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T H E B A R A S S O C I A T I O N O F M O N T G O M E R Y C O U N T Y, M D N E W S L E T T E R – J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 1 7 – V O L . 6 5 / I S S U E 2

THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD

CONTENTSPRESIDENT’S MESSAGE By James A. Mood, Jr.

Do not seek to follow in

the footsteps of the wise.Seek what they sought.

--Matsuo Basho

When I leave one of the courthouses in Rock-ville, I usually walk back to my office through the Rockville Town Square. That path re-quires me to walk down, or at least across, Gibbs Street. Named in honor of William B. Gibbs, Jr., this street stands as a constant reminder of both the pain of discrimination

and the triumph of the rule of law in one of our own courts.

On June 15, 2017, I was privileged to attend the swearing-in cer-emony of Judge Patrick L. Woodward as the Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. Those in attendance had the good fortune to hear the remarks of Professor Larry Gibson, a professor of law at the University of Maryland Francis King Car-ey School of Law. Professor Gibson noted that July 2017 marks the 80th anniversary of the 1937 ruling of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County in Gibbs v. Broome—described by Professor Gibson as the second step on the road toward Brown v. Board of Education.

Notably, the “first step” toward Brown also took place in the State of Maryland. In January 1935, Donald Gaines Murray applied for admission to the University of Maryland School of Law. Mr. Mur-ray, an African-American and 1934 graduate of Amherst Universi-ty was, other than his race, a well-qualified applicant for admis-sion. His application was orchestrated by two attorneys with the NAACP, future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and his mentor, Charles Houston. His application was, of course, denied.

It would probably be difficult to overstate the motivation enjoyed by Thurgood Marshall in pursuing this case. Marshall’s own ap-plication for admission to the University of Maryland School of Law had been rejected years before (for those of you who have not seen it, I commend to you Laurence Fishburne’s phenomenal and highly-entertaining portrayal of Justice Marshall in his one-man play Thurgood, filmed live at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater, in which he describes how he had “a score to settle” with the University of Maryland). The trial court ruling issued by Balti-more City Court Judge Eugene O’Dunne in Murray v. Pearson was the first in the nation ordering the desegregation of a school. His ruling was unanimously affirmed by the Maryland Court of Ap-peals in January 1936.

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JULY/AUGUST 2017 VOLUME 65 – ISSUE 2

3 Current Update

7 A Balancing Act

7 Techlectic

9 In Memoriam ...

12 Bar Revue Photos

13 New Practitioner Section

14 Committees/ Sections

16 Continuing Legal Education Insert

17 Bar Foundation Fall Outing Insert

29 Pro Bono

30 Specialty Bar Associations

31 Rent/Lease Ads

31 Attorney Opportunities

34 States Attorney Schedules

35 Judges Schedules

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Bar Association Staff Julie Executive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) 424-3453

[email protected]

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

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

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

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

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

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Pro Bono ProgramClient Intake Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) 424-7651 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) 424-7652

The following staff listing is not for public information. It is for attorney use only.

Debbie Program Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) 762-5831 [email protected]

Jorge Case Manager / Intake Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) 762-8488 [email protected]

Soley Case Manager / Intake Specialist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (301) 424-2706 [email protected]

2017- 2018 Officers and ChairsASSOCIATION OFFICERS President: James A. Mood, Jr.President-Elect: Steven J. BienstockTreasurer: Keith J. RosaTreasurer-Elect: Donna E. McBrideSecretary: Karen A. FerrettiPast President: Lauri E. ClearyExecutive Director: Julie PetersenEXECUTIVE COMMITTEETheresa ChernoskyPaul ChungAindrea M. ConroyLeslie R. JanisRhian McGrathDavid C. Merkin

Hon. Eric J. NeeJeremy D. RachlinHon. Holly D. Reed, IIIRevée M. WaltersClark E. Wisor, IIICarlotta A. Woodward

New Practitioners Co-Chairs:Joshua Bienstock & Joshua SchmandCOMMITTEE CHAIRSAssoc./Found. – Ann. Mtg. & Law Day – Donna E. McBride – (301) 762-5212Bench/Bar-Circuit – Heather C. Collier – (301) 340-9090; Megan N. Rosan – (301) 656-1177Bench/Bar-District Court – Reginald W. Bours – (301) 340-7600; Richard D. London – (301) 588-6900Budget – Alan S. Zipp – (301) 340-0084Community Outreach - Jessica S. Blumberg – (301) 657-0742; Mee Soon Langohr – (301) 945-9272Fee Dispute Resolution – Robert C. Park, Jr. – (301) 961-5175; Karen Robbins – (301) 668-3222Judicial Selections – Stephanie L. Fink – (301) 762-8872; Kristina Badalian, Vice Chair – (301) 869-1700Lawyer Assistance – Karen H. Alegi – (240) 489-3428; William E. Hewitt, Jr. – (301) 424-8520Lawyer Referral – Louis M. Leibowitz – (301) 279-0224Leadership Development – Christopher W. Roberts – (301) 657-0168; John S. Weaver – (301) 424-7207Legal Ethics – P. David Gavin – (301) 279-2700; Allen J. Katz – (301) 840-8007; Samuel M. Shapiro – (301) 340-1333Legislation – J. Bradford McCullough – (301) 657-0734; Catherine H. McQueen – (240) 507-1700 Membership Benefits – Erin L. Kopelman – (301) 347-1261; David C. Merkin – (301) 762-9200 Mentor/Mentee (sub of New Practitioners) - Daniel Tavares – (301) 762-7473Nominations & Elections – Mary Katherine Knight – (240) 777-7400Social – Mary McGuinness Saxon – (202) 466-8960 Amanda C. Smith – (240) 614-7543Social Media / Technology – Jessica S. Blumberg – (301) 657-0742; Keith J. Rosa – (240) 777-9108 Softball – Paul Schwinn – (301) 945-9278Specialty Bar Associations – VACANTStrategic Planning – Casey Weinberg Florance – (301) 838-3318Youth Courthouse Project – Allison McFadden – (240) 399-7900; George E. Simms, III – (240) 777-7383

SECTION CHAIRSAdministrative Law – John T. Henderson, Jr. – (410) 229-4100; Nicolas Orechwa, Vice Chair – (410) 229-4100Alternative Dispute Resolution – Robert L. Baum – (301) 610-0610; Kenneth A. Vogel – (202) 332-7323Business Law – David E. Kay – (301) 657-0724Collaborative Law – Laura Duncan, – (240) 409-6108; Roger A. Hayden, II – (301) 656-8850; Eshigo P. Okasili – (301) 452-4929; Amanda G. Sow – (202) 302-0497Commercial Litigation – E. Andrew Cole – (301) 838-3218; William A. Goldberg – (301) 907-2813Criminal Law – Patrick J. Mays – (240) 777-7385; David H. Moyse – (240) 292-7200Education Law – Lisa S. Becker – (240) 778-2304; David M. Briglia – (240) 482-0581Elder Law – Morris Klein – (301) 652-4462; Mary Jo Broussard-Speier – (301) 468-5657Employment Law – Joy C. Einstein – (301) 945-9250; Gregg C. Greenberg – (301) 587-9373Estates & Trusts – Jay M. Eisenberg – (301) 230-5223Family Law – Emily Gelmann – (301) 340-2020; Pilar Nichols – (2301) 762-8999 Heather R. Sweren – (301) 869-1700Immigration – Parva Fattahi, Chair – (301) 263-4516 Intellectual Property & Technology – Michael L. Greenberg – (202) 625-7000; Raymond Van Dyke – (202) 378-3903Juvenile Law – Amy J. DiBiasio – (440) 221-2810; Corey E. Talcott – (240) 777-6767Law Firm Management – Amy B. Strent – (301) 657-0010New Practitioners – Joshua I. Bienstock – (301) 251-1600; Joshua C. Schmand – (301) 347-1273Chamber Chats – Anne-Marie Carnemark – (301) 762-5212Personal Injury Litigation – Aaron M. Blank (Plaintiff) – (301) 945-9271; Stephanie L. Shearer (Defense) – (301) 791-6924Real Estate – Matthew D. Alegi – (301) 230-6574; Sarah Cline – (301) 945-9245Solo & Small Firm – Evan V. Goitein – (301) 323-8272; David A. Schiller – (301) 315-0801Taxation Law – John S. Pontius, Jr. – (410) 497-5947; Mark W. Schweighofer – (301) 838-3233Workers Compensation Law – William J. Inman – (301) 315-9400; Jeffrey W. Stickle – (240) 777-6728

BAR FOUNDATION OFFICERS(Effective July 1, 2017)

President: Lynn Lauri E. ClearyPresident-Elect: James A. Mood, Jr.Treasurer: Ronald S. CanterSecretary: Bibi M. BerryPast President: Lynn Caudle BoyntonBOARD OF DIRECTORSMichael G. BanksHon. Marielsa A. BernardBradford S. BernsteinHon. Sharon V. BurrellHeather CollierHon. John W. Debelius, IIICasey Weinberg FloranceJo B. FogelCaitlin C. GrantHon. Anne S. HarringtonKevin G. HesslerHeather Q. HostetterDaniel M. Kennedy, III

Lili KhozeimehHon. Mary Beth McCormickElizabeth J. McInturffRichard H. MelnickLynndolyn T. MitchellHon. John C. MoffettJohn M. QuinnAndrew L. SchwartzMallon A. SnyderDonna E. Van ScoyBenjamin S. Vaughan Patricia M. WeaverAlan S. Zipp

COMMITTEE CHAIRSC-IT Program –Stephen H. Chaikin – (240) 777-7202; Karen Mooney - (240) 777-7366Cable T.V./Law School for the Public – Lauri E. Cleary – (301) 657-0176; James R. Klimaski - (202) 296-5600Continuing Legal Education – Jeffrey Hammond – (301) 861-4555; Honorable Marina L. Sabett - (410) 935-4786Diversity – Hon. Charles B. Day – (301) 344-0393; Susan Magazine - (240) 774-7220Endowment – Daniel M. Kennedy – (301) 251-6600Facilities – John Monahan - (301) 251-1811Fall Outing – Alison W. Rind – (301) 657-0750; David P. Shapiro – (301) 656-7603Pro Bono – Michael J. Goecke – (301) 657-0185 School Mock Trial – Bradford S. Bernstein – (301) 517-4811; Casey L. Cirner – (301) 762-1600Speakers Bureau - Magistrate James A. Bonifant - (240) 777-9050; Stephen H. Chaikin - (240) 777-7405; Warren E. Tydings - (301) 670-3020

FOR LAWYERS WHO NEED HELPAnyone aware of Attorneys who are having problems with stress, depression, overwhelmed with their practice, family issues, and related illnesses, including addiction, that interfere with their professional or personal lives, please call the Lawyer Assistance Committee. Committee members can assist Lawyers in finding confidential and effective programs to help them.

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

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

(301) 424-8520 / [email protected]

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CIRCUIT COURT NOTESJohn W. Debelius, Administrative JudgeCIRCUIT COURT WEBSITEThanks to the diligent efforts of our Technical Services staff, we will be launching a more user friendly version of the Circuit Court Website sometime in late August. The new website will contain a section specifically de-signed for attorney use. Every-one is encouraged to try it out.

The Circuit Court is also look-ing for volunteer attorneys in July to help us with our final round of testing on the new Circuit Court website. You are key visitors to our site, and we want to ensure the site accom-modates what you need.

Volunteers will preview the new site from their own desk and complete a short online survey about what they like and don’t like.

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If you are interested in volun-teering, please contact Anne C. Grant via phone (240-777-9152) or email ([email protected]), and she will send you the links and instructions.

CIVIL DCM PLAN REVISIONSAs you may be aware, begin-ning in July of 2017 the Circuit Court will no longer conduct a Scheduling Conference in a Track 3 - Civil Case.

In lieu of a Civil Track III- Scheduling Conference, which is now held approximately 90 days from filing, the parties will be issued a Civil Track III- Scheduling Packet, at the time of filing.

The Civil Track III-Scheduling Packet, contains a Scheduling Notice and Order of Court, Track III-Scheduling Order, and an Order for a Mandatory Settlement Conference/Pretri-al Hearing.

The Civil Track III-Scheduling Packets are generated in the Clerk’s Office and will be mailed to each party. In addition, Track III-Civil Cases will automatical-ly be referred to ADR approxi-mately 90 days from filing. (Par-ties may object to participating in ADR by filing an objection pursuant to Maryland Rule 17-202 (f), within thirty (30) days of the entry of the ADR order.)

To facilitate the elimination of the Civil Track III-Scheduling Conference Docket, all Track III civil actions filed on or after April 3, 2017 have been issued a Civil Track III -Scheduling Packet.

It is anticipated that the last Civil Track III Scheduling Con-ference Docket will be conduct-ed on Friday, July 7, 2017.

As a result of the changes not-ed above, the Circuit Court has revised the Civil Differentiated Case Management Plan which will be effective for all cases filed after April 3, 2017.

The revised Civil DCM Plan may be found at the following link:

www.montgomerycountymd.gov/ circuitcourt/Resources/Files/

CivilDepartment/Civil_ Differentiated_Case_

Management_Plan.pdf

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Having tasted success in Mur-ray, Marshall and Houston began taking up the cause of under compensated black teachers beginning in 1936. Mr. Gibbs was a victim of Mary-land’s version of this particular type of discrimination. While the Maryland Code provided that no white teacher at a pub-lic school in Maryland could be paid less than $600 per year, a “teacher regularly employed in the public schools for colored children” could be paid as lit-tle as $360 per year. Repeated legislative efforts to equalize teacher compensation dating back to the 1920s had failed and, as of the 1930s, black teachers in Montgomery County were paid just 48% of the amount paid to white teachers.

In November 1936, Marshall and Houston identified Mr. Gibbs, a school principal, as an appropri-ate plaintiff. His salary of $612

per month was a fraction of that earned by white principals (who averaged $1,475 per month). In January 1937, a petition for writ of mandamus was filed in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. The case was assigned to Judge Charles W. Woodward (Chief Judge Woodward’s grand-father) who issued a show cause order to the Board of Education. The defense countered by filing a demurrer challenging the le-gal basis for the claim. Judge Woodward decided that the de-murrer would be considered by the trial court sitting in banc, a most unusual occurrence in his courthouse. In a June 20, 1937 order, Judge Woodward, joined by the other two circuit court judges, ruled in favor of Mr. Gibbs and overruled the demur-rer.

Shortly thereafter, the Board of Education negotiated a settle-ment. The agreement required the equalization of teacher

(Continued from page 1) pay within a year, immediately increased the salaries of fifty black teachers in the county and authorized the payment of back salaries. The strategy em-ployed by Marshall and Hous-ton in Montgomery County would go on to be employed in courts around the country as the NAACP prosecuted many other teacher compensation cases over the course of the four years to follow.

It is humbling to contemplate the fact that giants of the legal profession such as Thurgood Marshall and Charles Houston once argued in our courts and secured rulings that helped to pave the way toward Brown v. Board of Education. Those same courts, albeit in different buildings, continue to provide a forum for justice today. But, while we walk the same streets and pass the courthouse where the victory in Gibbs was won, none of us can truly walk in

the footsteps of Marshall and Houston. The bravery and in-novation that they exhibited during their fight for racial equality occurred at a time in which pursuing those goals could literally be a life-threat-ening endeavor.

We are fortunate not to live in that world anymore. But, while we can’t retrace their steps, we continue to seek what they sought—justice and the tri-umph of the rule of law. And, if passing in the shadows of the old courthouses in Rock-ville isn’t sufficient inspiration for you, I suggest you add to your summer reading list Pro-fessor Gibson’s book, Young Thurgood—The Making of a Supreme Court Justice, which provided the historical infor-mation above. I hope that each of you has the opportunity during the summer months to relax, recharge and read at least one good book.




JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS AND COURTROOM/CHAMBERS RELOCATIONSWe are pleased to welcome Judge James A. Bonifant and Judge Kevin G. Hessler to the Circuit Court.

Judge Bonifant will be located in Courtroom 9C, in the North Tower - Chambers 9120

Judge Hessler will be located in Courtroom 9B, in the North Tower - Chambers 9110 (Begin-ning July 24, 2017)

Effective July 30, 2017:

Judge Rupp will move to Court-room 4G, in the South Tower - Chambers 4720

Judge Smith will move to Courtroom 9D, in the North Tower - Chambers 9020

Judge Maloney will move to Courtroom 9A, in the North Tower - Chambers 9010

Effective August 1, 2017:

Judge Robert A. Greenberg, Ad-ministrative Judge, will move to Courtroom 3E, in the North Tower- Chambers 3080.

JUDICIAL ROTATION – JULY 3, 2017 THROUGH DECEMBER 29, 2018

FAMILY ROTATION:Judge Salant Judge Dwyer Judge Ryon Judge Callahan Judge Albright – Alternating Weeks with Dependency (CINA)

Judge Storm - Alternating Weeks with Dependency (CINA)Judge ChoJudge Bonifant Judge Hessler

CIVIL ROTATION:Judge BurrellJudge Smith Judge BairJudge DuganJudge Rubin

CRIMINAL/GENERAL ROTATION:Judge Mason Judge Maloney Judge McCally Judge McGannJudge Boynton

JUVENILE ROTATION:Judge Albright - Dependency (CINA) /Family– Alternating Weeks Judge Storm - Dependency (CINA)/Family – Alternating WeeksJudge Jordan - Delinquent Juvenile Duty – Alternating WeeksJudge Rupp - Delinquent/ Juvenile Duty – Alternating Weeks

FAMILY LAW SELF HELP CENTER The Circuit Court’s Family Law Self Help Center is now offering evening hours. The Center will remain open every Tuesday un-til 8:00 p.m. This extension of service hours will allow more flexibility for those patrons

(Continued from page 3) who have limited or no ability to leave their jobs during the day. During this time two attorneys will be available to assist liti-gants. For questions, please feel free to contact Madeleine Jones at [email protected] or at (240) 777-9061.

TRUST OFFICE – INFORMATIONAL VIDEOS.The Circuit Court Trust Office has two informational videos to assist persons who have been appointed as the Guard-ian of the Property of a Dis-abled Person or a Minor. The videos provide information on the following topics:

How to Fill Out an Annual Fi-duciary Report - https://youtu.be/yHJ7D90Rz5k

How to Complete an Inventory & Information Report -https://youtu.be/nF8MWphbxg

The videos can be found at the adjacent links above or on the Circuit Court Website at:www.montgomerycountymd.gov/

CircuitCourt/Court/ TrustOffice/TrustOffice.html

LAW LIBRARY RENOVATIONSThe Circuit Court Law Library began extensive renovations in April of this year. During this time the Library will remain open with limited access to some areas. We will keep you apprised of the ongoing status of the renovations and we ap-preciate your patience while we improve this resource.

LICENSE DEPARTMENTThe License Department has returned to Room 1300 on the first floor of the North Tower.

MCCC Law Library – CHECK IT OUTKate Martin, Library Director TRY THE NEW AND IMPROVED GOOGLE SCHOLAR ...There’s good news for lawyers who don’t have immediate ac-cess to Westlaw or other legal subscription databases for their legal research needs. Find what you need on Google Scholar at scholar.google.com.

Westlaw and Lexis have sophis-ticated tools and filters, but be-ing able to access and search case law on a free legal service can often allow you to get the job done simply and quickly. Google Scholar may offer more legal research help than you realize.

• Maryland appellate cases start in 1950; other jurisdic-tions start even earlier.

• Find cases by citation, or use Boolean terms or natural lan-guage to search by words or phrases.

• A click on an internal case cite will take you directly to the full text of that citation.

• You can fine-tune an existing search by restricting your re-sults by jurisdiction, court or date range.

• With the “My Library” func-tion on the left side of your results page, you can set up an account to save what you find and come back to it later.

• From your same results page you can use “My Account” to create an email alert for any new cases that may come down later on your issue.

• Besides case law, Google Scholar allows you to access law review articles. You can run a search through the “ar-ticles” search feature on its home page.

If Westlaw, Lexis and other le-gal databases are not available, Google Scholar can be a research lifeline. For the solo attorney without a Westlaw or Lexis sub-scription, the pro se litigant, or anyone who must do their re-search away from a law library, give Google Scholar a try.

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Circuit Court CINA and Delinquency Bench/Bar ScheduleMadeleine Jones DEL: September 25, 2017 November 29, 2017CINA: October 16, 2017All meetings will be held from 12:30 - 1:30PM in Courtroom 5H.

The traditional District Court New Judges Party, on May 21, 2017, was hosted at the home of Judge Holly Reed. All of the Montgomery County District Court Judges, their spouses, the Law Clerks, and the interpreters celebrated the three most recent Judges.

District Court New Judges Party


The CLE Committee is looking for leaders!The Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Committee has leadership opportuni-ties for those of you who may be interested in becoming involved with the Com-mittee. The CLE Committee performs very important functions for the Bar As-

sociation of Montgomery County (BAMC) and Montgomery County Bar Foundation (MCBF), by enhancing educational opportunities for attorney members. The CLE Committee collabo-rates and coordinates with other Section and Committee Chairs, and other skilled attorneys, to identify relevant topics, and select speakers with subject matter expertise to develop and present meaningful educational programs to our membership. Interested? Please contact Julie Petersen, Executive Director, at (301) 434-3454. We look forward to hearing from you!!



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Summer is a great time for both planning and action.

How can you make the summer more productive? Here are some possible steps:

1. Make a list of what important changes you want to make to your practice.

2. Choose one. Bounce your possibilities off others and take your time making this decision.

3. Write out the steps necessary to make the change. Make the first step simple.

4. Enter time slots in your calendar to work the steps needed to achieve this goal.

5. Take and complete the first step. Then, the next…

Choose goals, obstacles or problems that if addressed would result in greater success in your practice.

Here’s are benefits I’ve seen when practice goals are accom-plished:

1. You enjoy your practice more.2. Your energy builds and infects others in your practice.3. Life outside the office gets better because you feel better.4. Practices grow.5. Employees become a team instead of adversaries.6. Team accomplishments bring more team accomplishments.

You could use the summer for the planning piece and sched-ule the action steps in the fall. Even if you just spend some time this summer thinking about these questions it can lead to action and changes. I wish you a good summer.

For some of us, change is difficult. If you need some help get-ting started, send me an email. I’ll be happy to donate some time to help get you focused.

What are you going to focus on in your practice this sum-mer?Geoff Gilbert is a former practicing attorney, CPA and managing partner. He also taught an undergraduate stress classes at the University of Maryland. Geoff is a business coach for individual attorneys and managing partners in small, medium and large firms. Please send comments to [email protected].

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On Saturday morning, June 17, 2017, after a long illness, John T. Bell passed away, surrounded by his wife, two children, and her parents. John was 81. Ser-vice for friends and family took place in the sanctuary of the Bell Tower Building, formerly the historic Rockville Christian Church, Tuesday, June 20, 2017.

He began to make his mark as a young aggressive lawyer in 1965. He moved here then from Baltimore, Maryland, and, after persuading Charles Bell (no re-lation), once Clerk of the Circuit Court, to form a partnership, be-gan practicing as “Bell and Bell” at 108 South Washington Street (across from Christ Episcopal Church). John was a general practitioner, but he especially enjoyed a criminal law prac-tice. In those days there was no Public Defender Office, so he would find cases, like many others, on Friday mornings, handed out by the presiding Judge, at the weekly call of indi-gent defendants. In those days, a new lawyer might be given a homicide case, and receive as little as $500.00, or for as much as he could get from his client’s family. He started his trial work with a “never back off” attitude. My first trial experience was in a civil case verses eminent de-fense lawyers James Ryan and Francis Quinn, in 1970, while I was assisting John and waiting for Bar results. Judge Moorman warned Mr. Bell in chambers not to disrupt the trial. During the testimony of the first wit-ness, John made a simple ob-jection. The Judge threw a full ink well at him just missing me, right in front of the jury. This was not what I expected from law school! On another time, I heard Judge Latham yelling to Judge Fairbanks in the hallway “Who do you have today?” To which Judge Fairbanks replied “John Bell.” Latham yelled back “I got some aspirin in my desk if you need it!” Of course, John eventually mellowed out as he became wiser.

John was born in Roanoke, Virginia. He graduated high school from the Augusta Mili-tary Academy in 1954, and then attended V.M.I. for 2 years. He showed ability as a competitive swimmer, and while there be-came close to his coach, William Campbell. When “Coach” took a position as a swim coach at the University of Maryland, John transferred there. At Maryland, he established ACC records in several events. Grit and deter-mination were his hallmarks. Once, in an underwater race, he refused to come to the surface before finishing, blacked out, hit the wall and had to be pulled out of the water after having won the event. Maryland Uni-versity created the “John T. Bell” award in his honor, awarded to the swimmer who best embod-ied John’s competitive charac-ter traits. He graduated from Maryland in 1959.

One of his ancestors, Leonard Taylor, fought in the Revolu-tionary War, and at least one in the Civil War. When he started law school at the University of Maryland, he was appointed as a part time legal intern by U.S. Senator Joseph D. Tydings (D-MD). He was proud of Mary-land’s history, and of a 10’ by 16’ wood caving map of our State illustrating each of the original County Courthouses.

In 1964, a student at MICA in Baltimore, Dale Eno, was mov-ing into her new apartment nearby. Moving out and put-ting all his possession in his car was John Bell. She asked him why he was moving to Mont-gomery County. He replied “Because that’s where the mon-ey is!” That young lady I met 5 years later, and eventually mar-ried.

Although John and his eventu-al partners (of 22 years) Frank Cornelius and Elbert Shore, had many good years, John made most of his fortune in real estate, which just then was beginning to boom. As for the

law business, as John reminded his lawyers at the time, it was a “tough business” and a “strug-gle.” John bought many mod-est houses and commercial properties. Often, he rented houses to clients having per-sonal and financial difficulties for substantially lower than market rates. His pride and joy was the Woodley Garden Swim Club on Nelson Street, and, of course, the “Bell Tower Building,” which he adapted to a law office for “Bell, Cornelius, and Shore,” while keeping it in-tact as an historical building, the once Rockville Christian Church, built in 1867.

He thought long term, not only on house values, but with people. His friends tended to be long term. For instance, he gave the writer a job in June of 1970 while waiting for the Bar results, even though I had a 4-year commitment to the U.S. Army ahead of me, a fact when brought to the attention of sev-eral other lawyers at the time, resulted in my being “hired and fired” within minutes. He con-sidered his law firm to be his family. I never knew him to fire any of his staff, many of whom were starting their first office job. Several of the then “secre-taries” worked for him for over 15 years, including mine.

He gave first opportunities to many lawyers. They included Frank Cornelius (1968), James Clifford (1973), Bert Shore (1974), Anthony Shore, Larry Regan & John Garza (1985), Dave Kind-erman (1988), Frank Kisch, Mariana Cordier (1990), Harry Stone (1998), and Randall Rose (1990) who still practices at the Bell Tower. Camille Gray and Patrick Hanifin were affiliated with John when he died. Un-til a few months ago, he came to the office every day, and al-though unable to make regular court appearances, depended much on Patrick to do so for him. His best friends were seen frequently, most went back 40 years or more, including Ernie

Neal, his Personal Assistant at times, Spencer Johnson, motivational speaker at pub-lic schools, Robert Geoghan, Sports Events Promoter, and Charles Lowery, Landscaper. An important friend of 45 years was John J. Fitzgerald, car deal-er, who was there for him when times were lean, or good.

John loved historical anecdotes and quotes, and enjoyed re-calling them in relation to the law practice. If you had to go to court on a losing case, he would remind you of the reply received by Gen. von Paulus when he asked for permission to surrender Sixth Army at Stalingrad, “You are promoted to Field Marshall. Do your his-toric duty.” Or when you had to finish a “C” matter before pre-paring your “A” case; The Span-ish Armada approached the southern shore of England in 1588, when a lookout ran to Sir Francis Drake with the urgent news, he replied “We have the time to finish out bowles, and the Spanish, too.”

John was youthful and fit well into his 60s. He played bas-ketball at Woodley Gardens at noon for 30 years, until 2010, with a steady group of friends. He often boasted of winning “1 on 1s” with men a fraction of his age. He also was given the honor of being a torchbearer in the lead up to the 1996 Olym-pics in Atlanta.

At the end of the day, he often came to my office. He had want-ed a family for a long time, but found American women “too tough.” He had cared for his mother in her last years in his house. So he would say “Don’t give up on me, Bert!” John was at his best telling stories of his trials or of his life experiences. His timing, with understate-ments, was hilarious. Recently, I thoroughly enjoyed his story of traveling to Russia several times in pursuit of Russian “Princess A” or “Princess B”. And in 1998 he

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to one’s friends, and employees, as well as overcoming a bache-lor personality, to obtain a lov-ing wife and family, certainly count for more.

Bert Shore

ments, awards, Bar activities and memberships. However, being in general practice cer-tainly gave John opportunities to help those in need, often during a life crisis. But loyalty

ly, she said “yes” and they were married May 29, 2001. They had two children, Korina, now age 9, and Alexander, age 4.

Perhaps this article is a little short on professional achieve-

met a beautiful young woman, age 19, Tatiana Dyadenchuk. He returned home, but sent her let-ters and went to see her periodi-cally over the next 3 years. Final-

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Daniel L. Shea passed away un-expectedly on Saturday, April 22, 2017 from complications of a serious head injury due to a fall. Until that time, he was in good overall health and a smil-ing, friendly, very competent lawyer respected and liked by his colleagues. In order to brief-ly describe Dan’s career, I want to add the beginning and the end.

About 35 years ago I received a call from a well-known young lawyer, Tom Hogan. Tom went on to a career in the Unit-ed States District Court for the District of Columbia. He told me that he was teaching a course in law school and a young man named Daniel Shea had taken the bar and was looking for a job. Tom praised him, suggesting that this was a great opportunity for us to obtain a very good lawyer. His words complimenting Dan’s abilities were of the highest or-der. I decided in that call that we would hire him. When we did meet, I simply told him that he had a job, what he would be

doing and he was hired. At the very beginning, Dan was highly praised by a very good lawyer who became a distinguished jurist.

For 35 years he worked with our firm. In April the event occurred. Word got out about Dan. I received a call from our State’s Attorney, John McCar-thy who had heard what hap-pened to Dan. He then praised Dan as being of the highest caliber. A lawyer for whom he had great respect and whom he liked very much. John has probably seen and worked with more lawyers than anyone of us will ever know. Thus, at the beginning and at the end, Dan was highly praised by extreme-ly competent legal minds.

In the meantime, of course, we had worked together. Dan’s tal-ent as a lawyer had much to do with his personality as well as knowledge of law. He was al-ways friendly. Whenever there was a conference with Dan, ev-eryone in the room seemed to be smiling. He was the antith-

esis of those lawyers who bring ill feelings into a case. Dan en-joyed the courtroom and the challenge of litigation. He tried all types of cases from small criminal cases for the little guy to complex business disputes with large dollars at stake. He also had a sense of optimism and confidence. He came into the office with a smile and would be heard to say that he loved the practice of law. He will be sorely missed by his colleagues at Brault Graham. Based on the many comments we have received, he will be missed by his colleagues in the Bar as well.

It is worth noting that Dan was an active member of the Bar Association of Montgomery County. He served a term on its Executive Committee, and over the years co-chaired the Judicial Selections Committee, co-chaired the Legal Ethics Committee, chaired the Insur-ance Committee, and chaired the Continuing Legal Educa-tion Committee. In 2005, he was awarded the Outstanding

Committee Chair of the Year Award. He also participated in many CLE programs over the years. Dan was repeatedly recognized as one of Washing-ton, D. C.’s top civil defense at-torneys in the Washingtonian Magazine, and received similar recognition as in the field of lit-igation in the Washington Post Magazine. I could list many other accomplishments.

There was another very im-portant side of Dan that was apparent. He and his wife Eliz-abeth (Beth) had a wonderful family of 4 children. They had 2 boys and 2 girls. All of them attractive, intelligent, success-ful young people. He was very active in athletics when he was young and took pleasure in fol-lowing the athletic activities of his children. He was also extremely proud of 4 grand-children. Dan was a wonderful family man and as husband and father, he will be greatly missed by his loving family who have our deepest sympathy.

Albert D. Brault

Daniel L. Shea August 7, 1952 - April 22, 2017

On July 8, 2017, we gathered to pay our last tribute of respect to Charles W. Woodward, Jr. I would describe him as a judge whom I watched mete out even-handed justice to all those who came before him. His four sons knew him as their loving father. Others knew him as Mary’s devoted husband. His fellow soldiers on the battle-fields of Europe in World War II knew him as their trusted and brave lieutenant. The commu-nity here knew him as a man of deep faith. Yet all aspects of his life can be summed up in a

single word - “Service”. Charlie Woodward stood for service. He served his family, his com-munity and his country in ev-ery way possible.

Charlie was born in 1919 and lived in Poolesville until 1936 when his father, Judge Charles W. Woodward, Sr., built a new home on N. Van Buren Street in Rockville. He graduated from Richard Montgomery High School and might have been the oldest graduate at the time of his passing. He attended the University of Maryland in Col-lege Park. In June, 1941, Charlie

was awarded his college degree, had finished the first year of law school and was greeted im-mediately by a draft notice.

Charlie was chosen to attend artillery OCS at Ft. Sill, OK. His commissioning sent him to a post in Arkansas where he met a young lady named “Mary” whom he married in May, 1943. Charlie literally then went off to war with the 93rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion. Char-lie served on the battlefields of Europe. He was awarded a medal for his actions in com-bat. His citation recounts how

he was exposed to direct per-sonal danger and potential loss of his own life. I quote just a portion of it to you:

Lt. Woodward’s battery po-sition came under heavy artillery and mortar fire. Shells landed close to his vehicle causing casualties to men and materials, almost overturning his vehicle, and causing shell fragments to penetrate into the interior. At all times, Lt. Woodward, by his calm manner and re-assuring voice, in the face of danger, was able to direct

The Honorable Charles W. Woodward, Jr. February 28, 1919 - June 21, 2017



effective and frequent artil-lery fire against the enemy.

Charlie was truly a member of the “Greatest Generation”. When he returned from that conflict, he like so many oth-er fellow veterans got on with his life. He reunited with Mary, they started their family and he finished his education be-gun before the war. He and Mary lived in Baltimore while he completed his last two years of law school. He became a member of the Bar in 1947.

In 1948, Charlie and Mary moved to Rockville and he opened up his own solo prac-tice which he maintained for the next 26 years until his el-evation to the District Court bench. Charlie’s choice to prac-tice as a solo was a deliberate one, a decision forged from his desire to always be his own boss.

During that practice, Charlie continued the dedication to service that was the hallmark of his life. He served his com-munity as an elected member of the House of Delegates for eight years from 1955 to 1963, a time when there was no Belt-way or Route 50 to Annapolis, and he did so for two full terms. Charlie served his religious

community as its chairman of the Board of Trustees. He served his children’s education-al institutions as a trustee and as pro bono legal counsel. He served as president of the Bar Association of Montgomery County for the 1971-72 year.

In 1974, Charlie Woodward was selected to be a judge of the District Court of Maryland and for the next 13 years he used his common sense and respect for the citizens who came before him to pass judgment in their cases. He was hardworking, punctual, meticulous, knowl-edgeable, fair and even-tem-pered. He was an outstanding judge on the District Court.

The acts of kindness by Charlie Woodward towards young law-yers is well-known but some-what hard to ferret out because they were usually done in pri-vate and rarely spoken about. There is one tale that is worth sharing with you because it captures Charlie Woodward’s special way of treating people.

Way back in the 1980s there was an exuberant assistant state’s attorney who possessed more confidence than expe-rience in the courtroom. He was trying a case before Judge Woodward one day and the

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judge ruled against him in some matter. The assistant became exasperated with the outcome and threw his pencil down on the table. What trans-pired is that the pencil landed on its eraser end and took an uncanny bounce off the table and, in a very high arc, began spinning wildly towards Judge Woodward. Fortunately, the pencil wound up hitting the floor in front of the bench and not on the judge’s desk. The courtroom fell deathly quiet for about 15 seconds, no one moved or said a word, awaiting the swift and sure removal of a once promising attorney and the end of his career.

Judge Woodward stood up and with a steely glare, “invited” the miscreant attorney to his chambers. The young man as-sumed that this was the end of his budding tenure in the State’s Attorney Office, that Judge Woodward would notify Andy Sonner, and he would be swiftly terminated.

Instead, Judge Woodward asked him to sit down and in a gentle voice he told him how irresponsible his conduct had been, how disrespectful it was to the bench, and what a bad example it set for others who had witnessed it. At the end of

his gentle, but stern, dressing down, Judge Woodward said he was certain that he would nev-er have to have a conversation like this again and that as far as he was concerned the matter was closed. That young man, not so young today, thanked the Lord for the good and kind and gentle and intelligent man that Judge Woodward was and to whom he remains eternally grateful for this “early course correction” in his career.

The story illustrates in so many ways the admirable character-istics of Charlie Woodward—his insightful way of dealing with people. You will recall the words from the Bronze Star ci-tation—the “calm manner and reassuring voice” of Lt. Wood-ward. You can imagine it was the same way in his law prac-tice, the same way in his legisla-tive career, the same way with his leadership in religious and educational institutions, and his later years doing mission-ary work in foreign countries.

Charlie Woodward served his family, his community, his country and his faith by giving of himself, his time, and his tal-ent to others. He gave his best to us.

Thomas D. Murphy

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NEW PRACTITIONER SECTIONJoshua Bienstock, Co-Chair Joshua Schmand, Co-Chair MEETING DATESSept. 13, 2017 Nov. 8, 2017Oct. 11, 2017 Feb. 14, 2018

Apr. 11, 2018Meetings will be held at 5:30 p.m. on the 2nd Wednesday of the month in the CLE Classroom of the Bar Association building, unless otherwise noted.

We’re Josh Bienstock and Josh Schmand, your 2017/2018 Co-Chairs for the New Practi-tioners Section – and we’re in the process of putting togeth-er some great programs and events for this year. Generally speaking and for scheduling purposes, we hope to have Sec-tion Meetings on the second Wednesday of the month, be-ginning in September.

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CIRCUIT COURT BENCH BAR COMMITTEEDavid Merkin, Co-Chair Jeremy Rachlin, Co-Chair Michael Taylor, Co-Chair The Circuit Court Bench-Bar Committee would like to thank all of those who came out to our June meeting, the final meeting of our 2016-2017 term.

The following issues were raised at the June meeting of the Committee:

MDECThe target date for Montgom-ery County to come online on MDEC is June 2019. Be-ginning in December 2017, the courthouse will embark on an 18-month data migration pro-cess so that all files are con-verted to MDEC by the time Montgomery County goes live. Members of the Clerk’s Office and Court Administration are working with the Administra-tive Office of the Courts and Tyler Technologies to ensure that MDEC is able to process our volume of cases.

LAW LIBRARY RENOVATIONSIt is summer and the Law Li-brary renovations are upon us. Although conference room space in the library will be limited, additional conference rooms are being made available elsewhere around the court-house towers. To book any of these conference rooms, please

contact the Law Library as is currently the procedure. Ren-ovations are expected to be completed by the end of the summer.

JUDICIAL ROTATION CHANGEAt the end of June, judges will enter new rotations. A few chambers relocations will be necessary as part of this pro-cess. Look for more informa-tion about judicial assignments and chambers in this and fu-ture editions of the Newsletter and on the Circuit Court web-page.

JUDICIAL VACANCIESThere are presently two vacan-cies on the Circuit Court due to retirements. Two more vacan-cies are expected by the end of 2017 also due to retirements.

KIDS SPOTFamily law attorneys, please remind your clients that Kids Spot is available to them at no charge if they are participating in daytime co-parenting class-es.

WELCOME…We’d like to welcome Meg Rosan and Heather Collier as the incoming Co-Chairs of our Committee. Meg began her career as law clerk to Judge Greenberg and now is a Prin-cipal at Bulman Dunie Burke & Feld in Bethesda. Heather is a Partner at Dragga Hannon Hessler & Wills in Rockville and is a familiar face to nearly all of us in the Bar Association. And, of course, we’d like to again wel-

come Judge Greenberg as in-coming Administrative Judge and wish him the very best of luck as he takes over Court-room 3E!

… AND FAREWELLWe’d like to wish “Happy Trails” to Judge Debelius as he resigns after eight years as Adminis-trative Judge of our Circuit Court and sixteen total years as a judge of the Circuit Court. Simply put, his contributions to the Montgomery County ju-diciary have been profound.

Finally, farewell from the three of us! It has been our pleasure serving as Co-Chairs of the Committee. We are so grateful to the contributions of the members of the Bar and the many stakeholders in our Montgomery County justice system who gave of their time and efforts to contribute to our Committee. We have tremen-dous confidence knowing that the future of our Circuit Court

administration and the Circuit Court Bench-Bar Committee is in excellent hands.

Stay tuned for the September newsletter, which will identify the dates and meeting loca-tions for the 2017-2018 term of our Committee.

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COLLABORATIVE LAW SECTIONLaura Duncan, Co-ChairRoger Hayden, Co-ChairEshigo Okasili, Co-Chair Amanda Sow, Co-ChairMEETING DATESSept. 26, 2017 Jan. 23, 2018

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May 22, 2018Meetings take place from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. in the BAMC Conference Room (upstairs), unless otherwise specified. We are planning a happy hour with another Section in 2018 and will announce the details as soon as the plan is finalized. Our first meeting of the 2017-2018 bar year will take place from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 26, 2017. There will be a presentation on “Resolving Estates and Trusts Disputes By Means Of Collab-orative Law”. The speaker’s name will be announced by email.

Our generous sponsor, Jeanne Koerber of RE/MAX Success, will provide a free lunch. How-ever, you are welcome to bring your own brown bag lunch, if you prefer to do so or are unable to send in your RSVP 24 hours before the meeting. We contin-ue to welcome your ideas and suggestions about our meeting

and CLE topics, as well as how to launch and maintain a suc-cessful Collaborative practice. We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting and would like you to invite your partners, associates, mentors, mentees and fellow practitioners.

We hope that you are having a good summer so far. It is with great pleasure that we introduce to you and welcome, Laura Duncan and Amanda Sow—our new co-chairs. We are excited about their enthu-siasm, dynamism and efforts to re-invigorate our Section! Rog-er A. Hayden, II and Eshigo P. Okasili will be supporting and assisting them, as they ease into their respective roles.

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION SECTIONDrew Cole, Co-ChairBill Goldberg, Co-ChairThe Commercial Litigation Sec-

tion will next meet on Tuesday, September 12 from 8 to 9 am at Stein Sperling in Rockville. Jen-nifer Beilstein, Solutions Ar-chitect Legal Solutions of DTI Global will present 10 Ways to Reduce eDiscovery Pains. DTI Global and Epiq Systems, who have merged into one (yet to be named) new organization, are jointly sponsoring the meeting. A light breakfast will be provid-ed. Please email Mamie Brown at [email protected] if you plan to attend.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEEJessica Blumberg, Co-ChairMee Soon Langohr, Co-ChairThe Sixth Annual BAMC/Special Olympics Inspiration Walk will be held on October 1, 2017 at Georgetown Prep! The event will include a 5k cross country run, a 1k inspiration walk, and many new activities

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Please save the date for our upcoming CLE: November 30, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Addressing Special Educational Needs of Children in Family Law Cases. Co-sponsors: Education Law/

Family Law Sections. Panelists to be an educational psychol-ogist, Best Interest Attorney, educational consultant and Judge/Magistrate; to be moder-ated by Lisa Seltzer Becker. The panel will cover important top-ics including, What is special education?; The process par-ents go through to get public services; How do you know if a child has special needs?; What happens when unity in paren-tal decision-making breaks down?; Matching needs of a child with a school; and prov-ing special needs, necessary services, and related expenses.

FAMILY LAW SECTIONEmily Gelmann, Co-ChairPilar Nichols, Co-ChairHeather R. Sweren, Co-ChairWe hope you enjoyed your summer! In the meantime, we have been working hard to

plan an exciting upcoming bar year. Please SAVE THE DATE for the following events, CLE’s, programs, and meetings, which we have scheduled for the com-ing year for the Family Law Section:

MEETING DATESOur program chairs, Jessica Blumberg and Inna Loring, are working hard on planning our upcoming section meetings:

September 28, 2017 (because Rosh Hashana falls on the 3rd Thursday)

October 26, 2017, location to be determined

November 16, 2017 **5:00 p.m. in Courtroom 1; (Family Judges’ Roundtable)

January 18, 2018

February 15, 2018

March 15, 2018 **5:00 p.m. in Courtroom 1; (Family Law Magistrates’ Roundtable)

April 19, 2018

May or June 2018 **Practitioner of the Year Award Dinner (Date, Time and Place TBD)

** Please note that all Family Law Section Meetings are ap-proximately 1 hour long and will take place at 5:30 p.m. in the Bar Office, CLE Classroom, except as otherwise noted.

Please join us for the first Sec-tion Meeting and Program of the year on Thursday, Sep-tember 28, 2017, at 5:30 p.m. Meeting location and program details to follow soon.

CLE’SAnd as we gear up for anoth-er great year, please also SAVE THE DATE for the following CLE’s, thanks to our wonderful CLE chairs, John Weaver and Amanda Gratz:

September 12 or 13 (TBD), 7:30-8:15 a.m. – Breakfast with the newly appointed Circuit Court Judges James Bonifant and Kevin Hessler.

September 26, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Military Retirement Benefits, Disability Pay, and Related Is-sues. Panelists Bruce Avery, Kristina Badalian, and Mau-

reen Glackin will discuss dis-posable retired pay, waivers to receive disability pay, and the im-pact of the recent U.S. Supreme Court case Howell v. Howell. The Supreme Court held that a state court may not order a veteran to indemnify a divorced spouse for the loss in the divorced spouse’s portion of the veteran’s retire-ment pay caused by the veter-an’s waiver of retirement pay to receive service-related disability benefits. The panelists will also discuss recent statutory chang-es and present their thoughts on best practices and how to protect your clients in agree-ments and court orders. This timely program is essential for any attorney who represents a military service member or member’s spouse.

October 25, 5:30-8:30 p.m. El-der Law Issues in Family Law Matters. Co-sponsors: Family Law/Elder Law Sections. Pan-elists will be announced in an upcoming newsletter.

November 30, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Addressing Special Education-al Needs of Children in Family Law Cases. Co-sponsors: Ed-ucation Law/Family Law Sec-tions. Panelists will cover a wide range of topics that arise when a child has special needs; to be moderated by Lisa Seltzer Beck-er. The panel will cover import-ant topics including, What is special education?; The process parents go through to get public services; How do you know if a child has special needs?; What happens when unity in parental decision-making breaks down; Matching needs of a child with a school; and proving special needs, necessary services, and related expenses.

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Spring Happy Hour – March 15, 2018 following the Magis-trates’ Roundtable. Location TBD.

End of Year Dinner/Practi-tioner of the Year Award – TBD in May or June 2018.

OTHER EVENTSSymposium—We are working on planning another sympo-sium this year, which is tenta-tively set for Friday, January 12, 2018. Kristina Badalian has graciously agreed to take the lead on planning this event. Specific details will follow shortly.

Law Day—Scheduled for May 4, 2018 back at the Marriott lo-cation. Plans are already in the works for a great Family Law Section program.

As you can see, we’ve got a great year ahead of us!

IMMIGRATION LAW SECTIONParva Fattahi, Co-Chair Rachel Ullman, Co-ChairIf you are interested in becoming a speaker for our Section meetings or have ideas regarding top-ics for Section meetings or CLE seminars, please contact either co-chair at [email protected] or [email protected].

LAW FIRM MANAGEMENT SECTIONHeather Hostetter, ChairSept. 14, 2017* Jan. 18, 2018*Oct.19, 2017** Feb. 15, 2018*Nov. 16, 2017** Mar. 15, 2018**Dec. 21, 2017* Apr. 19, 2018*

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LEGAL ETHICS COMMITTEEDavid Gavin, Co-ChairAllen Katz, Co-ChairSam Shapiro, Co-ChairSept. 14, 2017 Jan. 18, 2018Oct.19, 2017 Feb. 15, 2018Nov. 16, 2017 Mar. 15, 2018Dec. 21, 2017 Apr. 19, 2018

May 17, 2018Meetings will be held at 4:30PM on the 3rd Thursday of the month in the upstairs confer-ence room of the Bar Associa-tion building, located at 27 West Jefferson St., Rockville, MD, un-less otherwise noted.

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS COMMITTEEErin Kopelman, Co-ChairDavid Merkin, Co-ChairThe BAMC Membership Bene-fits Committee has scheduled its first meeting for Tuesday, September 12th, at 8 am, at the Bar Headquarters. The 2017-2018 Goals of the Committee are to improve marketing to BAMC lawyers to make them aware of existing benefits such as ven-dor discounts including: restau-rant discounts; preferred busi-ness services; preferred court reporting services; preferred insurance carriers; preferred banks; and preferred hotels. We also hope to develop new business alliances to provide additional benefits to members and to streamline the process to utilize benefits. We are also open to any new suggestions from bar members to improve member benefits? If you have any concerns or issues to bring to the Committee’s attention, please feel free to contact any Committee member or the Co-Chairs: Erin at (301) 347-1261 or [email protected]; or David at (301) 762-9200 or [email protected].

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION SECTIONAaron M. Blank, Co-Chair Stephanie L. Shearer, Co-ChairSept. 15, 2017 Jan. 19, 2018Oct.20, 2017 Feb. 16, 2018Nov. 17, 2017 Mar. 16, 2018

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Your Excellency President of the Republic Michel Temer. Your Excellency Justice of the Supreme Federal Tribunal Gil-mar Mendes, in whose name I greet all the rest of the mem-bers of the Brazilian Judiciary and Executive present here.

Esteemed friends and col-leagues:

Paraphrasing the great com-poser Tom Jobim, “My work is entirely a song of love to Brazil, the land, the people, the flora and the fauna. From the view of my window at home or from the window of a plane.”

It is an extraordinary, almost indescribable honor when the work of an entire lifetime is recognized (by a country no less) as being valuable. This is particularly true when the work is founded upon genuine passion and full professional and personal accomplishment. For me, there is no greater dis-tinction than the recognition that the Federated Republic of Brazil now gives to me, for a life of dedication to what I love,

what I have always loved, what I will keep on loving.

As you have heard, I came to Brazil for the first time with my wife Susan in 1967, to the City of São Paulo, as a mem-ber of the Peace Corps. We worked in a series of projects, including some at the Faculty of the University of São Paulo, in the Largo do San Francisco,” where I had to opportunity to know such illustrious figures of law as Minister Alfredo Bu-zaid, and Professors Vicente Marotta Rangel and Dalmo Dallari.

During our time in Brazil, in addition to professional ful-fillment, I had much joy in my personal life. My son Zach, now the President of a College in the United States, was born here. Zach’s middle name is Paulo (not Pablo, not Paul, sim-ply Paulo) in homage to the City of São Paulo where he was born. We made it a point, by the way, that Zach have Brazil-ian as well as American citizen-ship.

We returned to the United States at the end of the 1960s and I was fortunate to be able to provide services as a lawyer to the Brazilian Embassy in Washington and maintain my strong ties with Brazil. Later on I became a Maryland State Judge, and then a Federal Judge, and during the 32 years that I have had in the Judiciary, I’ve had the honor of knowing and receiving in the United States no less than a thousand Brazilian Judges, many of whom became personal friends and with whom I have had an opportunity to collaborate over time, among them Justices Car-los Mario Velloso, Ellen Gracie, Gilmar Mendes, Dias Toffoli, Teori Zavascki and Carmen Lúcia of the Supreme Federal Tribunal, and many other dear friends from the Superior Tri-bunal of Justice. (I note that Justice Paulo Sanseverino is here today.) I also want to rec-

ognize Justices of the Superior Labor Tribunal (President Ives Gandra Filho and Justice Maria Cristina Peduzzi, who are here this morning, and who will be visiting my Faculty at the Washington College of Law of American University, in Wash-ington, in approximately 10 days). I celebrate as well friends from the Superior Electoral Tri-bunal, and from the various State Tribunals of Justice.

I’d also like to recognize some personal friends: Dr. Paulo Bekin, Dr. Carlos Eduardo Ca-puto Bastos, Dr. Augusto Coel-ho and Judge Marcus Onodero.

In my many visits to Brazil it happens that I have earned the affectionate nickname from some Brazilians, of which I’m very proud, that of “Juiz de Fora” (meaning “Judge from Outside”), an allusion to the name given to itinerant judges during colonial times in Brazil. (Juiz de Fora is also the name of a large city in the State of Minas Gerais.) In truth, I think that in my case the nickname owes to the fact that I periodically come to Brazil, make certain observations and criticisms at the local level, disappear and then return, in a manner some-what similar to that of Casper the Friendly Ghost.

I have many people to thank for making this award possi-

ble. High Court Justices, oth-er Judges, judicial assistants, lawyers, and the bar associa-tions, and the U.S. Department of State and its Embassy in Brasília, among many others, that helped me in the process of obtaining this prize. I would like as well to give a special thanks to his Excellency Jus-tice of the Supreme Federal Tri-bunal Gilmar Mendes, a friend of long-standing, who suggest-ed that this considerable honor be given to me. Finally my wife and I are profoundly grateful to the President of the Repub-lic and to the Members of the Judiciary, the Bar Association of Brazil, and all the persons of this wonderful country that we so much love.

Whenever I return to the United States, I always carry with me the words of the poet Gonçalves Dias:

May God never allow That I die before I return; Without seeing the beauties That I cannot find here; Without seeing the palm trees Where the thrush sings.

Não permita Deus que eu morra Sem que eu volte para lá; Sem que desfrute os primores Que não encontro por cá; Sem que ainda aviste as palmeiras Onde canta o sabiá.

Remarks of Judge Peter J. Messitteupon receiving the Award of the National Order of The Southern Cross (Ordem Nacional Do Cruzeiro Do Sul)

From Brazilian President Michel Temer

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What is Ligamentous Damage?The spine is held together by muscles, tendons and ligaments. They give the spine its flexibility and stability. When there is damage to a muscle, it is called a "strain". When there is damage to a ligament, it is called a "sprain". While the majority of muscle injuries are transient (4-6 weeks), ALL ligament injuries are permanent. ("once stretched, always stretched") They do not heal the same way that muscles do, and that is why some patients heal in 4-6 weeks (muscle damage) while others suffer for months and even years (ligament damage). That is why it is crucial to visualize and document these ligament injuries. Without this documentation, it is very difficult (if not impossible) to prove that your clients are injured and insurance adjusters will often make "low ball" settlement offers, especially if there is minimal property damage.The Importance of an Early Diagnosis:Auto insurance claims adjusters are notoriously skeptical of "soft tissue" injuries where there is no demonstrable evidence of injury. If ligament damage can be documented at the onset of treatment, carriers set aside higher "reserves" for the BI claim, as they know this is a much more serious injury than a simple "muscle strain" and will likely settle for a higher dollar amount. With a simple "strain" diagnosis, they are skeptical of all treatment beyond 6 weeks, but with a ligament "sprain" diagnosis, there is no arbitrary treatment cutoff.Ligament Injuries Settle for Higher Dollar Values:When it comes time to settle a case, almost all carriers utilize a computerized program known as "Colossus" to generate ranges in settlement offers. Colossus heavily weighs documented evidence of spinal ligament damage (verifiable with DMX digital motion X-Ray), and that often equates to a permanent impairment rating, which results in increased settlement offers or jury awards.

Attorney Testimonials:"Before DMX technology became available, many injury victims settled for lesser amounts than they deserved because it was hard to prove some types of ligament damage with static x-ray, MRI, and CT. Now, with DMX, doctors can actually see abnormal motion and zero in on damaged areas. This objective evidence helps the treating physician identify the area to treated, recommend targeted treatment protocols, and help their patients get the compensation they deserve for their injuries" Don Chaney, Esquire, ChaneyLaw.com"When the treating doctor does not specifically measure breaks in Georges Line (ligamentous damage) it is impossible for me as the lawyer to settle the case for its true value" Steven Eggleston, Esquire

This is the tragic story of Amanda B.In January of 2014, Amanda was involved in a rear end collision that severely injured her neck and back. She suffered for months with severe and debilitating headaches, neck and back pain. After five normal MRIs, two CT Scans and dozens of static X-Rays, the insurance carrier stated that she was not injured and that everything was in her head, or even worse, that she was faking it.Luckily, her attorney recently learned of an emerging imaging technology known as DMX (digital motion x-ray), and referred her for a cervical (neck) scan. The results were clear and unambiguous. She had serious ligament damage in her neck as a result of the car crash, resulting in her chronic headaches, neck, back and arm pain.In fact, utilizing the AMA Guidelines to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 6thedition, she was diagnosed as having a 25% whole body impairment (the exact same impairment you would see in a lower limb amputation) and as a result, her lawyer was easily able to reach a BI settlement for the full policy limits with the 3rd party insurance carrier (a multiple six figure settlement)What is DMX Digital Motion X-ray?As many personal injury attorneys are painfully aware, most soft tissue injuries do not show up on X-Rays or MRI's. Traditional X-Rays or MRI's cannot visualize these types of serious ligament injuries. It is estimated that 50-70% of car crash victims suffer from hidden ligament damage that is never detected. That is where DMX digital motion X-Rays can make your case. DMX is a reimbursable procedure with PIP, Med Pay and most health insurance carriers.In fact, soft tissue injuries are often called the "invisible injury" because to date, there has not been an effective way to demonstrate these injuries on film. Insurance carriers call these "non demonstrable" injuries and typically marginalize them with "low ball" settlement offers.

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DMX digital motion X-Rays views the spine in motion, identifying areas where there is ligament damage or instability. There are 22 ligaments at every level of the spine, some of which can be damaged or torn in a whiplash injury. A 90 second "motion video" is recorded and can be sent to doctors and/or insurance claims adjusters, as verifiable proof of injury.

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PRO BONO PROGRAMBy Debbie Craven, Program CoordinatorLike some of you, I receive News Releases from Mont-gomery County. There is a specific press release that I would like to reference from June, 2017. County officials, in-cluding County Councilmem-ber George Leventhal, joined non-profit partners and mem-bers of the community to me-morialize homeless individu-als who have died in 2016 and 2017. Following the memorial service, officials announced a community-wide effort to fo-cus on housing the chronically homeless by the end of 2017. “As I have listened to the reading of the names, I was remind-ed of a quote from American author Marianne Williamson who said “In every communi-ty, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it,” said Chuck Short, Special Assistant to the County Executive. “I believe

that our community is only as good as how we treat those individuals who are less fortu-nate than we." As we reflect in this powerful message, this is very true of the many com-munity residents that need our help.

There are many county resi-dents that are in great need of pro bono services. Your call to volunteer will make a differ-ence to those without resourc-es. If you would like to learn more about attorney volunteer opportunities with the Pro Bono Program, please stop by our office or contact me direct-ly at 301.762.5831.

The Pro Bono Program par-ticipates in the Judicare Proj-ect. Contested custody and complex family law cases are referred at a reduced fee to ex-perienced family law attorneys. Attorneys can seek reimburse-ment of $80 per hour with a cap of 20 hours per case. The Pro Bono Program requires that the attorney must accept a pro bono case for each case accepted under the Judicare Project.

Thank you to our wonderful Volunteer Attorneys! On be-half of the Board of Directors of the Bar Foundation, we thank the following attorneys for their time, dedication, and service for the months of May and June 2017. Taking a case or working at our evening clinics, their willingness to help far ex-ceeds their names solely being mentioned below…simply ask our clients

CASE REFERRALSBerry, RodellaCanto, JoseDeNobile, KatherineDiamant, SharonEdwards, Ernest*Ewan, CraigFernandez, Alex*Granderson, Samantha*Hailu, Hellina*Hamilton, DontriceHansen, Angela*Jones, Matthew Ryan*Koh Friedman, Patricia*Leo, Jonathan*Marshall, JohnMohammed, Aisha*Mudd, Steven B.Murnane, Andrew*Maddox, Natalie*McGuern,SeanPugliese, Elizabeth*Razaghi, Kiyanoush*Starin, RobertTaylor-Logan, KimberlyUmeh, Kaosy*Whitfield, Lynette

LEGAL ADVICE CLINICS Eastern Montgomery Regional County Service Center Katz, AdinaCapron, ChristinChang, PatriciaMontero, R. Manny+Mukherjee, DianeMudd, Steven B.Radice, Alex+Pugliese, Elizabeth M.Washington, Juan C. +Weng, Li

Gilchrist Center – Gaithersburg Bluefeld, JudiBrannigan, Vincent Chang, PatriciaEjiou, NedumKnepper, DonaldJones, Matthew RyanLewis, JohnPrice, Daryl+Razaghi, KiyanoushWeng, LiWhitfield, Lynette+Williams, Charlene

Gilchrist Center – Germantown Hoverman, AndrewKnepper, DonaldMarshall, JohnPugliese, Elizabeth+Radice, Alex+Weng, LiWhitfield, Lynette Gilchrist Center – Wheaton Akamigbo, Chijioke+Chimah, Bernadette Huang, Wei –RenHsu, KimberlyMontero, r. Manny+McClain, MichaelMudd, StevenWeng, LiPrice, Daryl+Radice, Alex+Renner, RichardSymonds, ElizabethUmeh, KaosyWashington, Juan C. +West, Pamela S. TESS Community Center Akamigbo, Chijioke+Capron, ChristineDeNobile, KatherineGarcia, DanielleHuang, Wei –RenHsu, KimberlyKatz, AdinaKrohn, DanaLane, JonathanLewis, HarryMaloney, MattPrice, Daryl+Renner, RichardUmeh, KaosyVega, David+Walters, ReveeWashington, Juan C. +Weng, LiWest, Pamela S.Whitfield, Lynette+ * = Accepted more than one case + = Supervising Attorney

Charles W. Gilchrist Immigrant Resource Center - Upcounty Regional Service Center 12900 Middlebrook RoadGermantown, MD 208742nd and 4th Tuesday of each month 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM

TESS Community Service Center8513 Piney Branch RoadSilver Spring, Maryland 209011st and 3rd Wednesday of each month6:00 PM to 8:30 PM

LEGAL ADVICE CLINICS All attorneys must be scheduled in advance into the legal clinics.

Charles W. Gilchrist Immigrant Resource Center - Mid-County Regional Service Center2424 Reedie Drive Wheaton, Maryland 209022nd and 4th Wednesday of each month5:30 PM to 8:30 PM

EASTERN County Regional Service Center3300 Briggs Chaney RoadSilver Spring, MD 209041st and 2nd Thursday of each month 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Charles W. Gilchrist Immigrant Resource Center — Gaithersburg Library18330 Montgomery Village AvenueGaithersburg, Maryland 208792nd and 4th Monday of each month6:00 PM to 8:30 PM

All attorney volunteers must be scheduled in advance into the clinics. Please call 301.762.5831 to add your name to the volunteer schedule for a clinic! The first half-hour of each clinic is for client registration. If at all possible, attorneys should arrive no later than one-half hour after the posted start time of a clinic.



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ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF MARYLANDRosalyn Tang, PresidentEND OF YEAR CELEBRATIONOn June 22, 2017, APABA-MD celebrated this past bar year's events and transitioned into the new 2017-2018 bar year. APABA-MD awarded Rajni Sekhri with the Outstanding Member of the Year award for her many years of service as APABA-MD's treasurer.

WELCOME NEW MEMBERSAPABA-MD welcomes new members, P. Hong Le, Thomas Hughes, Maida Salant, Beryl Gordon and Priyanka Cohen!

J. FRANKLYN BOURNE BAR ASSOCIATIONJill Cummins, Co-Chair Lynndolyn Mitchell, Co-ChairMEETING DATES:The Montgomery County Committee for the J Franklyn Bourne Bar Association meets the first Saturday of every month, unless otherwise in-dicated. J Franklyn Bourne’s Montgomery County Commit-tee does not meet in July and August. The next meeting will be held on Saturday Septem-ber 9, 2017 @ 1:30 p.m. If you miss our September meeting, plan for the October 7, 2017 meeting. For more informa-tion, please contact Lynndo-lyn Mitchell at (301) 340-2541 or [email protected], or Jill Cummins at (410) 361-8701 or [email protected].

PAST EVENTS:J Franklyn Bourne’s Annual New Admittee’s Reception: was held on July 22, 2017. Congratu-lations to the newest members of the Maryland State Bar.

J Franklyn Bourne’s 40th Anni-versary Celebration was held at the Newton White Mansion in Prince George’s County on July 25, 2017 jointly with the, The Prince George’s County Hu-

man Relations Commissions. The organization received the Dr. William Welch Award and honored special guests includ-ing all past presidents as well as founding members of The J Franklyn Bourne Bar Associa-tion.

UPCOMING EVENTSThe Annual Bourne Family Picnic, September 16, 2017 12:00-6:00 p.m.: Venue to be announced

November 2, 2017, The J Frank-lyn Bourne Bar Associations 33rd Scholarship Banquet to be held at Martin’s Crosswinds located in Greenbelt Maryland. Details to follow.

The General Body meetings for J. Franklyn Bourne are held on the third Thursday of the month. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, Septem-ber 21, 2017 at 6:00 p.m., 9701 Apollo Drive, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, 20774. For more infor-mation relating to the General Body meetings, and other up-coming events, please contact President ShaRon Kelsey Esq. at: [email protected] http://www.bournebar.org, : fol-low us on Twitter @Bournebar, and, find us on Facebook.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATIONLili Khozeimeh, PresidentWe had a great time at our End of Year Party on June 8th and collected a full car-worth of feminine sanitary products for the House of Ruth. We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day, so I don’t know who to mail a check to for that. Mary Ellen Flynn, once again, graciously opened her beautiful home and hosted the event. A HUGE thank you to Amanda Vann, Leah Morabito, Alicia Lucero and The Honorable Marina Sa-bett, as well as everyone else who helped with this event.

I am pleased and excited to work with our Chapter’s Board for the 2017-2018 year:

President: Lili KhozeimehPresident-Elect: Leah MorabitoTreasurer: Leslie MillerSecretary: Amanda VannAt-Large Member (1-year

term): Jessica Markham At-Large Member (1-year

term): Alicia LuceroAt-Large Member (2-year

term): Kristina BadalianImmediate Past-President:

Heather Collier

This is truly a “dream team.” I couldn’t imagine a better group of women to help take this chapter to new and exciting places. I am honored and privi-leged to get to work with them.

Our Chapter’s Annual Planning Meeting took place on July 24 and we have some great events planned. The energy in the room was lively and I am excit-ed about the upcoming year.

To preview some of our upcom-ing events, we have our annual Normandie Farms Scholarship Dinner in September, orga-nized by Donna VanScoy. If you haven’t been to this din-ner before, I encourage you to attend to meet the remarkable scholarship winners and see the significance and impact of our Chapter’s charitable giving. Please look for a date and RSVP information in the September Museletter and BAMC Newslet-ter. Another event is our “Back on Track” charity ride at Equi-nox to benefit Becky’s Fund sometime in the fall. Please be on the lookout for more in-formation about the date and RSVP in a future blast and Museletter.

Our “Plus-One Initiative” was in full force and effect at our End of Year Party with so many new members in attendance! For those of you who are unfa-miliar with this initiative, the “Plus-One Initiative” was start-ed by Kate McDonough and the Mentor/Mentee Committee as a way to grow our member-ship by inviting non-members to accompany you to a WBA event or meeting. It’s like bring-ing a guest to a wedding, only instead of awkward conver-sations and chicken dances, we can offer networking and

career building (chicken danc-ing is, of course, optional). We have a lot of events in the com-ing year, so think about who you would bring to an event.

Please make sure to mark your calendars for this year’s month-ly Chapter meetings, which will take place at 12:30pm in the lo-cations listed below:

September 12, 2017*October 12, 2017 ***November 14, 2017*December 12, 2017***January 9, 2018*February 12, 2018 ***March 13, 2018 *April 10, 2018***May 8, 2018 *

*Judicial Conference Room, 3rd Floor North Tower***Conference Call meeting

Lastly, I want to thank and recognize our Chapter’s outgo-ing President, Heather Collier, for all of her hard-work, long hours, dedication and guid-ance to our Chapter over the past year. What’s even more remarkable was that she was able to accomplish so much during a year when she was also planning her wedding and getting married! Her monthly Jane Austen quotes were truly words of wisdom. Heather — I hope you look back on the past year as president and smile at how successful our chapter be-came under your presidency. I hope I can match even a por-tion of your legacy.

SIMON E. SOBELOFF JEWISH LAW SOCIETYHigh Holiday Happy Hour! September 26, 2017 (Tuesday), 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Bar Lou-ie—Come celebrate the New Year with friends and colleagues for our annual New Year holiday happy hour! Complimentary drinks and hor d'oeuvres. RSVP to www.Sobeloff.org or Brian Barke (301) 309-8300.

Save The Date!!! 6TH Annual Sobeloff Award Dinner—Oc-tober 25, 2017 (Wednesday) - 6:00 p.m.—Ten Oaks Ballroom, Columbia, MD.



FOR SALEMaryland Reports and Appel-late Reports as far back as 1851 & other law books. Nice wood desk, wood file cabinets, book-shelves, glass top table, butler's table, hanging pictures, desk chair & 3 upholstered chairs. Best Offer. Contact Deane Shure, 103 North Adams St., Rockville, MD 20850 at 301-762-8860 (ext. 301), 301-518-4950 or [email protected].

LEGAL ANNOUNCEMENTSThe law Firm of Bregman, Ber-bert, Schwartz & Gilday, LLC is pleased to announce that its founder Douglas M. Bregman, has been named the “Distin-guished Maryland Real Prop-erty Practitioner” for 2016-2017 Maryland State Bar Associa-tion’s Real Property Section. Mr. Bregman was recognized for his dedication and contri-bution to the legal profession, his colleagues and clients. He has been nationally recognized in the field of real estate and is a member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL). In addition to his con-tributions to his law firm, Mr. Bregman serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at George-town University Law Center and Columbia Law School. The firm is based in Bethesda, MD.

Dragga, Hannon, Hessler & Wills, LLC proudly congrat-ulates Vince Wills on being named 2017 Family Law Practi-

tioner Of The Year at the annu-al year-end dinner. We appre-ciate and thank you for your work on behalf of the Family Law Section.

Joseph Greenwald & Laake P.A. is pleased to announce that Jason Sarfati has been elevated from Staff Attorney to the position of Associate. Jason works in the Firm’s La-bor and Employment Law Practice Group. He represents employers and employees in disputes involving workplace discrimination, retaliation, and unlawful termination. In addi-tion, he works closely with the Firm’s False Claims Act prac-tice, where he represents whis-tleblowers in claims against organizations and government contractors who have submit-ted fraudulent claims to the government. Jason received his B.A. in 2011 from Virginia Tech and his J.D. in 2015 from the George Mason University School of Law. He is admitted to the Virginia and Maryland bars.

RENT/LEASEBETHESDA — Downtown – Seeking solo practitioner to sub-lease furnished, large 2 window private office 3 blocks from Metro. Collegial small firm atmosphere. Rent includes receptionist 9am-5pm, surface parking space, high speed inter-net, 1 phone line, 1 fax line, com-mercial copier and scanner, use of 3 large conference rooms, shared law library and online legal research subscription. If interested, contact Dan Shaivi-tz or Meg Rosan at 301-656-1177, [email protected], or [email protected].

BETHESDA — 3-5 windowed offices available for sublease in our downtown Bethesda law office. We have a community of attorneys and small firms in varied practices. The office in-cludes reception services, use of 4 conference rooms, and access to copier, scanning, etc. Parking is available in the office build-ing and we are next to a large public parking garage. The of-fice is 1 block from the Red line.

Workstations for staff are also available. Virtual office arrange-ments are available. Space for time arrangements with some tenants are possible as well. Please contact Marc at (301) 961-6464 x3313, if you are interested.

ROCKVILLE — Adams Law Center in Downtown Rock-ville — Three beautifully ren-ovated individual offices with additional space for support personnel. Share library/con-ference room, reception area, and kitchen. Walk to Rockville Town Center and Courthouse. Rent all or part at VERY rea-sonable rates. Free parking. Call 301-424-6200.

ROCKVILLE — Executive size office, with two large windows, facing west, so there is plenty of sunshine, in law firm suite. 110 N. Washington St., Suite #340, Rock-ville, MD. Fully furnished with professionally designed office furniture. Completely new suite, carpeting, painting, venetian blinds. Kitchen, small confer-ence room. Near District Court and Circuit Court. Short walk to METRO. Parking is $65 per month. Free visitor parking. Rea-sonable rent. Optional use of our fax, copier, internet, Lexis/Nexis. Contact: [email protected].

ROCKVILLE — One or more bright, windowed law offices along with one or more parale-gal/secretarial bays (optional) available in attractive, modern law office suite. Furnished or un-furnished. Includes receptionist services, 3 conference rooms, law library, waiting room, and kitch-en; use of telephone equipment with voicemail to email capabil-ities, high-speed fiber-optic In-ternet; and networked high-vol-ume copier/printer/scanner/fax machines. Free parking for your clients; modest fee for monthly garage parking. Located at 401 North Washington St., in walk-ing distance to courthouses and Metro. Contact Barry at 301-251-6200.

ROCKVILLE — Three win-dowed offices now available in beautifully renovated suite with spectacular views. Locat-ed at 51 Monroe Street across the street from the Circuit

Court and next to Rockville Metro Station. Includes high-speed business internet and use of phone lines, foyer, a large conference room, kitchen and use of fitness center and confer-ence rooms located in the build-ing. FedEx, UPS and postal ser-vice and parking also available in the building. Contact Judith Mustille at 301-424-1720.

ROCKVILLE — Two attractive windowed offices in a Rockville law office. Space includes: re-ceptionist, conference room, copier, kitchen, workstations, parking, free visitor parking, etc. Office is within walking dis-tance of the Montgomery Coun-ty courthouses and 1 block from the Rockville Metro Station. Please call Scott at 301-664-7710

ROCKVILLE — Windowed of-fices for rent in bright, quiet, ca-thedral ceiling Rockville town-house next to jury parking lot. Use of conference room, kitch-en and spacious client waiting area. Plenty of free parking. Digital copier available. Short walk to Circuit and District Court. Practice law comfort-ably. Call (301) 251-1600 or email [email protected].

ATTORNEY OPPORTUNITIESSENIOR ASSISTANT BAR COUNSEL — Attorney Griev-ance Commission of Maryland — The Office of Bar Counsel is seeking applicants for a Senior Assistant Bar Counsel. This attorney investigates allega-tions of attorney misconduct or incapacity; presents com-plaints to Peer Review Panels; represents the Commission at trial in circuit courts through-out the State and before the Court of Appeals; supervises non-Senior Assistants; works with Bar Counsel to develop and implement training pro-grams; and performs other duties as directed by Bar Coun-sel. Applicants should be able to manage a substantial case load independently and must possess excellent research, analytical and writing skills.

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ASSISTANT BAR COUNSEL — Attorney Grievance Com-mission of Maryland — The Office of Bar Counsel is seek-ing applicants for an Assistant Bar Counsel. This attorney in-vestigates allegations of attor-ney misconduct or incapacity; presents complaints to Peer Review Panels; represents the Commission at trial in circuit courts throughout the State and before the Court of Ap-peals; and performs other du-ties as directed by Bar Coun-sel. Applicants should be able to manage a substantial case load independently and must possess excellent research, analytical and writing skills. Substantive litigation experi-ence required. Starting salary range $54,450 - $68,450. Bene-fits include medical insurance and pension plan. Email re-sume and 2 writing samples to [email protected]. Resume must be received by close of business 8/2/17. E.O.E

ASSOCIATE — Tax Attorney — Daniel Rosefelt & Associates, Attorney & CPA, is a Bethesda Maryland tax law firm that provides comprehensive tax controversy representation for individuals and businesses in the Washington DC Metro area and throughout the U.S. This position involves significant client and IRS contact involv-ing a variety of complex tax controversy matters such as non-filers, audits, offer-in-com-promises, discharge of tax in bankruptcy, tax litigation, off-shore and domestic voluntary disclosures. To be considered for this position, requires 1 to 5 years of tax controversy expe-rience, a J.D. with focus on tax, an accounting degree, or L.L.M. in tax. We seek a self-starting,

well-organized individual with excellent writing and commu-nication skills. Maryland and D.C. Bars are required, or have the ability to waive into the D.C. Bar. To be confidentially considered for this position, please forward by email your resume, academic transcripts, a writing sample and salary re-quirements to Daniel Rosefelt at [email protected].

ASSOCIATE — Tax and Busi-ness Law — Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC, a 40+ attorney, AV-rated Rock-ville, Maryland, law firm, has an immediate opening for an associate to join their Tax and Business Practice Groups. This position requires an LL.M. in taxation, 2 to 6 years of rele-vant law firm experience (with experience drafting transac-tional agreements), an in-depth knowledge of subchapters C, K and S of the Internal Reve-nue Code, and familiarity with mergers, acquisitions and other transactions. Experience with international tax matters, off-shore asset disclosures and tax controversy is preferred. Appli-cants must be barred in Mary-land or eligible to sit for the Maryland Bar exam. We offer a competitive salary and bene-fits package. Send resumes to: [email protected] noting “Tax Associate” in the subject line. Visit our website at www.steinsperling.com for more information about our Firm.

ASSOCIATE — Injury Law — Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC, a 40+ attor-ney, AV-rated Rockville, Mary-land, law firm, is searching for a bilingual Associate Attorney to join the firm’s Personal In-jury group. Applicants barred in MD (or taking the MD Bar in July) are preferred, but ap-plicants barred in VA will be considered. The applicant must be bilingual (English/Spanish) and will work close-ly with other attorneys in all aspects of handling personal injury claims, including screen-ing cases, conducting client interviews/intakes, case man-

agement, developing legal and negotiation strategies, drafting comprehensive settlement de-mand letters, and negotiating appropriate settlements. Ideal candidates should be person-able and engaging and have an interest in personal injury law and/or insurance law. We offer a competitive salary and bene-fits package. Send resumes to: [email protected] noting “Personal Injury As-sociate” in the subject line. Visit our website at www.steinsperling.com for more information about our Firm.

ASSOCIATE — Pasternak & Fidis' family law group is look-ing for an Associate Attorney to join a sophisticated litiga-tion practice. We would prefer a candidate with at least four years of experience, including time in the courtroom and drafting pleadings and dis-covery. To apply, please send your cover letter and resume to [email protected].

ATTORNEY — Estate Plan-ning — Miller, Miller & Canby, an established AV rated Rock-ville, Maryland law firm, has an immediate opening for an attorney with experience in Estate Planning and Trust / Estate Administration. Mary-land bar required. DC and/or Virginia bars a plus. Ad-vanced degree and/or profes-sional certifications preferred. Compensation commensu-rate with experience. Send resume and salary require-ments to: Kelly Silver Miller, Miller & Canby 200 B Monroe Street Rockville, MD 20850 or [email protected].

OF COUNSEL ATTORNEY — Join Us — Are you considering making a new start in your practice? Our firm is opening its doors to the right candidate to accept an Of Counsel po-sition and share office space. We focus on balancing the de-mands of a robust practice in a congenial office setting with purposeful, satisfying lives. Join us and get on the fast track to accomplish your per-sonal and career goals. Our

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