beat the Streets and serves the community through the Alliance of Black Women Attorneys of Maryland, Monumental City Bar Association, Bar Association of Baltimore City, Maryland Defense Counsel and Maryland State Bar Association.

Through the Alliance of Black Women Attorneys, she organized a Civic Law Academy at Friendship Academy in Cherry Hill, where 20 attorneys and judges organized mock trials and participated in law discussions with students.

JAMAR R. BROWNA S S O C I A T E • R O S E N B E R G M A R T I N

G R E E N B E R G L L P

HON. JOHN ALVIN HENDERSON JR.

A D M I N I S T R A T I V E J U D G E • U . S . E Q U A L E M P L O Y M E N T O P P O R T U N I T Y C O M M I S S I O N

Jamar R. Brown joined Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP in Baltimore last month after four years as a city prosecutor.

One particular burglary case involving a defendant charged with multiple home invasions in Charles Village sticks in Brown’s mind. The defendant had an opioid dependency and Brown worked with the Charles Village community association to structure a sentence that included treatment.

One of the home owners whose property was stolen spoke in court about the impact of the crime, but also encouraged the man to get treatment and to become a contributing member of society.

“The victim’s statement, expressing both trauma and hope, helped reinforce in me the awesome responsibility prosecutors have to not simply seek a conviction, but also support prevention and reentry efforts to deter crime and reduce recidivism,” Brown said.

Brown serves on the board for the Clarence H. “Du” Burns Memorial Fund and on the board for his alma maters, Emory University and the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.

As an administrative judge for the EEOC, Hon. John Alvin Henderson Jr. decides cases of workplace discrimination involving federal employees.

“One of the best parts of this job is that I mentor law students and new lawyers through our summer judicial law clerk program,” Henderson said.

This is a role he hopes to continue; already, he has taught as an adjunct instructor at the University of Baltimore.

Henderson serves on the board for the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland and is a senior warden at Old Saint Paul’s Church of Baltimore, working with fellow congregants to build homes in Pigtown and to serve meals to the homeless. He also serves as a volunteer for the House of Ruth of Maryland.

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JORDAN J. LYSCZEKA T T O R N E Y • LY S C Z E K L A W O F F I C E P C

While in law school, Jordan Lysczek successfully lobbied the Maryland General Assembly for an increased penalty for those convicted of a child abuse offense that results in death. The cause was a personal one for Lysczek, whose infant daughter was killed by the child’s father.

“I witnessed firsthand the difficulty in establishing malice of forethought in child abuse cases,” Lysczek said. “It took two years of work for the law to pass. But since its passage, several convicted child abuse abusers have faced an increased sentence, comparable to the sentence one would face if convicted of second-degree murder.”

In 2015, Lysczek opened her own “low-bono” practice in Hancock, serving low-to-moderate -income clients who do not qualify for legal aid but cannot afford an attorney at market rates. Her practice offers a sliding scale for fees.

She volunteers with the Washington County Bar Association, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, Hospice of Washington County and founded the Rural Children’s Fund, which raises money for nonprofits that serve children and families.

KATHLEEN MCCLERNAN-WALZ P R E S I D E N T • S T. M A R Y ’ S C O U N T Y B A R A S S O C I A T I O N

BENJAMIN MEREDITHA S S O C I A T E A T T O R N E Y • I L I F F, M E R E D I T H ,

W I L D B E R G E R & B R E N N A N P C

Kathleen McClernan-Walz started her career as a public defender in St. Mary’s County. It was there that she defended an 18-year-old man accused of assaulting his stepfather in a case that she considers her most significant professional accomplishment. The defendant faced mental health issues and an intellectual disability and McClernan-Walz advocated for him to be deemed incompetent to stand trial and then be placed in a group home

“It was a quite win,” McClernan-Walz said. “It was not a fancy case that made the headlines, but it was one of my greatest professional accomplishments to date.”

McClernan-Walz volunteers as a mock trial coach at Leonardtown High School. Through the St. Mary’s County Bar Association, she helps fundraise for a college scholarship for a local high school student and participates in Law Day. She hold a bachelor’s degree from University of Arizona and a law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law.

Benjamin Meredith has worked as a litigator with Iliff, Meredith, Wildberger & Brennan since 2011, but credits the time he clerked for Judge Joseph F. Murphy Jr. on the Court of Appeals as setting his legal career in motion.

“The knowledge I gained in many areas of the law was invaluable,” Meredith said. “Working for Judge Murphy on a daily basis taught me more about legal writing than I learned in the entirety of law school. I am very proud to have served as one of his clerks.”

Meredith serves on the Maryland State Bar Association’s Judicial Appointments Committee and volunteers with Habitat for Humanity and Woodswise: The Severna Park Elderly Housing Corporation. In 2010, he founded Starboard Clothing Co., an Annapolis-based clothing company that sells hand-crafted ties.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Flagler College and a law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law.

GENERATION J.D.


HEATHER R. PRUGERA S S O C I AT E • W O M B L E C A R LY L E S A N D R I D G E & R I C E L L P

Heather Pruger announced at age 4 that she wanted to be a lawyer. By age 15, she had graduated from high school and received an incredible opportunity from the managing partner of a small law firm who gave Pruger a chance to work there.

Pruger eventually became a paralegal, put herself through college, first Montgomery College and then University of Maryland, and supported her mother and younger siblings. During that time, she also testified before the Maryland General Assembly in favor of the HOPE Scholarship, which provides educational funds to students who start their college careers at two-year institutions and then transfer to four-year schools.

Not surprisingly, education is the focus of Pruger’s volunteer work; she serves as a dean for the CollegeBound Foundation, which provides scholarships and other resources to under-served Baltimore students, and is a board member of Baltimore Corps.

Pruger practices business law and believes Baltimore is ready to be a center of innovation.

“Baltimore is attracting young entrepreneurs, millennials, with amazing ideas but also with a dedication to giving back to the community and changing the community for the better, not just as charity, but as an integral part of their business,” she said.

JEREMY D. RACHLINP A R T N E R • J D K A T Z P C

MICHELLE DAUGHTERY SIRI

E X E C U T I V E D I R E C T O R • T H E W O M E N ’ S L A W C E N T E R O F M A R Y L A N D

Jeremy D. Rachlin practices in the specialized area of estate and trust administration and litigation, representing clients in high-conflict situations and helping them to avoid litigation while still serving their roles as trustees. He was second chair in an argument before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals in the matter of Pair v. Queen, which resulted in a new district law on the delegation of duties among co-personal representatives of an estate.

Rachlin is co-chair of the Montgomery County Circuit Court Bench-Bar Committee and volunteers as a judge for the Maryland High School Mock Trial Competition.

Rachlin holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park and a law degree from the university’s Francis King Carey School of Law. He is the vice president of the University of Maryland Honors Alumni Network. He also mentors first year law students at his alma mater and new bar admits through the Montgomery County Bar Association.

Michelle Daughtery Siri started her career as litigator and then left private practice for the Maryland attorney general’s office, where she learned that “true lawyering was not limited to the activities within the courtroom, but could also be found in the counseling of clients, and the proactive work of preventing a client from ever reaching litigation.”

Siri then took what she described as “a big leap of faith” and accepted the job of executive director at the Women’s Law Center of Maryland. What she values most about the job is the chance to advance the rights of women; she hopes to focus her efforts on closing the gender pay gap, protecting the rights of survivors of intimate partner abuse, making sure women have access to reproductive choices and making sure working families have the legal safeguards to raise and support their children.

Siri serves on the board of Planned Parenthood of Maryland, the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law alumni board and the Greater Baltimore Panhellenic Alumni Association.

GENERATION J.D.


EBONY M. THOMPSON

A S S O C I AT E • V E N A B L E L L P

Since 2012, Ebony Thompson has worked as a litigator. She is part of the team of attorneys that represented Exelon Corp. and Pepco Holdings Inc. in their recent merger, shepherding the companies through local and state requirements to create the leading mid-Atlantic electric and gas utility.

Thompson serves as a moot court judge at the University of Baltimore School of Law. She volunteers with the Alliance of Black Women Attorneys, the Maryland Food Bank, the New Psalmist Baptist Church and mentors students at Frederick Douglas High School.

Thompson, who grew up in Baltimore, is proud of the fact that she has remained here.

“Instead of fleeing with the opportunities my community afforded me, I choose to live, invest and build in my neighborhood to create better circumstances for those who follow me,” Thompson said. “I instill in the students that I mentor that your destiny is not determined by temporary moments in your history.”

She holds a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and a law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law

THOMAS M. WESCHLER JR.

PA R T N E R • H A S P E L & M C L E O D P C

Thomas M. Weschler Jr. has practiced family law with Haspel & McLeod since 2009. Serving as attorney for children in disputed custody cases has been at times difficult work, he admitted, but also worthwhile.

“I understand how difficult custody disputes are and I try to make sure those children are put in the best possible place in order for them to succeed in life,” he said.

Weschler holds a bachelor’s degree from Mount St. Mary’s University and a law degree from Widener University School of Law. His volunteer work is varied: He coaches an ice hockey team and has worked with organizations such as Habitat for Humanity, BARCS, Our Daily Bread and Warrior Canine Connection, which helps military who are suffering from both mental and physical issues after returning from service.

Weschler chairs the Young Lawyers Section of the Maryland State Bar Association and hopes to reach a great number of young lawyers across the state.

“I have made it a focus of my year as chair of YLS to get more programs and events out to the western and southern parts of Maryland,” he said.

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Kathleen Bustraan ............................. 2008Ellen A. Callegary .............................. 2012Hon. Evelyn Omega Cannon ............... 2012Anthony I. Butler ............................... 2014Hon. John Carroll Byrnes ................... 2001Thomas Cardaro ................................ 2009Sen. Benjamin Cardin......................... 2008Paul V. Carlin ..................................... 2007William Carr ...................................... 2013Shaun F. Carrick ................................. 2005Hon. Audrey J.S. Carrion .................... 2011Alan Cason ........................................ 2013Joseph Cassilly ................................... 2013Mary Cina Chalawsky ......................... 2009Kathleen A. Chapman ........................ 2002Caroline D. Ciraolo ............................. 2015Hon. Toni E. Clarke ............................ 2004Lauri Cleary ...................................... 2009Hon. Ben C. Clyburn ........................... 2007Robin R. Cockey................................. 2004*Ward Coe III .................................... 2009Adam S. Cohen .................................. 2003Ann Cole ........................................... 2009Michael G. Comeau ............................ 2005John J. Condliffe ................................ 2013J. Michael Conroy, Jr. ......................... 2005James W. Constable ........................... 2014Karen Cook ....................................... 2009Hon. Charlotte M. Cooksey ................. 2007Marnell A. Cooper .............................. 2016Harriet E. Cooperman ........................ 2005Hon. Kathleen G. Cox......................... 2005Stephen J. Cullen ............................... 2002Thomas Cullen, Jr. .............................. 2008Isabel Mercedes Cumming .................. 2014 Michael Daney ................................... 2006Michael W. Davis ................................ 2010 Hon. Charles B. Day ........................... 2001Hon. John William Debelius ................ 2004Suzzanne W. Decker .......................... 2015Donald L. DeVries, Jr. ......................... 2006David V. Diggs ................................... 2016Dolores Dorsainvil ............................. 2013

Nancy McCutchan Duden .................... 2016Henry E. Dugan Jr. ............................ 2011Kathleen Dumais ............................... 2010William Dunn .................................... 2013Neil E. Duke ...................................... 2007Hon. Angela Eaves ............................. 2011 Susan Carol Elgin ............................... 2001Jennifer Etheridge ............................. 2010Paul H. Ethridge ................................ 2012Dorothy Fait ...................................... 2013Debora Fajer-Smith ............................ 2014Antonia Fasanelli ............................... 2011Cynthia Fenimore .............................. 2004Robert L. Ferguson Jr. ........................ 2016Marcia C. Fidis ................................... 2001M. Albert Figinski ............................... 2002Jervis S. Finney ................................. 2003Morton P. Fisher, Jr. ............................ 2004David H. Fishman .............................. 2005Guy Flynn ......................................... 2013Mary Ellen Flynn ............................... 2008Nancy Forster .................................... 2005Emmanuelle Regine Francoi ............... 2014Jason A. Frank .................................. 2009Stephanie Franklin............................. 2006Andrew D. Freeman ........................... 2006Alan R. Friedman ............................... 2001Dan Friedman ................................... 2009Hon. Kathleen O’Ferrall Friedman ...... 2014Brian E. Frosh .................................... 2010Gerard Gaeng .................................... 2016*Herbert S. Garten ............................. 2006*Hon. Susan Gauvey .......................... 2010Hon. Melanie Shaw Geter ................... 2010Allan J. Gibber ................................... 2014Larry S. Gibson .................................. 2004Edward J. Gilliss ................................. 2006Mike Goecke ..................................... 2016Herbert Goldman ............................... 2007Sharon E. Goldsmith .......................... 2003Daniel Goldstein ................................ 2010Louise Michaux Gonzales ................... 2001Eduardo González.............................. 2011 Alexander Gordon IV ......................... 2001Hon. Joan Bossman Gordon ............... 2006J. Wyndal Gordon .............................. 2001Hon. Kathryn Grill Graeff ................... 2016*Andrew Jay Graham ........................ 2011Robert L. Gray ................................... 2002Jill Green .......................................... 2016Bonnie Greenberg ............................. 2009Lawrence Greenberg .......................... 2016Aaron Greenfield ............................... 2011John E. Griffith, Jr. ............................ 2015

Hon. Paul W. Grimm .......................... 2004Teri Guarnaccia .................................. 2009William Warren Hamel ....................... 2004*James J. Hanks Jr. ........................... 2012Kelly Tubman Hardy .......................... 2014Hon. Glenn T. Harrell, Jr. .................... 2007Cheryl Y. Haskins ............................... 2003Hon. Wanda Keyes Heard .................. 2006Amy Heinrich ..................................... 2012Hon. Ellen M. Heller ........................... 2002Michael G. Hendler ............................ 2012Hon. John O. Hennegan ..................... 2015Kristin Herber .................................... 2016Quinton M. Herbert ............................ 2016Stanley S. Herr .................................. 2001F. Michael Higginbotham .................... 2011Martin S. Himeles, Jr. ......................... 2013Matthew G. Hjortsberg ....................... 2016Michael C. Hodes ............................... 2004Hon. Marcella A. Holland ................... 2011Hon. Ellen Hollander .......................... 2008Hon. C. Yvonne Holt-Stone ................. 2009Todd J. Horn ...................................... 2006Arthur Horne ..................................... 2010Hon. Michele Hotten .......................... 2008Katherine Kelly Howard ..................... 2008Hon. Barbara Kerr Howe .................... 2008Louis Hutt Jr. ..................................... 2008Marian C. Hwang ............................... 2007Kelly Hughes Iverson ......................... 2016Cheryl Kelley Jacobs .......................... 2008Rick Jaklitsch ..................................... 2015Ronald H. Jarashow ........................... 2011Deborah Jennings .............................. 2008Hon. Karen Murphy Jensen ................ 2015Mark T. Jensen .................................. 2015Deborah Jeon .................................... 2008Hon. Patricia C. Jessamy .................... 2001E. Scott Johnson ................................. 2013Harry S. Johnson ............................... 2003Lisa Harris Jones................................ 2009Veronica P. Jones ............................... 2014Wilhelm Joseph ................................. 2013Elizabeth Lena Julian ......................... 2004Hon. James A. Kenney III ................... 2003Hon. Robert B. Kershaw ..................... 2007N. Gordon Knox ................................. 2008Judge Warren J. Krug ........................ 2001Patricia McHugh Lambert ................... 2010Julie Ellen Landau .............................. 2012Jon Laria ........................................... 2011Hon. Theresa A. Lawler ...................... 2014Linda Thater Layton ........................... 2003Anne Colt Leitess ................................ 2015

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