At the University of Baltimore School of Law, you will take classes taught by a diverse community of legal practitioners, judges, and policymakers. Their experiences "out in the field" will greatly enhance your classroom learning. Browse the names and biographical information below and learn about the dozens of people who teach as adjuncts at the School of Law.
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Laura Abelson
Office of the Federal Public Defender, District of Maryland
labelson@ubalt.edu
laura _abelson@fd.org
Phone: 410.962.3962
Fax: 410.962.3976
Constitutional Criminal Procedure ILaura Ginsberg Abelson is an Assistant Federal Public Defender in the Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland, where she also serves as the internship coordinator. As an AFPD, she represents indigent individuals charged with federal felony offenses in all stages of their criminal cases in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. Prior to joining the Office of the Federal Public Defender, she was an attorney at Brown, Goldstein, & Levy, LLP. She received her A.B., summa cum laude, from Princeton University and her J.D., cum laude, from New York University School of Law.
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Steven Adler
Administrative Law Judge, Office of Administrative Hearings
sadler@ubalt.edu
steven.adler@maryland.gov
Phone: 410.229.4152
Mediation Skills Judicial Externship
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Adina N. Amith
aamith@ubalt.edu
adinanamith@gmail.com
Phone: 410.433.5582
Introduction to Advocacy
Ms. Amith received her B.A. from The University of Michigan and her J.D. from The University of Virginia Law School. She was in private practice in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore before becoming a public service attorney as an Assistant Attorney General prosecuting health care crimes, an Assistant Public Defender in the Appellate Division, and an Assistant City Solicitor in Baltimore City. -
James B. Astrachan
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP
jastrachan@ubalt.edu
jastrachan@gdldlaw.com
Gun Control and the Second Amendment
Trademark and Unfair Competition
Copyright Law
Intellectual Property and Mass Communications
Astrachan received his B.S. from Bryant College in 1970, his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1974, and his LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center in 1978. He has been an adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law since 1999.
Astrachan and partner Donna M.D. Thomas author the six-volume legal treatise, The Law of Advertising and Mass Communications, published by LexisNexis/Matthew Bender. He also co-authored "Snake-Oil Security Claims" -- The Systematic Misrepresentation of Product Security in the e-Commerce Arena, published in the University of Michigan Law School Telecommunications and Technology Law Review Journal in 2003. His article, Who Will Protect the Consumer of Trademark Goods?, appeared in a 2017 issue of the University of Baltimore Law Review, followed by The Bumpy Road to the Supreme Court: Does the Second Amendment Prevent States From Prohibiting Ownership of Assault-Style Rifles and High Capacity Magazines? published in the 2018 issue of the University of Baltimore Law Review.
Astrachan's article, Unlawful Use in Commerce and the Affirmative Defense to Infringement: When Trademark Rights are Not What They Appear to Be, was published in 2019 by the Syracuse Law Review. This article was judged by Thomson Reuters’ (West’s) Intellectual Property Law Review “one of the best law review articles related to intellectual property law published nationally” in 2019 and selected for republication in its Intellectual Property Law Review. His article, The Public Policy Argument Against Trademark Licensee Estoppel, was published in Fall 2020 issue of the Missouri Law Review (Vol. 85, No. 4).
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Praveen Ayyagari
U.S. Tax Court
payyagari@ubalt.edu
praveen.ayyagari@ustaxcourt.gov
Phone: 202.521.0679
Tax Policy
Praveen Ayyagari is Special Counsel to the Chief Judge of the U.S. Tax Court where he is responsible for advising the chief judge on a variety of legal, administrative, and legislative matters. Before joining the Tax Court, Praveen was an associate attorney at Nixon Peabody, LLP where he focused his practice on tax issues related to bond financing.Praveen received his LL.M from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law, and his B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.
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Kevin I. Babitz
Internal Revenue Service-Office of Chief Counsel
Phone: 202.317.5279
Income Tax of Estates and Trusts
Kevin received his BA from Swarthmore College in 1994, and his JD from New York University School of Law in 2001. He has been an attorney with the IRS Chief Counsel since 2006, specializing in the taxation of passthrough entities.
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Michael Baillif
IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service
mbaillif@ubalt.edu
Phone: 443.682-9588
michael.baillif@gmail.com
Fundamentals of Federal Income Tax I
Tax Policy
Michael Baillif received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1992 and his LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center in 1994. He has clerked on the U.S. Tax Court, undertaken tax controversy work for law firms, served as a partner with EY, and for the last decade has worked as an attorney advisor to the National Taxpayer Advocate at the IRS. He has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, George Washington University Law School, and, since Fall 2020, at the University of Baltimore School of Law.
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Andre J. Barnett
United States Senate Committee on Finance
abarnett@ubalt.edu
Phone: 704.363.3947
Andrejbarnett@gmail.com
Tax Policy
Andre J. Barnett is Tax Counsel for the Senate Finance Committee where he is responsible for corporate and international tax matters. Before joining the Senate Finance Committee, Andre was part of the transaction tax team at Ernst & Young, LLP where he focused on the tax aspects of corporate transactions.
Andre received his LL.M from Georgetown University Law Center, his J.D. from the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law and his B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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Benjamin Beasley
Rollins, Smalkin, Richards & Mackie, LLC
bbeasley@ubalt.edu
bbeasley@rsrm.com
Phone: 410.727.2443
Fax: 410.727.4497National Trial Competition Team
Benjamin Beasley received his B.M. from Shenandoah University in 2005, and graduated cum laude from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2014. While in law school, he was a two-year competing member of the National Trial Competition Team, a competitor on the Phi Alpha Delta Mock Trial team, Managing Editor of the University of Baltimore Law Forum, and a participant in the Civil Advocacy Clinic. Mr. Beasley practices primarily in the area of civil defense litigation.
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Michael Belsky
Schlachman, Belsky and Weiner, P.A.
mbelsky@ubalt.edu
mbelsky@sbwlaw.com
Phone: 410.685.2022
Fax: 410.783.4771
Trial Advocacy
Mr. Belsky received his B.A. from the University of Maryland, cum laude, in 1992 and his J.D. from the Beasley School of Law at Temple University in 1995. -
Laurie Bennett
Administrative Law Judge, Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings
lauriebenn@hotmail.com
Phone: 443.415.3415
Moot Court
Judge Bennett worked as an administrative law judge with the Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings for 33 years. She is currently an administrative judge at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Washington, D.C. . -
E. Todd Bennett
Trainor, Billman, Bennett & Milko, L.L.P.
tbennett@lawannapolis.com
Phone: 410.280.1700
Fax: 410.268.0031
Working Through a Family Law Case from Start to Finish
Mr. Bennett received his B.A. from Lafayette College in 1989, and his J.D. from the Washington College of Law, American University in 1993. He started as an adjunct at the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2018. -
Michael W. Bender
University of Baltimore / Loyola University
mbender@ubalt.edu
Phone: 216.570.1010
Tax Research and Writing
Mr. Bender received his undergraduate degree from Baldwin Wallace College and his Master of Taxation from the University of Akron. He has specialized in the tax field for over 40 years, working primarily with closely-held businesses and their owners.
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Michael Berman
Rifkin Weiner Livingston LLC Ediscovery LLC
mberman@ubalt.edu
mberman@ediscoveryllc.com
Phone: 410.206.5049
Civil Discovery in the Digital Age: Law and Process
Mr. Berman received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin and his J.D. and Masters from the University of Maryland. He joined RWL after serving for seven years as the Deputy Chief of Litigation at the Maryland Attorney General’s Office, where he handled complex litigation in federal and state trial and appellate courts. Mr. Berman is an Army veteran. -
Jeffrey Bernstein
Assistant State's Attorney
Office of the State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County
jbernstein@ubalt.edu
sabern19@aacounty.org
Phone: 410.222.0391National Appellate Advocacy Moot Court Team
Mr. Bernstein received his undergraduate degree from the Pennsylvania State University in 2009, and his J.D. magna cum laude, from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2014. While attending UBalt, he served as the Symposium Editor of the UBalt Law Review, as a Warnken Competition Chair for the Moot Court Program, and was a national quarterfinalist on the National Moot Court Team. He has been an adjunct with the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2014.
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LMDD Biggs
Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office (MACRO), Administrative Office of the Court
lbiggs@ubalt.edu
lmbiggs@biggslawandmediation.com
Phone: 443.957.5677
Fax: 410.260.3451Mediation Skills
Biggs received his B.S. from University of Maryland University College in 1996, his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2002.
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Leslie G. Billman
Understanding Business Practice
Working Thru Family Law Cases
Leslie Billman graduated from Georgia Southern University and the Columbus School of Law at Catholic University. She has limited her practice to the area of family law for over 30 years, and has been recognized for her work by admission to the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, for which she served as Maryland's chapter president, and by her service to the Maryland State Bar Family Law Section Council, on which she served as President, and from which she received the Beverly Groner Award for her family law contributions. She started working as an adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2018.
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Carol Bittner
United States District Court
for the District Court of Maryland
carol_bittner@mdd.uscourts.gov
Phone: 410.962.2381
Introduction to Trial Advocacy
Carol Bittner received her B.A. from Loyola University Maryland in 1992 and her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1995. She has been a staff attorney in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland since 2002. She has presented at the Institute for Federal Judicial Law Clerks of the Fourth Circuit regarding prisoner litigation in the district courts. She has also served as an adjunct at the University of Baltimore School of Law in the Legal Skills Program since 2014.
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H. Allen Black, III
Mills Black LLP
hblack@ubalt.edu
hablack@millsblack.comPhone: 202.467.4182
Maritime Law
Mr. Black received his B.S. from the United States Coast Guard Academy in 1979 and his J.D. from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law, College of William and Mary in 1991. He is a partner with Mills Black LLP, with a focus on maritime law, administrative law, and litigation. He is a former Coast Guard seagoing officer and attorney and serviced with the Defense Institute for International Legal Studies developing and teaching Rule of Law seminars around the world, and also served as a former Chief of Operational Law, Administrative Law, and Coast Guard Law at the U.S. Naval Justice School. He is a past-president of the Marine Trades Association of Maryland. He has been recognized by Chambers and Best Lawyers since 2012. He has been an adjunct at the University of Baltimore School of Law since 1997.
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Jerry Bodman
Cyberspace Law Seminar
Information Privacy Law
Cybersecurity LawMr. Bodman is a certified cybersecurity and information privacy professional. He served over 22 years in government service including the U.S. Navy and the last 12 years in the Intelligence Community where he worked, managed, and advised clients on computer network operations focused mission.
Mr. Bodman received a B.A. in Economics from University of Maryland, College Park, a J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law, and an LL.M in National Security Law from Georgetown Law School. He also maintains status as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT), and IAPP Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP).
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Ashley Bond
Rollins, Smalkin, Richards & Mackie, LLC
abond@ubalt.edu
abond@rsrm.comPhone: 410.727-2443
Fax: 410.727.4497National Trial Competition Team
Ashley Bond received her B.A. from Towson University in 2012, and graduated cum laude from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2016. Ms. Bond primarily practices in the areas of civil defense litigation and workers' compensation. She has been an adjunct at the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2019.
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Jennifer Brady
Deputy Chief Gun Violence Enforcement DIvision Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office
jbrady@stattorney.org
Phone: 410.419-5590
Sentencing and Plea Bargaining
Ms. Brady studied at Emmanuel College in Boston Massachusetts, received her undergraduate degree from Salisbury University in 2004, and her JD from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2008. Ms. Brady has been a prosecutor for over 15 years with a focus on prosecuting homicides and non-fatal shootings. The spring of 2023 will be her first year serving as an adjunct for the University of Baltimore School of Law.
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Raymond E. Brown
rbrown@ubalt.edu
rbrown@raymondbrow nlaw.com
Phone: 443.554.9944
Coding for Lawyers
Mr. Brown is a certified cybersecurity and information privacy professional. He served over 28 years in government service, including six years with the U.S. Navy. In the last six years, he has also grown a successful law practice in Annapolis.
Mr. Brown received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University, Milwaukee, and a J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law. He also maintains status as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) Law of Date Security & Investigations Professional.
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Jennifer L. Burroughs
Counsel, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Board of Veterans' Appeals
jennifer.burroughs@va.gov
Phone: 202.632.4794
Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team
Ms. Burroughs received her undergraduate degree from St. Mary's College of Maryland in 2010, and her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2014. She has been an adjunct with the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2015. -
Russell P. Butler
rbutler@ubalt.edu
rpbcjb@gmail.com
Phone: 301.423.7500
Rights of Crime Victims Seminar
Mr. Butler has practiced law since 1985. After 17 years of a litigation, appellate, and lobbying practice, he became the executive director and lead attorney for a non-profit dedicated to assisting crime victims. While at the non-profit, Mr. Butler created a national model for representing crime victims in criminal, delinquency, administrative, and appellate matters. He successfully lobbied for many legislative proposals that became law. On behalf of crime victims, he has represented crime victims in Maryland trial and appellate courts, United States District Courts, and United States Courts of Appeal.
Mr. Butler has served on numerous boards and commissions as well as Chair of the Maryland State Bar Association’s Criminal Law and Practice Section and Co-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Victims Committee. He currently serves as the victim representative on Maryland’s Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board and is the former Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission’s Victim Advisory Group. He has presented nationally on various matters related to crime victims. Among his awards, Mr. Butler received the United States Department of Justice’s Crime Victims’ Rights Award.
Mr. Butler received his B.A. from the University of Maryland in 1981 and his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1984. He has served as an adjunct with the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2005.
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Ronald M. Cherry
Kiernan Trebach, LLP
rcherry@ubalt.edu
rcherry@kiernantrebach.com
Phone :410.415.1666
Fax: 410.415.1667
Advanced Trial Advocacy
Mr. Cherry received his B.A. from the State University of New York in 1978 and his J.D. from the University of Maryland in 1981. He is an experienced litigator, having tried well over two hundred cases in his career. -
Drew Chlan
Counsel, Mariner Finance
dchlan@ubalt.edu
Introduction to Lawyering Skills/Civil Procedure I
Drew Chlan received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary in 2013 and his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2017. Following graduation from law school, he clerked for the Honorable Paul W. Grimm of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland and the Honorable Joseph M. Getty of the Court of Appeals of Maryland. Prior to joining Mariner Finance, he served as a Policy Analyst and Legislative Counsel to the Maryland General Assembly. He began teaching as an adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2019.
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Caroline D. Ciraolo
Kostelanetz & Fink LLP
cciraolo@kflaw.com
Phone :202.790.6991
Investigation, Prosecution and Defense of Tax Crimes
Tax Practice & Procedure
Caroline Ciraolo, former Acting Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Tax Division, is a Partner with Kostelanetz & Fink, LLP and a founder of its Washington, DC office. She represents individuals and entities in civil tax controversies, including sensitive audits, administrative appeals, and litigation, evaluating tax compliance options, internal investigations, and criminal tax investigations and prosecutions. Ms. Ciraolo is President of the American College of Tax Counsel, Vice Chair of Membership, Diversity and Inclusion of the Section of Taxation of the ABA, former Chair of the Civil & Criminal Tax Penalties Committee of the Section of Taxation of the ABA, and former Chair of the Taxation Section of the Maryland State Bar Association Taxation.
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Martin J. Clarke
U.S. Attorney's Office
mclarke@balt.edu
marty.clarke@usdoj.gov
Phone: 410.209.4840
Fax: 410.962.3091
Trial AdvocacyMr. Clarke received his B.A. from Roanoke College and his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law. He has over 30 years of prosecutorial experience, including nine years as an Assistant States Attorney for Baltimore City and 20 years as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Maryland. He served as Chief and Deputy Chief of the Fraud and Public Corruption Section of the Office of the United States Attorney from 2013-2019, and currently serves as Senior Litigation Counsel. He has been an adjunct professor at the University of Baltmore School of Law since 2012.
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Edward S. Clay
Law Officees of Edward S. Clay, P.A.
esc@estateplan.org
Phone: 410.296.3358
Fax: 410.296.2658
Estate PlanningClay received his B.A. degree from Loyola College in 1986, and his J.D. degree the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1989. He has focused his practice on estate planning and administration, elder law, and related matters since 1995. He has been an adjunct at the University of Baltimore since 2022.
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Kaitlin Corey
Astrachan Gunst Thomas, P.C.
kcorey@ubalt.edu
kcorey@agtlawyers.com
Phone: 410.783.3526
Fax: 410.783.3530Trademark and Unfair Competition Law
Katilin Corey received her B.A. from University of Delaware in 2010 and her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2015. She began working as an adjunct professor with the school in 2018.
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Stephen Cornelius
Eccleston and Wolf, P.C.
scornelius@ubalt.edu
cornelius@ ewmd.com
Phone: 410.752.7474
Fax: 410.752.0611
Introduction to Advocacy
Steve received his B.S. from Methodist University and his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law. He is a Principal Attorney at Eccleston and Wolf, where he has spent his entire career. Steve's litigation practice focuses on the defense of lawyers, health care professionals, directors and officers, Homeowner's Associations (HOA), employment matters, premises liability defense and general casualty matters.
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Paul Cucuzzella
Office of the Attorney General
Maryland Department Planningpcucuzzella@ubalt.edu
paul.cucuzzella@maryland.gov
Phone: 410.767.1409
Introduction to Lawyering Skills (ILS)
Mr. Cucuzzella received his B.S.B.A. from Villanova University in 1993, his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1996, and his Masters in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army War College in 2015. He has been an Assistant Attorney General since 2002, and is a member of the U.S. Army Reserves, Judge Advocate General's Corps, where he serves as a Military Judge.
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Robin Denick
Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service
rdenick@ubalt.edu
robin.w.denick@irscounsel.treas.gov
Phone: 43.853.5451
Fax: 855.627.6588
Tax Exempt OrganizationsRobin W. Denick is a Senior Counsel with Division Counsel, Tax Exempt & Government Entities, Mid-Atlantic Area, where she focuses primarily on exempt organization advisory and litigation matters. She joined the Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service in 1995, beginning in the National Office of Washington, DC where she was assigned to Employee Plans/Exempt Organizations. Previously, Ms. Denick has been associated with the law firm of Piper & Marbury (now DLA Piper) and had served as attorney-advisor for the Honorable Lawrence A. Wright, United States Tax Court. She holds an LL.M (taxation) from the George Washington University School of Law. Ms. Denick is a past Chair of the Section of Taxation, Maryland State Bar Association and, since 1992, she has been an adjunct professor with the Graduate Tax Program, University of Baltimore School of Law.
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Annemarie Duerr
Cordell & Cordell
annemarie.duerr@ubalt.edu
aduerr@cordelllaw.com
Phone: 443.743.3952
Fax: 443.817.0665National Trial Competition Team
Annemarie Duerr received her B.A. from McDaniel College in 2019, and graduated cum laude from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2022. Ms. Duerr practices Family Law in Baltimore, Maryland and has been an adjunct at the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2022.
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Jason Eisenberg
jasone@sternekessler.com
Phone: 202.772.8645
IP Current Developments (Patents Office Litigation)
Mr. Jason Eisenberg earned a J.D. at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law in 2001, a B.S. in Accounting at University of Maryland University College in 1997, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering at The Ohio State University in 1994. He currently is a director (partner) and Chair of the Electronics Group at Sterne Kessler Goldstein and Fox in Washington, D.C., after spending 30 years in patent law as a public searcher, USPTO patent examiner, patent agent, and patent attorney. He was a co-editor and author of several chapters of the Second Edition of Patent Office Litigation (Thomas Reuters, 2017) and is currently the Editor and frequent contributing author of the PTAB Strategies and insights monthly newsletter for his firm. He began teaching as an adjunct in 2019, and joined University of Baltimore School of Law in 2021.
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Sean Elavia
Levin & Gann, P.A.
selavia@levingann.com
Phone: 410.321.4651
Fax: 833.801.1118
Estate & Gift TaxSean K. Elavia received his B.B.A., summa cum laude, from Loyola University, Baltimore Maryland in 2005, his J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Maryland, School of Law in 2008. He has been in private practice since graduating and has been an adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2020.
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Itta Englander
Itta Englander, James Crawford, Jr. and Associates, LLC.
ienglander@ubalt.edu
Phone: 410.370.1288
Family LawItta Englander received her B.A.from Goucher College in 2003 and her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2009. She has been an adjunct at the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2000.
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Samuel Feder
Moot Court Coach, National Appellate Advocacy Team
Mr. Feder received his B.A. from Carleton College in 2007 and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 2013. He has been an appellate public defender since 2013. Mr. Feder has been an adjunct at the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2022.
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Karen Ferretti
Judge, District Court of Maryland for Montgomery County
karen.ferretti@mdcourts.gov
Introduction to AdvocacyJudge Ferretti is a judge on the District Court of Maryland for Montgomery County. Prior to taking the bench, she was a well-respected, experienced trial lawyer who primarily concentrated her practice in the defense of medical malpractice, and in litigating both plaintiff's and defense personal injury claims. She received her B.A. from the University of Loyola in Maryland, and taught in the Montgomery County Public Schools for one year before attending law school at the University of Baltimore. She graduated, cum laude, in 1996. She then served as law clerk to the Honorable Warren D. Donohue of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, following which she practiced with an insurance defense firm in Rockville before joining Armstrong, Donohue, Ceppos, Vaughan & Rhoades, Chartered in 2003. In 2007, she moved to North Carolina with her husband and 2 children, where for several years she taught school using and enhancing her ability to communicate and persuade. She returned to Armstrong, Donohue, Ceppos, Vaughan & Rhoades in 2011 and became a partner of the firm in 2013. She practiced there until she was elevated to the bench in January 2018.
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Lawrence Fletcher-Hill
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
lawrence.fletcher-hill@mdcourts.gov
Phone: 410.396.6826
Fax: 410.545-7338
Evidence
Introduction to Advocacy
Judge Fletcher-Hill received his A.B. from Princeton University in 1981 and his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1984. He was appointed to the Circuit Court for Baltimore City in 2009 and then elected in 2010. He has bene an adjunct at the University of Maryland Fancis King Carey School of Law since 2009 and at the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2010.
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Andrew Fontanella
Maryland Judiciary, Court of Special Appeals, Alternative Dispute Resolution Division
afontanella@ubalt.edu
afontlaw@yahoo.com
Phone: 202.276.3633
Mediation Skills
Andrew received his J.D. from Beasley School of Law at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa. in 1986. While a private practitioner for almost 30 years, Andrew began exploring ADR by training in mediation, Collaborative Practice, Community Conferencing and Conflict Coaching beginning in 2008. He mediated with the Circuit Court for Baltimore City Family Division from 2010-2017, the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City and Circuit Court for Baltimore County. In 2015, he became the first Regional ADR Programs Manager for the District Court to the Eastern Shore, where he developed mediation programs and oversaw mediations for quality assurance. Andrew recently joined the ADR Division of the Court of Special Appeals as a staff attorney mediator in civil matters before the Court. His continued training includes mediation from multiple frameworks, circle processes, facilitation and settlement conference.
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David Forrer
Clark & Hough, LLC
dforrer@ubalt.edu
david@clarkhough.com
Phone: 443.563.1082
Fax: 443.563.1081
Estate Planning
Forrer received his A.B. degree from Princeton University in 1991, his J.D. degree the Georgetown University Law Center in 1997, and his LL.M. degree in Taxation from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2003. He has focused his practice on estate planning and administration, trust law, and related tax matters since 2000. He has been an adjunct at the University of Baltimore since 2020.
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Nancy Forster
Forster & LeCompte
nforster@ubalt.edu
nsforster@gmail.com
Phone: 410.685.6000
Fax: 443.320.9241
Constitutional Criminal Procedure I
Constitutional Criminal Procedure II
Appellate Advocacy
Ms. Forster received her B.A. from the University of Maryland in 1980 and her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1984. She is a criminal defense attorney representing defendants in trial and appellate courts at both the state and federal levels for the past 30 years.
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Andrew Geraghty
Maryland Office of the Public Defender
Moot Court Coach, National Appellate Advocacy Team
Mr. Geraghty received his A.B. from the University of Chicago in 2009 and his J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Baltimore in 2014. He is currently the supervising attorney of the Circuit Court Division of the Maryland Office of the Public Defender in Harford County.
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Steven Gevarter
Self Employed
sgevarter@verizon.net
Phone: (410) 952-8191
Fax: (410) 719-7517Advanced Real Estate Taxation
State and Local Taxation
Maryland TaxesProfessor Gevarter received his B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College in 1973; his J.D., with honors, from Villanova School of Law in 1976, and his LL.M Taxation from New York University School of Law in 1982. In 1976-1977, following law school, Professor Gevarter clerked for the Honorable Daniel Hermann, Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court. He has been an adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore Law School of Law since 2016.
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Diane Glauber
Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
dglauber@ubalt.edu
Phone: 202.662.8303
Community Development ClinicDiane Glauber received her B.A. from Emory University, her M.P.A. from New York University, and her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law. She has been an adjunct for the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2014.
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Lydie Glynn
Attorney General's Office
Introduction to Advocacy
Lydie E. Glynn is an Assistant Attorney General in the Contract Litigation Division of the Attorney General's office where she represents State agencies in litigation involving State contract disputes under the State General Procurement Law. Previously, Ms. Glynn represented the Mayor and the City Council of Baltimore and Baltimore City agencies as an Assistant Solicitor in the Litigation Division of the Baltimore City Department of Law. Prior to that, she was an Associate in the Washington, DC office of Three Crowns LLP, an elite global law firm focused on international dispute resolution. Early in her career, Ms. Glynn clerked for the Hon. Peter W. Hall of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Hon. Richard D. Bennett of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. She holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. -
Elizabeth Green
Pessin Katz Law, P.A. (PK Law)
egreen@pklaw.com
Phone: 410.769.6150
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Bonnie Greenberg
US Attorney's Office
Department of Justice
bgreenberg@ubalt.edu
bonnie.greenberg@usdoj.gov
Phone: 410.615.3175
Trial Advocacy
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Lawrence S. Greenberg
Greenberg Law Offices
lgreenberg@ubalt.edu
larry@greenberglawyers.com
Phone: 410.539.5250Trial Advocacy
Mr. Greenberg received his B.A. from Boston University and his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law. He has practiced law exclusively at the Greenberg Law Office, and focuses on serious personal injury, civil rights violations, and criminal law. He is a past president of the Maryland Association for Justice and remains active in bar associations. He has been an adjunct with the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2015.
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Honorable Paul Grimm
United States District Court, Maryland
pgrimm@ubalt.edu
judge_Grimm@mdd. uscourts.gov
Advanced Evidence
Judge Grimm obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of California (Davis) (1973), ahd his J.D. from the Unviersity of New Mexico School of Law (1976), and his LLM from Duke University Law School (2016). He has been a United States District Judge for the District of Maryland since 2012, and previously served as a United States Magistrate Judge from 1997-2012. He served in the US Army Judge Advocate General's Corps as an active duty and reserve officer from 1973 until his retirement in 2001. He is a member of the American Law Institute.
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Randy Hardock
Of Counsel, Davis & Harman LLP
Phone: (202) 746-2727
Fax: (202) 393-3310
Tax Policy
Randy Hardock received his BA from the University of Rochester and his JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School where he was an editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review. Since 1995, he has practiced law in Washington D.C. at Davis & Harman LLP. His practice concentrates on tax and ERISA matters in the legislative and regulatory arenas. Prior to joining Davis & Harman LLP, Mr. Hardock served as the Benefits Tax Counsel in the Office of Tax Policy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and as Tax Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. The Washington Post Magazine has named him as a "Best Lawyer" in both the fields of government relations law and employee benefits law. He is a Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, where he currently serves on the Board of Governors.
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Hadrian N. Hatfield
Shulman Rogers
hhatfield@ubalt.edu
hhatfield@shulmanrogers.com
Phone: 301.230.6575
Financial Foundations for Family Lawyers
Hadrian N. Hatfield is a shareholder with Shulman Rogers where he regularly represents clients in complex family law cases in Maryland and Washington, D.C. courts, including appeals. He focuses a large part of his practice on international family law matters. In addition to his representation of private clients in litigation, negotiation, and collaborative cases, Mr. Hatfield frequently serves as a mediator. For more information see: https://www.shulmanrogers.com/attorneys/hadrian-n-hatfield/.
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Jermaine Haughton
Wais Vogelstein Forman & Offutt LLC
Jermaine.Haughton@ubalt.edu
Jermaine@malpracticeteam.com
Phone: 410.998.3600
Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition
Jermaine is a Litigation Associate at Wais Vogelstein Forman & Offutt LLC, where he focuses on medical malpractice issues. He is a 2015 graduate at University of Baltimore School of Law and a 2012 graduate of the University of Maryland, College Park. In recognition of his hard work and leadership as a student at UBalt Law Jermaine was honored with the Law School's Faculty Award for Most Outstanding Student in the day section of the class of 2015. He was also named SBA Student Leader of the Year for 2015. In 2018, he was named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers for his work as a defense attorney in products liability and mass torts litigation.
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Honorable John Alvin Henderson
Administrative Judge, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Employment Discrimination Law
Judge Henderson decides cases of employment discrimination with federal employees. He is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center (LLM, 2014), Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law (JD, 2006) and the University of Maryland (BA, 2000).
Oneshia Herring
U.S. Department of Justice
oherring@ubalt.edu
oneshiaherring@gmail.com
Phone: 850.445.7171Attorney Practice Externship
Oneshia Herring is the Deputy Director in the Office for Civil Rights, Office of Justice Programs at the U.S. Department of Justice where she works to ensure that federal funds are being used to promote equity and are not financing illegal discrimination. Before OJP, Oneshia worked in the Civil Rights Division as Senior Counsel in the Office of the Assistant Attorney General and a Trial Attorney in the Housing and Civil Enforcement Section, where she worked to advance the Division’s priorities and handled several high-profile fair housing and fair lending matters resulting in roughly $7 million in relief to aggrieved persons. Before DOJ, she was a Senior Policy Counsel at the Center for Responsible Lending. She started her career on Capitol Hill as Counsel for the U.S. Senate Housing, Banking, and Urban Affairs Committee through the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fellowship Program. Oneshia earned a Bachelor of Science (Cum Laude) from the Florida State University, a Master of Arts (Summa Cum Laude) from the University of Central Florida, and a Juris Doctor (Magna Cum Laude) from the North Carolina Central University School of Law.
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Jeffrey C. Herwig
Commissioner, Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission
jherwig@wcc.state.md.us
Phone:410.864.5179Fax: 410.864.5221
Worker's Compensation
Commissioner Herwig received his B.A. from Loyola University summa cum laude in 1978 and his J.D. from University of Maryland School of Law in 1981
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Shelly Hettleman
shelly@shellyhettleman.com
Phone: 410.608.8016
Legislation Workshop
Hettleman received her B.A. in Political Science from Northwestern University in 1986. She represented District 11 in the House of Delegates from 2015-2020 and was appointed to the State Senate in February, 2020 where she currently serves.
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David Indek
IRS Office of Chief Counsel
dindek@ubalt.edu
david.a.indek@irscounsel.treas.gov
Phone: 443.853.5461 Alternate Phone: 855.627.6588
Tax Research and Writing
David received a B.S. in Financial Economics and a B.A. in Political Science, magna cum laude, from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. He received his J.D., cum luade, from the Unviersity of Maryland Carey Schol of Law. David has been with the IRS Office of Chief Counsel, Small Business/Self-Employed Division (SBSE), since 2009, as a paralegal specialist and then as an attorney. He is currently the Associate Area Counsel for the Baltimore SBSE Group. David has been an adjunct with at the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2021.
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Jeffrey Jacobson
Weyrich, Cronin, Sorra
jeffj@wcscpa.com
Phone: 410.339.6464
S Corporations
Fundamental of Federal Income Tax
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Donald Jodrey
djodrey@ubalt.edu
Environmental Law
Mr. Jodrey is currently the Director of Federal Relations at The Alliance for the Great Lakes, a nonpartisan nonprofit that advocates for the protection and restoration of the Great Lakes. Prior to this, he served as a senior policy advisor in the Immediate Office of the Secretary of the Interior where he coordinated the intergovernmental restoration of the Everglades, as well as the Gulf of Mexico subsequent to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Through this work, Mr. Jodrey was instrumental in developing the legal field known as collaborative conservation which uses law and legal tools and agreements among governments and other parties to restore degraded landscapes to ensure long-term sustainability for environmental and economic interests. Mr. Jodrey is also an experienced practitioner in the field of natural resources, environmental, administrative and appropriations law. Mr. Jodrey received his B.A. from Wake Forest University (1984) and his M.P.A. (1986) from The American University where he was on the editorial staff of Law Review.
William H. Jones
Dorchester County State’s Attorney
wjones@docogonet.com
Phone: 410.228.3611
Tr ial Advocacy
Mr. Jones has been the State’s Attorney for Dorchester County, Maryland since 2009.
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William W. Kanwisher
State Investigator, Office of the Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland
william_kanwisher@fd.org
Phone: 443.831.8118
Fax: 410.962.0872Innocence Project Clinic
Mr.Kanwisher received hisundegraduate degree from Morgan State University in 1983 and his JD from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1987. He has taught at University of Baltimore School of Law since 2013.
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Andrew Katzenberg
DLA Piper LLP
akatzenberg@ubalt.edu
andrew.katzenberg@dlapiper.com
Phone :410.580.4320
Fax: 410.580.3170
Income Taxation of Trusts and Estates
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Jay Knight
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
jknight@ubalt.edu
jay.knight@mdcourts.gov
Phone: 410.260.3716
Cell: 240.623.4371
Fax: 410.260.1547Mediation Skills
Jay Knight received his B.A. from State University of New York, College at Fredonia, in 1992, and his J.D. from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law in 1996. He has been an adjunct at the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2016.
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David Koelsch
Immigration Judge, U.S. Immigration Court
dkoelsch@ubalt.edu
Phone: 410.962.3092
Immigration Law
Judge Koelsch decides cases involving persons in removal proceedings before the U.S. Immigration Court. He is a graduate of the Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law (JD, 1994) and Michigan State University (BA, 1988).
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Ari Kodeck
akodeck@ubalt.edu
Phone: 410.576.6300National Trial Team
Mr. Kodeck received his B.S. from Washington College in 1993 and his J.D. from Thomas Cooley Law School in 1997.
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Julia Kovacs
DLA Piper LLP
julia.kovacs@us.dlapiper.com
Phone: 202.799.4244
Qualified Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans
Ms. Kovacs' practice focuses on employee benefits and executive compensation. She received her B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and J.D. from the George Washington University Law School.
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Irwin R. Kramer
Kramer & Connolly
Phone: 410.581.0070, ext. 16
Litigation Process
As managing partner of the Baltimore litigation firm of Kramer & Connolly, Irwin Kramer devotes a significant portion of his practice to the defense of his fellow attorneys in professional malpractice and disciplinary matters, and represents bar applicants faced with character and fitness issues. This practice evolved after many years as lead counsel in complex civil litigation before state and federal trial and appellate courts throughout Maryland and the District of Columbia. In addition to the University of Baltimore, he has served as a law professor and lecturer at the University of Chicago, American University, the University of Maryland and the Detroit College of Law. Dedicated to making the law "user-friendly" for those who must live by it, Mr. Kramer founded The Legal Television Network, where he produced features designed to enhance public access to legal information, has hosted legal programs on C-SPAN, and appeared regularly as a television legal analyst. Appointed to the Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice & Procedure, Mr. Kramer serves on a team of prominent judges, legislators and attorneys which review and revise court rules including those which govern the attorney grievance process.
After graduating summa cum laude from Towson University, Mr. Kramer earned his Juris Doctor with honor from the University of Maryland School of Law, where he won the school's moot court championship and was inducted into the Order of the Coif. He received a Master of Laws degree from Columbia University School of Law and served as a Vice President of the Columbia Law School Alumni Association of Washington, D.C. Mr. Kramer is a member of the bar in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and several federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States.
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James Paul Krawczyk, Jr.
Office of J. Paul Krawczyk, Jr
attorneyjpk@yahoo.com
Phone: 410.420.0751
Fax: 410.420.0861
Issues in Law Enforcement Seminar
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Jeremy Krum
Armstrong, Donohue, Ceppos, Vaughan & Rhoades, Chartered
Introduction to Advocacy
Mr. Krum is a partner and shareholder at Armstrong, Donohue, Ceppos, Vaughan & Rhoades, Chartered. He has been representing hospitals, physicians, nurses, and other health care providers and professional medical practice groups in Maryland and in the District of Columbia for the course of his career. He also handles matters before the Maryland Board of Physicians, D.C. Board of Medicine, and the Maryland State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. Mr. Krum is also an active member of the Maryland Society for Healthcare Risk Management, and he regularly lectures and presents to physicians, nurses and professional medical practice groups in Maryland in the District of Columbia on medical malpractice and risk management related issues. In addition to practicing law, Mr. Krum has been an Adjunct Professor with the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2012. Mr. Krum obtained his undergraduate degree in 1999 at the University of Maryland, College Park, magna cum laude, with honors from Omicron Delta Kappa. Mr. Krum graduated from the American University Washington College of Law in the Top 14% of his class in 2003. While at student at WCL, Mr. Krum served as the President of the Moot Court Executive Board, and as a member of the Administrative Law Review.
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The Honorable Adam Landy
United States Tax Court
alandy@ubalt.edu
Phone: 202.521.0835Tax Research and Writing
Judge Landy is a Special Trial Judge on the United States Tax Court. Judge Landy received his BS, MS, and JD from the University of South Carolina. He also recieved his LL.M Taxation from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. Prior to his judicial appointment, Judge Landy was an attorney in the IRS Office of Chief Counsel.
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Sheldon H. Laskin
Counsel
Multi State Tax Commission
slaskin@ubalt.edu
shel030351@gmail.com
Phone: 410.979.6703
Fax: N/AState and Local Taxation
Mr. Laskin received his B.A. and J.D. from Rutgers University and his LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Baltimore School of Law.
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Kenneth Lasson
Professor Lasson has been a member of the law school faculty since 1976. During that time he has taught Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Dispute Resolution, International Human Rights, Legal Writing, Law & Religion, Law & Social Reform, and Remedies.
He is the author of twelve books and numerous articles, including THE WORKERS / Portraits of Nine American Jobholders (Viking Press, l97l); MOUSETRAPS AND MUFFLING CUPS / 100 Brilliant and Bizarre U.S. Patents (Arbor House, 1986); Blackfacing, White Shaming, and Yellow Journalism: A Jaundiced View of How Contemporary PC Erodes First Amendment Principles [chapter in book entitled GET YOUR KNEE OFF MY NECK: SLAVERY TO BLACK LIVES MATTER [Springer Nature 2021]; Scholarship Amok: Excesses in the Pursuit of Truth and Tenure, 103 Harvard Law Review 926 (1990). His articles have appeared in newspapers around the world, including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the Jerusalem Post.
Among other scholarly awards, he was named a Faculty Regents Scholar of the University System of Maryland.
Prof. Lasson is married, with three children and sixteen grandchildren.
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Gregory Lawrence
Lawrence Law, LLCgreg@lawrencelaw.com
Phone: 410.837.6995
Fax: 410.837.6995Securities Regulations
Mr. Lawrence is a partner at Lawrence Law, LLC, where he defends individuals and corporations in investigations and prosecutions, both nationally and internationally, by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Department of Justice. These matters include allegations of insider trading, financial fraud, stock market manipulation, stock options, backdating, and violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Mr. Lawrence also represents both plaintiffs and defendants in private securities litigation and corporate disputes. Mr. Lawrence has achieved notable and landmark victories for clients in these matters. His success in regulatory defense matters includes a rare defeat of the SEC in a high-profile securities fraud prosecution, which was widely reported in the press. His success in private securities litigation includes securing an $808 million consequential damages award for a client in a FINRA arbitration, which was the largest such award in FINRA's history and the largest reported consequential damages award or verdict in the United States. From 1999 through 2005, Mr. Lawrence served as Senior Counsel in the SEC's Division of Enforcement. At the SEC, Mr. Lawrence spearheaded high-profile investigations and civil prosecutions. Most notably, Mr. Lawrence headed the SEC's landmark investigation of AOL Time Warner, which resulted in a $300 million civil penalty-the second largest penalty in history for financial reporting violations at the time. Mr. Lawrence has served as an Adjunct Law Professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2010, where he teaches Securities Regulation. Mr. Lawrence also serves as Vice Chair of the Maryland State Bar Association's Committee on Securities Law. Mr. Lawrence received his B.S. from West Liberty University and his J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Baltimore School of Law. Mr. Lawrence was the Editor-in-Chief of the University of Baltimore Law Review.
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Alan Lazerow
United States Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland
alazerow@ubalt.edu
alan.lazerow@usdo j.gov
Phone: 410.209.4873
Introduction to Advocacy
Mr. Lazerow received his B.A. from the University of Maryland-College Park in 2005, and his J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2010. After graduating, Mr. Lazerow clerked for the Honorable Glenn T. Harrel, Jr., on the Court of Appeals of Maryland. After his clerkship, Mr. Lazerow practiced with Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP, in Baltimore, before joining the United States Attorney's Office in 2017, where he currently serves as a civil Assistant United Stated Attorney.
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Cheri Levin
Assistant Professor
UB Law Clinics
Phone: 410.837.5748
Fax: 410.837.477
Clinic Writing Program
Legal Skills Program
Professor Levin received her A.B. from Goucher College in 1973 and her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1976. She has been a first-year adjunct since 1990 and joined the clinical faculty in 1996 to assist in the development of the writing program. -
Robert Lidston
Anello and Lidston
nlidston@mcdonogh.org
Phone: 410.242.6600
Fax: 410.242.2041Introduction to Advocacy
Lidston received an A.B. from Loyola College (now Loyola University) in 1969, an M.A. in English in 1971 and a Ph.D in English in 1978, both from the University of Maryland, and a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1984. He has been an adjunct at the University of Baltimore School of Law for over twenty-five years.
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Haley Licha
Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Appellate Division
hlicha@ubalt.edu
haley.licha@maryland.gov
Phone: 410.767.8541
Fax: 410.333.8801
Introduction to Advocacy
Haley Licha earned her B.A. in 2009, double majoring in Dance and Psychology, and her J.D. in 2014 from the University of New Mexico. After law school, she clerked at the New Mexico Supreme Court and the Federal District Court for the District of New Mexico. In 2017, she relocated from Albuquerque to Baltimore and joined the Maryland Office of the Public Defender. Haley began as trial attorney in Baltimore County before transitioning to appeals. As an attorney in the Appellate Division at OPD, she also works closely with student volunteers as a coordinator of the Division's law clerk program.
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Adam Lippe
Chief, Economic/Cyber Crime Unit and Animal Abuse Unit
Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office
adamlippe@hotmail.com
Phone: 410.960.4568
Fax: 410.887.4834Appellate Advocacy Workshop
Mr. Lippe received his undergraduate degree from the Johns Hopkins University and his J.D. from the University of Maryland.
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Joan Little
Maryland Legal Aid
The Child Advocacy Unit in Baltimore CityCraft Problem-Solving Family Seminar
Joan Little graduated from Loyola University of Baltimore in 1986. She graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1989. She has been a guest lecturer for Family and Juvenile Law courses at the University of Baltimore School of Law and began teaching as an adjunct professor in 2018.
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Richard C. Loeb
General Counsel, U.S. Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board
richardloeb@gmail.com
Phone: 202.261.7623
Fax: 202.974.7623
Government Contracts Seminar
Mr. Loeb received his B.A. from the University of Maryland and his J.D. from Case
Western Reserve University School of Law.
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Honorable Lynn Stewart Mays
Circuit Court for Baltimore City
lynn.stewart.mays@mdcourts.gov
Phone: 410.396.5052
Fax: 410.545.7322Trial Advocacy
Judge Mays received her B.A. from the Univesity of Maryland at College Park in 1985 and her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1988. She was an Assistant State's Attorney for the City of Baltimore before being appointed to the Circuit Court bench in 2002.
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Robert S. McCord
Assistant Secretary of Operations
Maryland Department Planning
rsmccord@harfordcountymd.gov
Phone: 410.638.3205
Fax: 310.879.7651Moot Court Team Advisor
Mr. McCord is currently serving as the Assistant Secretary of Operations at Maryland Department Planning. He was the County Attorney for Harford County from 2004-2014. Mr. McCord received his B.A. from Loyola College and his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law. He has been an adjunct professorat University of Baltimore since 1995 and has been coaching the Trademark Law Moot Court team for 24 years.
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Jeremy M. McCoy
Assistant Attorney General
Office of Counsel to the General
jmccoy@ubalt.edu
jmccoy@oag.state.md.us
Phone: 410.946.5600
Legislation Workshop
Mr. McCoy has been an AAG with the General Assembly since 2013, and with the Criminal Appeals Division from 2004-2013. He was Legislative Counsel with the Department of Legislative Services of the Maryland General Assembly from 1993-2004. Mr. McCoy has taught as an adjunct with the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2008.
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Honorable Rachel T. McGuckian
Circuit Court for Montgomery County
rtmcguckian@gmail.com
Phone: 410.935.3128
Introduction to Advocacy
Judge McGuckian received her B.A. from the Johns Hopkins University in 1990 and her J.D., magna cum laude, from the University of Baltimore in 1993. She served as law clerk to the Honorable Deborah K. Chasanow, and then as an associate attorney at Eccleston & Wolf, where she litigated professional malpractice actions from 1994-1996. Judge McGuckian is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and an experienced trial and appellate litigator whose diverse practice included civil, family and criminal law matters. Twenty-five of her 28 years of private practice were with Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., where she served two terms on the Board of Directors. She was recognized as one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in both Maryland and in Washington, D.C. In November 2021, she was appointed as an Associate Judge for the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. -
Patricia McLane
United States Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland
Patricia.McLane@usdoj.gov
Cell: 301.529.5404
Work: 410.209.4942Trial Advocacy
McLane received her B.A. from SUNY Binghamton in 1996, her M.A. in Political Communications from Emerson College in 1997, and her J.D. from the Columbus School of Law, the Catholic University of America in 2000. She has been an adjunct at the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2019.
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Michelle Mendez
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC)
mmendez@ubalt.edu
mmendez@cliniclegal.org
Immigrant Rights Clinic
Ms. Mendez manages CLINIC's Defending Vulnerable Populations Project. Prior to joining CLINIC, she served as a senior managing attorney in the Immigration Legal Services Program at Catholic Charities for the Archdiocese of Washington, where she began as an Equal Justice Works fellow sponsored by DLA Piper. Mendez has taught the Immigration Litigation Clinic at Catholic University Columbus School of Law, served as a Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School, and currently assists the Immigrant Rights Clinic at UBalt School of Law. Mendez was awarded the 2015 American Immigration Lawyers Association's Joseph Minsky Young Lawyer Award, recognized as one of the "Very Important Professionals Successful by 40" by Maryland's Daily Record in 2014, chosen as one of the 25 "Women to Watch in 2017" by the Baltimore Sun, awarded the 2018 Rising Star Award by the Maryland Francis Carey Law School for her exemplary contributions of service and leadership, and chosen as a 2018 National Law Journal Immigration Trailblazer. The National Institute for Trial Advocacy has selected Mendez for its faculty and appointed her program director for its immigration public programs. Mendez received her law degree from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law and her bachelor's degree from the University of Richmond. She also holds a certificate in nonprofit management from Georgetown University and a professional certificate in peace and conflict resolution through the Rotary Peace Center at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. -
Sameerah Mickey
Constance Baker Motley Mock Trial Team
Ms. Mickey received her B.A. in 2013 and M.S. in 2019 from the University of Baltimore. She received her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2019.
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Judith Moran
jbdm88@aol.com
Phone: 212.348.3100
Families, Law and Literature
Ms. Moran received a B.S in Nursing from Georgetown University, a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology from the University of North Florida, her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law and a Master's degree from Columbia University focused on narrative legal studies. Ms. Moran has devoted her legal career to issues relating to families and children. In addition to teaching Families, Law and Literature at the University of Baltimore School of Law, she also leads a narrative studies seminar comprised of students enrolled in Columbia Law School's Child Advocacy Clinic.
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Gregg H. Mosson
Mosson Law, LLC
ghm@mossonlaw.com
Phone: 443.226.0601
Fax: 443.269.0251
Introduction to Advocacy
Mr. Mosson received his B.A. in English from Portland State University, Masters in Writing from Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars, and his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2012, graduating summa cum laude and as Associate Comments Editor of the Law Review. At Mosson Law, he practices employee rights litigation, domestic litigation, select civil litigation, and concerning Social Security disability benefits, in state and federal court, through private negotiations, and before various government agencies. Mr. Mosson enjoys teaching and writing in addition to the practice of law, and has taught at the University of Baltimore School of law, University of Baltimore (undergraduate writing), Johns Hopkins University (Introduction to Literature), and elsewhere. He is the author of Equitable Subrogation in Maryland Mortgages and the Restatement of Property: A Historical Analysis for Contemporary Solutions, 41 U. Balt. L. Rev. 709 (2012), and Robosigning Foreclosures: How it Violates Law, Must Be Stopped, and Why Mortgage Law Reform is Needed to Ensure the Certainty and Values of Real Property, 40 W. St. U. L. Rev. 31 (2012). -
Pierce Murphy
Silverman Thompson Slutkin White LLC
pmurphy@silvermanthompson.com
Robert F. Wagner National Labor and Employment Law Moot Court
Murphy received a B.A. in Journalism and a B.A. in Philosophy f and a University Honors Citation from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2007, and a J.D. with honors from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2011. As a law student, he won the First Place and Best Brief awards in the 2010 Byron L. Warnken Moot Court Competition. He has been an adjunct moot court coach since 2012.
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Renee Nacrelli
Office of the Attorney General
rnacrelli@ubalt.edu
Introduction to Lawyering Skills Introduction to Advocacy
Special Topics in the Law (Legal Writing)
Renee Nacrelli serves as an Assitant Attorney General for the State of Maryland and represents the Office of the Comptroller of Maryland. Since 2008, she has served as Deputy Counsel to the Comptroller. She teaches Introduction to Lawyering Skills, Introduction to Advocacy, and Special Topics in the Law at the University of Baltimore Schol of Law. For the past four years, she has guest lectured at the State and Local Tax course offered by the University. Prior to joining the Attorney General's Office, Renee clerked for the Honorable John C. Eldridge on the Court of Appeals of Maryland and the Honorable Frederic N. Smalkin on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. She also worked as an associate attorney in commercial litigation at Miles & Stockbridge, LLC. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Baltimore School of Law.
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Alan Nemeth
Animal Law Seminar
Marijuana Law Seminar
Alan Nemeth is a member of the UBalt Law adjunct faculty, where he has been teaching Animal Law since 2008. In 2020, he developed and taught the first class in marijuana law. Nemeth is also a member of the adjunct faculty at the American University Washington College, where he also teaches Animal Law. He has previously taught classes in Animal Law & Policy and Law & Society on the undergraduate level at the University of Maryland, College Park. Additionally, Nemeth has written several articles relating to Animal Law issues, as well as a book v. (verus): Case Law, Concepts & American Society on the issues facing law and society, which includes a chapter on animal law.
Nemeth is the founder and first chair of the Maryland State Bar Association's Section on Animal Law. He is a graduate of the American University Washington College of Law, as well as the UBalt Merrick School of Business (MBA).
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Errol R. Patterson
epatterson@ubalt.edu
errolpatterson@outlook.com
Phone: 301.503.9730
LLMUS Civil Procedure I
Professor Patterson received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in 1975 and worked for several years in the chemical industry. He received his J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1984. Mr. Patterson is a trial lawyer with extensive experience in complex civil litigation involving a wide range of disputes. He began teaching law in 2018 and joined the University of Baltimore School of Law as an adjunct in 2020.
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Bradford Peabody
Maryland State Public Defender, Appellate Division
bpeabody@ubalt.edu
bpeabody@opd.state.md.us
Phone: 410.767.8532
Fax: 410.333.8801
Coach, National Moot Court Competition TeamPeabody received his B.A., cum laude from Sewanee: The University of the South in 1971, and his J.D. from Southern Methodist University in 1975. He has been an adjunct since 2003.
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Linda T. Penn
Office of Public Defender's Office, Mental Health Division
linda.penn@maryland.gov
Phone: 410.494.8130
Mental Health Law Clinic
Ms. Penn received her B.S. from the University of Maryland in 1983 and her J.D. Cum Laude from University of Baltimore School of Law in 1986. She is an Assistant Public Defender in the Mental Health Division of the Office of Public Defender. She co-teaches the Mental Health Law Clinic with Donald Stone.
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Jason Z. Qu
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center
jqu@ubalt.edu
jqu@dcbar.org
Phone: 202.780.2753
Attorney Externship
Mr. Qu is a Managing Attorney for the Nonprofit and Small Business Legal Assistance Programs at the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center. He trains and counsels nonprofit leaders on a range of matters including corporate governance, tax law, employment law, and risk management, with a focus on both established and start-up organizations. Before joining the Pro Bono Center, Mr. Qu was an associate at a large international law firm where he represented clients in government regulatory proceedings. He holds a JD from Harvard Law School and an honors degree from the University of Toronto.
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Christopher Rahl
Gordon Feinblatt LLC
crahl@ubalt.edu
crahl@gfrlaw.com
Phone: 410.576.4222
Attorney Externship
Mr. Rahl is a financial services attorney focusing on regulatory compliance, business transactions, corporate governance, and litigation avoidance and management. He received his B.A. from University of Maryland at Baltimore County (1991) and J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law (1996).
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Ira Rainess
Silverman Thompson Slutkin Whiteirainess@ubalt.edu
ira@playermanagement.comPhone: 410.576.0001
Fax: 410.547.2432Sports Law
M r. Rainess received his B.A. from the University of Maryland in 1989 and his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1992.
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Stacey Rice
Psychology Child Development
Stacey Burnett Rice graduated from Rollins College in 1994 and for the University of Baltimore School of Law, cum laude, in 2000. Ms. Rice clerked for the Honorable Clayton Green, Jr. on the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. Ms. Rice is a former Assistant State's Attorney for Anne Arundel County. Ms. Rice has been in private practice for 13 years and is only practicing family law. Ms. Rice is the President Elect for the Anne Arundel County Bar Association, a member of the Maryland State Association, a member of the Judiciary Nominating Commission, a member of the Character Committee, and is appointed as a Best Interest Attorney for Anne Arundel County.
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George Ritchie
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Gordon Feinblatt LLC
gritchie@ubal t.edu
gritch ie@gfrlaw.com
Phone: 410.576.4131
Fax: 410.576.4269Introduction to Advocacy
Ritchie received his B.A. from Middlebury College in 1988, and his J.D. from the University of Notre Dame in 1992. He has been an adjunct at the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2015.
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Stuart Rombro
Rosenberg, Martin, Greenberg LLPsrombro@rosenbergmartin.com
Phone: 410.727.6600
Fax: 410.727.1115Partnership Taxation
M r. Rombro received his B.A. from Georgetown University and his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law.
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Samuel I. Rosenberg
Member, Maryland House of Representativessrosenberg@ubalt.edu
delsandy@aol.com
Phone: 410.664.2646
Legislation Workshop
Delegate Rosenberg received his undergraduate degree from Amherst College and his J.D. from Columbia University. He has been a member of the Maryland House of Delegates since 1983. He is the House Chair of the Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics and the Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive, and Legislative Review.
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Brian Saccenti
Assistant Public Defender, Chief of the Appellate DivisionIntroduction to Advocacy
Brian Saccenti earned his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2000 and, upon graduation, clerked for Judge James Bredar on the District Court for the District of Maryland. In 2001, he joined the Maryland Office of the Public Defender. Since 2004, he has worked in the OPD's Appellate Division and became chief of this division in 2012.
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Mercedes Salvania
Law of the USMs. Salvania received her Bachelor of Law from the University of the Philipines in 1962, and practiced extensively as a criminal prosecutor for 25 years in the City of Manila, Philippines. She received her LL.M from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2013, and is currently a member in good standing of the Washington, DC BAR. She has a law office and is engaged in the solo general practice of law. She started teaching as an adjunct with the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2018.
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Tamara D. Sanders
Associate Public DefenderPhone: 410.767.2249
Fax: 410.333.8801Family Law Moot Court
Ms. Sanders received her B.A. from the University of Maryland in 1996 and her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2005.
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Christopher Schoen
Dewey and LeBoeuf L.L.P.
Consolidated Corporations
Mr. Schoen received his J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law in 1992.
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Honorable Mark Scurti
Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland
Judicial Externship
LLM Professional Responsibility
Interviewing, Negotiating and Counseling Perspectives on Sexual Orientation and the LawJudge Scurti received his B.A. and M.B.A. from Loyola College in 1985 and 1987, respectively, and his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1991.
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Ren Serey
State of Maryland, Critical Area Commission for the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays
rserey@dnr.state.md.us
Phone: 301.646.0965
Fax: 410.974.5338Coastal Law Seminar
Mr. Serey received his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1999.
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Stephen Sfekas
Senior Judge, Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Judicial Externship
Judge Sfekas received his B.S. in Foreign Service from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in 1968. He received an M.A. in History from Yale University in 1972, and his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1973. He has been a Circuit Court judge since 2010, and a Senior Judge since February 2017.
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Marc E. Shach
Sole Practitioner
mshach@comcast.net
Phone: 443.857.9718
Fax: 410.559.9009Business Bankruptcy
Mr. Shach received his B.S. from Towson University in 1986 and his J.D./M.B.A. from the University of Baltimore in 1989.
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Denise Oakes Shaffer
Deputy Director of Quality Assurance
Administrative Law Judge
Office of Administrative Hearings
denise.shaffer@maryland.gov
Phone: 410.229.4174
Mediation Skills
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Alicia Shelton
Assistant United States Attorney, U.S> Attorney's Office, District of Maryland
alicia.shelton2@usdoj.gov
Phone: 410.241.8688
Electronic Evidence & Discovery
Alicia Shelton is an Assistant United States Attorney for the U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maryland, Civil Division. She defends agencies of the United States when sued in court, prosecutes civil enforcement activities and collected debts owed to the United States.Alicia received her B.A. from Davidson College in 2001, and her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law with honors in 2014. She clerked for Honorable Lynne A. Battaglia in the Court of Appeals in Maryland.
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Daniel Shemer
President and Founder, Shemer Bar Review
dshemer@ubalt.edu
dan@shemerbar.com
Phone: 443.759.3324
Fax: N/A
Criminal Practice Clinic
Mr. Shemer received his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1980. Dan Shemer was an Assistant Public Defender for the State of Maryland for 19 years, from 1980 until 1999. After handling felonies in the Baltimore City office for nearly 10 years, in 1990, Dan was appointed as the first Director of Training and Continuing Education for the Maryland Office of the Public Defender. In 1995, he returned to full-time trial work as a “PD” in Carroll County, representing persons in all parts of the criminal justice system, including children in juvenile court and adults facing murder charges. Dan received the Alan H. Murrell Award from the Maryland Office of the Public Defender in 1992, twice received the President’s Award from the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association and received an award for “Outstanding Teaching By An Adjunct Faculty Member” from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2004. In 2015, he presented at the Maryland Judicial Institute’s “Evidence in Criminal Cases,” a program for Maryland judges. Dan has been a speaker for programs sponsored by the National Legal Aid and Defenders Association and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He has coached and presented at criminal defense programs in New York, Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, Kentucky and Maryland. Dan also prepared students for the Maryland Bar Exam starting in 1981, and in 1999, founded Shemer Bar Review, which ceased offering a full service course in 2020. -
Daryl J. Sidle
Baxter, Baker, Sidle and Conn, P.A.
dsidle@ubalt.edu
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Fax: 410.230.3801
Estate and Gift Taxation
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Ephraim R. Siff
Maryland State Police, Legal Counsel Section
ephraim.siff@ubalt.edu410.887.4824
Maryland Criminal Procedure
Maryland Civil Procedure
Introduction to Lawyering SkillsEphraim Siff is a graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law and has been an adjunct professor since 2013.
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Charles L. Simmons, Jr.
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
CLSimmons@wtplaw.com
Phone: 410.347.9491
Maritime Law
Mr. Simmons received his B.S. from Towson State University in 1992 and his J.D. from the University of Baltimore in 1996. He is a partner at the firm of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston and his practice focuses on maritime law and litigation,tort litigation including plaintiff's personal injury litigation and insurance coverage and defense, products liability litigation, construction law and litigation, and commercial transactions and litigation.
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Andrew Sindler
Law Offices of Andrew N. Sindler, LLC
asindler@ubalt.edu
andrewsindler@gmail.com
Phone: 410.274.4777
Fax: 877.279.0577Interviewing, Negotiating and Counseling
Andrew Sindler received his B.A. cum laude from UMBC in 2001, and his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2005. He has been an attorney in private practice since 2005, in solo practice since 2010. He has also worked as in-house general counsel and Director of Risk Management for a non-profit health center. He practices primarily in the areas of Social Security Disability and various areas of personal injury. He has been adjunct professor since 2011.
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John Singer
Federal Trade Commission (retired)
regnisj@gmail.com
Phone: 410.299.1372
Litigation Process
Singer received his B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1980 and his M.A. in Economics and his J.D. from the University of Maryland in 1985. He began as an adjunct at the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2019 and has been an adjunct at the George Washington University School of Law since 2005.
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Andrew G. Slutkin
Silverman Thompson Slutkin & White
aslutkin@mdattorney.com
Phone: 410.385.2786
Fax: 410.547.2432Medical Malpractice Litigation
Mr. Slutkin received his J.D. from Duke University in 1991.
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Norman L. Smith
Nusinov Smith LLP
nsmith@nusinovsmith.com
Phone: 410.554.3600
Professional Responsibility
Mr. Smith received his undergraduate degree from the New England Conservatory of Music in 1974 and his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1985. He has served as an adjunct faculty member at UBalt since 1992.
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Patricia Smith
Introduction to Advocacy
National Moot Court TeamPatricia A. Smith began her legal career in 1980 when she was appointed as an Assistant State's Attorney in Baltimore City and tried hundreds of criminal cases during her tenure. Her career as a trail attorney continued as an Assistant Attorney General and Deputy Counsel for the Maryland Department of the Environment and also, subsequently, as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Maryland. Throughout these positions, Ms. Smith continued her work as an expert litigator and handled both trial and appellate litigation in state and federal courts. Additionally, Ms. Smith has served as Chief Counsel for both the Legal Aid Bureau of Baltimore and the Baltimore City Policy Department. In 2003, she was appointed the People's Counsel for the State of Maryland by Governor Robert Ehrlich. After serving as People's Counsel, Ms. Smith moved on to Washington, D.C. where she advised the United State Department of Veterans Affairs on large class action law suits and related human resource issues. She wrapped up her full-time legal practice career in 2019 after serving as the Director of Legal Services for the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services for the State of Maryland. Ms. Smith has been committed to teaching since her days in graduate school. She has spent 26 years teaching Legal Writing and 15 years coaching the National Environmental Moot Court Team at the University of Baltimore School of Law. This past year, she coached the national Moot Court Team. She also spent 15 years on the faculty of the School of Education at Johns Hopkins. She has lectured extensively on ethics and the 4th and 5th amendments are related to law enforcement and criminal prosecution. This year, she has taught at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law and the Cardozo School of law at Yeshiva University. Ms. Smith received her J.D. from the University of Maryland Carey School of Law. She has an M.A. from Indiana University in Classics and received her B.A. from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Ms. Smith is a native of Baltimore City and has one daughter who is currently a resident physician in anesthesiology.
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Frank Spector
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Spector & Kopec, LLC
Fspector@ubalt.edu
Fs@spectorkopec.com
Phone: 410.385.0054
Fax: 410.385.0087
Litigation ProcessFrank Spector earned his BA degree in Political Science from Duke University in 1988. He is a 1991 graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law with honors.
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Donna Starr-Deelen
International Law & National Security Consultant
dstarrdeelen@ubalt.edu
Phone: 301.588.4891
Law of the United States (LLM)
Jessup International Law Moot Court Coach
Dr. Starr-Deelen earned her B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College, her J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law, and her LLM in International and Comparative Law from Georgetown University Law Center. She completed her PhD at the University of Bradford, UK and is the author of two books: Presidential Policies on Terrorism: From Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama and Counter-terrorism from the Obama Administration to President Trump: Caught in the Fait Accompli War.
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Andrew T. Stephenson
Franklin and Prokopik, P.C.
astephenson@fandpnet.com
Phone: 410.230.3638
Fax: 410.752.6868Litigation Process
Andrew received his law degree from the University of London before coming to the U.S. in 1998 when he started working for the Office of the Attorney General. He has been a member of the New York and Maryland State Bars since 1999 and 2000 respectively. He is a member of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Since 2001 he has been working in the private sector for the law firm of Franklin & Prokopik. Currently, Andrew is a senior partner and shareholder at F&P. He is a seasoned civil litigator with a busy trial practice. He is a member of the board of directors for the Trucking Industry Defense Association; a fellow of the American Bar Foundation; former chair of the ABA’s Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee; and Co-Chair of the ABA’s Transportation Megaconference. He also routinely attends and participates in the Arkansas Trucking Seminar, the Defense Research Institute Seminar and he is an active member of USLaw. He serves as General Counsel to the Maryland Motor Truck Association; the Maryland Movers’ Council; the Maryland Motor Coach Association and the Towing and Recovery Professionals of Maryland.
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H. Mark Stichel
Astrachan Gunst Thomas, P.C.
hstichel@ubalt.edu
hmstichel@ agtlawyers.com
Phone: 410.783.3547
Fax: 410.783.3530
Federal Courts
Mr. Stichel received his B.A. from Duke University in 1979 and his J.D. from the Univeresity of Michigan Law School in 1983. From 1983 to 1984, Mr. Stichel clerked for the Honorable Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Mr. Stichel has been in private practice since 1984 where he has represented clients in state and federal courts throughout the United States. From 1996 to 2001, Mr. Stichel taught Litigation Process at UB. In 2007, Mr. Stichel was elected to membership in the American Law Institute.
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Larry Strauss
Larry Strauss and Associates
larry@larrystraussesqcpa.com
Phone: 410.484.2142
Fax: 443.352.3282Bankruptcy Taxation
Mr. Strauss received his B.A. from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 1988, his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2003, and his LL.M. Taxation from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1997.
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Honorable Stephen Swift
Judge, US Tax Court
jswift@ustaxcourt.gov
Phone: 202.521.0760
Fax: N/A
Tax Practice and Procedure
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Karen T. Syrylo
Karen T. Syrylo, CPA
Phone: 410-218-2898
Fax: 410-719-7517Maryland Taxes
State and Local TaxationKaren T. Syrylo is a Certified Public Accountant. She is a former “Big 4” accounting firm partner and now a solo practitioner. Her practice focuses on multistate tax consulting for businesses and individuals for planning, analysis and appeal representation in state income/franchise tax, sales/use tax, personal property tax, and unclaimed property matters. Syrylo was the originator during the administrative appeal level of the Constitutional argument that was later upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Comptroller of Maryland v. Wynne. She earned her B.A. in Accounting from Loyola University Maryland in 1977 and her CPA license in 1978.
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Mark Talty
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of General Counsel
mark.talty@gmail.com
Phone: 410.746.7853
Coastal Law Seminar
Mr.Talty received his undergraduate degree from Northeastern University in 2006 and his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2009. Prior to joining the EPA, Mr. Talty served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Maryland Attorney Generals' Office where he represented the State's Department of Natural Resources and Critical Area Commission.
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Nicole Taylor
Law Offices of Taylor & Taylor, LLC
nicoletaylor@mptlaw.com
Phone: 410.234.8181
Fax: 410.779.9052
Judicial ExternshipNicole Egerton Taylor practices both civil and criminal law, and litigates in the areas of personal injury, worker’s compensation, and criminal law. She graduated from University of Baltimore School of Law in 2000, and is the co-owner of The Law Offices of Taylor & Taylor, LLC, a practice with offices in both Baltimore City and Baltimore County. In the community, Nicole does pro bono work for several organizations, and has been a community resource partner with THREAD, an at-risk youth mentoring program, since 2009. In addition to being the Criminal Section Co-chair with the Maryland Association of Justice, Nicole is an active member in many bar associations, including the Bar Association of Baltimore City, the Maryland State Bar Association, the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, and others.
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Honorable Robert Taylor, Jr.
Associate Judge, Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Special Topics in Law: Maryland Postconviction Practice
Robert Taylor, Jr.is an associate judge of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. He previously served as an assistant attorney general and the senior counsel for forensic litigation in the Criminal Appeals Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General. He is a 1994 graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law. Prior to joining the Office of the Attorney General, Mr. Taylor spent ten years in private practice as a trial attorney. He is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and an adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Mr. Taylor has also spoken at various events and conferences around the world as an expert on courtroom science issues. He was a NAAG Supreme Court fellow for the 2009-2010 term and has served as an international consultant on forensic evidence for the United States Department of State.
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Timothy Tenne
Nordic Unmanned North America
ttenne@ubalt.edu
timothy.tenne@t3ideas.com
Phone: 843.822.6174Aviation and Drone Law
Timothy Tenne received his B.S. Economics and Engineering from the Naval Academy in 1993, his M.B.A in Finance from Webster University in 1995, an M.A. in Organizational Management from the George Washington University in 2002, an M.A. in National Security and Strategy from the Air Command and Staff College, and his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law on 2019.
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Jamaal W. Thomas
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.
jthomas2@ubalt.edu
jamaal.w.thomas@kp.org
Introduction to Advocacy
Jamaal Thomas recieved his B.A. in History from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2004 and his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2009. He has been an adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2016.
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Hope Tipton
Family Division Master, Circuit Court for Baltimore City
htipton@ubalt.eduhope.tipton@mdcourts.gov
Phone: 410.396.3109
Fax: 443.396.5955Judicial Externship
Master Tipton received her B.A. from Transylvania University (Lexington, KY) in 1997 and her J.D. from the Syracuse University College of Law in 2000. Prior to her appointment to the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, she represented poor and low-income children and families across the State of Maryland. Master Tipton is a member of the bar of Maryland and Supreme Court of the United States. Master Tipton is active and holds leadership positions in the Bar Association for Baltimore City and Baltimore Women's Bar Association.
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Jeffrey Toppe
Saul E. Kerpelman & Associates
Phone: 443.396.3932
Fax: 443.345.3433
Frederick Douglass Moot Court Competition Team
Mr. Toppe graduated summa cum laude from University of Baltimore School of Law in 2014. While attending UBalt, Mr. Toppe served as the Executive Editor of the UBalt Law Review, and as a Law Scholar for both Contracts I and Contracts II courses. In 2014, Mr. Toppe was published in the Holy Cross Journal of Law and Public Policy on an issue relating to the First Amendment and online censorship. In his spare time, Mr. Toppe performs improv comedy with the Baltimore Improv Group.
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Michael Torres
Maryland Office of the Public Defender
Phone: 410.767.8516
Fax: 410.333.8801Introduction to Advocacy
Mr. Torres earned his Bachelor of Arts from New York University in 2007 and his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School in 2010. Immediately after law school, Mr. Torres clerked at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. In 2011, he joined the Maryland Office of the Public Defender's Appellate Division.
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Judith Tortora
Partner, The Chase Law Group
jtortora@chaserelaw.com
Phone: 917.658.6326Real Estate Finance Transactions
Judith received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College, Columbia University in 1998 and her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 2002. Judith's legal career has focused on transactional, real estate, and commercial finance. Judith is admitted to practice in New York, Maryland, and the District of Columbia.
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Marie Vasbinder
mevasbinder@msn.com
Phone: 410.971.5542
ILS/Torts
Introduction to Advocacy
Health Care LawMs. Vasbinder received her JD from the University of Baltimore in 2005, and her MBA from the University of Baltimore in 1993. She has served as the VP, COO, CNO as well as Chief Quality Officer for three major health organizations. She is experienced in the areas of Health Care, Risk Management, Compliance, and Labor Management.She has been an Adjunct Professor with the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2010.
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Erin K. Voss
evoss@ubalt.edu
erin@naglezaller.com
Phone: 443.865.2651
Externship Program
Erin K. Voss is the managing principal at Nagle & Zaller, P.C. Throughout her career, Ms. Voss has focused her practice on civil litigation with an emphasis on real property, community association and personal injury matters. She also has substantial experience handling unique matters involving utility companies. .
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Ryan Walburn
Franklin & Prokopik, P.C.
rwalburn@ubalt.edu
rwalburn@fandpnet.com
Phone: 410.752.8700
Fax: 410.752.6868
Coach, National Trial TeamMr. Walburn received his B.A. from the University of Maryland in College Park in 2009 and his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2014. He practices primarily in the area of liability defense and copyright & trademark law. He has been an adjunct with the University of Baltime School of Law since 2015.
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Jer Welter
Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division
jwelter@ubalt.edu
Phone: 410.657.2485
Introduction to Advocacy
Jer Welter received his B.A. from Goucher College in 1999 and his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2007. Since 2017, he has been an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maryland in the Criminal Appeals Divsion of the Office of the Attorney General, where he currently serves as Senior Counsel for Federal Postconviction Litigation. Previously, he was in practice at FreeState Justice, Maryland's civil rights advocacy organization for the LGBTQ+ community, and at Maryland Legal Aid. He clerked for Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander at the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and the Court of Special Appeals of Maryalnd.
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Cheri P. Wendt-Taczak
Law Office of Cheri P. Wendt-Taczak, LLC
cwendttaczak@ubalt.edu
cheri@cwtlaw.com
Phone: 410.793.7233
Fax: 443.213.1063Tax Clinic
Cheri Wendt-Taczak received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1989, and her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2008.
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Nicole M. Whitaker
Whitaker Legal, LLC
nwhitaker@ubalt.edu
nicole@whitaker-legal.com
Legal Analysis, Research & Writing, LLM
Lawyering in SpanishNicole M. Whitaker received her B.A. from the University of Maryland: College Park and her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law. Her Towson law practice focuses on immigration law, estate planning, and family law.
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M. Hamilton Whitman, Jr.
Senior Counsel
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
mhwhitman@bakerdonelson.com
Phone: 410.862.1154
Fax: 443.263.7554Maritime Law
Mr. Whitman received his B.A. degree from Princeton University in 1969, served in the U.S. Navy from 1969-1973, and received his J.D. from the University of Virginia Law School in 1976. He practiced with the law firm of Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver until the merger of that firm with Baker Donelson in 2017. His practice has focused on admiralty and maritime law, along with construction law and general civil litigation. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
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Carrie J. Williams
Introduction to Advocacy
Carrie Williams graduated from the evening program of the University of Maryland School of Law in 2003. After a brief stint as a prosecutor in the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office and in private practice as a civil litigator, she joined the criminal Appeals Division of the Attorney General's Office in 2006. She became a Senior Assistant Attorney General in 2011, Deputy Division Chief in 2015, and Chief of the Division in April 2016. As Chief, Carrie supervised the 18 attorneys in the division and oversaw the filing of approximately 1100 appellate briefs a year. She has personally handled over 400 cases in the Court of Special Appeals, and 40 in the Court of Appeals. In September 2019, Carrie became Principal Counsel for Criminal Policy in the Attorney General's Office. In addition to continuing to handle complex criminal appeals, she now advises the Attorney General on all matters of criminal policy and legislation. She has taught Introduction to Advocacy at the University of Baltimore School of law since 2014.
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Kira Wilpone-Welborn
Consumer Protection Division
Office of the Maryland Attorney General
Housing JusticeKira Wilpone-Welborn received her B.A. from the University of Puget Sound in 2010, her M.A. from the University of Chicago in 2012, and her J.D. from the University of Chicago in 2015. In 2019, she joined the Housing Unit in the Consumer Protection Division of the Maryland Attorney General's Office. As an Assistant Attorney General, she investigates and enforces violations of the Consumer Protection Act related to consumer realty. Prior to joining the Attorney General's Office, she was a fair housing attorney with Disability Rights Maryland and formed a Medical-Legal Partnership with the Lawyers' Committee for Better Housing in Chicago.
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Michelle Wilson
Attorney Advisor, Department of Corrections (Washington, D.C.)
Introduction to Advocacy
Prior to joining the Department of Corrections, Ms. Wilson spent four years as an Assistant Attorney General for the Maryland Office of the Attorney General. In that role she represented the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services and the Department of Labor. Before joining the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Ms. Wilson was an Assistant State's Attorney with the State's Attorney's Office for Baltimore City. She worked for the State's Attorney's Office for 10 years and left the office after spending four years prosecuting homicide cases. Ms. Wilson is active in the Maryland State Bar Association ("MSBA") and has graduated from the MSBA Leadership Academy. She is the treasurer for the Bar Association of Baltimore City and is a Past-President of the Monumental City Bar Association, the oldest African-American Bar Association in Maryland. Ms. Wilson is also active with the Alliance of Black Women Attorneys of Maryland. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware.
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Mildeen G. Worrell
Vice Chair, ERISA Advisory Counsel US Department of Labor
mworrell@ubalt.edu
mgworrell@yahoo.com
Phone: 301.654.7795
Fax: 301.312.8983Advanced Qualified Pension and Profit Sharing Plans
Ms. Worrell received her B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amhurst in 1981, her J.D. from Boston University School of Law in 1984 and her LL.M. from New York University School of Law in 1986. She has more than two decades of public policy, legal, and legislative experience.
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Daria Zane
dzane@ubalt.edu
dariazane@gmail.com
Introduction to Advocacy Rules and Reasoning-Remedies
Litigation Process
RemediesMs. Zane received her B.S. in Business, summa cum laude, from the University of Maryland. She received her J.D. from the George Washington University Law School, with honors, where she was on the Moot Court Board. She served as a Special Master for the Court of Federal Claims hearing and deciding vaccine cases and as an attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, handling criminal and civil cases. She has worked as a staff attorney at the Pro Bono Resource Center in Maryland, representing consumers in debt collection matters and tenants in landlord/tenant matters. She previously was the Publications Attorney for the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) and a staff attorney at Whitman Walker Health, representing patients. She has been teaching at the law school nearly 10 years.
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Alex Zarzecki
Frank, Frank & Scherr, LLC
azarzecki@ubalt.edu
azarzecki@frankelderlaw.com
Phone: 410.337.8900
Fax: 410.337.0031Elder Law
Mr. Zarzecki received his B.S. in Accounting from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2009 and his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2012. His practice focuses on Elder Law including, estate and special needs planning, probate, trust administration, guardianships and Medical Assistance planning.
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Carlo Zayas
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
czayas@ubalt.edu
Phone: 787.586.4513
LL.M. Evidence
Carlo received his J.D. with honors from the University of Puerto Rico in 2010. He earned an LL.M. with honors from Columbia University in New York City in 2014. Carlo has served as an adjunct professor in other ABA approved schools since 2018, and in the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2021.
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Aaron S.J. Zelinksy
United States Attorney's Office, District of Maryland
Recent Supreme Court Decisions
Aaron Zelinsky is an Assistant United States Attorney and the Deputy Chief of the National Security and Cyber Crime Section of the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office. He previously served in the Fraud and Public Corruption Section and the Major Crimes Section, where he received the U.S. Attorney's Award for Excellent in Prosecution of Organized Crime. From 2017-2019, he was an Assistant Special Counsel to Rober S. Mueller, III. Prior to joining the Department of Justice, he was special assistant to Legal Adviser Harold Hongju Koh at the United States Department of State, where he worked on matters including American citizens kidnapped abroad, LGBT human rights, and the International Criminal Court. He clerked for Justices Justices John Paul Stevens (Ret.) and Anthony Kennedy of the United States Supreme Court, Judge Thomas B. Griffith of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and President Dorit Beinisch of the Israeli Supreme Court. He is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School.
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Renia Zervos
azervos@sternekessler.com
Phone: 202.772.8979
IP Current Developments (Patents Office Litigation)
Ms. Renia Zervos earned a J.D. From University of Baltimore School of Law in 2017 and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Loyola University Maryland in 2013. She is currently an Associate at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox in Washington, DC., where her practice focuses on patent office litigation and patent prosecution. Prior to joining Sterne, Kessler, Renia was a judicial clerk for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and worked as a patent examiner at the USPTO. She also worked as a law clerk focused on a publication that provided comprehensive guidance regarding the rules and procedures of AIA trials before the PTAB. She began teaching as an adjunct at the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2021.
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Andrew Ziaja
National Labor Relations Board
Employment Law
Andrew received his B.A. with honors and distinction from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2003, his J.D. from the University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings) in 2008, and his M.P.A. magna cum laude from Sciences Po (Paris Institute of Political Studies) in 2012. He also studied history on a graduate fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley from 2004-2005.
Andrew is a labor lawyer currently serving in Washington, D.C. with the National Labor Relations Board. He previously represented labor unions and employee benefits plans as a partner at a San Francisco Bay Area firm, where he was named to the Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for Northern California from 2017-2021. He taught at the University of Arizona School of Government and Public Policy from 2013-2014, and his scholarship has appeared and been cited in respected legal publications and congressional testimony.
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