Adjunct Faculty

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 I

Laura 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.
Steven Adler

Administrative Law Judge, Office of Administrative Hearings

sadler@ubalt.edu
steven.adler@maryland.gov
Phone: 410.229.4152

Mediation Skills Judicial Externship

Judge Adler received his B.A. from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2003 and his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2007.
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).
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

kbabitz@ubalt.edu
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.
Michael Baillif

IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service

mbaillif@ubalt.edu
michael.baillif@gmail.com
Phone: 443.682-9588
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.
Andre J. Barnett

United States Senate Committee on Finance

abarnett@ubalt.edu
Andrejbarnett@gmail.com
Phone: 704.363.3947

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.
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. .
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.
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: 410.222.0391

National 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.
LMDD Biggs

Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office (MACRO), Administrative Office of the Court

lbiggs@ubalt.edu
lmbiggs@biggslawandmediation.com
Phone: 443.957.5677
Fax: 410.260.3451

Mediation 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.
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.
H. Allen Black, III

Mills Black LLP

hblack@ubalt.edu
hablack@millsblack.com

Phone: 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.
Jerry Bodman

Cyberspace Law Seminar
Information Privacy Law
Cybersecurity Law

Mr. 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).
Ashley Bond

Rollins, Smalkin, Richards & Mackie, LLC

abond@ubalt.edu
abond@rsrm.com

Phone: 410.727-2443
Fax: 410.727.4497

National 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.
George H. Bostick

gbostick@ubalt.edu
Phone: 703.388.8067

Qualified Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans

Mr. Bostick began the private practice law in the Washington D.C. office of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan (now Eversheds Sutherland) in 1974. He remained there, later becoming head of the firm’s Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Group, for 35 years. He then spent six years as the Benefits Tax Counsel in the Office of Tax Policy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury during the Obama administration, overseeing the development of legislation and regulations affecting employer-provided retirement and health benefits, social security taxation and tax issues relating to executive compensation. He remains an active member of the D.C. bar.

He is a Charter Fellow of the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel, served as the U.S. representative and member of the steering committee for the International Pension and Employee Benefits Association, and was recognized for many years in The Best Lawyers in America, Washington Super Lawyers and similar publications. In addition to speaking and writing on employee benefits topics, he previously served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law School.

Mr. Bostick graduated from Emory University with a degree in economics. He earned his J.D. from The University of Virginia School of Law, where he was an editor and member of the managing board of The Virginia Law Review and a recipient of the law school award for the best published student article. Upon graduation from law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge John C. Godbold of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
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.
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.
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

Associate General Counsel, CleanChoice Energy

dchlan@ubalt.edu

Corporate Counsel Externship

Drew Chlan received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary in 2013 and his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2017, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review. Following graduation from law school, he clerked for the Honorable Joseph M. Getty of the Court of Appeals of Maryland and began teaching as an adjunct professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2019.
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.
Martin J. Clarke

U.S. Attorney's Office

mclarke@balt.edu
marty.clarke@usdoj.gov
Phone: 410.209.4840
Fax: 410.962.3091

Trial Advocacy

Mr. 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.
Edward S. Clay

Law Officees of Edward S. Clay, P.A.

esc@estateplan.org

Phone: 410.296.3358
Fax: 410.296.2658

Estate Planning

Clay 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.
Erin Cloud

Civil Rights Corps

erin@civilrightscorps.org

Movement Lawyering

Cloud is a senior attorney with the Civil Rights Corps (CRC), focusing on litigation and advocacy challenging family separation by the family regulation system. She also co-founded Movement for Family Power, an abolitionist organization that works to end the policing and punishment of families by the family police. She began her legal career as a public defender at the Bronx Defenders, where she was a supervisor and a team leader. Prior to that, she was a public school teacher in Baltimore, where she was born and raised.

She has also taught a holistic defense clinic at Columbia University School of Law, and Critical Race Theory at CUNY School of Law. She holds a J.D. degree from Fordham University School of Law, where she was a Stein Public Interest Scholar, and her writing can be found in the CUNY Law Review, The Abolitionist Newspaper by Critical Resistance, and Barnard Center for Research on Women.
Kaitlin Corey

GOODELL, DEVRIES, LEECH & DANN, LLP

kcorey@ubalt.edu
kcorey@agtlawyers.com
Phone: 410.783.3526
Fax: 410.783.4040

Trademark 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.
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.
Paul Cucuzzella

Office of the Attorney General
Maryland Department Planning

pcucuzzella@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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Catherine Dickinson

Schlachman, Belsky, Weiner & Davey, P.A.

cdickinson@ubalt.edu

cdickinson@sbwdlaw.com

410-685-2022

Trial Advocacy; Advanced Trial Advocacy; Seminar: Special Issues in Sexual Abuse Litigation

Dickinson received her B.A. In Political Science, with a minor in Business Law and Corporate Governance, from Villanova University in 2008. She graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2012 and served on the executive board of the University of Baltimore Law Forum. She primarily practices in the area of catastrophic injury litigation, representing plaintiffs in medical malpractice, sexual abuse and assault, premises liability, and other complex personal-injury matters. She has been an adjunct at the University of Baltimore School of Law since 2022.
Annemarie Duerr

Cordell & Cordell

annemarie.duerr@ubalt.edu
aduerr@cordelllaw.com
Phone: 443.743.3952
Fax: 443.817.0665

National 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.
Sean Elavia

Levin & Gann, P.A.

selavia@levingann.com
Phone: 410.321.4651
Fax: 833.801.1118

Estate & Gift Tax

Sean 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.
Itta Englander

Itta Englander, James Crawford, Jr. and Associates, LLC.

ienglander@ubalt.edu
Phone: 410.370.1288

Family Law

Itta 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.
Matthew Esworthy

Bowie & Jensen, LLC

esworthym@gmail.com

Spring: Introduction to Advocacy
Fall: Litigation Process

Esworthy is a partner with the law firm of Bowie & Jensen, LLC, where he handles litigation matters involving commercial disputes, trade secrets, partnership disputes, fiduciary litigation, as well as cybersecurity matters. He also has considerable experience representing business owners and individuals accused of white-collar criminal conduct. He received his B.A. from Skidmore College and his J.D., from the Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University.

Prior to entering private practice, Esworthy served with the Maryland Court of Special Appeals as staff attorney and as judicial clerk to Hon. Joseph F. Murphy, Jr. He also serves as co-chair of the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section’s Cyber Crime Committee and co-chair of the MSBA’s Cyber Security Task Force.

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Steven Fedder

sfedder@ubalt.edu

Fedder is a trial and appellate lawyer with the Baltimore-based litigation boutique, Fedder & Janofsky LLC. He provides strategic, tactical and focused representation for diverse clients to clarify complex business and financial disputes, helping to create persuasive arguments to avoid costly litigation. He is licensed to practice before the federal and state courts in Maryland and the District of Columbia and has appeared pro hac in multiple courts throughout the United States. He is a 1977 graduate of the UBalt School of Law.
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.
Karen Ferretti

Judge, District Court of Maryland for Montgomery County

karen.ferretti@mdcourts.gov

Introduction to Advocacy

Judge 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.
Karen Ferretti

Judge, District Court of Maryland for Montgomery County

karen.ferretti@mdcourts.gov

Introduction to Advocacy

Judge 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.
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.
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.
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.
Nancy Forster

Forster Law
210 W. Pennsylvania Ave.
Suite 230
Towson, MD 21204

nforster@ubalt.edu
nsforster@gmail.com
Phone: 410.685.6000
Fax: 443.320.9241

Constitutional Criminal Procedure I
Constitutional Criminal Procedure II
Appellate Advocacy

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

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.
Steven Gevarter

Self Employed
sgevarter@verizon.net

Phone: 410-952-8191
Fax: 410-719-7517

Advanced Real Estate Taxation
State and Local Taxation
Maryland Taxes

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, Gevarter clerked for the Hon. Daniel Hermann, Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court. He has been an adjunct professor at the UBalt School of Law since 2016.
Vincent M. Guida, Jr., Esq.

Assistant Attorney General
Maryland Office of the Attorney General

vguida@ubalt.edu
vincent.guida@maryland.gov
Phone: 410-707-0067

Trial Advocacy
Rules and Reasoning

Guida graduated with honors from the University of Maryland School of Law. He currently serves at principal counsel for the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation. He has taught numerous writing and advocacy courses at the University of Maryland School of Law and UBalt Law.
Diane Glauber

Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

dglauber@ubalt.edu
Phone: 202.662.8303

Community Development Clinic

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.
Elizabeth Green

Pessin Katz Law, P.A. (PK Law)
egreen@pklaw.com
Phone: 410-769-6150

Income Taxation of Estates and Trusts
Lawrence S. Greenberg

Greenberg Law Offices

lgreenberg@ubalt.edu
larry@greenberglawyers.com
Phone: 410-539-5250

Trial Advocacy

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 UBalt School of Law since 2015.

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Randy Hardock

Of Counsel, Davis & Harman LLP

rhhardock@davis-harman.com

Phone: 202-746-2727
Fax: 202-393-3310

Tax Policy

Hardock received his B.A. from the University of Rochester and his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. where he was an editor of the 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, 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 the fields of both 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.
Hadrian N. Hatfield

Shulman Rogers

hhatfield@ubalt.edu
hhatfield@shulmanrogers.com

Phone: 301-230-6575

Financial Foundations for Family Lawyers

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, Hatfield frequently serves as a mediator. For more information see: https://www.shulmanrogers.com/attorneys/hadrian-n-hatfield/.
Jermaine Haughton

Wais Vogelstein Forman & Offutt LLC

Jermaine.Haughton@ubalt.edu
Jermaine@malpracticeteam.com

Phone: 410-998-3600

Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition

Haughton is a litigation associate at Wais Vogelstein Forman & Offutt LLC, where he focuses on medical malpractice issues. He is a 2015 graduate of the 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, Haughton 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.
Richard Heinecke

IRS Chief Counsel's Office
rnheinecke@verizon.net

Phone: 202-317-5324

Corporate Reorganization
Hon. John Alvin Henderson

Administrative Judge, U.S. Department of Justice

jhenderson@ubalt.edu

Judge Henderson decides immigration and employment cases. He previously served as an administrative judge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and prior to that as a trial attorney, also with the EEOC. He is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., 2014), Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law (J.D., 2006) and the University of Maryland (B.A., 2000)

Oneshia Herring

National Fair Housing Alliance

oherring@ubalt.edu
oneshiaherring@gmail.com

Phone: 850-445-7171

Attorney Practice Externship

Herring is senior vice president and counsel at the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA). NFHA is a national consortium of more than 200 private, nonprofit fair housing organizations and state and local civil rights agencies from throughout the United States that works to eliminate housing discrimination and ensure equitable housing opportunities.

Herring has extensive experience in fair lending and fair housing, as well as civil rights enforcement and compliance more broadly. Prior to joining NFHA, she spent nearly a decade at the U.S. Department of Justice, working in the Civil Rights Division as senior counsel in the Office of the Assistant Attorney General, and senior trial attorney in the Housing and Civil Enforcement Section. There she led initiatives to advance the division’s priorities and handled several high-profile fair housing and fair lending matters, resulting in over $7 million in relief to aggrieved persons.

She was also Deputy Director in the Office for Civil Rights, Office of Justice Programs, where she worked to ensure that federal funds are being used to promote equity and are not financing illegal discrimination. Moreover, she is the immediate past chair of the DOJ Association of Black Attorneys.

Herring earned a B.S., cum laude, from the Florida State University, a M.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Central Florida, and a J.D., magna cum laude, from the North Carolina Central University School of Law.
Jeffrey C. Herwig

Commissioner, Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission

jherwig@wcc.state.md.us

Phone: 410-864-5179
Fax: 410.864.5221
Worker's Compensation

Herwig received his B.A. from Loyola University, summa cum laude, in 1978 and his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1981.
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

Indek 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 laude, from the Unviersity of Maryland Carey School of Law.

Indek 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. He has been an adjunct with at the UBalt 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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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

Katzenberg's practice focuses on Trusts & Estates and Charitable Planning. He received his B.A. from Tufts University, his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law, and his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law.
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 (J.D., 1994) and Michigan State University (B.A., 1988).
Ari Kodeck

akodeck@ubalt.edu
Phone: 410-576-6300

National Trial Team

Kodeck received his B.S. from Washington College in 1993 and his J.D. from Thomas Cooley Law School in 1997.
Julia Kovacs

DLA Piper LLP

julia.kovacs@us.dlapiper.com
Phone: 202-799-4244

Qualified Pension and Profit-Sharing Plans

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.
Irwin R. Kramer

Kramer & Connolly

Phone: 410-581-0070, ext. 16

Litigation Process

As managing partner of the Baltimore litigation firm of Kramer & Connolly, 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, George Mason University, 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, 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 has appeared regularly as a television legal analyst. Appointed to the Supreme Court of Maryland's Standing Committee on Rules of Practice & Procedure, Kramer serves on a team of prominent judges, legislators and attorneys who review and revise court rules, including those that govern the attorney grievance process.

After graduating summa cum laude from Towson University, Kramer earned his Juris Doctor, with honors, 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. 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.
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

Krawczyk received his B.S. from Towson University in 1977 and his J.D. from the UBalt School of Law in 2001. He retired from the Baltimore County Police Department in 2001.
Jeremy Krum

Armstrong, Donohue, Ceppos, Vaughan & Rhoades, Chartered

Introduction to Advocacy

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.

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, Krum has been an adjunct professor at the UBalt School of Law since 2012.
Krum obtained his undergraduate degree in 1999 at the University of Maryland, College Park, magna cum laude, with honors from Omicron Delta Kappa. He graduated from the American University Washington College of Law in 2003. While at student at WCL, Krum served as the president of the Moot Court Executive Board, and as a member of the Administrative Law Review.
Scott Kurlander

SPK Consulting & Mediation, LLC

Kurlander Legal Counsel

scott@kurlanderlegal.com

443-604-6797

Kurlander graduated from the Gilman School and then cum laude from Tufts University in Medford, MA. He is a graduate of the Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, DE, having also attended UBalt Law. For the past 30 years, he has been a trial litigator, representing defendant health care providers, doctors, nurses, physician assistants, nurse-practitioners and hospitals, and plaintiffs in medical malpractice and complex civil litigation. Kurlander recently transitioned his practice to alternative dispute resolution services, including mediation and arbitration, and consulting.

As a court-appointed and private mediator, he focuses on alternative dispute resolution and mediation of civil lawsuits. Scott’s boutique firm specializes in medical and dental malpractice and catastrophic injury cases. In addition to mediating all types of personal injury cases, he also mediates business contracts and employment disputes. He has served on many commissions and legal associations and currently serves on the Judicial Nominating Commission for Baltimore County and the Maryland’s Attorney Grievance Commission’s Peer Review Panel.

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Maurice M. LaBrie

Chief Counsel, IRS, Large Business and International Division Counsel

mlabrie@ubalt.edu
Phone: 202-317-5519

Fundamentals of Federal Taxation I
Tax Research

Maurice is the Director, Headquarters Operations for the Large Business and Internal Division Counsel, IRS Chief Counsel in Washington, DC. He earned a B.S. in Judaic Studies, and graduate ordination from the Rabbinical Seminary of America, Queens NY, Masters in Education from Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, a JD from the Jacob Fuchsberg Touro Law Center, Central Islip, NY, and an LL.M. in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC. He has been an adjunct at the University of Baltimore since 2022.
The Honorable Adam Landy

United States Tax Court

alandy@ubalt.edu
Phone: 202-521-0835

Tax Research and Writing

Judge Landy is a Special Trial Judge on the United States Tax Court. He received his B.S., M.S., and J.D. degrees from the University of South Carolina. He also received his LL.M. in Taxation from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. Prior to his judicial appointment, Landy was an attorney in the IRS Office of Chief Counsel.
Sheldon H. Laskin

Counsel
Multi State Tax Commission

slaskin@ubalt.edu
shel030351@gmail.com

Phone: 410-979-6703

State and Local Taxation

Laskin received his B.A. and J.D. from Rutgers University and his LL.M. in Taxation from the UBalt School of Law.
Kenneth Lasson

klasson@ubalt.edu

Lasson is professor emeritus and joined 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.
Gregory Lawrence

Lawrence Law, LLC
greg@lawrencelaw.com
Phone: 410.837.6995
Fax: 410.837.6995

Securities 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.
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.
Robert Lidston

Anello and Lidston

nlidston@mcdonogh.org
Phone: 410.242.6600
Fax: 410.242.2041

Introduction 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.
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.
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: 410.887.4834

Appellate Advocacy Workshop

Mr. Lippe received his undergraduate degree from the Johns Hopkins University and his J.D. from the University of Maryland.
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: 410.545.7322

Trial 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.
Robert S. McCord

Assistant Secretary of Operations
Maryland Department Planning

rsmccord@harfordcountymd.gov
Phone: 410.638.3205
Fax: 310.879.7651

Moot 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.
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.
Patricia McLane

United States Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland

Patricia.McLane@usdoj.gov
Cell: 301.529.5404
Work: 410.209.4942

Trial 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.
Wendy S. Meadows

Law Office of Wendy S. Meadows, LLC
410-707-6844

wendy@wendymeadowslaw.com

Externship Program

Meadows received her B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College in 2002 and her J.D. from the American University Washington College of Law in 2005. She is a certified life coach and author of the bestselling book sparkle & GRIT: Live a Technicolor Life By Finally Finding Balance, Escaping Monotony, and Beating Burnout.
Adam Meehan

Smith & Downey, P.A.
ameehan1225@gmail.com
Phone: 410.246.9113

Welfare Benefit Plans
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

smickey@ubalt.edu

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.
Ron Miller

Miller & Zois
1 South St., #2450
Baltimore, MD 21202

410-553-6000

rmiller@ubalt.edu
ronmiller@millerandzois.com

Sports law; insurance law

After earning his bachelor’s degree in finance from Loyola College, Miller attended the UBalt School of Law, where he graduated magna cum laude. During his time at the University of Baltimore, he served as the executive editor of the Law Review and was elected to the Heuisler Honor Society.

Miller’s practice focuses on mass torts, motor vehicle accidents, product liability, birth injuries, and other medical malpractice cases.

He has taught at Baltimore Law for 26 years.
Lily Milwit

Equal Justice Under Law
301-943-7242

lmilwit@ubalt.edu
lmilwit@equaljusticeunderlaw.org

Reproductive Rights and Justice

Milwit received her B.A. from Tulane University and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. She was a Women's Law and Public Policy Fellow and has worked as an attorney at the National Homelessness Law Center and Equal Justice Under Law, working to end the criminalization of poverty. She returns to UBalt Law after teaching Reproductive Rights & Justice in the spring of 2023.
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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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.
Alan Nemeth

mdanimallaw@aol.com

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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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 Team

Peabody 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.
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).
George Ritchie

Gordon Feinblatt LLC

gritchie@ubal t.edu
gritch ie@gfrlaw.com
Phone: 410.576.4131
Fax: 410.576.4269

Introduction 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.
Samuel I. Rosenberg

Member, Maryland House of Representatives
srosenberg@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 Division

Introduction 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.
Christopher Schoen

Dewey and LeBoeuf L.L.P.

cschoen@deweyleboeuf.com

Consolidated Corporations

Mr. Schoen received his J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law in 1992.
Honorable Mark Scurti

Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland

Judicial Externship
LLM Professional Responsibility
Interviewing, Negotiating and Counseling Perspectives on Sexual Orientation and the Law

Judge 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.
Stephen Sfekas

Senior Judge, Circuit Court for Baltimore City

ssfekas@ubalt.edu

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.
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.
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
djs@bbsclaw.com

Phone: 410.385.8077
Fax: 410.230.3801

Estate and Gift Taxation

Mr. Sidle received his J.D., with honors, from the University of Maryland in 1985.
Ephraim R. Siff

Maryland State Police, Legal Counsel Section

ephraim.siff@ubalt.edu

410.887.4824

Maryland Criminal Procedure
Maryland Civil Procedure
Introduction to Lawyering Skills

Ephraim Siff is a graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law and has been an adjunct professor since 2013.
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.
Andrew Sindler

Law Offices of Andrew N. Sindler, LLC

asindler@ubalt.edu
andrewsindler@gmail.com
Phone: 410.274.4777
Fax: 877.279.0577

Interviewing, 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.
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.
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.
Patricia Smith

kakulani@verizon.net

Introduction to Advocacy
National Moot Court Team

Patricia 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.
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.
Andrew T. Stephenson

Franklin and Prokopik, P.C.

astephenson@fandpnet.com
Phone: 410.230.3638
Fax: 410.752.6868

Litigation 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.
H. Mark Stichel

RKW, LLC

hstichel@ubalt.edu
hmstichel@rkwlawgroup.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.
Larry Strauss

Larry Strauss and Associates

larry@larrystraussesqcpa.com
Phone: 410.484.2142
Fax: 443.352.3282

Bankruptcy 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.
Karen T. Syrylo

Karen T. Syrylo, CPA

ksyrylo@verizon.net

Phone: 410-218-2898
Fax: 410-719-7517

Maryland Taxes
State and Local Taxation

Karen 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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Nicole Taylor

Law Offices of Taylor & Taylor, LLC

nicoletaylor@mptlaw.com
Phone: 410.234.8181
Fax: 410.779.9052

Judicial Externship

Nicole 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.
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.
Timothy Tenne

Nordic Unmanned North America

ttenne@ubalt.edu
timothy.tenne@t3ideas.com
Phone: 843.822.6174

Aviation 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.
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.
Michael Torres

Maryland Office of the Public Defender

Phone: 410.767.8516
Fax: 410.333.8801

Introduction 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.
Judith Tortora

Partner, The Chase Law Group

jtortora@chaserelaw.com
Phone: 917.658.6326

Real 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
mvasbinder@ubalt.edu
Phone: 410.971.5542

ILS/Torts
Introduction to Advocacy
Health Care Law

Ms. 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.
Erin K. Voss

Managing Attorney, Nagle & Zaller, P.C.

evoss@ubalt.edu
erin@naglezaller.com
(443) 865-2651

Externship Program

Voss is the managing attorney of Nagle & Zaller, P.C.

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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.
Nicole M. Whitaker

Whitaker Legal, LLC

nwhitaker@ubalt.edu
nicole@whitaker-legal.com

Legal Analysis, Research & Writing, LLM
Lawyering in Spanish

Nicole 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.
Kira Wilpone-Welborn

Consumer Protection Division
Office of the Maryland Attorney General

Housing Justice

Kira 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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Daria Zane

dzane@ubalt.edu
dariazane@gmail.com

Introduction to Advocacy Rules and Reasoning-Remedies
Litigation Process
Remedies

Ms. 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.
Alex Zarzecki

Frank, Frank & Scherr, LLC

azarzecki@ubalt.edu
azarzecki@frankelderlaw.com
Phone: 410.337.8900
Fax: 410.337.0031

Elder 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.
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.
Aaron S.J. Zelinksy

United States Attorney's Office, District of Maryland

azelin sky@ubalt.edu

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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