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THEBAR ASSOCIATION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MDTHEBAR ASSOCIATION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD

Volume 64, Issue 1 June 2016

NEWSLETTERNEWSLETTERInside This

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13 Fellow Lawyer

14 Legal Ethics

16 New Practitioner Section17 Committees/Sections

Annual Meeting18 Photos

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28 Pro Bono Specialty Bar

29 Associations

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31 Attorney Opportunities States Attorney

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEBy Lauri Cleary

“It’s a part of its environment,and it graces its environmentrather than disgraces it.”

– Frank Lloyd Wrightdescribing his revolutionary

“prairie houses”

On Law Day I mentioned ournew Strategic Plan, which willcontinue, expand and makemore visible and accessible the

many ways our members are serving the citizens ofMontgomery County. These are efforts in additionto counseling or representing those who cannot afford counsel. Of course, we take great pride inour Pro Bono Program—it is a model for other local bars. Next month the County Executive isrolling out a new pro bono initiative to complement our program. It will encourage representa-tion of children who arrive in the U.S. seeking refuge after escaping extreme violence, abuse andneglect in Central America, and you’ll hear more on it in a few weeks. But in addition to probono services, our association and its foundation have pioneered a number of public service ini-tiatives to leverage our members’ education, training, talents, interests and skills to the advantageof all Montgomery County citizens. Like Frank Lloyd Wright’s early 20th century house designs,our bar is a part of its environment, and the challenge for us is to “grace” that environment ratherthan “disgrace” it. We are doing just that.

Our members are in County high schools inspiring lawyers of tomorrow by coaching mocktrial teams, and through the C-IT (“Creating an Improved Tomorrow”) program they are openingdialogues between students and prosecutors, defenders, victims, legislators and other advocateson urgent social issues. In the few years since its creation, C-IT has focused on issues of self-defense and the use of deadly force raised in the Trayvon Martin case (Florida v. Zimmerman),the criminalization of cyber-bullying and the growing epidemic of heroin and opioid addiction.C-IT motivates and equips students to understand the issues and look for solutions, rather thanbecoming victims. Immediate Past President Lynn Boynton’s award winning “Speak Up andSave a Life” program is helping to save lives.

For younger citizens who may be at risk, our Youth Courthouse Project brings middle school-ers to the circuit courthouse for much more than just a building tour. Among the student partici-pants are some students who face a very different “first visit” to the courthouse. They meet theClerk of the Court, and visit her Assignment office, the Trust Clerk’s Office, Land Records andother offices to meet our able court personnel and get a glimpse of their work. They are takeninto the grand jury room to learn about the secret proceedings conducted there from prosecutorswho conduct them. Most significantly, they hear from Judge Debelius and members of theSheriff’s department in the courtroom and duck into the adjacent lockup—a highlight of theirvisit! These tours are educational for students, their guides and bar leaders (trust me on this)alike, but they may be life-changing for the students. Let Patty Via, Steve Chaikin or me knowif you’d like to participate in this program.

Have you ever thought about working in television? Did you know that Foundation volun-teers have produced its cable access program, “Law School for the Public,” for nearly twenty

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FOR YOUR INFORMATION

2015-2016 Officers and ChairsASSOCIATION OFFICERS President: Lynn Caudle BoyntonPresident-Elect: Lauri E. ClearyTreasurer: Alan S. ZippTreasurer-Elect: Ronald S. CanterSecretary: Casey Weinberg FlorancePast President: Mallon A. SnyderExecutive Director: Julie PetersenEXECUTIVE COMMITTEEHeather S. CollierSara M. DonohueDavid C. Driscoll, Jr.Karen A. FerrettiPatrick J. HooverChristina M. HughesHeather L. KafetzSherri D. KochTerrence M. McGannThe Honorable Karla N. SmithRosalyn TangMagistrate Holly A. Whittier

New Practitioners Co-Chairs:Judith G. Cornwell & Caitlin C. Grant

COMMITTEE CHAIRSAssoc./Found. – Ann. Mtg. & Law Day – Ronald S. Canter, Chair –

(301) 340-0084Bench/Bar-Circuit – David C. Merkin, Co-Chair – (301) 762-9200;

Jeremy Rachlin, Co-Chair – (301) 913-2948; Michael A. Taylor, Co-Chair – (301) 762-9200

Bench/Bar-District Court – Reginald W. Bours, Co-Chair –(301) 340-7600; Richard D. London, Co-Chair – (301) 588-6900

Budget – James R. Hammerschmidt, Chair – (301) 951-9338Community Outreach - Emily B. Gelmann, Co-Chair –

(301) 340-2020; Revee M. Walters, Co-Chair – (240) 507-1768Fee Dispute Resolution – Robert C. Park, Jr., Co-Chair – (301) 961-5175;

Karen Robbins, Co-Chair – (301) 668-3222Judicial Selections – Bradford S. Bernstein, Chair – (301) 517-4811;

Michael T. Nalls, Vice Chair – (301) 654-4626Lawyer Assistance – Karen H. Alegi, Co-Chair – (240) 489-3428;

William E. Hewitt, Jr., Co-Chair – (301) 424-8520Lawyer Referral – Marc A. Isaacs, Co-Chair – (202) 495-0624;

Elizabeth G. Loggia, Co-Chair – (301) 340-9393Leadership Development – Christopher W. Roberts, Co-Chair –

(301) 657-0168; Keith J. Rosa, Co-Chair – (240) 777-9108Legal Ethics – Allen J. Katz, Co-Chair – (301) 840-8007;

Samuel M. Shapiro, Co-Chair – (301) 340-1333;Daniel L. Shea, Co-Chair – (301) 424-1060

Membership Benefits – Rand L. Gelber, Co-Chair – (301) 251-0202;Catherine H. McQueen, Co-Chair – (240) 507-1700 Mentor/Mentee (sub of New Practitioners) - Elizabeth J. McInturff,

Co-Chair – (301) 838-3236; Shuaa Tajammul, Co-Chair –(240) 476-7838

Nominations & Elections – Wanda Martinez, Chair – (301) 340-1616Social – Casey W. Florance, Co-Chair – (301) 838-3318; Keith J. Rosa,

Co-Chair – (240) 777-9108; Mary McGuinness Saxon, Co-Chair –(202) 466-8960

Social Media / Technology – Jessica S. Blumberg, Co-Chair –(301) 657-0742; Keith J. Rosa, Co-Chair – (240) 777-9108

Softball – Eby Kalantar, Chair – (410) 514-7051Specialty Bar Associations – Amanda L. Vann, Chair – (301) 563-6685Strategic Planning – James A. Mood, Jr., Chair – (301) 424-0400Youth Courthouse Project – Stephen H. Chaikin, Co-Chair –

(240) 777-7405; Patricia P. Via, Co-Chair – (240) 777-6721

SECTION CHAIRS Administrative Law – John T. Henderson, Jr., Chair – (410) 229-4100Alternative Dispute Resolution – Robert L. Baum, Co-Chair –

(301) 610-0610; Kenneth A. Vogel, Co-Chair – (202) 332-7323Business Law – David E. Kay, Chair – (301) 657-0724Collaborative Law – Eshigo P. Okasili, Co-Chair – (301) 452-4929;

Eric J. Wexler, Co-Chair – (301) 296-4465Commercial Litigation – Mary C. Lombardo, Co-Chair – (301) 838-3226;

Michael J. Neary, Co-Chair – (301) 657-0740Criminal Law – Peter W. Larson, Co-Chair – (240) 777-7398;

David H. Moyse, Co-Chair – (240) 292-7200Education Law – David R. Bach, Co-Chair – (301) 738-7655;

Patrick J. Hoover, Co-Chair – (301) 424-5777Elder Law – Morris Klein, Co-Chair – (301) 652-4462;

Mary Jo Broussard-Speier, Co-Chair – (301) 468-5657Employment Law – Meredith S. Campbell, Co-Chair – (301) 255-0550

Gregg C. Greenberg, Co-Chair – (301) 587-9373Estates & Trusts – Jay M. Eisenberg, Chair – (301) 230-5223Family Law – Sandra A. Brooks, Co-Chair – (240) 507-1700;

Christina M. Hughes, Co-Chair – (240) 360-0882;Christopher W. Roberts, Co-Chair – (301) 657-0168

Immigration – Parva Fattahi, Chair – (301) 263-4516 Intellectual Property & Technology – Michael L. Greenberg, Co-Chair –

(202) 625-7000; Raymond Van Dyke, Co-Chair – (202) 378-3903Juvenile Law – Daniel W. Gaskill, Co-Chair – (301) 279-7400;

Corey E. Talcott, Co-Chair – (240) 777-6767Law Firm Management – Amy B. Strent, Chair – (301) 657-0010New Practitioners – Judith G. Cornwell, Co-Chair – (301) 838-3314;

Caitlin C. Grant, Co-Chair – (301) 347-1272Chamber Chats – Tracy E. Phillips, Chair – (240) 777-9283

Personal Injury Litigation – Paul S. Chung, Co-Chair (Plaintiff) –(301) 230-5230; Andre M. Forte, Co-Chair (Defense) – (301) 791-6924

Real Estate – Matthew D. Alegi, Co-Chair – (301) 230-6574;Sarah Cline, Co-Chair – (301) 945-9245

Solo & Small Firm – Evan V. Goitein, Co-Chair – 301) 323-8272;David A. Schiller, Co-Chair – (301) 315-0801

Taxation Law – John S. Pontius, Jr., Co-Chair – (410) 497-5947;Mark W. Schweighofer, Co-Chair – (301) 838-3233

Workers Compensation Law – William J. Inman, Co-Chair –(301) 315-9400; Jeffrey W. Stickle, Co-Chair – (240) 777-6728

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FOR LAWYERS WHONEED HELP

Anyone aware of Attorneys who arehaving problems with stress, depression,overwhelmed with their practice, familyissues, and related illnesses, including addic-tion, that interfere with their professional orpersonal lives, please call the LawyerAssistance Committee. Committee mem-bers can assist Lawyers in finding confiden-tial and effective programs to help them.

All calls are strictly confidential.Karen H. Alegi, Co-Chair

(240) 489-3428 or [email protected] E. Hewitt, Jr., Co-Chair

(301) 424-8520 or [email protected]

Bar Association ... Main Line ... (301) 424-3454Julie Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) 424-3453

[email protected]

Maria Office Manager/LRS Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) [email protected]

Cindy Association Administrative Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) [email protected]

Monika . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) [email protected]

Ana } Lawyer Referral Service Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) 279-9100Lawyer Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) 424-7040

[email protected]

Bar FoundationYesenia CLE Seminars and Events Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) 340-2534

[email protected]

Pro Bono ProgramClient Intake Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) 424-7651

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) 424-7652

The following staff listing is not for public information. It is for attorney use only.Debbie Program Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) 762-5831

[email protected]

Jennifer Case Manager / Intake Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) [email protected]

Jorge Case Manager / Intake Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) [email protected]

BAR FOUNDATION OFFICERS(Effective July 1, 2015)

President: Mallon A. SnyderPresident-Elect: Lynn Caudle BoyntonTreasurer: Joseph A. Lynott, IIISecretary: Hon. John C. MoffettPast President: Richard H. Melnick

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

COMMITTEE CHAIRSC-IT Program –Stephen H. Chaikin, Chair – (240) 777-7202Cable T.V./Law School for the Public – Lauri E. Cleary, Co-Chair –

(301) 657-0176; James R. Klimaski, Co-Chair - (202) 296-5600Continuing Legal Education – Parva Fattahi, Co-Chair – (301) 263-4516;

Jeffrey Hammond, Co-Chair – (301) 861-4555Diversity – Hon. Charles B. Day, Co-Chair – (301) 344-0393; SusanMagazine, Co-Chair - (240) 774-7220Endowment – Daniel M. Kennedy, Chair – (301) 251-6600Facilities – Patrick C. McKeever, Chair – (301) 762-5212Fall Outing – Alison W. Rind, Co-Chair – (301) 657-0750;

David P. Shapiro, Co-Chair – (301) 656-7603Pro Bono – Michael J. Goecke, Chair – (301) 657-0185 School Mock Trial – Bradford S. Bernstein, Co-Chair – (301) 517-4811;

Casey L. Cirner, Co-Chair – (301) 762-1600

Michael G. BanksBradford S. BernsteinHon. Sharon V. BurrellLauri E. ClearyHeather CollierHon. John W. Debelius, IIIKathryn DeckertPaul H. EthridgeJo B. FogelHon. Anne S. HarringtonKevin G. HesslerHeather Q. HostetterDaniel M. Kennedy, III

Lili KhozeimehJoseph A. Lynott, IIIJ. Stephen McAuliffe, IIIHon. Mary Beth McCormickHon. John C. MoffettJohn C. MonahanJames A. Mood, Jr.David A. PordyJohn M. QuinnAndrew L. SchwartzDonna E. Van ScoyBenjamin S. Vaughan Patricia M. Weaver

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CIRCUIT COURT NOTES

Jury Commissioner

It is with mixed emotions that weannounce the retirement of our JuryCommissioner, Chip Vogel, on June 1,2016. Chip began with the Court as anAppellate Secretary and has risen in theranks to Jury Commissioner. Chipexcelled in this role as even the most dis-gruntled jury patron, after having metChip, enjoyed their day and thanked us ontheir way out. Chip has spent many,many years doing valuable work for us,and now she can spend her time enjoyingher valuable interests. We are grateful forthe legacy she has left. We are pleased toannounce that Tina Cavallaro, from ourJury Office, will be stepping into the roleof Jury Commissioner upon Chip’s depar-ture. KIDS SPOT - Update

The Circuit Court celebrated our1-year anniversary of Kids Spot duringwhich time we served 1,139 children andtheir families. Kids Spot is a child wait-ing area in the South Tower, Room 1440

for children ages 2-12. Children aresupervised by two staff members fromFamily Services, Inc. Monday - Fridayfrom 8:00am to 12:30pm and 1:15pm to5:00pm. The center is closed for lunchbetween 12:30pm and 1:15pm. There areno fees associated with this service butParents and guardians must present

valid ID at both check-in and check-

out time and the Parents or Guardians

must remain in the Circuit Court

building while their children are in

Kids Spot. Thanks to everyone for help-ing us get the word out. This continues tobe an important service for children whoare in our courthouse.

Change of Address

To assure prompt delivery andreceipt of court notices, please be sure toadvise the Clerk’s office as soon as youare aware of any address change for youroffice or your clients.The Civil Department

North Tower lobby level office reno-vations are underway with the relocationof the Civil Department window to thehallway near the North Tower elevators.Signs direct patrons past the North Towerelevators to the right side of the hallwaywhere the current Appeals window islocated. Both Civil Department and

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(Continued from page 1) respect for the law; it is left to us to culti-vate respect for lawyers. Please skim thelist of Committees and Sections in thisNewsletter, and consider whether there isanother way you can help us to do that.

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years? It is the longest running publicservice program of its kind in the nation,and its 300th segment in June will focuson another groundbreaking initiative theFoundation is proud to support:Montgomery County’s Adult Drug Court.Each segment of the show brings togeth-er BAMC members, including judges andlegislators. They discuss legal issues inthe news and share their understanding ofbasic legal concepts and principles ofinterest to the lay community and tolawyers who may have little or no experi-ence in a given subject area. Volunteersare welcome, and everyone has some-thing to offer, whether in front of thecamera (as a host or guest) or behind it,helping to operate the new digital equip-ment or to identify, coordinate and plannew, unscripted segments. You can viewepisodes online or on MontgomeryCommunity Television, Cable TVChannel 19 or 21.

And speaking of Adult Drug Court,did you happen to see Judges Rupp andQuirk receive their outstanding JuristAwards at Law Day for their volunteerwork on that Court? It has been demon-strably successful in dramatically reduc-ing recidivism rates among the eligibledrug or alcohol addicted offenders whocan complete the rigorous program aver-aging two years. To learn more about thiscollaborative effort of criminal justiceand treatment stakeholders, watch theupcoming segment of “Law School forthe Public” or check out the County’swebsite. The Bar Foundation’s monetarysupport for the Adult Drug Court, theSpecial Olympics Inspiration Walk andmany other nonprofit endeavors is limitedonly by the resources at its disposal. Inan effort to increase those, the Foundationretooled its Endowment Committee tofocus and direct its charitable givingwhile improving the visibility of itsfundraising. If you are interested indonating to the Endowment, see theCommittee contact information listed inthis newsletter.

I’ve mentioned just a few of themany ways our bar graces its environ-ment, but we still hear more derogatorylawyer jokes than praise for the service ofattorneys in our (or any) community.More than 400 years have passed since

Shakespeare’s villainous henchman sug-gested “kill[ing] all the lawyers”1 as thesurest way to let chaos reign and treacheryrun amok. Yet we’re still explaining thatShakespeare didn’t really suggest killingall the lawyers as a good idea. While oneof the purposes of Law Day is to cultivate

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Appeals filings can be dropped off downthis hallway. We anticipate that the relo-cation of the Civil counter will continuethrough the summer. Monroe Street Entrance

Renovations continue on theMonroe Street entrance to the CircuitCourt. The entrance will remain closeduntil October 2016. All jurors and visi-tors to the Circuit Court can enter theCourthouse through the MarylandAvenue entrance or follow the signsthrough the Judicial Center Courtyardnear the water fountain and flags to enterthe building on the Terrace Level.

The Monroe Street entrance will beavailable for emergency exit only. Weapologize for any inconvenience andappreciate your continued patience.Circuit Court Law Clerk Email

Addresses Are Changing

The Technical Services Departmenthas standardized the email address formatfor the Circuit Court Law Clerks. The for-mat for each of the Judges Law Clerkswill be as follows:

[email protected]: [email protected]

(Please note: the format is not casesensitive.)

The previous email addresses willremain active for a period of 90 days. Pleaseupdate your contacts as soon as possible.New Online Transcription Ordering

Process

In an effort to streamline the processof ordering transcripts, you no longer needto place orders through the Court’sTechnical Services Department. To ordera transcript, simply go to the Court’s web-

site home page and click on the link on theleft hand side to submit a TranscriptRequest. The request will be forwarded tothe transcription contractor, DepositionServices, Inc., and the contractor will pro-vide you with an estimate. You will workdirectly with the Deposition Services toplace your order. All deposits and finalpayments will be paid to the contractor. If

you do not have access to the on-line form,paper requests can be mailed toMontgomery County Circuit Court, 50Maryland Avenue, Technical Services,Room T-020, Rockville, MD 20850 orfaxed to 240-777-9164. DepositionServices can be contacted by email at:[email protected] or by

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MONTGOMERY COUNTY INN OF COURT

MEMBERSHIP OPENINGS 2016-2017

The Montgomery County Inn of Court is devoted to developing the ethical andtrial advocacy skills of Montgomery County litigators. The Inn currently compris-es: 27 Associates, 27 Barristers, 54 Benchers, and 45 Judges & Masters.

Associates are recent law school graduates or attorneys licensed to practice lawin Maryland for not more than five years. Associates serve a one-year term andthere are 27 vacancies anticipated for 2016-2017. Barristers are attorneys licensedto practice law in Maryland for at least five years, are of good character, and seekto improve their skills as trial or appellate advocates. Barristers serve a three-yearterm and 9 vacancies are anticipated for 2016-2017.

Benchers are attorneys licensed to practice law in Maryland, who have demon-strated superior character, ability and competence as trial or appellate advocates.Benchers are honored with lifetime membership in the Inn, but vacancies occasion-ally occur, so applications for Bencher positions are also being taken.

The Montgomery County Inn of Court meets on the second Tuesday of themonth from September through May in Rockville, for a social hour and dinner, fol-lowed by an educational presentation in the Circuit Court. The Inn offers trial advo-cacy programs, accentuating legal excellence, civility, professionalism and ethics.

Usually, the Montgomery County Inn has been fortunate to have more qualifiedapplicants than available vacancies. While preference is given to MontgomeryCounty litigators, the Inn seeks to have a membership that reflects a rich diversityin race, gender, ethnic background, and practice areas. Scholarship funds are avail-able through the Salter Scholarship Fund.

Applications are available and may be obtained from Sonya Collins, assistant toMagistrate Wisor: [email protected] or 240-777-9045. Complete applica-tions are to be returned no later than June 15, 2016.

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telephone at: 301-881-3344 ext. 1030 toarrange for estimates, payment and deliveryoptions. If you have questions regardingthese changes, please do not hesitate to con-tact Technical Services at 240-777-9150.John W. Debelius, III, Administrative Judge

JUVENILE BENCH/BARMEETING SCHEDULE

Juvenile bench/bar meetings will beheld as follows during 2016:Delinquency Child Welfare

June 15, 2016 July 18, 2016September 21, 2016 October 17, 2016November 16, 2016

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CIRCUIT COURT LAWLIBRARY

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LAWYER’S LITERARYCIRCLE

Thursday, June 23rd – we will bediscussing Luncheon of the BoatingParty, by Susan Vreeland. “This is avivid novel that brings to life Renoir’smasterpiece by the same name... C’estmagnifique! If a trip to Paris is a bit out-side your price range, Susan Vreeland’snovel is the next best thing.”

Our plan is that after the meeting wewill board the Metro for Dupont Circle, andwalk to The Phillips Collection, located at1600 21st Street, N.W., to view the realthing: Renoir’s The Luncheon of theBoating Party, and then have dinner at oneof the many nearby restaurants. The Phillipsis open on Thursday evenings until 8:30.

In July – the book to be discussedwill be The Sot-Weed Factor, by JohnBarth. It has been written that “this mod-ern classic is a hilarious tribute to all of themost insidious human vices, with a herowho is one of the most diverting to roamthe world since Candide – a darkly comicepic”; and the story takes place in part onthe Eastern Shore, in and around theChesapeake Bay and the Choptank River.

In August – Our plan is to read anddiscuss Ragtime: A Novel, by E. L.Doctorow. Amazon writes that “Ragtimechanged our very concept of what a novelcould be. An extraordinary tapestry,Ragtime captures the spirit of America inthe era between the turn of the centuryand the First World War.”

With some rare exceptions, all of our

meetings are held at 4:30 p.m. in the officesof Miles & Stockbridge P.C., 11 NorthWashington Street, Suite 700, Rockville,MD. If you and any of your friends orassociates would like to join our group,please feel free to show up for any of ourmeetings – anyone and everyone is wel-come to attend, and snacks are alwaysserved. Jim Demma

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After hours on Thursday, May 5th, Idrove into the District with a privateinvite to a very cool atty-tech event pre-sented by two of the more notable stand-outs in attorney & law office tech.

Lexicata is the all-in-one CRM andclient intake solution for lawyers:https://www.lexicata.com/. This impres-sive company was co-founded by my hostat the City Club and co-founder ofLexicata, Michael Chasin. I first heardabout Lexicata and spoke with Michaelover a year ago and learned some of therather unique online attorney offeringsand lawyer-law firm customers Lexicatabrilliantly targeted with its attorney mar-keting software. Since then, this aggres-sive and very exciting company has vast-ly expanded. Lexicata’s rich feature set oftools runs the gamut from A to Z andleaves nothing behind in the ever compet-itive legal marking arena. With a widenet of utilities and features of practical,real-time objectives in new client genera-tion, marketing and auditing, Lexicata is

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Jack Newton, co-founder of Clio,sponsored this gathering of attorneys andtechies and what a blast it was!https://www.goclio.com/ These two techmoguls Chasin and Newton, (along withmany others) spoke the next day at theDC Bar Association’s annual tech confer-ence. But I chose to avoid the lines anddecided instead to go and listen the nightbefore and share with you, loyal reader,the abbreviated versions of this newbleeding edge presentation on the latest inattorney cloud software. And so, afterdriving in from the suburbs, I foundmyself in WDC by 5:45pm Thursday, nosmall feat, I can assure you!

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What I learned: Clio is now theworld’s leading provider of online lawpractice management software forlawyers and law firms, outpacing evenRocket Matters and My Case and all therest who trail behind in a long and grow-ing stable of cloud based providers. Itsco-founder, Jack Newton, once but ayoung engineer who was asked to helpout a local firm with its software issues,is today standing atop the foremost cloudbased online legal software programacross the globe. So yea I’m going,when I get invited to hear from Clio’sFounder.

That said, you’d have to go a longway to find a more modest, self-effacing,firmly grounded guy than Jack. It wasvery cool when I got an inside peak atsome of the more notable, newly releasedfeatures Clio is now, or later this month,offering to lawyers. In addition to its verydeep, fully covered feature set of theusual expected elements: contacts, calen-dar, matters, billing, time keeping, etc.

Clio is soon to offer a newly expand-ed, highly secure, online credit card pay-ment portal. The portal will cover bothfees and retainers, providing fully auto-mated digital accounting and bookkeep-ing services. This feature will assist theclient and the attorney with recordingtransactions in operations accounts,escrow accounts, attorney fees and clientretainers. Nice!

Disclaimer: I’ve used Clio for aboutfour years now and have never regrettedthe very modest monthly subscription feethey charge, in exchange for the manyClio features I depend upon to run myoffice. And no, neither of these compa-nies is “incentivizing” me in any way,shape, manner or form…I wish!

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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR COLLEAGUES


The members of the MontgomeryCounty Bar have a colleague who has ledan extraordinary life.

Growing up in central New York, herfather, a District Attorney for the County,died when she was 13. Our colleague,Dena Feeney, says that not only was herfather very influential in her life, he is theperson she would most like to emulate.

As a very young girl, Dena wanted to bea lawyer. Dena went to work with her fatherand always thought the people waiting to seehim must be criminals. She was very muchher father's daughter and, since she wouldalways have been Jim Feeney's daughter, shedid not feel she could live up to his reputa-tion and the regard her town had for him, shedecided not to return home after law school.It is from her father that Dena inherited theinclination to become involved.

After college her math professorswanted her to go on and get a Master’sdegree and teach. They even had a job forher at a junior college. That just didn't seemto be the thing to do, so when Prof. Keefecame to interview for Catholic Universityof America Law School, and said the schoolwould give her a scholarship, she saw herfuture - despite her mother’s remarks thesummer before that she could never go tolaw school.

Dena has been a trail blazer for women.In law school, she was the only womanattending CUA Law School. The problemwas being part of the class, but not one of theboys. There certainly were a couple of pro-fessors who would have preferred that Denawasn't there! Her first job as an Estate TaxAttorney with the IRS found her to be theonly woman examiner. Later, Dena was oneof two female officers doing administrativework in the trust department of Riggs Bank,and then served as a VP of an insurancecompany before going into private practice.Dena was told that she could never be theChair of the MSBA Estates and Tax Sectionsince she was from Montgomery Countyand a woman. It gave her great pleasure toprove the naysayers wrong.

Those early math professors were cor-rect about Dena’s teaching abilities. She hastaught many CLE courses and was anAdjutant Professor at CUA Law for 15years. Dena has mentored and helped manyyoung lawyers along the way and, in spiteof her misgivings; she has lived up to herfather’s reputation.

Though not an undergraduate of

Catholic University, Dena has served asPresident of the University's AlumniAssociation, the University's Board ofRegents and, since its inception, the Boardof Visitors of the Law school. In the 90s shehad the pleasure of taking her Mother toRome with the Trustees of CUA and havinga private audience with the Pope, an unfor-gettable trip. (Another unforgettable eventwas when she managed a front row seat forPope Benedict's mass in Washington DC.)She has also served on Boards atProvidence Hospital for almost 30 years,and served as President of the FoundationBoard and the Center for Life Board.

Her awards include: an AlumniAchievement Award from LeMoyneCollege - where Dena serves on the Boardof Trustees; an Alumni Service Award fromCUA; the National Association of ItalianWomen named her one of "Three WISEWomen"; Honorary Life Bar Leader for theMontgomery County Bar Foundation; andDena is a fellow of the American College ofEstate and Trust Council.

As an expert in estates and trust law,she is a go-to person for colleagues whoknow her. Dena is a Past President of theMontgomery County Chapter of theWomen’s Bar Association, a past memberof the Board of Governors of the MarylandState Bar, and active in many MSBA andBAMC Sections and Committees. She is alifelong Republican, active Catholic and agreat friend.

Dena enjoys music, reading, movies,knitting and travel. Her travel includesAntarctica and the Falklands, Iceland,Kenya, Russia, Churchill – Manitoba,Canada, England, Wales, Scotland, Chile,

Argentina, Mexico, Costa Rica, Austria,Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland,Hawaii and the Caribbean Islands. Herfuture travel plans include the Arctic andGreenland.

Dena has had a long history of surviv-ing hardship. She has lost a husband, hashad two cancer operations and an extendedstay in the hospital when they weren't sureshe would make it.

One of the most poignant experiencesin Dena’s life is her brush with the criminaljustice system as a victim and a witness in ahorrific crime. She does not talk about itunless asked, but was willing to let me men-tion it here. Dena was kidnapped inBethesda in 1980 and was the victim of sex-ual assault and attempted murder by drown-ing in the Anacostia River near RFK stadi-um. At one point she prayed "God, if youwant me to survive I need your help." Denadid survive. Since the assailant pled out inDC, she was involved in the plea bargainbut she did not have to testify. She did testi-fy at trial in Montgomery County. When itas all over, Judge Cave told her that she wasthe best attorney witness he had ever had incourt. She credits Matt Campbell, theAssistant State’s Attorney on her case andthe fact that she had not been a litigator.Dena was intent on answering the questionsasked, not the questions she thought shouldbe asked.

While reluctant to give advice, Denawould suggest that all lawyers never stoplearning and that they take advantage of theCLE opportunities available.

An outspoken advocate with a causticwit and a heart of gold, Dena Feeney is anexceptional lawyer and friend.

Dena Feeney, A Survivor With True Heart And Grit

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The era of state-legal medicinal mari-juana in Maryland is upon us. During 2015,the amount of sales of legal marijuana in theUnited States totaled $5.4 billion, accordingto ArcView Market Research and NewFrontier Data, February 1, 2016.Nationwide, twenty-four states and theDistrict of Columbia currently have lawslegalizing marijuana in some form.1

In 2014, the Maryland legislatureenacted the Maryland Medical CannabisLaw (“the law”). (Maryland CodeAnnotated, Health General Article §§ 13-3306-13-3316.) COMAR regulations fol-lowed.2 In short, medical marijuana hasbeen legalized in Maryland.

The law and regulations provide a legalframework for the growing, processing, dis-pensing and use of medical marijuana inMaryland and exempt cultivators, proces-sors, and dispensers of medical marijuanawho are in full compliance with the statuto-ry scheme from arrest, prosecution, andboth civil and administrative penalty. Thecommission created to implement this leg-islation anticipated that legal medicalcannabis would be available in Marylandby the second half of 2016, but so manyapplications to obtain business licenseswere submitted that the timeline has beenextended to 2017. (“Sale of medical mari-juana in Maryland probably won’t com-mence until 2017”, The Washington Post,December 15, 2015.) 3

This article focuses upon the ethicalconsiderations that Maryland attorneysshould consider before performing legalservices in to this burgeoning cannabisindustry. The Maryland State BarAssociation’s Committee on Ethics(“Ethics Committee”) recently issuedEthics Docket No. 2016-10 (“EthicsOpinion”) that provides significant guid-ance as to two major issues, specifically:“Do the Maryland Rules of Professionalconduct prohibit attorneys from advisingclients seeking to engage in conduct pur-suant to Maryland’s Medical MarijuanaLaws?” And, “Do the Rules prohibitMaryland attorneys from having an owner-ship interest in medical marijuana business-es?” The Ethics Committee responded“No” to both questions, with “caveats.”

Interestingly, the Maryland Judicial

Ethics Committee came to the oppositeconclusion as relates to judges. In a pub-lished opinion issued March 31, 2016, thecommittee opined that a “judicial appointeemay not grow, process or dispense medicalcannabis in Maryland. (Opinion RequestNumber 2016-09.)4 The Judicial EthicsCommittee relied on Code of Conduct forJudicial Appointees, (“Judicial Code”)Maryland Rule 16-814, Rules 1.1 and 3.1,which provide, in relevant part: Rule 1.1:“A judicial appointee shall comply with thelaw, including the Rules in this Code ofConduct…”; Rule 3.1(c): “A judicialappointee may engage in extra-judicialactivities, except as prohibited by law orthis Code.”

The Judicial Ethics Committee rea-soned that Rules 1.1 and 3.1(c) were notlimited to Maryland law, but included fed-eral law. Thus, as long as federal law makesmarijuana possession, distribution and useillegal, judges may not participate in itsgrowth, processing or distribution. Even ifthe federal government were to legalizemarijuana, the Judicial Ethics Committeewent further and expressed the view thatjudges may nonetheless be prohibited fromparticipation in cannabis-related activitiesby reason of Rule 1.2(a), which requiresjudicial appointees to act “at all times in amanner to promote public confidence inthe… integrity…of the judiciary.” Id. at 2.

An ethical problem is created by a con-flict between the Maryland law and the fed-eral Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”), 21U.S.C. §801-904. Under the CSA, marijua-na is an illegal “Schedule 1” drug. (CSA§812). As long as marijuana remains illegalunder federal law, possession, sale, and dis-tribution of marijuana are federal crimes, asare conspiring with or aiding and abettingsomeone who possesses, sells or distributesmarijuana.

The risk of prosecution for violatingthe CSA may be theoretical, at least for thetime being. The Department of Justice(“DOJ”) has issued public announcements,most notably in August 2013, stating feder-al prosecutors would not target medicalmarijuana entities that are in strict compli-ance with the laws of their state, since thefederal government “has traditionally reliedon state and local authorizes [sic] to address

marijuana activity through enforcement oftheir own narcotics laws.”5

However, there is no guarantee that thepresent DOJ policy will remain the same.As long as a U.S. attorney could prosecutean attorney who is in full compliance withthe Maryland law, there will be attorneyswho will hesitate to represent clientsinvolved in the medical marijuana business.

In addition to the risk of committing afederal crime, Maryland attorneys could besubject to disciplinary proceedings for aviolation Rule 1.2(d) of the MarylandLawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct(“MLRPC”), which provides:

“A lawyer shall not counsel aclient to engage, or assist a client,in conduct that thelawyer knows is criminal or fraud-ulent, but a lawyer may discussthe legal consequences of any pro-posed course of conduct with aclient and may counsel or assist aclient to make a good faith effortto determine the validity, scope,meaning or application of thelaw.”After parsing decisions of other states

that have grappled with this dilemma, theEthics Committee decided that there was noethical violation of Rule 1.2(d). In addition,it decided there was no violation ofMLRPC Rule 8.4, which provides:

“It is professional misconduct fora lawyer to: (a) violate or attemptto violate the Maryland Lawyers’rules of Professional Conduct,knowingly assist or induce anoth-er to do so, or do so through theacts of another; (b) commit acriminal act that reflects adverselyon the lawyer’s honesty, trustwor-thiness or fitness as a lawyer inother respects; (c) engage in con-duct involving dishonesty, fraud,deceit or misrepresentation; (d)engage in conduct that is prejudi-cial to the administration of jus-tice.” Likewise, the Ethics Committee felt that

an attorney should not be prohibited fromholding an ownership interest in a medicalmarijuana business either, as long as it com-plies with the law. (Ethics Opinion at 4.)

ETHICAL LIMITATIONS WHEN ADVISING CLIENTS CONCERNING THEBURGEONING MEDICINAL MARIJUANA INDUSTRY IN MARYLAND


The Committee reasoned that legaladvice to businesses about licensing, estab-lishing and operating medical marijuanacompanies was the “natural and inevitableresult” of the passage of the law since itwas “clear from the provisions of the lawthat the legislature intended and expectedthat individuals and businesses would seeklicenses and take other action” to complywith the law. (Ethics Opinion at 1-2.)

However, the Ethics Committeewarned that its position is subject to limita-tions, principally “the federal governmentmaintaining its acquiescence of allowingstates to authorize the intrastate production,distribution and use of marijuana for medic-inal purposes without interference.” (EthicsOpinion at 5.) Other limitations on thisEthics Opinion are that it applies only to themedical marijuana law and nothing else and“should the DOJ alter its stance, the pro-posed conduct may no longer be appropri-ate.” (Id.) The Committee cautions attor-neys that it is not dispensing legal advice, isnot accountable for the shifting landscapeof medical marijuana laws and even sug-gests that the Court of Appeals should con-sider amending the MRPC on this issue.

Presently, among the 24 statesand the District of Columbia which havelaws legalizing medicinal marijuana, barassociations in some of those jurisdictionshave issued ethics opinions. Not surpris-ingly, they conflict. In addition to the posi-tions of Arizona, Washington, Illinois, andConnecticut on Rule 1.2(d) that are consid-ered in the Ethics Opinion, the state ethicsboard in Maine has taken the position thatattorneys must analyze on a case-by-casebasis whether the service they are beingasked to perform constitutes assistance inviolating a federal law. (MaineProfessional Ethics Commission, Opinion199 (2010.) Since it is a violation of feder-al law to aid someone who possesses, sellsor distributes marijuana, the opinion effec-tively seems to prevent attorneys from pro-viding any transactional legal assistance.

On the other hand, the ethics committeein Arizona decided that a “lawyer may ethi-cally counsel or assist a client in legal mat-ters expressly permissible under the ArizonaMedical Marijuana Act, despite the fact thatsuch conduct potentially may violate appli-cable federal law.” (State Bar of ArizonaCommission on the Rule of ProfessionalConduct, Opinion 11-01 (2011).)

LEGAL ETHICS

In an informal opinion, the State ofConnecticut Professional EthicsCommittee said, “Lawyers may not assistclients with conduct that is in violation offederal criminal law.” Connecticut BarAssociation Professional EthicsCommission, Informal Opinion 2013-02(2013). In a backlash to the opinion, theConnecticut Judicial Branch’s RulesCommittee changed the language of Rule1.2 to allow a lawyer to counsel a clientabout compliance with Connecticut law“provided that the lawyer counsels theclient about the legal consequences, underother applicable law, of the client’s pro-posed course of conduct.” 6

Colorado’s Standing Committee onthe Colorado Rules of ProfessionalConduct proposed a similar change to com-ment to Rule 1.2 as well as a proposal toallow lawyers to counsel clients on mari-juana issues without fear of disciplinaryaction. In March 2014, the ColoradoSupreme Court issued a change to theComment [14] to its Rule 1.2 of theColorado Rules of Professional Conduct,permitting lawyers to advise marijuanabusinesses operating under authority of thestate constitutional amendment legalizingthe drug for medical and recreational use.The comment advises that lawyers mustalso counsel clients on relevant federal lawand policy. 7 The Colorado equivalent ofMaryland’s Bar Counsel has publicly stat-ed that lawyers there should be allowed toadvise clients on marijuana-related issues,assuming they are in compliance withColorado law. (“Conflicting state and fed-eral marijuana laws create ethical compli-cations for lawyers” ABA.org/news.)

In June 2015, the BarAssociation of San Francisco issued anopinion in support of an attorney’s abilityto advise clients in state-sanctioned mari-juana-related business ventures.8 InAugust 2015, the Los Angeles CountyBar Association issued its opinion that “amember may advise and assist a clientregarding compliance with California’smarijuana laws provided that the memberdoes not advise the client to violate feder-al law or assist the client in violating fed-eral law in a manner that would enablethe client to evade arrest or prosecutionfor violation of the federal law…In sodoing, the member must advise the clientregarding the violation of federal law and

the potential penalties associated with aviolation of federal law.” 9

In the wake of the MarylandEthics Opinion, one conclusion seemsclear: lawyers can advice, prepare contractsand perform other legal services for indi-viduals and entities engaged in the medicalmarijuana business in Maryland, and evenhave an interest in medical marijuana busi-ness, as long as the DOJ’s position onenforcement does not change. Lawyersneed to counsel clients, however, that thesafe haven from federal prosecution andfrom disciplinary proceedings againstthemselves only exists for those in fullcompliance with state law.

Judith A. Mustille, Committee MemberDaniel L. Shea, Committee Co-Chair

Samuel M. Shapiro, Committee Co-ChairAllen J. Katz, Committee Co-Chair

1 (State Marijuana Laws Map,http://www.governing.com/gov-data/state-marijuana-laws-map-medical-recreational.html.) Ofthe Twenty-four states which have legalized mari-juana in some form, four states have legalized itsrecreational use: Alaska, Colorado, Oregon andWashington. 2 (http://www.dsd.state.md.us/COMAR/subtitle_chapters/10_Chapters.aspx#Subtitle62) 3 A total of 1,081 in applications were submitted:811 applications for dispensary licenses to sellmedical marijuana directly to consumers, 146applications for licenses to cultivate marijuana, and124 applications to transform marijuana into aproduct or extract. The commission will select amaximum of two dispensary licenses per senatorialdistrict, a potential total of 94 dispensariesstatewide. Some counties and municipalities haveattempted to prevent the introduction of the med-ical marijuana industry into their jurisdictions, butthe state attorney general has precluded this underthe doctrine of preemption. 4 Under Code of Conduct for Judicial AppointeesMaryland Rule 16-814, B “Definitions,” a “judicialappointee” means an auditor, examiner, or masterappointed by a court and a district court commis-sioner appointed pursuant to Article IV, § 41G ofthe Maryland Constitution.5 (“Guidance Regarding Marijuana Enforcement”available at www.justice.gov/iso/opa/resources/3052013829132756857467.pdf and “JusticeDepartment Announces Update to MarijuanaEnforcement Policy,” August 29, 2013) (known asthe “Cole memorandum”), available at www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-update-marijuana-enforcement-policy.)6 (http://www.jud.ct.gov/Publications/PracticeBook/Old/pblj_070114.pdf at page 15PB.)7 (http://www.cobar.org/repository/homepage/2014(05).pdf)8 (The Bar Association of San Francisco, Opinion2015-1, June 2015.)9 (Los Angeles County Bar AssociationProfessional Responsibility and Ethics Committee,Opinion No. 527, August 12, 2015.)

NEW PRACTITIONERSECTION

A big thank you to everyone whoattended our end of the year happy hour,and a special thanks to Stein SperlingBennett De Jong Driscoll PC for sponsoringit. It was great to see everyone before we allpart ways for the summer. This year was asuccess for the New Practitioners thanks toall of you, and your enthusiasm and partici-pation. Please be sure to stay tuned forfuture events—beginning in September—and encourage your colleagues and friendsto join the BAMC. If you would like to be

added to the Section, please contact Cindyat [email protected].

MENTOR/MENTEECOMMITTEE

The mentor/mentee program isstill accepting new mentors andmentees! This program is designed toaid new attorneys in developing andshaping their future careers throughthe support, guidance, and recommen-dations of a senior practitioner. If youhave been practicing law for more thanseven years, the Mentor/Mentee

Committee is looking for your help tomentor and develop the next genera-tion of attorneys in the MontgomeryCounty Bar Association. If you havebeen practicing law for less than sevenyears and would like guidance from amentor, we encourage you to apply toget a mentor. Applications to becomea mentor or a mentee are available athttp://www.barmont.org/?164. Theycan be submitted to eitherElizabeth at [email protected] Shuaa at [email protected].

Elizabeth McInturff, Co-ChairShuaa Tajammul, Co-Chair

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ADMINISTRATIVE LAWSECTION

The Section met on May 4, 2016 anddiscussed plans for our future projects.

We are now on summer break. Ournext meeting will be Wednesday,

September 7, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. TheSeptember meeting will be held in theconference room of the bar associationbuilding, 27 West Jefferson Street,Rockville, Maryland, unless otherwisedirected by signage.

Don’t forget to sign up for the sec-tion! Have a great summer!

John Henderson, Chair

CIRCUIT COURT BENCHBAR COMMITTEEMEETING DATES

Meetings are held on the firstWednesday of each month at 8:00am inthe Administrative Judge’s ConferenceRoom, Room 3240 of the North Tower of

COMMITTEES & SECTIONS

the Circuit Court in Rockville (next doorto the Register of Wills). The last meetingfor 2015-2016 will be held on June 1,2016. The first meeting for the 2016-2017year will be held on September 7, 2016.

The following issues were raised atthe May meeting of the Committee:

Retirement of Maria “Chip” Vogel:

The committee wishes Chip a wonderfulretirement and extends our gratitude forher immeasurable service to the court-house for these many years. Chip, livelong and live happily. We shall miss you.

Welcome Tina Cavallaro, from theJury Office, will be stepping into the roleof Jury Commissioner upon Chip’s depar-ture. Tina helped the jury office teamtransition to the new Jury + system lastyear and has been immersed in all thingsjury since her arrival. Before coming tous, Tina enjoyed a stellar career in themortgage industry effectively managing amulti-million dollar pipeline of new con-struction residential loans. She wasafforded many opportunities to engage in

public speaking and has expanded herhorizons through her support of many vol-unteer organizations. CongratulationsTina.

Interpreters: Please remember tonotify the Clerk’s Office if your matterhas settled and if you had an interpreterscheduled. The Court pays a significantamount of money to interpreters whoarrive to interpret testimony at hearingsthat are no longer scheduled because theClerk’s Office was not notified that aninterpreter would no longer be needed andcould not cancel the interpreter.

ADR: Magistrate Rosa requestscounsel contact one another upon receiv-ing the ADR notice and discuss media-tion. This communication prior to theADR date will hopefully permit the meet-ings to operate more effectively within theallotted time periods.

Court Administration: The MentalHealth Court is coming to MontgomeryCounty in both the District and CircuitCourts.

Kid’s Spot is celebrating its one yearanniversary and proudly reports servingover 1100 children.

Drug Court graduation was held onMay 18, 2016.

Bike to work day was held on May20, 2016 with a stop at Dawson’sMarket.

Family Law: Patricia Escobar hasbeen appointed as the new manager of theFamily Division. Patricia has been a longtime employee of the Circuit Court andmost recently was in the JuryCommissioner’s Office. CongratulationsPatricia!

As a reminder, the BAMC’s CircuitCourt Bench-Bar Committee will serve asa vehicle by which an attorney member ofthe Bar may informally and anonymouslyexpress a comment regarding a judicialmember of the Circuit Court bench. Inthis regard, the Bench-Bar Committee,through its chair or other designated com-mittee or subcommittee members, whomreceive a comment about a judge througha telephone call or correspondence, thenwill exercise its discretion to determinewhether the comment is of an appropriatenature to communicate to the subjectjudge, in an anonymous manner. TheBAMC is fortunate to have judges and




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Closure of Monroe Street

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Maryland Avenue Entrance: TheSheriff continues to encourage visitorsto the Courthouse to utilize the TerraceLevel entrance to the Courthouse (on theground level between the Circuit CourtBuilding and the Executive OfficeBuilding, along East Jefferson Street).The Monroe Street Entrance to theCircuit Court will be closed through atleast October, 2016. While this closurehas caused substantially more volume atthe security checkpoints at the MarylandAvenue entrance, the Terrace Levelentrance remains under-utilized. Newconstruction of the circle in front of theMaryland Avenue entrance is expectedto begin shortly.

If you have any concerns to bring tothe Committee’s attention, please feelfree to contact David C. Merkin [email protected]; Jeremy D.Rachlin at [email protected]; or,Michael A. Taylor at [email protected].

David Merkin, Co-ChairJeremy Rachlin, Co-ChairMichael Taylor, Co-Chair

COLLABORATIVE LAWSECTION MEETING DATES

Were you able to participate in any ofthe events that took place on Law Day,April 22, 2016? If so, we hope youenjoyed the company of your friends, net-worked, attended a CLE program or two,enjoyed the meal, the speeches, theawards, the changing of the mantle ofleadership and left the event determinedto do more to advance our noble profes-sion and your career, respectively. To thatend, we will be sending out a survey tolearn how we can best serve you and willappreciate your timely responses.

In lieu of our scheduled meeting onJune 15, 2016, we invite you, your signif-icant other, friends, associates and part-ners to attend CDRP’s end-of-year

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your fulfillment of your CollaborativePractice group’s membership require-ments. Details of the party are:

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If you would like, you can mail acheck to:

CDRP; Attn: Troy Ford, JR51 Monroe St., Suite 1901

Rockville, MD 20850We would like to thank Steve

Weisbaum, Suzy Eckstein, Craig

Strent and Dr. Mary Atwater for theirpresentations and invaluable contribu-tions to the growth of our Section. Inaddition, we are especially thankful toour generous sponsor, Jeanne Koeber,

for sponsoring all of the dinners servedat our Section meetings this year and inprevious years.

Our Section meetings usually

take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30

p.m. every third Wednesday of the

month, from September to May,

every bar year. However, we wouldlike you to be open to change(s), as wewill be implementing some, if not all,of the changes you propose in yourresponses to the survey, which we willbe sending to you in a couple ofweeks. Please, send us your commentsand suggestions about potential co-chairs, presentation topics and yourpreferred meeting time and day of theweek. This is your opportunity to re-invigorate our Section, change ourmeeting day of the week to one thatworks best for you. We thank you foryour support and contributions to thegrowth of our Section this bar year andthank you in advance for helping usimprove our Section’s activities in thenext bar year.

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The Commercial Litigation Sectionwill not meet over the summer. Thankyou to the many speakers and CLE pre-senters who helped make this an out-standing year. Enjoy the summer!

Mary Lombardo, Co-ChairMichael Neary, Co-Chair

COMMUNITY OUTREACHCOMMITTEE

A HUGE THANK YOU to every-one who volunteered at the Spring Gameson May 15th. We had a great turn-out,and it was another invaluable volunteer-ing experience with our friends at theSpecial Olympics.

SAVE THE DATE: October 2, 2016

The Fifth Annual BAMC/

Special Olympics Inspiration Walk!

If you would like to be added to ourSpecial Olympics Volunteer Listserveplease contact Yesenia Mendez,[email protected]

The Community Outreach Committeefacilitates volunteer opportunities on thesecond Friday of every month atShepherd’s Table. Shepherd’s Table pro-vides basic services to those in need andspecifically provides a dinner meal from6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., seven nights aweek. Please contact Revee Walters [email protected] if you areinterested in volunteering. Volunteer as anindividual, a firm, or get a group of friendsand family together to participate in thiswonderful, can’t miss, service opportuni-ty!

If you have any thoughts or com-ments for the Committee, please contactEmily at [email protected] orRevee at [email protected].

Emily Gelmann, Co-ChairRevée Walters, Co-Chair

DISTRICT COURT BENCHBAR COMMITTEE

The committee held its last meetingfor the current fiscal year on May 5, 2016.

The following matters were discussedand will be of interest to the bar.

Random Screening: The court post-poned the implementation of the randomscreening program that was to start inApril. The random screening program isnow planned to commence before the endof May.

New Courtroom Docket

Procedures: The new procedures for thecourt calling of the criminal and traffic

dockets started at the beginning of May.Attorneys are encouraged to arrive incourt early for their hearings and every-one must check in with the courtroomclerks. The court is giving priority to pri-vately retained attorneys in their criminaland traffic cases. The new procedureswill work best with everyone’s coopera-tion.

Date on Pleadings: This has beenmentioned before, but it is important toremember to put the pending court hear-ing date on the caption of your pleadingsunder the case number. The clerk’s




offices get backed up and will try to givemore immediate attention to pleadingsthat involve cases that are coming up inthe near future.

Reg Bours, Co-ChairRichard London, Co-Chair

EDUCATION LAW SECTIONMEETING DATES

June 9, 2016Meetings are held at Noon on the 2nd

Thursday of each month in the upstairsconference room of the Bar Associationbuilding, 27 West Jefferson St., Rock -ville, MD.

David Bach, Co-ChairPat Hoover, Co-Chair

FAMILY LAW SECTION

NOTES OF THANKS … We wouldlike to thank Morriah Horani for herpresentation on Grown-ups SupportingGrown-ups.

Thank you to Bryan Renehan and

Paul Reinstein for another great FamilyLaw Update!

We would also like to thank Casey

Weinberg Florance, Heather Hostetter,

Jessica Markham, Howard Soypher,

Scott Strickler and John Weaver fortheir instructions at the Rita RosenkrantzBasic Family Law Training.

Also, thank you to Judge John M.

Maloney, Judge Cynthia Callahan,

Magistrate James A. Bonifant, Paul

Berman, Ph.D., Rebecca L. Snyder,

Psy.D., Heather Hostetter, Esq.,

Howard Soypher, Esq. and Donna Van

Scoy, Esq. for their informative CLE onIdentifying and addressing mental healthissues in your case.

We appreciate all of your time andexpertise!

We’re On Social Media

For all section information, upcom-ing events, presentations, and CLEsplease “like” our Facebook page:BAMC Family Law Section which isregularly updated with all theSection’shappenings. Find us at

www.facebook.com/bamcfamilylaw.Want to see or post pictures from ourgreat events? Follow us on Instagram@BAMCFamilyLaw. Please join ourLinkedIn group to find out more aboutupcoming CLEs and section presenta-tions, read articles by our esteemed pre-senters, and join in the conversationabout the presentations! You can findour LinkedIn group at:

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Family-8365915/aboutGot an exciting upcoming event?

Contact the Social Media Sub-Com-mittee Chairs, Emily Gelmann,[email protected] or 301-340-2020; or Sara Cimino,[email protected] or 240-507-1700, to post it on our social media! Wecan’t wait to post, follow, #latergram,and discuss all of this year’s great eventswith you!

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Hello Colleagues,This year, our Section meetings are sched-uled for 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the upstairsconference room of the Bar Building (27W Jefferson Street, Rockville, MD). Thereis no cost to attend the Section meetingsand all are welcome. We are inviting expe-rienced practitioners to present on a topicin each meeting. So, don’t miss this greatopportunity for networking and gettingyour questions answered.Upcoming Section meetings:

- Tuesday, September 13; 5:30p.m.

o Fundamentals of Tax Law forImmigration Practitioners

o Speaker: John Pontius, Esq. fromFrost & Associates

- Tuesday, October 25; 5:30p.m.

o Criminal-Immigration Updateo Speaker: Rachel UllmanAs always, if you are interested in

becoming a speaker for our Section meet-

ings or are willing to be a mentor, pleasecontact me at [email protected].

Parva Fattahi, Chair

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITSCOMMITTEE MEETINGDATES

The Members Benefits Committeecontinues to reach out to businesses, bothretail and service providers, to offer dis-counts to our members. If you have abusiness you’d be interested in seeingjoin our program, let us know. If you’dbe interested in joining our team to seeknew participating businesses, even better!Please help us build and improve this pro-gram, which offers valuable discounts toour members. Please check out the barassociation website for a list of the manybusinesses that we already have partici-pating. Just show your bar card at thesebusinesses to claim the discount

Kate McQueen, Co-ChairRand Gelber Co-Chair

MENTOR/MENTEECOMMITTEE

The mentor/mentee program is stillaccepting new mentor/mentees! This pro-gram is designed to aid new attorneys indeveloping and shaping their futurecareers through the support, guidance,and recommendations of a senior practi-tioner. If you have been practicing law formore than seven years, theMentor/Mentee Committee is looking foryour help to mentor and develop the nextgeneration of attorneys in theMontgomery County Bar Association. Ifyou have been practicing law for less thanseven years and would like guidancefrom a mentor, we encourage you toapply to get a mentor. Applications tobecome a mentor or a mentee are avail-able at http://www.barmont.org/?164.Forms can be submitted to Elizabeth [email protected].

Elizabeth McInturff, Co-ChairShuaa Tajammul, Co-Chair

PERSONAL INJURYLITIGATION SECTION

We would like to wish everyone awonderful summer. We would also liketo take this opportunity to thank every-one for such high participation in oursection that we were recognized as theBAMC Section Chairs of the Year. Wehave already spoken with several pre-senters and are in the process of liningup next year’s presentations/meetings.If you are interested in any particulartopic or would like to present, pleasecontact us. We will send a list of the pre-sentations sometime this summer. In themeantime, we hope you have a greatsummer.

Paul Chung, Co-ChairAndre Forte, Co-Chair

REAL ESTATE SECTIONMEETING DATES

June 14, 2016Meetings will be held on the 2nd

Tuesday of the month at 8:00 a.m. at theoffices of Shulman Rogers, located at12505 Park Potomac Ave., 6th Floor,Potomac, MD 20854.

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SOLO & SMALL FIRMSECTION

We will hold our next meeting onWednesday, June 8, 2016 at 6:00 PM inthe CLE Classroom of the Bar Associationbuilding. Valerie Nowottnick of ParalegalConsultants, LLC will be giving a presen-tation on office organization and manage-ment, as well as tips that will help newfirms implement best practices and estab-lished firms streamline procedures. RSVPis appreciated but not required. Pleasecontact Evan ([email protected]) orDavid ([email protected])if you would like to attend or to be addedto the section.

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WORKERS COMPENSATIONLAW SECTION

On March 24, 2016 the WorkersCompensation section co-hosted a seminarwith the Workers CompensationCommission: “Opioids in WorkersCompensation: How We Got Here andWhere We’re Going”. The purpose was toaddress the opioid crises being faced bythe workers compensation communitywith an eye towards solutions.Approximately 200 people attendedincluding attorneys from both sides of theaisle, claims professionals, medical profes-sionals, and 9 Commissioners. Speakersincluded Scott Brown, M.D., Lisa Grant,M.D., David Maine, M.D., Lynn Staggs,M.D., and Richard Berwanger, Esq., whodiscussed what is pain, what are opioidsand how they work, pros and cons of opi-oid use, how to address habituation, addic-tion, and abuse, and ethical considerationsfor attorneys dealing with clients usingopioids. Thank you to all who attendedand contributed, including DTI Global forsponsoring the event and providing uswith video services. For those that couldnot attend, the video can be accessed atthis link: https://goo.gl/ZgzYFv.

Our final meeting of the year will bea roundtable discussion, where we will

follow up on the opioid issue and discussrecent cases and legislation. It will beheld on June 2, 2016 at 5:30pm at theoffices of Meiselman, Salzer, Inman &

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The Montgomery County BarFoundation Pro Bono Program continuesto seek volunteers – whether experiencedor newly barred attorneys – to join ourpanel. There are many county residentsthat are in great need of changing theircurrent living situation and or financialcircumstance and can benefit from freelegal services. Your call to the Pro BonoProgram to say that you want to help willmake a difference to those withoutresources and in need of a lawyer.

The Pro Bono Program providesFREE LEGAL SERVICES to low-income county residents in civil cases. ThePro Bono Program provides two means forresidents to receive free services – at alegal advice clinic or through the clientintake line for referral to an attorney vol-unteer for direct representation. The legal

advice clinics operate in five locationsacross the county and provide residents theopportunity to walk-in and meet with anattorney volunteer without scheduling anappointment. Eligible clients present theirlegal problems to an attorney and receivefree immediate legal advice and or referralto non-profit or government social serviceagencies that may be able to help. Theclient intake line operates out of the mainoffice where the staff screens calls frompotential clients. Our staff conducts allscreenings over the phone only. Casesreferred to attorney volunteers includefamily law, debt collection, bankruptcy,limited employment and limited immigra-tion, wills and power of attorney.

We are also seeking attorneys forcollaboration with Catholic Charities andKids in Need Of Defense (KIND), wherea MD-barred attorney will assist in thefamily law portion of a SpecialImmigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) case.Please believe that your help to thosewithout resources will not go unnoticedespecially by our community residents.

We currently participate in three proj-ects. First, we participate in the Judicare

Project. Contested custody and complexfamily law cases are referred at a reducedfee to experienced family law attorneys.Attorneys can seek reimbursement of $80per hour with a cap of 20 hours per case.The Pro Bono Program requires that theattorney must accept a pro bono case for

Montero, R. Manny+ Mukherjee, Diane

Pugliese, ElizabethWashington, Juan+

Akamigbo, Chijioke+ Chimah, Bernadette Clark, Joanne Hong, Haifeng Jalloh, Fatmatu Marshall, John

Mudd, Steven Renner, Richard Stinson, Joy R. Umeh, Kaosy Vega, David+ Washington, Juan+

Eastern Montgomery RegionalCounty Service Center

Ana G. Mendez – Wheaton

Gilchrist Center – Germantown

TESS Community Center

Pro Bono / Judicare Case Referrals

Ashrafi, SafaDubin, Herbert*Edwards, ErnestFinizio Kessler, Robin Hoverman, Andrew*Khanna, GauriLeschek, SamanthaLiu, YueLowe, SaraMorgan, Jonathan

Mukherjee, DianePeddicord, AudraPugliese, Elizabeth*Rauf, SajjidRoss, AdamSloane, Richard*Tabaku, FlorianTianyun, “Joyce” JiWilliams, Prince*

“I think a hero is any person reallyintent in making this a better place forall people”

– Maya Angelou

On behalf of the Board ofDirectors of the Bar Foundation, wethank the following attorneys for theirtime, dedication, and service for themonth of April 2016.

Akamigbo, Chijioke + Chimah, Bernadette Hong, Haifeng Krohn, Dana Renner, Richard Stevens, Jamie

Stinson, Joy R. Umeh, Kaosy Vega, David+ Washington, Juan+ West, Pamela Williams, Prince

Hoverman, Andrew Pugliese, Elizabeth+ Radice, Alex+

Razaghi, Kiyanoush Wagman, Robert Whitfield, Lynette+

* = accepted more than 1 case+ = Supervising Attorney

Charles Gilchrist Center for CulturalDiversity – Gaithersburg Library18330 Montgomery Village AvenueGaithersburg, Maryland 208792nd and 4th Monday of each month6:00 PM to 8:30 PM

Gilchrist Center – Gaithersburg

Akamigbo, Chijioke+ Brown, Richard Kaminow, David Hernandez, AntonioHoverman, Andrew Li, Shouren

Mukherjee, Diane Price, Daryl+ Razaghi, Kiyanoush Whitfield, Lynette+ Xu, Eva

each case accepted under the JudicareProject. Second, we have a working agree-ment with the Collaboration Project of

Maryland for family law case referrals thatinclude modifications. Third, we refer eligi-ble clients with debt buyer cases to attorneyvolunteers for direct representation underthe Consumer Protection Project.


OUR VERY OWN Montgomery CountyChapter of the WBA received thePresident’s Award for Outstanding

Chapter of the 2015-2016 year by the

State WBA at this year’s Annual Meetingin Easton last month! I was honored thatour Chapter was selected as this year’sOutstanding Chapter and, as this is my lastBAMC Newsletter as WBA President, Iwant to take this opportunity to thankALL of our members and volunteerswhose contributions made this past yearsuch a successful one. Lest I forget some-one or use up 3 pages of the BAMCnewsletter, I won’t list all of your names,but you know who you are – you are thefabulous members of the ExecutiveCommittee, Auction Planning Committee,and other committees and event chairs,mentors, liaisons and friends. Please knowhow appreciated you are and what a dif-ference has been made by your countlesshours and tireless support.

• A number of our Chapter’smembers were also honored at the AnnualMeeting for their significant contribu-tions to the State WBA:

o Our Past-President, Sharon

Johnson and Eden Terenzini were rec-ognized for their hard work with theJudicial Selections Committee. Unlessyou have served on this committee, it ishard to appreciate the HUGE amount oftime that its chairs and members devoteto scheduling, conducting and draftingreports for every judicial selections inter-view for each jurisdiction in State ofMaryland. Congrats, Sharon and Eden!

o One of our long-time, loyalmembers, Mary Lombardo, wasacknowledged for her years of service asthe State WBA Newsletter Chair. Thankyou, Mary, and congratulations!

o On May 1st at the Bloomingdalesin Chevy Chase, WBA members from allover Maryland gathered for a fashionfundraiser to raise money to support theHouse of Ruth. I want to congratulateanother one of our Past Presidents, theHonorable Margaret Schweitzer, on thelaunch of her modeling career, and to con-gratulate Lili Khozeimeh for winning thedesigner handbag raffle at this terrificevent! This event was such a success thatthere is already talk of planning a similarevent sometime next year!

• I want to congratulate our

newly-elected 2016-2017 Executive

Board for the Montgomery County

Chapter of the WBA and wish them thebest of luck for a successful year ahead:

• President: Heather Collier• President-Elect: Lili Khozeimeh• Treasurer: Jessica Markham• Secretary: Rosalyn Tang• At-Large Member (1 year term):

Leah Morabito• At-Large Member (1 year term):

Amanda Vann• At-Large Member (2 year term):

Kristina BadalianThank you to all who submitted nom-

inations and expressed an interest in WBAleadership positions. I encourage anyonewho would like to get more involved in theChapter or be considered for future leader-ship positions to consider serving on acommittee next year. Be on the lookout fora future announcement by our incomingPresident, Heather Collier, for the date forour annual summer planning meeting.

• Finally, I am pleased to announcethat we have successfully completed thetransition to our Chapter’s new GoogleGroups listserve and we can say “Adieu!”to the old listserve on Yahoo! If you haveany questions on the listserve or wish tosend an announcement via the listserve,please contact Amanda Smith([email protected]). Also, besure to check out our Chapter’s new web-site: www.MoCoWBA.com. Thanks verymuch to Jessica Markham for taking on thedesign and management of our website!

Before taking a few weeks off to enjoysummer activities with friends and family,I do hope you can join us for our final eventof the “bar year” – the Annual End of

Year Party will be held on June 9, 2016 at

5:30 p.m. at the home of Mary Ellen Flynnin Silver Spring. Please RSVP to me [email protected] and I will providethe address, directions and additional infor-mation. We are continuing to collect mone-tary donations and/or baby carriers forCarry the Future, a non-profit that providesnew and used baby carriers to refugee fam-ilies. If you were not able to attend theSpring Happy Hour, but would still like tomake a donation, please send me an emailor bring your donation to the EOY Party!

Wishing all of you happy, healthy, andrestful summers – see you on June 9th!

Kate McDonough, President

J. FRANKLYN BOURNE BARASSOCIATION

Meeting Dates: The MontgomeryCounty Committee for the J FranklynBourne Bar Association meets the firstSaturday of every month, unless otherwiseindicated. The next meeting will be heldon Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 9:30 a.m., alight breakfast will be served. If you missour May meeting, the next meeting will beheld in September 2016. For more infor-mation, please contact Lynndolyn [email protected], or Jillat [email protected]

Past Events: The Young LawyersSeafood Feast and membership drive washeld at the home of the Honorable JudgeDawson, on the evening of Friday, May13, 2016.

The J Franklyn Bourne BarAssociation and The Prince George’sCounty Bar Association hosted a charitygolf tournament on May 10, 2016. Theevent was held at Lake Presidential GolfCourse located in Upper Marlboro andsponsored by First Financial Group.Proceeds went to the Fisher House atAndrews Airforce base and the J FranklynBourne’s Scholarship fund.

The J Franklyn Bourne BarAssociation held Christmas on April 30,2016. The event was a wonderful successand involved many volunteers from theMontgomery County and Prince George’sCounty communities.Upcoming events:

J Franklyn Bourne’s new membersReception will be held in July 2016.

The General Body meetings for J.Franklyn Bourne are held on the thirdThursday of the month. The next meetingwill be held on Thursday, June 16, 2016

at 6:00 p.m. For more information relating to the

General Body meetings, and other upcom-ing events, please contact President MahasinEl-Amin at [email protected].

Jill Cummins, Co-ChairLynndolyn T. Mitchell, Co-Chair

MONTGOMERY COUNTYWOMEN’S BARASSOCIATION

The past few weeks have been verybusy for the WBA and I am pleased toshare some exciting news:

• I am thrilled to announce that

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LEGAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop ofWashington, has appointed Kim Viti

Fiorentino as general counsel of theArchdiocese of Washington, effective July2016. Fiorentino is an attorney who hasbeen in private practice for twenty-sevenyears. Fiorentino earned a Bachelor of Artswith Distinction in History and French fromthe University of Virginia and a JurisDoctor from The George WashingtonUniversity Law School. She was in privatepractice in the Washington area prior toaccepting the position with archdiocese.

Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP is pleasedto announce the relocation of our office,effective June 1, 2016, to 7600 WisconsinAve., Suite 600, Bethesda, MD 20814.The telephone number remains 301-652-6880, the fax number remains 301-652-8972 and the website is fdalaw.com.

Markham Law Firm is pleased toannounce that Jillian S. Morris hasjoined the firm as an associate. Ms.Morris is a graduate of Union Collegeand the Catholic University of America,Columbus School of Law. Ms. Morris isa member of both the Maryland bar andthe District of Columbia bar. After lawschool Ms. Morris spent two years as thelaw clerk for the Honorable FernFlanagan Saddler at the Superior Court ofthe District of Columbia. Since January2011, Ms. Morris has exclusively prac-ticed family law in private practice, andfocuses her practice on divorce, child cus-tody, and domestic violence.

Paley Rothman, a full service law firmserving corporate and individual clients

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throughout the Washington metropolitanarea, is pleased to announce the electionof Bibi Berry and David Shapiro toShareholders of the firm, effective May 1,2016. Berry and Shapiro have workedtirelessly developing their practices sincejoining the firm in 2005, while simultane-ously giving back to the community and

taking on leadership positions with thelocal/state bars. Bibi Berry, a member ofthe firm’s Family Law and Litigationgroups, is an aggressive advocate for herclients, having handled hundreds of casesin Maryland and D.C. involving divorce,custody, negotiation of settlement/prenuptial agreements, complex mone-

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tary and property disputes, domestic vio-lence actions and other litigation. Berry isthe Secretary of the Bar Association ofMontgomery County. David Shapiro,Chair of the firm’s Health Law practiceand member of the Corporate andEmployment Law groups, has an exten-sive background representing businesses,healthcare providers, professional servicevendors and entrepreneurs with generalbusiness, commercial, regulatory andcomplex transactional matters. In June,Shapiro concludes his second term as aGovernor of the Maryland State BarAssociation (“MSBA”) and will begin histerm as Chair of the MSBA Business LawSection, having served as Vice Chair overthe last year. He is also a multi-termMember of the Governing Board of theAdventist HealthCare Shady GroveMedical Center. Bibi earned her J.D.from Georgetown University Law Center(2001) and B.A. from Howard University(1995). David earned his J.D. fromCatholic University (1997), and his B.Afrom the University of Maryland atCollege Park (1994).

Rismiller Law Group, LLC is pleasedto announce that Patrick J. Galasso hasjoined the firm as an Associate Attorney.He received his Juris Doctor Degree fromthe George Washington University LawSchool. Prior to joining Rismiller LawGroup, LLC, Mr. Galasso worked for theDistrict of Columbia Office of theAttorney General. There, he litigatednumerous cases to trial and focused pri-marily on prosecuting quality of life andtraffic offenses, including over one hun-dred DUI cases. Mr. Galasso will focus

his practice in the areas of criminaldefense and family law. Rismiller LawGroup, LLC, is located at 51 MonroePlace, Suite 1406, Rockville, MD 20850,301-340-1616, www.rismillerlaw.com.

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FREDERICK – Three (3) individualoffices across the street from Courthouseand Patrick Street Garage. Could be rentedseparately or as the entire 2nd floor suite.It has three offices, large reception area,kitchenette, coat closet, lavatory, brandnew carpet and fresh paint throughout andis fitted with acoustical ceiling tiles andflorescent lighting. The entire suite has atotal of nine (9) windows that get a lot ofsunshine. Will consider virtual officearrangement and the use of a largeconference room on the first floor. [email protected] or call 202-556-3975.

GAITHERSBURG – Office for Hours –Great Opportunity for New Practitioner insmall collegial firm. Copier, fax,conference room and DSL available.Desirable location on Rouge 355 formutually agreed upon exchange ofservices or reasonable rent. Call 301-987-2002 or email [email protected].

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ROCKVILLE – Eagle Building @Rockville Pike/Rte. 28 – partner-sizewindow ofc., and 9.5' x 14.5' window ofc.in shared attorney suite, together orseparate. Class A Bldg w/garage & freevisitor parking. Each office includes fulltime reception, kitchen, PRI phone system(replaces Verizon bill); 2 conferencerooms, top-line copier/scanner, postalmeter, & several established practices thatare excellent referral sources. [email protected] or call 301 762-0402.

ROCKVILLE – Executive size office,with two large windows, facing west, sothere is plenty of sunshine, in law firmsuite at 110 N. Washington St., Suite 340,Rockville, MD. Fully furnished.Completely new suite, carpeting,painting, venetian blinds. Kitchen, smallconference room. Near District Court andCircuit Court. Short walk to METRO.Parking is $65 per month. Free visitorparking. Reasonable rent. Optional use ofour fax, copier, internet, Lexis/Nexis.Contact: [email protected].

ROCKVILLE – Need part-time spacefor occasional use to meet with clients ina penthouse suite in premium officebuilding? One block from Circuit Court.Adjacent to Rockville Metro Station.Full use of conference room, reception,copier and kitchen, and other amenitiesfor a reasonable cost. Call Stanley at301-340-3003.

ROCKVILLE – One or two offices inpenthouse office suite, congenialatmosphere, adjacent to Rockville Metrostation with use of reception, conferenceroom and kitchen. Term negotiable.Walking distance to Circuit Court. CallStanley at 301-340-3003.

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