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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 – A P R I L 2 0 1 9 – V O L . 6 6 / I S S U E 1 0

THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD

CONTENTSPRESIDENT’S MESSAGE By Steven J. Bienstock

“Nothing in life is certain except death and taxes.”

- Benjamin Franklin

“Always plan ahead. It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark.”

- Richard Cushing

Last month we talked about clearing clutter, and organizing our lives. Now let’s talk about organizing for our end-of-life and rethink-ing our approach to it.

As lawyers, we routinely advise our clients to have a will or trust, pow-ers of attorney, and a living will. We explain how these documents allow them to do tax planning, decide who will be guardian of their children, who cares for their pets, who gets their treasured items and the rest of their property after they die, etc. We advise them to pick a qualified personal representative, give that person a copy of their will, keep the original in a safe, and known, place. We tell them to review their will yearly, maybe on New Year’s Day, or their birthday, to make sure it still does what they want, because life changes things.

Despite all of this great advice we give our clients, many of us don’t have these documents ourselves. Yup, the shoemakers’ kids go bare-foot, along with famous folks like Aretha Franklin, who died last year with $80 million and no will.

Even fewer of us have made other end-of-life plans, although they are just as important for those we leave behind. Wills don’t contain the minutia of life, and won’t be read until after the funeral anyway. We neglect to have master lists of our assets and passwords (the keys to our digital kingdoms of Facebook/Google/Instagram accounts, fi-nancial accounts, etc.), outlines of funeral services and preparations, grave site choice, etc. Nobody likes to think about dying, but our chances of dying are 100%. Since we don’t know when our time will be up, procrastination is the enemy. As John Wooden said, “Failing to prepare is preparing to fail”. Without planning, we are setting our families up for trouble. They will be grieving and shouldn’t be forced to figure out online passwords, write an obituary, and plan a funeral with no guidance, etc.

Not planning is selfish. It burdens our families at the worst possible time, leaving them with the guilt of wondering if they did it the way we wanted. We prepare for many possibilities, but not for the one that is guaranteed to happen. We put more thought into our New Year’s resolutions than our deaths.

Let’s talk with our loved ones. Tell them what we want. What a gift that is for those we’ll leave behind! It also helps them be more financially

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APRIL 2019 VOLUME 66 – ISSUE 10

3 Current Update

7 A Balancing Act

8 Legal Ethics

10 In Memoriam

13 New Practitioner Section

15 Committees/ Sections

16 New Admittee Courthouse Tour & Section Fair

17 Annual Meeting Law Day Insert

21 CLE Insert

28 Pro Bono

29 Specialty Bar Associations

31 Rent/Lease Ads

32 Attorney Opportunities

34 States Attorney Schedules

35 Judges Schedules

Back Calendar


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April 2, 2019Speaker:

Gail Rubin, CT Topic: I Don't Care, I'll Be Dead —

100 Downsizing & Organizing Things to Do

Before You Die

Rockville UnitedMethodist Church

112 W. Montgomery Ave.Rockville, MD

12:15 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Bar Luncheon Schedule

Circuit Court Judges John Maloney and Debra Dwyer, along with the Montgomery County Circuit Court, invite you to the 26th Adult Drug Court Graduation on May 1, 2019 at 4 p.m. in Courtroom 3E of the Circuit Court building. Reception follow-ing. For information, please contact Jenna Davis, Prob-lem Solving Court Coordi-nator, at 240-777-9141.

Adult Drug Court Graduation To Be Held On May 1st

Friday, May 31, 2019

Bethesda North Marriott Conference Center

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REGISTER NOW2019 Annual Meeting



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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

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

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

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

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

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

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

2018- 2019 Officers and ChairsASSOCIATION OFFICERS President: Steven J. BienstockPresident-Elect: Heather Q. HostetterTreasurer: Donna E. McBrideTreasurer-Elect: Jeremy D. RachlinSecretary: Hon. Lili KhozeimehPast President: James A. Mood, Jr.Executive Director: Julie PetersenEXECUTIVE COMMITTEEBradford S. BernsteinTheresa ChernoskyTracey J. CoatesHon. Rand L. GelberDavid A. MartellaLeslie R. Janis

David C. MerkinHon. Marina L. SabettDonna E. Van ScoyRevée M. WaltersClark E. Wisor, IIICarlotta A. Woodward

New Practitioners Co-Chairs:Anne-Marie Carnemark & Joshua Schmand

COMMITTEE CHAIRSAssoc./Found. – Ann. Mtg. & Law Day – Jeremy D. Rachlin – (301) 656-1177Bench/Bar-Circuit – Heather C. Collier – (301) 986-1300; Megan N. Rosan – (301) 656-1177Bench/Bar-District Court – Reginald W. Bours – (301) 340-7600; Richard D. London – (301) 588-6900Budget – Ronald S. Canter – (301) 424-7490Community Outreach - Eduardo S. Garcia – (301) 340-2020; Jordan G. Savitz – (301) 913-2948Fee Dispute Resolution – Robert C. Park, Jr. – (301) 961-5175; Karen Robbins – (301) 668-3222Judicial Selections – Kristina Badalian, Chair – (301) 869-1700; Thomas M. DeGonia, II, Vice Chair – (301) 762-1696Lawyer Assistance – William E. Hewitt, Jr. – (301) 424-8520; Alisha Jacobsen – (301) 424-0677Leadership Development – Joshua I. Bienstock – (301) 251-1600; 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 – Stephen F. Allen – (301) 987-2002; Lynndolyn T. Mitchell – (301) 340-2541 Mentor/Mentee (sub of New Practitioners) - Stephen H. Edwards, Jr. – (301) 656-7603Nominations & Elections – Mary Katherine Knight – (240) 777-7400Social – Mary McGuinness Saxon – (202) 466-8960 Amanda C. Smith – (301) 340-9090Social 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) 838-3318; James A. Mood, Jr. – (301) 424-0400Youth Courthouse Project – Diana H. Metcalf – (301) 251-6707; George E. Simms, III – (240) 777-7383

SECTION CHAIRSAdministrative Law – John T. Henderson, Jr. – (410) 229-4100; Nicolas Orechwa, Vice Chair – (410) 229-4215Alternative 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) 407-9070; Anshu Karki – (301) 424-8081Commercial 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) 507-1790Elder Law – Mary Jo Broussard-Speier – (301) 468-5657; Jeffrey Hammond – (301) 861-4555Employment Law – Joy C. Einstein – (301) 945-9250; Gregg C. Greenberg – (301) 587-9373Estates & Trusts – Jay M. Eisenberg – (301) 230-5223Family Law – Emily Gelmann – (240) 507-1756; Benjamin C. Marcoux – (301) 610-7444; Pilar Nichols – (2301) 762-8999Immigration – Maria Glinsmann – (301) 987-0030Intellectual Property & Technology – Michael L. Greenberg – (202) 625-7000; Raymond Van Dyke – (202) 378-3903Juvenile Law – Corey E. Talcott – (240) 777-6767Law Firm Management – Amy B. Strent – (301) 657-0010New Practitioners – Anne-Marie Carnemark – (301) 762-5212; Joshua C. Schmand – (301) 347-1273Chamber Chats – Joshua R. Chazen – (301) 961-5140Personal 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 – Michael Y. Goldberg – (301) 838-3317 ; John S. Pontius, Jr. – (240) 599-8027Workers Compensation Law – William J. Inman – (301) 315-9400

BAR FOUNDATION OFFICERS(Effective July 1, 2018)

President: James A. Mood, Jr.President-Elect: Steven J. BienstockTreasurer: Magistrate Keith J. RosaSecretary: Hon. Karen A. FerrettiPast President: Lauri E. ClearyBOARD OF DIRECTORSMichael G. BanksHon. Marielsa A. BernardBradford S. BernsteinJoshua I. BienstockLynn Caudle BoyntonHon. Sharon V. BurrellHeather CollierHon. John W. Debelius, IIICasey Weinberg FloranceJo B. FogelCaitlin C. GrantHon. Anne S. HarringtonHon. Kevin G. Hessler

Heather Q. HostetterDaniel M. Kennedy, IIILili KhozeimehHon. Mary Beth McCormickRichard H. MelnickLynndolyn T. MitchellHon. John C. MoffettJohn M. QuinnAndrew L. SchwartzMallon A. SnyderBenjamin 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 – Hon. Marina L. Sabett – (301) 963-0035; Christy A. Zlatkus – (301) 762-7644Diversity – 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 – Judith L. Bluefeld – (301) 657-3777 School Mock Trial – Bradford S. Bernstein – (301) 517-4811; Casey L. Cirner – (301) 762-1600Speakers Bureau - Hon. James A. Bonifant - (240) 777-9366; 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.William E. Hewitt, Jr., Co-Chair

(301) 424-8520 / [email protected] Jacobsen, Co-Chair

(301) 424-0677 / [email protected]

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Leaders in Dispute Resolution

Hon. Patrick L. Woodward (Ret.)Retired Chief Judge, Court of Special Appeals of Maryland

The Honorable Patrick Woodward recently retired as Chief Judge of the Court of Special Appeals

of Maryland after thirteen years of distinguished service as an Associate Judge and Chief Judge

on that court. He previously served as an Associate Judge on the Circuit Court for Montgomery

County and as an Associate Judge on the District Court of Maryland for Montgomery County.

Before his judicial service, Judge Woodward enjoyed a successful law practice in Maryland and

DC. He is a two-time Recipient of the Outstanding Jurist Award from the Montgomery County

Bar Association and the 2018 Recipient of the Beverly Groner Family Law Award from the

Family and Juvenile Law Section of the Maryland State Bar Association. Judge Woodward now

brings this exemplary record of dedication and leadership to The McCammon Group to serve

the mediation and arbitration needs of lawyers and litigants in Maryland, DC, and beyond.

CIRCUIT COURT NOTESRobert A. Greenberg, Administrative Judge

FAMILY DIVISION MAGISTRATE:I am pleased to announce the appointment of Lili Khozeimeh to the position of Family Divi-sion Magistrate. Lili joined the court in 2008 as an Attorney in our Family Law Self-Help Cen-ter. In 2010, she moved to the role of Adoption/Guardianship Case Manager where she so aptly served as our Adoption Fairy. Lili is a graduate of the Institute for Court Manage-ment and was in private prac-tice, specializing in family law, prior to her career with the court. Lili will be joining the other magistrates on March 13th. Magistrate Khozeimeh will hear cases in Hearing Room 2H and her office will be in Room 2780 on the 2nd floor of the South Tower.

ASSIGNMENT OFFICE PHONE SYSTEM UPDATE:The Assignment Office phone system has been updated to en-sure that all calls will be routed to the appropriate desk. When calling the main Assignment Of-fice line, 240-777-9000, you will be prompted to “Press 2 for Civ-il cases”, “Press 3 for Family and Juvenile cases”, “Press 4 for Crim-inal cases”, “Press 5 for all other inquires”. Please note: these op-tions are to route calls to the As-signment Office desks only.

PHOTOGRAPHS, VIDEOS OR RECORDINGS IN A COURT FACILITY:Except as permitted by Mary-land Rule or expressly permit-ted by order of the administra-tive judge, a person may not (i) take or record a photograph, video, or other visual image in a court facility, or (ii) transmit a photograph, video, or other visual image from or within a court facility. Further, except with the express permission of the presiding judge or as oth-

erwise permitted by Maryland Rule, all electronic devices in-side a courtroom shall remain off and no electronic device may be used to receive, trans-mit, or record sound, visual im-ages, data, or other information.

MD RULE 1-321. SERVICE OF PLEADINGS AND PAPERS OTHER THAN ORIGINAL PLEADINGS:The Circuit Court has received numerous certificates of ser-vice indicating that pleadings were served by e-mail. Coun-sel are reminded that MD Rule 1-321 does not contemplate ser-vice of pleadings by e-mail.

ATTORNEY-GUARDIANS:Information for Attorney- Guardians may be found on the Maryland Courts website at the link below.

https://www.courts.state.md.us/ family/guardianship/

attorneyguardians

DISTRICT COURT NOTESPatti Mitchell, Administrative Judge AFTER-HOURS FILINGAfter-hours filing is available

LEGAL ETHICS HOTLINEAllen Katz ... (301) 840-8007 ... [email protected]

David Gavin ... (301) 279-2700 ... [email protected] a written confidential opinion, submit your written request, marked confidential to one of the Co-Chairs, P. David Gavin, Allen J. Katz or Samuel M. Shapiro, c/o Bar Association of Montgomery County, MD, 27 West Jefferson St., Rockville, MD 20850.




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aware and responsible. This talk doesn't have to be all doom and gloom. Talk about our lives and memories, explaining special pictures, sharing stories, and dis-cussing things they might want to know but never asked. Talk about things that will comfort them. Tell them how we dealt with our losses. You’ll feel pret-ty good that you’ve taken care of this while dying or becoming mentally incapacitated is just an abstract concept. If you’re ill or in the process of dying, it will bring you some peace of mind.

As you know, my dad died at 57 after a long illness. He hadn’t discussed funeral plans, and we hadn’t pushed him. Unfortu-nately, we hadn’t made plans ei-ther, so when he finally passed, we scrambled to make arrange-ments. It was not any fun, and was particularly hard on my grieving mom. As a result, mom and I had a number of discus-sions about what she wanted when it was her turn to go. She wanted a plain wooden box. In fact, she said she preferred a cardboard box, like the one new refrigerators come in. I laughed, but told her it probably would have to be the wooden one. She wanted to be buried next to my dad in NJ, although she had moved here a few years after he died. There were a few other details we discussed, but not as many as we should have.

When she suddenly died at age 84, I was a mess. No matter how old you are, when your second parent dies, you’re an orphan. The unconditional love our par-ents give us is gone. I was in a daze and felt terribly alone. At the funeral home, they kept trying to sell me a beautiful, top-of-the-line mahogany coffin, gorgeously displayed in rose lighting. Re-membering my discussion with mom, however, I insisted on the plain wooden box, which was leaning on its side against a wall in a dark corner, lid askew. They spoke of it disparagingly. I held firm. I was thankful that mom and I had talked.

Plan what you want to happen at your wake, funeral and/or me-

morial service, put it in writing, and let your family know your wishes. If you want a burial, contact a cemetery and pur-chase a plot now. Costs will only increase. If you want cremation, contact a funeral home and ar-range it. Where do you want your ashes spread? Planning your own funeral can be diffi-cult, so ask for help from friends, relatives, funeral celebrants or religious leaders. This lets you manage the costs, pick out your clothing, pick music to be played, who will speak, what readings and prayers to use, etc. Do you want flowers? Where should they be donated afterwards? Are you an organ donor? Spare your family these difficult decisions at a time when they will be in pain.

We have the option of prepaying funeral costs, with the money held by a third-party in a trust or a life insurance policy, so if the funeral home goes out of busi-ness we’re protected. Pre-need contracts are usually portable, some even refundable. We can pre-pay for the coffin, embalm-ing, chapel, dressing/casketing, floral arrangements, staff and service fees, as well as ceme-tery expenses, like the gravesite, headstone, opening and closing, outer burial container, etc. Let your family know what services you’ve paid for, and what you ha-ven’t, so they don’t later pay for things you’ve already arranged.

Prepaying also helps with Med-icaid issues, since it shelters some of your money from eli-gibility consideration (“spend-down”), although there may not be a benefit in locking your money up decades before you know whether you’ll need Med-icaid. Another way to cover fu-ture costs is to set money aside in an earmarked savings ac-count, if you have the discipline to not touch it. It can be joint with a spouse or child, or name them as a beneficiary upon your death. (In that way the money could be used in an emergency, then replenished.)

Where are the keys to your house and car? The passwords to your online accounts? Once you decide what you want, keep

(Continued from page 1) all the relevant info in a master file. Tell your family where it is. Billions of dollars sit unclaimed with the State because families didn’t know about accounts. Keep your information current.

What goes in the master file? Your estate planning docu-ments, legal papers and certif-icates, passwords, income info, financial asset list with account numbers/values, life insurance info (don’t forget about policies from former jobs), retirement asset info, membership lists, vehicle titles, real estate info, list of valuable tangible assets and location, social security number/card, passport, driver’s license info, military records, contact info for your health care professionals and phar-macy, medication list, hospital preference, Medicare/Medicaid info, social worker/case worker contact info, list of creditors and amounts, loans you’ve made to others, etc. (Some of this can be digital, just let others know how to access it.)

Go through your home and make a list of valuable things, like the house itself, tv’s, jewelry, collectibles, vehicles, computers, tools, etc. As we discussed last month, get rid of your clutter. List your non-tangible assets: in-vestment accounts, 401k plans, IRAs, bank accounts, life and other insurance policies, such as long-term care, homeowners, auto, disability, health, etc.

As you know, accounts and pol-icies with designated beneficia-ries pass directly to them when you die, not going through your will or trust. Ask for a list of whom you’ve named for each account/policy you own. Review it and make sure it’s still what you want.

You may have several different retirement plans or IRAs from different jobs. Consider consol-idating them for less paperwork and easier management. Maybe there’s a better investment op-tion.

Consider life insurance, not just for covering your salary after you die, but helping your family pay for funeral costs, debts, etc.

Groups you belong to may have low cost policies you can get.

Go over your investment/in-surance plans periodically. Life changes and so do your needs. Do you need long-term care in-surance? Disability coverage? Tax planning?

Carry emergency medical con-tact info with you. Run a free credit report once a year to re-view what’s there.

Once your advance planning is taken care of, enjoy your bucket list. Places to see, things to do? Sports, hobbies, activities to try? Family and friends to be with? Projects to start or finish? Caus-es to support? Personal history, books, articles to write? Regrets to be resolved? Spiritual mean-ing found? Things you’ve been afraid to do or say?

Laughing and being happy can be a part of coping with death. Death, like life, is complex. You can feel sad and be in pain, but still be a happy, positive person. You can feel grateful even when suffering.

We have an almost superstitious reluctance to speak about our death. But as Gail Rubin, the na-tionally known Death speaker (who will be our April luncheon guest), says “talking about sex doesn’t make you pregnant, and talking about dying won’t kill you”.

“Planning is bringing the future into the present so that you can do something about it now.”

-Alan Lakein

“As for the future, your task is not to foresee it, but to enable it.” - Antoine de Saint Exupery

“Death ends a life, not a relation-ship.”- Mitch Albom; Robert Anderson

“The ones that love us never re-ally leave us.”-Sirius Black. (Harry Potter and

the Prisoner of Azkaban)




in the Rockville District Court Commissioner’s office. The of-fice is open 24/7/365. Commis-sioners can receive your filing and date-stamp your copy. Please sign in when you arrive. You can note that you are sim-ply filing papers. This should alert the Commissioner of the brief purpose of your visit and should expedite service.

SPECIALLY SET CASESHistorically, specially set cases were those longer than 2 hours, multiple parties and claims, or other extenuating circum-stances. The structure of the civil dockets in both court loca-tions permits judges to try lon-ger cases as part of the regular, Wednesday docket. The need to specially set cases is limit-ed now to trials over 3 hours, lengthy trials with multiple lan-guage interpreters, trials with parties, witnesses, other who have special needs, health con-cerns, travel arrangements, etc.

It is preferable that cases be tried on a regular docket as the District Court does not have the ability to implement individual calendaring. Specially setting

trials removes a judge from an entire docket in order to com-plete a single case. Please note that if a case is specially set, the parties are required to complete court-ordered mediation before a trial will be scheduled.

MDECThere is tremendous, ongoing, behind-the-scene preparation for the November conversion to MDEC. The District Courts are being wired, courtrooms have been retro-fitted for scan-ning stations, equipment is on order and internal trainings are beginning. As we progress, courthouse staff will receive in-depth training, including mock-courtroom/trial settings for courtroom clerks.

If you are unfamiliar with MDEC, the Judiciary website is well-stocked with background, policy procedural, technical, and practical information that will assuage your concerns. In the early fall, Chief Judge Mor-rissey and others will offer in-formational presentations and training seminars for lawyers to familiarize themselves with the nuts and bolts of e-filing. There will also be an attorney registra-

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tion session. You do not have to wait to register — you can do so now. Instructions are shown at https://mdcourts.gov/mdec/efilingatty. Electronic filing is mandatory for attorneys as ex-plained in rule 20-104 and 20-106.

MOTIONS AND POSTPONEMENTSIt is very helpful to have a pro-posed order with any motion that is filed. The proposed order is legible and surely superior to the hand-written, margin-note ruling of a judge. When re-questing a continuance, to the extent possible, please include with your order 3 proposed trial dates for the subject case. District Court Administrative Regulation XI — Postpone-ments, provides this (and oth-er) protocol. The regulations were revised effective March 19, 2019. They can be found at:

https://mdcourts.gov/ sites/default/files/import/district/ selfhelp/admin_regulations.pdf

RECALL OF ARREST WARRANTSThe court is not permitted to recall original, unserved arrest warrants. Rule 4-212 authoriz-es a judicial officer to issue a criminal summons or warrant, dependent on the facts of each application. Once an arrest war-rant is issued, judges are pre-cluded from recalling said war-rant. Administrative Regulation XV—Cancellation of Charging

Document, explains that judges may recall a bench warrant for a person’s failure to appear. Oth-er charging documents must be addressed at trial (necessitating service on the defendant), or by the State’s Attorney entering a case nolle prosequi.

MCCC Law Library – CHECK IT OUTJulia Viets, Law Librarian YOU’RE INVITED TO A PRO BONO ADVICE-A-THON WITH FOOD AND CHEER ON MAY 2ND!

Are you an a t t o r n e y looking for an easy and fun way to give back?

The Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland (PBRC), Bar Asso-ciation of Montgomery Coun-ty Pro Bono Committee, and Montgomery County Circuit Court Law Library invite you to participate in a Pro Bono Advice-A-Thon with Food and Cheer on Thursday, May 2nd from 5-7:30pm in the Law Li-brary. During this casual and collegiate evening, attendees will use the Maryland Free Legal Answers website to vir-tually advise on civil legal is-sues submitted by low-income Marylanders. Food, drink, and

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Volunteer Attorneys Needed for Elder Law Day in Silver Spring

The BAMC Leadership Development Academy, in collabora-tion with the Montgomery County Bar Foundation Pro Bono Program, is excited to announce that it will host an Elder Law Day, which will offer educational presentations to seniors and the opportunity to prepare financial powers of attorney and advance medical directives. Volunteers are needed to assist with document preparation. Prior experience is not required. Training will be provided, and volunteers can participate for all or part of the day. Advertising opportunities available. WHEN: Monday, April 15, 2019 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm WHERE: The Margaret Schweinhaut Senior Center, locat-ed at 1000 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, Maryland 20901 HOW TO VOLUNTEER: Please contact Morgan Wheel-er at [email protected] and/or (301)762-1696 or Jose Espejo [email protected] and/or (240)778-2325 for ques-tions and to volunteer, preferably before March 15, 2019.

Youth Courthouse Project Committee Is Looking For Attorney ParticipantsCarter v. The United States was the subject of two mock trials by Montgomery College students last month as they probed the boundaries between individual privacy and cell phone contracts. Earlier this year, third graders from Lakewood Ele-mentary School were assigned a slightly easier subject as they conducted a mini-mock trial of Goldilocks v. The Three Bears on charges of breaking and entering, destruction of property, and theft.

The Youth Courthouse Project Committee is looking for more attorney participants as well as Montgomery County students of all ages to take advantage of this excellent program involv-ing mock trials and presentations by the State's Attorney's Of-fice, the Honorable Robert A. Greenberg, Captain Max Uy of the Sheriff's Office, and canine officers with their dogs. If you are interested in participating, please contact either of us.

Diana Metcalf, [email protected] ... (301) 251-6707

George Simms, [email protected] ... (240) 777-7383






library resources like Westlaw and Lexis will be provided.

The PBRC is the pro bono arm of the Maryland State Bar Association. Run by the PBRC, the Maryland Free Legal Answers Website (maryland.freelegalanswers.org) is a virtual legal clinic where el-igible clients can request brief and limited advice and counsel from volunteer attorneys.

You can RSVP for the Advice-A-Thon at www.probonomd.org/event/mc-probono-lawlibrary.

Would your firm like to sponsor this event? Please contact the Law Library or Dave Pantzer, PBRC Director of Education, Outreach, and Technology at [email protected] or 410-837-9379.

Treatise Yourself: Come to the Law Library to read the two latest titles from the National Consumer Law Center: Home Foreclosures and Mortgage Ser-vicing and Loan Modifications.

Remember—Find the answer fast at the newly-renovated Circuit Court Law Library 50 Maryland Avenue, Room 3420 Rockville MD [email protected]

Circuit Court CINA and Delinquency Bench/Bar ScheduleMadeleine Jones DEL: April 24, 2019 June 19, 2019 September 9, 2019 November 20, 2019

CINA: May 16, 2019 July 18, 2019 October 17, 2019All meetings will be held from 12:30 - 1:30PM in Circuit Court Courtroom 5H.

The Lawyers' Literary CircleJim DemmaOn Wednesday, April 17th, we will be discussing A Man Named Ove, by Fredrik Back-man. In reviewing Ove, Ama-zon wrote: “You will laugh, you will cry, as his heartbreaking story unfolds through the di-verse cast of characters that enter his life, all uninvited. You will never look at the grumpy people who come into your life in quite the same way. A very memorable read.”

On May 22nd, we will be dis-cussing If Beale Street Could Talk, by James Baldwin; and for June, the book will be All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr, and which won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for fic-tion.

With some rare exceptions, all of our meetings are held in the offices of Miles & Stock-

bridge P.C., 11 North Washing-ton Street, Suite 700, Rockville, Maryland 20850, and begin at 4:30 in the afternoon. If any of your friends and associates would like to join our group, all they need to do is to show-up for any of our meetings – ev-eryone is always welcome to attend, and snacks are always served.

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YOUR INPUT ON OUR MONTHLY LUNCHES IS REQUESTEDAttendance at our Bar lunches has fallen in recent years. This year we’ve had an average of 75 people attending. The Bar As-sociation has to guarantee, and pay for, 140 people. As a re-eval-uation of how dues revenue is spent, last month the Executive Committee took up the issue of reducing the number of Bar lunches per year. This dialogue is continuing in the Executive committee.

I believe the membership needs to be heard on this matter. We are inviting your input as to the frequency of the lunches, and ways to increase attendance. If any of you have an opinion, one way or the other, please contact me at 301-251-1600 or [email protected]. Please also talk to your colleagues who do not attend the lunches, and encourage their participation.

There IS a free lunch! (And it is included in your bar member-ship.)

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The deadline for submission of copy for the newsletter is always the 10th of the month for the following months' newsletter, unless the 10th falls on a weekend ... then, it is the Friday prior to the 10th.

The Montgomery County Inn of Court is currently accepting applications for its 2019-2020 term. The Montgomery Coun-ty Inn of Court is devoted to developing the ethical and tri-al advocacy skills of Montgom-ery County litigators. The Inn currently comprises: 27 Associ-ates, 27 Barristers, 54 Benchers, and 45 Judges & Masters. As-sociates are recent law school graduates or attorneys licensed to practice law in Maryland for not more than five years. As-sociates serve a one-year term and there are 27 vacancies anticipated for 2019-2020. Bar-risters are attorneys licensed to practice law in Maryland for at least five years, are of good character, and seek to improve their skills as trial or appellate advocates. Barristers serve a three-year term and 9 vacancies are anticipated for 2019-2020. Benchers are attor-neys licensed to practice law in Maryland, who have demon-strated superior character, abil-ity, and competence as trial or appellate advocates. Benchers are honored with lifetime

membership in the Inn, but vacancies occasionally occur, so applications for Bencher positions are also being tak-en. The Montgomery Coun-ty Inn of Court meets on the second Tuesday of the month from September through May in Rockville, for a social hour and dinner, followed by an ed-ucational presentation in the Circuit Court. The Inn offers trial advocacy programs, ac-centuating legal excellence, ci-vility, professionalism and eth-ics. Usually, the Montgomery County Inn has been fortunate to have more qualified appli-cants than available vacancies. While preference is given to Montgomery County litigators, the Inn seeks to have a mem-bership that reflects a rich di-versity. Scholarship funds are available through the Salter Scholarship Fund. Applica-tions are available and may be obtained from Emily Gel-mann, Membership Co-Chair: [email protected]. Completed applications are to be returned no later than June 14, 2019.


Management issues are very seductive and getting involved in them takes us away from billing clients and getting cli-ents. That can add up to a lot of lost revenue.

You can do the math for yourself. If you bill $400 per hour, you’ll lose $100,000 in revenue just for spending one hour per day on managing your practice. That’s why I work hard to coach fellow lawyers on how to minimize the time they spend on administrative tasks.

Here are some tips that might help you:

1. Outsource to contractors or assign to admins any work you can. Each hour you free up is found revenue and is almost always a net revenue gain.

2. Ask co-workers to write up any issues and email them to you instead of interrupting your work to discuss the prob-lem. You can answer an email in minutes; a live discussion prevents both of you from billing.

3. Spend saved administrative or management time on exist-ing work or on getting new clients.

For the lawyers I coach, I quantify the revenue they lose when they spend time on things that don’t need as much attention. A goal is then set to reduce that lost time. I then help them solve administrative issues in minutes instead of hours. $100,000 matters to a lot of practices.

What is the lost revenue to your practice for hours wasted addressing administrative issues?Geoff Gilbert is a former practicing attorney, CPA and managing partner. Geoff coaches individual attorneys and managing partners in small, medium and large firms. Geoff has helped lawyers institute programs to increase income, enjoy practicing, build great teams, im-prove marketing, get paid on time, retain good lawyers and staff, im-prove customer service, handle difficult clients and minimize stress. Please send comments to [email protected].

A Balancing Act3 Tips To Save Time and Revenue



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These spaces are yours to use as members of the Bar Associationof Mont gomery County, MD. They are handicap accessible, andWi-Fi is available in all of the Bar Center.

To reserve either room, simply contact Maria at301-424-3454 or [email protected].

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Sometimes legal ethics ques-tions have an easy answer. However, in other cases, even the most ethically-minded at-torney can be placed in a quan-dary. For this reason - and for the reason that our bar associ-ations want their members to act ethically - the Bar Associ-ation of Montgomery County (“BAMC”) and the Maryland State Bar Association (“MSBA”) each staff attorneys on “Ethics Hotlines” available to all mem-bers. The contact information for each month’s Ethics Hot- line attorneys are found in the Monthly BAMC Bar Newslet-ter and also the MSBA and BAMC websites. The attorneys who are available for consulta-tion on these Ethics Hotlines are Members of the MSBA or BAMC Ethics Committees.

Fortunately, Members of the

MSBA or BAMC Ethics Com-mittees are generally very well versed in the Maryland At-torneys’ Rules of Professional Conduct. Thus, calling either of these Maryland-based Eth-ics Hotlines will provide BAMC and MSBA members with the ability to be pointed in the right direction regarding which Rules may (or may not) help guide the attorney in answer-ing their ethical dilemma and/or suggest rulings related to those Rules which may be in-structive. For this reason, it is highly recommended to (1) have reviewed the Maryland At-torneys’ Rules of Professional Conduct prior to calling one of the Hotlines and (2) have a copy of the Rules available to review when calling the Hotline.

It is important to note that at-torneys who staff each of these

Ethics Hotlines will not answer an ethical dilemma for your or tell you what you should do. The purpose of the Ethics Hotlines is not to provide legal advice for callers to solve their problems. Rather, the Ethics Hotlines are available as an additional guide to help direct BAMC and MSBA members to resources to help solve their ethical dilemma. As stated in one District of Columbia mat-ter, the DC Court of Appeals noted that attorneys who staff the D.C. Bar Ethics Hotline do not give “advice to attorneys call the D.C. Bar Ethics Ho-tline,” but rather they “direct[] attorneys to relevant rules and opinions.” In re Martin, Case No. 11-BG-775 (D.C.2014)

Nonetheless, while attorneys on these ethics hotlines will not provide a bar member with

a direct instruction of what to do, (1) calling one of these eth-ics hotlines can help guide bar members through finding a solution to an ethics problem and (2) the Court of Appeals has noted when an attorney makes a “bonafide effort to be as ethically correct as pos-sible” through calling “Ethics Hotline number” provided by the Bar Associations, it miti-gates a sanction. Gatewood v. State, 880 A.2nd 322, 388 Md. 526 (Md.2005). Thus, when facing an ethical dilemma, consider calling one of your bar associ-ation’s Ethics Hotlines. Those attorneys are available and willing to help be a further re-source for ethical dilemmas.

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John Francis Burke, the last-named surviving principal of Bulman, Dunie, Burke and Feld, died after an extended illness at his home in Bethany Beach Delaware surrounded by his loving and devoted family. A homegrown talent, John was born in Washington, DC, at-tended Gonzaga College High School and Georgetown Uni-versity undergraduate and law school. He is survived by his wife, Joanne Yarnall Burke, five children, Patricia Ann Connor, Joan Rubertone, John F. Burke, Jr., Martin Burke and Cecilia D’Orazio, and fourteen grand-children.

A man of heartfelt religious and moral principles, John epit-omized the qualities of a true professional – civility, strength of conviction and advocacy, tempered with compassion and justice. These qualities were evident over the years as John assessed the frailties and in-discretions of other lawyers as a member of Inquiry Panel of the Attorney Grievance Com-mission and later as a member of the Attorney Peer Review Committee. And again, as Chair of the Bar Association’s Men-tor-Mentee Committee and its Professionalism & Quality of Life Committee. And yet again as co-founder of the Bar Asso-ciation’s Voluntary Arbitration Committee. For these efforts

and others, the Bar Associa-tion twice recognized John as Co-chairman of the year.

Besides these commitments, John added his specialized skill and expertise in family law matters to provide guidance to practitioners as the Chair of the Family Law Section and utilized all this experience as a mediator under the Alternative Dispute Resolution Program (ADR) reconciling family law conflicts in this non-judicial setting.

A patriot, John served his country through military ser-vice and as a dedicated church member, his faith through countless hours of volunteer service starting as a teenager.

Those of us who knew John recognized in him above all else, his sense of loyalty. John’s friendship meant an unending lifelong commitment to his friends and colleagues. And we at Bulman Dunie benefited from this dedication in count-less ways, from the annual Holiday remembrances, to the “couldn’t forget your . . .” phone call, to the fostering of the of-fice culture we cherish.

It is with a heavy heart we rec-ognize his passing, but, we are truly better off having shared our lives with his.

Barry M. Nudelman

John F. BurkeJune 3, 1929 – February 23, 2019

Meet Your Leadership Development Academy Fellows

Andrew Haberman is an associate at Edell, Shapiro & Finnan and joined the firm in 2012. Andrew focuses his prac-tice on patent preparation, prosecution, and counseling. Andrew has prepared and prosecuted U.S. and foreign-origin patent applications relating to a wide range of technologies, including appli-cations in the mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical arts. Andrew

has experience counseling large and small corporate clients regarding all aspects of patent legal matters including port-folio management and filing strategies, freedom to operate and right-to-use issues, patent prosecution, post-issuance procedures, licensing, and enforcement.

Prior to joining the firm, Andrew prosecuted patents at an intellectual property law firm in Alexandria, Virginia. Ad-ditionally, while in law school, Andrew worked at the U.S. District Court of Maryland, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Office of Intellectu-al Property in various capacities.

Andrew is a Montgomery County native and graduated from Wootton High School. Before law school, Andrew completed his undergraduate studies at Penn in Mechanical Engineer-ing. His favorite part of the Leadership Academy has been making connections with attorneys in other practice areas.

Andrew and his wife recently welcomed a second son to their growing family. In his (very limited) free time, he en-joys playing hockey, golf, and basketball and rooting for the Ravens and Caps.



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hear about it.

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HIGH SCHOOL MOCK TRIAL COMPETITION

Another great year. This was the most competitive and largest competition in the last 15 years for which I have been running this program. Over 25 schools competed in over 70 trials held at the Circuit Court between January 22nd and March 8th, 2019. The winner of the competition this year was Richard Montgomery High School – who always puts together a top 5 team. This program would not be possible without all the attorneys, magistrates and judges who took the time to judge one of the many trials. I would like to thank:

I would also like to thank Special Magistrate Keith Rosa, Magistrate Bibi Berry and Magistrate Lisa Segel, Judge James Sarsfield, Judge Rand Gelber, Judge Eric Nee, Judge John Moffett, Judge Debbie Dwyer, Judge Margaret Schweitzer and Judge Christopher Fogelman for judging many of the trials.

Of course, without use of the Courtrooms or the assistance of the Sheriff’s Office, none of this would be possible. A big thank you to Judge Harry Storm, Judge Kevin Hessler, Judge David Lease, Judge Jill Cummins, Judge John Maloney, Judge James Bonifant, Judge Anne Albright, Judge Karla Smith, Judge Cheryl McCally, Judge Debbie Dwyer and Judge Margaret Schweitzer for use of their courtrooms each evening. A special thank you to Sergeant Nathan Fee and Alexis Zelaya from the Assignment Office for their assistance as well.

Finally, I could not have organized this event without my colleague, Casey Cirner, who was in-strumental in arranging all the Courtrooms this year.

~Brad Bernstein

Jamie Alvarado-TaylorKen ArmstrongKristina BadalianMichael CampbellLarry CepposPaul ChungColleen Coffman Glenn CooperDavid De JongBernard DennisMarjorie DiLimaAlan EislerMort FallerParva FattahiDarryl Feldman

Richard FinciNat FinkelsteinTodd ForesterBrian FrankMark FutrovskyScott Futrovsky Evan GoiteinRichard HagertyJames HammerschmidtJeffrey Harab Ellery JohannessenLili KhozeimehLydia LawlessAlan LevensteinMaura Lynch

Matthew MayMichael McAuliffeDonna McBrideKate McDonoughAllison McFaddenRachel McGuckianJohn MurphyMichael NearyJames ParsonsNicholas PicernoJeremy RachlinCourtney SchaeferDavid SchillerRichard SchimelMark Schweitzer

Jeffrey Seaman Samuel ShapiroDaniel ShavitzStephen ShechtelBill SimmonsHeather SwerenPatricia WeaverMayah WellsKen WestClark WisorShawn WhittakerCandace Yi

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NEW PRACTITIONER SECTIONCallie Carnemark, Co-Chair Joshua Schmand, Co-Chair MEETING DATESApril 18, 2019Our meetings will be held at 5:30PM on the 3rd Thursday of the month in the CLE Class-room of the Bar Association building.

This year’s Courthouse Tour and Section Fair/Open House will be held on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The Section Fair/Open House portion of the event will be held in the Cafeteria of the EOB building. If you attended the event in the past, you know what it’s all about. For those of you who haven't, this is an op-portunity for you to network with other BAMC seasoned lawyers, Judges, and new practi-tioners. We hope to have all of the BAMC sections present at the event so that you can see/talk to someone from each sec-tion and hear what that section is all about. We also hope to have representatives there from the Specialty Bars, as we did last year. This is a terrific event if you’re looking for networking. This is a terrific event if you are looking to get involved and don’t quite know how to get involved. And this is a terrific event if you want to get to know BAMC bet-ter so you can decide how and what to get involved in. If you would like to volunteer to help with some pre-event tasks, and at the event to help set up and clean up, or if you’d like to RSVP for the event now, please contact either of us.

Keep an eye out for emails and other announcements from the New Practitioners Section. If you have questions, please contact either of us at:

[email protected] [email protected]

CHAMBER CHATS COMMITTEEJosh Chazen, Chair Please join The Honorable Robert A. Greenberg for

our April 2019 Chat. Prior to taking the bench, Judge Greenberg spent two years as judicial law clerk to Judge Plummer M. Shearin in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, served as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Montgom-ery County, and worked in pri-vate practice for 22 years, spe-cializing in criminal defense. Judge Greenberg was sworn in as an Associate Judge in the Circuit Court on January 11, 2006, and on August 1, 2017, he became the Circuit and Coun-ty Administrative Judge. This Chat will serve as a great op-portunity to learn from our es-teemed Administrative Judge. Please join us on Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 12:30 p.m. for a brown-bag lunch in Court-room 3E (North Tower, 3rd Floor).

Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] or 301-961-5140 with any sugges-tions, questions, or comments regarding the Chamber Chats series. Your feedback is incred-ibly helpful to make sure the Chats are most beneficial to you and your practice. On be-half of the New Practitioners Section, special thanks to Judge Smith and Judge Maloney for co-hosting the March Chat, as well as Simone Morrison, Judge Smith’s Administrative Assis-tant, and Diana Maizel, Judge Maloney’s Administrative As-sistant, for supporting the co-ordination of the event.

MENTOR/MENTEE COMMITTEEHayes Edwards, Chair We are pleased to announce that many new practitioners have applied for mentor-

ships. Now we just need the more-seasoned members (7+ years of practice) to follow suit. If you are interested in being a mentor or a mentee, or if you know someone who is, please reach out to Hayes Edwards at [email protected].

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Pro Bono Clinic Volunteers NeededPlease contact Debbie Craven, the Pro Bono Coordinator,

at 301-762-5831 or [email protected] to be scheduled into a clinic.





Learn more at msba.org/DayofService

Local Bars, Specialty Bars and the MSBA are all teaming up for the first annual Lawyers Day of Service! Lawyers from across the state will be engaging in community service projects to give back to their local communities. This year, we will shine a spotlight on the issue of homelessness and our projects and partnerships will center around serving homeless individuals in Maryland.

DAY OF SERVICEMARYLAND LAWYERS GIVING BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES

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

APRIL 27, 28 A Wider Circle Center for Community Service Volunteers stock and organize donations and assist clients in selecting items.

9159 Brookville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910

APRIL 27 Expungement ClinicAttorney volunteers will participate in an expungement clinic.

Home Builders Care Assessment CenterMontgomery County Coalition for the Homeless600-A E. Gude Drive, Rockville, MD 20850

Co-sponsored by Women’s Bar Association, Montgomery County Chapter and The Maryland Hispanic Bar Association




ADMINISTRATIVE LAW SECTIONJohn Henderson, Co-Chair Nicolas Orechwa, Co-Chair MEETING DATESApril 4, 2019 May 2, 2019Meetings are held at 5:30 p.m. on the 1st Thursday of the month in the upstairs conference room of the bar association building.

Prior to the annual meeting, please note that we will begin our 2019 Lecture Series on April 4, 2019, at 5:30 p.m. Sec-tion Co-Chair and Administra-tive Law Judge Nicolas Orech-wa will present guest lecturers Administrative Law Judge Ste-ven Adler and Thomas Riordan with the Maryland Department of Management and Budget.

Judge Adler and Mr. Riordan will provide insight on the ba-sics of Maryland state employ-ee discipline and grievance pro-cedures, and appeals of those matters to the Maryland Office of Administrative Hearings. The lecture is designed to pro-vide practitioners with some practical information on this area of employment law and what representing a state em-ployee with a grievance or dis-cipline issue with their agency might entail.

RSVP by April 2, 2019 to: [email protected].

The Lecture Series will be held in the conference room of the bar association building, 27 West Jefferson Street, Rock-

Please also remember that in-terpreter requests are linked to hearing and trial dates, but not mediation dates. If your cli-ent requires the services of an interpreter at mediation, you must alert the Clerk’s Office separately, in advance, by call-ing 240-777-9500.

TRIAL EXHIBITS AND MD. RULE 16-405Md. Rule 16-406 governs, in part, the disposition of trial exhibits after conclusion of a trial, entry of judgment by the Circuit Court, and following the expiration of the appeal period or the clerk’s receipt of a mandate issued by the final appellate court to consider an appeal (and there is no oppor-tunity for further review of the judgment). Rule 16-405 pro-vides for the return and/or de-struction of trial exhibits after proper notice by the clerk’s of-fice. With the implementation of MDEC around the corner, the clerk’s office will be issuing notices pursuant to Md. Rule 16-405 to parties, counsel, and/or self-represented litigants in cases tried prior to MDEC com-ing online which meet the cri-teria under the Rule. This will include Family Division cases. If the clerk’s office does not re-ceive a request to retrieve the exhibits within 30 days of the notice, the exhibits will be dis-posed of.

GENEROUS JUROR PROGRAMThe Montgomery County Fam-ily Justice Center is now an option for jurors to select as the recipient organization of their donations through the Generous Jurors Program. The Generous Jurors Program also benefits Montgomery County Child Welfare and Adult Drug Court.

If you have any questions, con-cerns or issues to bring to the Committee’s attention, please feel free to contact either Co-Chair at:

Heather: (301) 907-2804 or [email protected]; Megan: (301) 656-1177 or [email protected]

ville, Maryland, unless other-wise noted by signage.

All are welcome! Light refresh-ments will be served!

During the May 31, 2019 Bar As-sociation Annual Meeting, our section will present as guest lecturers, Maryland Court of Appeals Retired Judge Glenn T. Harrell, Jr. and Chief Administrative Law Judge Thomas E. Dewberry of the Office of Administrative Hear-ings (OAH). Judge Harrell and Judge Dewberry will speak on standing issues before OAH and recent developments and decisions in Maryland Admin-istrative Law. Our session will begin at 11:15 a.m. in Salon C.

CIRCUIT COURT BENCH BAR COMMITTEEHeather Collier, Co-Chair Meg Rosan, Co-Chair MEETING DATESApril 3, 2019 June 5, 2019May 1, 2019The Circuit Court Bench-Bar Committee meets at 8:00 a.m. on the first Wednesday of each month, in Room 3240 of the Circuit Court. The Committee will next meet on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, at 8:00 a.m.

As a reminder, all attorneys in good standing are welcome and encouraged to attend the Bench Bar Committee meet-ings. Attendance is not limited to Committee members.

COURTHOUSE SECURITYThe Sheriff’s Office welcomes the opportunity to address any concerns or questions regarding courthouse secu-rity. Please contact Captain Maxwell Uy (pronounced “we”). You may reach Cap-tain Uy directly at (240) 777-7109 (W), (240)-876-1702 (C), or [email protected]. In addition, the Sheriff’s Office has a 24-hour contact number: 240-777-7000; or during normal courthouse hours, you can reach a desk sergeant at 240-777-7012.

FAMILY LAW SELF-HELP CENTERThe Self-Help Center is transi-tioning to paperless processes.

INTERPRETERS AND MEDIATIONPer a Maryland Rule change (Md. Rule 1-333) courthouse staff inter-preters will no longer need to be sworn in before hearings. They will be signing an oath which will be kept on record with the Clerk and AOC. This applies only to courthouse staff interpreters, not private interpreters brought in to accommodate languages not spoken by courthouse staff interpreters. Private interpreters will still require swearing in be-fore hearings.

Please make sure to comply with the rule requiring 30-days notice for an interpreter re-quest for a proceeding, partic-ularly if you are requesting an interpreter for a language not spoken by a courthouse staff interpreter.



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Learn more at msba.org/DayofService

Local Bars, Specialty Bars and the MSBA are all teaming up for the first annual Lawyers Day of Service! Lawyers from across the state will be engaging in community service projects to give back to their local communities. This year, we will shine a spotlight on the issue of homelessness and our projects and partnerships will center around serving homeless individuals in Maryland.

DAY OF SERVICEMARYLAND LAWYERS GIVING BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES

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

APRIL 27, 28 A Wider Circle Center for Community Service Volunteers stock and organize donations and assist clients in selecting items.

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APRIL 27 Expungement ClinicAttorney volunteers will participate in an expungement clinic.

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125th Annual Meeting & Law Day CelebrationFriday, May 31, 2019

Bethesda North Marriott Conference Center5701 Marinelli Rd., North Bethesda, MD 20852

~2019 Annual Meeting Committee

Steven J. Bienstock, PresidentHeather Q. Hostetter, President-Elect

Jeremy D. Rachlin, Annual Meeting Chair

~Program Chairs

John Henderson, Administrative Law Section ChairEmily Gelmann / Ben Marcoux / Pilar Nichols, Family Law Section Co-Chairs

Michael Greenberg / Raymond Van Dyke, Intellectual Property & Technology Law Section Co-ChairsBill Hewitt / Alisha Jacobsen, Lawyer Assistance Committee Co-Chairs

David Gavin / Allen Katz / Sam Shapiro, Legal Ethics Committee Co-ChairsJosh Schmand / Callie Carnemark, New Practitioner Section Co-Chairs

Michael Goldberg / John Pontius, Taxation Law Section Co-Chairs

~STAFF COORDINATORS:Julie Petersen, Executive Director

Cindy Brandenburg, Conference Coordinator Yesenia Mendez, Exhibits Coordinator

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:Debra S. Katz, Esquire

Nationally recognized litigator of cases involving employment discrimination, civil rights, and

whistleblower protection







PROGRAM SCHEDULE8:00 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast

White Flint Amphitheater9:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. Family LawI Offer This Into Evidence: a fourth wall breaking practicum on admitting evidence at trial Speakers: Brian Pearlstein, Esquire, of Brodsky Renehan Pearlstein & Bouquet, Chartered, Sandra Brooks, Esquire, of Offit Kurman, Casey Florance, Esquire, of Lerch, Early & Brewer and Julie Christopher, Esquire, of Stein Sperling

Please join the family law section for a practicum on admitting tricky documents into evidence. Through presentation of a mock trial, the program will teach how to properly lay a foundation and authenticate documents such as text messages, social media posts, certified translations, criminal records, child’s hearsay, and more. Attendees will have a chance to ask questions as the judges decide whether to admit the evidence or not. Comedic entertainment guaranteed!

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. New PractitionersLearn How to Originate More Business Speaker: David Kelly, CEO, Growth Solutions Team

For solo, small to medium-sized firms, associates on a fast track to partner, those starting their own firms or just beginning to practiceThe lifeblood of any business is sales revenue. A law firm is no different. This workshop will focus on the BUSINESS side of your law practice and help you embrace the role of CEO. Learn how to • Improve your mindset around origination/selling• Develop your community of strategic partners and COI’s• Drive more referred cases to your practice• Give back something of value to your referral sources• Implement basic systems, strategies and tactics for relationship marketing• Acquire more clients with a simple selling system Whether you are the CEO of your firm or the CEO of your law career, you can become a more valuable asset by honing your skills in client acquisition and originations

Salon A9:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. Lawyer AssistanceReigniting Your Passion and Purpose Speaker: Link Christin, Caron Treatment Centers

Mr. Christin will discuss the recent shift in the legal profession wherein more lawyers are becoming dissatisfied with their careers. Often they are burned out (or close to it), depressed, anxious, bored. Feeling “stuck” and often overwhelmed by the quantity of the work expected. His presentation will provide tangible strategies which succeed in re-igniting the passion and purpose these lawyers once possessed. Rather than surrender to these feelings of hopelessness, lawyers can rebound with resiliency to become better than ever---utilizing the concrete solutions which are the core of this presentation.

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Taxation LawDemystifying IRS Letters While Resolving IRS Liens and Liens Speakers: John Pontius, Esquire of Pontius Tax Law and Michael Goldberg, Esquire of Stein Sperling

When a taxpayer has unpaid tax debt the IRS and the Maryland Comptroller, the law requires enforcement collection action against the taxpayer. The most common collection actions are tax liens and levies. A tax lien protects the government’s interest in all of a taxpayer’s property, including real estate, personal property and financial assets. A tax levy is legal seizure of a taxpayer’s property to satisfy a tax debt. Join John Pontius and Michael Goldberg for a review of common IRS letters sent to delinquent taxpayers. Mr. Pontius and Mr. Goldberg will advise on how to discharge property from a tax lien, subordinate a tax lien on real property as well as withdraw a tax lien. They will also discuss advanced tactics for levy collection alternatives such as installment agreements, offers in compromise and currently not collectible status. This discussion is designed for both tax and non-tax attorneys.





Salon B11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Legal EthicsDon’t Leave a Mess for Those That Love You Speakers: Lydia E. Lawless, Bar Counsel State of Maryland, Alvin I. Frederick, Esquire of Eccleston & Wolf, PC and Frederick R. Franke, Jr., Esquire

Succession planning unless you think you are going to live forever. Tomorrow is promised to no one. You tell your clients to plan for the inevitable end; a Will, a Living Will, a Power of Attorney. Have you planned for your professional exit? Learn the ins and outs of this critical type of professional planning. Start now, remember, tomorrow is promised to no one

Salon C10:00 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. Intellectual Property & Technology LawIntellectual Property: the Basics and an Update for 2019 Speaker: Raymond Van Dyke, Esquire, of Van Dyke Law

2019 has been a year of transition for intellectual property, particularly patents with the recent USPTO guidelines governing the use by examiners of Section 101 rejections; patents, copyrights and trademarks have also been in litigation, with several Supreme Court cases and Federal and other Circuit Court disputes, along with activity with treaties; this presentation will have a review of the IP basics with the recent updates over the past year.

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Administrative Law SectionRecent Developments and Decisions in Maryland Administrative Law Speakers: The Honorable Glenn T. Harrell, Jr., Retired, Maryland Court of Appeals and The Honorable Thomas E. Dewberry, Chief Judge, Office of Administrative Hearings

Judge Harrell and Judge Dewberry will speak on standing issues before OAH and recent developments and decisions in Maryland Administrative Law.

Scheduled Sponsor Breaks9:50 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.10:50 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Salons D & E12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch Program (Installation of Officers, Awards)

Keynote Speaker: Debra S. Katz, EsquireDebra Katz is a founding partner of Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP, where she concentrates her practice on employment discrimination, sexual harassment, whistleblower, and Title IX matters. She has developed extensive litigation experience in federal and local courts and has achieved significant courtroom successes in a number of high-profile cases. She has been recognized as “Civil Rights Lawyer of the Year” for Washington, D.C. by The Best Lawyers© In America for 2018, as one of the “toughest” employment lawyers in Washington, D.C. by Washingtonian magazine, and as an expert in sexual harassment, employment, and whistleblower law by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, TIME magazine and others.

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Join the New Practitioner Section Immediately Following the Luncheon for Happy HourJoin the New Practitioner Section for a Happy Hour in honor of our outgoing BAMC President, Steve Bienstock. Join us for drink specials and camaraderie at the hotel’s lobby bar immediately following the Law Day luncheon. No RSVP is required, but feel free to contact Josh Schmand at [email protected] or Callie Carnemark at [email protected] if you have questions.





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How to Write and Argue an Effective Appeal Tuesday, April 2 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

2019 Advanced Litigation Strategies Symposium *Symposium rates apply* Friday, April 5 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Universities at Shady Grove, Building II, 9630 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD

Deposing Your Opponent: How to Win Your Case Before It Reaches Court Tuesday, April 9 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Emergency Issues in Divorce and Custody Cases Wednesday, April 17 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Rita Rosenkrantz Basic Family Law Training Tuesday, April 23 & Thursday, April 25 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Accepting a case in lieu of the registration fee: $0

Declining a Pro Bono case - training only: $250 Early Bird $270 Regular Rate

Buy-Sell Agreements for Closely Held Businesses Thursday, May 2 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

The New Protocols for DNA: What you Need to Understand about the Science and Current Legal Challenges Tuesday, May 7 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

An Introduction to Intellectual Property: The Basic Tools for You to Know Wednesday, May 8 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

What Every Lawyer Needs to Know About Investment, Retirement and Financial Assets for Negotiating Settlements and Avoiding Malpractice Thursday, May 9 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Family Law Update Thursday, May 16 5:00 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. Montgomery County Circuit Court, Courtroom 3E, 50 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD

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Exciting changes are happening at Stein Sperling. In addition to the launch of the firm’s newly redesigned website, Stein Sperling has begun the process of moving to its new headquarters at 1101 Wootton Parkway, Rockville, MD, a process scheduled for completion by the summer of 2020.

Reaching its largest size ever, Stein Sperling is excited to work with the Tower Company to occupy more than 40,000 square feet in the LEED Gold® and ENERGY STAR Certified Tower Building. This move will come in stages with a number of attorneys and staff working out of a temporary space in the building while the firm develops its new home. When complete, this move will allow attorneys and staff to connect and collaborate with ease. The firm’s new location will allow continued close proximity to the Montgomery County Courthouse and will accommodate future growth of the firm.

Founded in 1978, Stein Sperling started with just four attorneys plus three staff in one small building at 23 West Middle Lane, a building the firm still occupies, today along with four additional buildings in Rockville, Maryland as well as stand-alone offices in Wheaton, Langley Park, and Frederick in Maryland and Baileys Crossroads in Virginia. Since its inception, the firm has grown to 50 attorneys and 78 additional staff.

OUR FIRM IS GROWING

Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC · 25 West Middle Lane · Rockville, MD 20850 · 301-340-2020 · steinsperling.com



COLLABORATIVE LAW SECTIONLaura Duncan, Co-ChairRoger Hayden, Co-ChairAnshu Karki, Co-ChairMEETING DATESApril 16, 2019 May 21, 2019Meetings take place from Noon to 1:00 p.m. in the BAMC Up-stairs Conference Room, unless otherwise specified. Please, RSVP to any of the Co-Chairs:

Laura: [email protected]: [email protected]: [email protected]

Our next meeting on April 16th at noon at the Bar Association of Montgomery County will feature guest speaker Raechel Parolisi, J.D., LL.M. Raechel is an ERISA attorney who serves as a neutral in collaborative cases and hails from Dallas, Texas. Her practice focuses on the division of employee benefits in both litigated and collaborative divorce cases. Prior to earning her degree from SMU Dedman School of Law, she worked in the re-tirement field which provided her with hands-on retirement planning experience. Raechel’s LL.M. from The John Marshal Law School is in Employee Benefits. She is also a volun-teer attorney with the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program, handling all of their QDRO and benefit-related cases. Raechel will cover Expert Tips and Tricks for Dividing Em-ployee Benefits and Drafting


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QDROs in Divorce cases with our section. Please send in your RSVP 36 hours in advance if you plan to attend.

Save the date, because on May 21st, Author and Workshop Fa-cilitator Izolda Trakhtenberg will join us. Izolda will engage and interact with our members and guests on communication methods that are ideal for cre-ative problem solving to strike the right bargain on behalf of our client(s). Izolda has been featured on "Let's Talk Live" and her latest book, Speak From Within: Engage, Inspire, and Motivate Any Audience will be discussed. All BAMC and collaborative colleagues are welcome to attend.

Our section is working to ed-ucate the community and support collaborative attor-neys who practice both civil and domestic law so they may hone their skills and offer this valuable form of legal services to as many clients as possible. As always, we welcome your suggestions about discussion topics and future speakers at our meetings, CLEs, and round-table discussions on managing, marketing and growing a Col-laborative Law practice. Please invite your partners, associates, mentors, mentees, colleagues, and fellow practitioners to join one of our meetings. We wel-come professionals who would like to speak at a meeting and contribute to the collaborative practice movement by sharing their experiences and practical knowledge. Please reach out

to any of your co-chairs if you want to get more involved in collaborative practice or have suggestions for future CLE or meeting topics.

FOR MORE ON COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE:Please contact LJ Pelham at [email protected] if you are interested in taking advantage of upcoming collab-orative training opportunities and incorporating collabora-tive law into your civil practice.

Collaborative Law is interdis-ciplinary and can incorporate the advice and counsel of civil practitioners, child specialists, financial neutrals, business valuation specialists, mental health professionals, real es-tate agents and more into the dispute resolution process. It encourages two or more dis-puting parties to engage in candid and effective out-of-court communications and empowers them to find their own voices to craft voluntary, durable and mutually benefi-cial solutions. To learn more about how to provide Collab-orative legal and related ser-vices to your clients, please visit: collablawmaryland.org.

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION SECTIONDrew Cole, Co-ChairBill Goldberg, Co-ChairThe BAMC Commercial Liti-gation Section, the BAMC Em-

ployment Law Section & the MSBA Business Law Section’s Franchise & Distribution Law Committee are co-sponsoring an upcoming program on April 1, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. at Ross Law Firm, located at 800 King Farm Blvd., Suite 500, Rockville, MD 20850. Diane Seltzer Torre, a well-respected Bethesda-based employment lawyer, will be presenting on recent interpre-tations of the “joint employer” doctrine with respect to fran-chised businesses.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEEEddie Garcia, Co-ChairJordan Savitz, Co-ChairIf you have any thoughts or comments for the Committee, please contact any of us:[email protected] [email protected]

DISTRICT COURT BENCH BAR COMMITTEEReginald Bours, Co-ChairRichard London, Co-ChairMEETING DATESApr. 24, 2019 May 29, 2019Meetings are held at 8AM on the last Wednesday of the month in the judges' confer-ence room on the 5th Floor of the Rockville District Court.

Our last meeting was February 27, 2019, before the Honorable Patricia Mitchell, and the en-tire Bench Bar ensemble and chorus. Judge Mitchell provid-ed an Agenda.

MATTERS OF INTEREST IN CRIMINAL AND TRAFFIC

CASESSTATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICEKathy Knight, Esquire, remains the Chief of the District Court division of that office, and she announced that Keith Jacob-son, a senior Assistant State’s Attorney, and Kathy’s deputy, was retiring as of March 11, 2019.

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Karen Mooney will be the new Deputy Chief in the District Court division.

REMINDERSEXPANDED USE OF DISTRICT COURT COMMISSIONER FOR COURT HEARINGSAs of January 7, 2019, Commis-sioners began presiding over preliminary inquiries in crimi-nal cases of Mondays and Tues-days. These hearings will be conducted in Rockville only, in Courtroom 611, and will start at 8:30 a.m.

ADDITIONAL SERIOUS TRAFFIC DOCKETSAlso starting as of January 7, 2019, the Rockville District Court is scheduling additional serious traffic case trials in Courtroom 612 on Mondays and Tuesdays. These dockets will be designed to be shorter than traffic cas-es in 413 and 414, because the trial judges set in 612 will not be available after noon. Case Search is likely to report that the courtroom number is “06.”

GENERAL MATTERSJUDICIAL VACANCYJudge Sarsfield has retired but this vacancy has not been ad-vertised nor likely to be filled very soon. No allowance has been made by the Administra-tive Office of the Courts and Montgomery County will not get more “V.J.’s as a result. At this time, the District Court may be required to close some courtrooms without much prior notice if sickness or vaca-tions leave us short.

MDECWe learned that the Baltimore County courts went “live" in February and that training for court personnel in Mont-gomery County will begin this summer. Once MDEC is live in Montgomery county on No-vember 12, 2019, there will be a 30-day grace period where law-yers may be able to file written pleadings in the normal fashion, but electronic filing will then be the only way lawyers can file documents for the courts.

Only a limited number of cur-rent files will be “back scanned."

However, when there are new pleadings to be filed on old cas-es, for example, reconsideration of sentence or modification of custody, would then require a back scanning the entire file of the same case. Still unknown is whether lawyers will be able to access documents on-line in files other than those in which they are involved. In some counties where MDEC is already live, terminals in the courthouses allow review of other files. Stay tuned.

AFTER HOURS FILING IN ROCKVILLE AND SILVER SPRINGFor lawyers who want to file after 4:30 p.m. on a given day, Commissioners in Rockville are always available and the Commissioner in Silver Spring will usually be available until midnight. All documents filed with the Commissioner before midnight will be stamped as if filed by 4:30 p.m.

INTERPRETER REQUESTSReminder: There is a new Dis-trict Court form for requesting foreign language interpreters, and the Court prefers that at-torneys use this form and file them well in advance. Using the form permits the court to keep accounting and statistical information. See

https://courts.state.md.us/sites/default/files/court-forms/courtforms/joint/ccdc041.pdf/

ccdc041.pdf

This form is can also be used in Circuit Court cases and for all kinds of civil and criminal cases.

ELDER LAW SECTIONMary Jo Broussard-Speier, Co-ChairJeff Hammond, Co-ChairMEETING DATESApr. 10, 2019May 8, 2019Meetings are held at 8AM in the upstairs conference room of the Bar Association building.

Volunteer Attorneys Needed for Elder Law Day in Silver Spring: The BAMC Leadership Development Academy, in col-laboration with the Montgom-ery County Bar Foundation Pro Bono Program, is excited to an-nounce that it will host an Elder Law Day, which will offer educa-tional presentations to seniors and the opportunity to prepare financial powers of attorney and advance medical directives. Volunteers are needed to assist with document preparation. Prior experience is not required. Training will be provided, and volunteers can participate for all or part of the day. Adver-tising opportunities available. WHEN: Monday, April 15, 2019 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm WHERE: The Margaret Sch-weinhaut Senior Center, locat-ed at 1000 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, Maryland 20901 HOW TO VOLUNTEER: Please contact Morgan Wheeler at [email protected] and/or (301) 762-1696 or Jose Espejo [email protected] and/or (240) 778-2325 for ques-tions and to volunteer, prefera-bly before March 15, 2019.

EMPLOYMENT LAW SECTIONJoy Einstein, Co-ChairGregg Greenberg, Co-ChairThe BAMC Commercial Liti-gation Section, the BAMC Em-ployment Law Section & the MSBA Business Law Section’s Franchise & Distribution Law Committee are co-sponsoring an upcoming program on April 1, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. at Ross Law Firm, located at 800 King Farm Blvd., Suite 500, Rockville, MD 20850. Diane Seltzer Torre, a well-respected Bethesda-based employment lawyer, will be presenting on recent interpre-tations of the “joint employer” doctrine with respect to fran-chised businesses.

ESTATE & TRUST LAW SECTIONJay Eisenberg, ChairMEETING DATESApr. 22, 2019Meetings are held at Noon in the 6th floor conference room at the offices of Shulman Rog-ers, 12505 Park Potomac Ave., Potomac, MD 20854.

FAMILY LAW SECTIONEmily Gelmann, Co-ChairBen Marcoux, Co-ChairPilar Nichols, Co-ChairTHANK YOU to all of our Judg-es who attended the March Round Table!








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Below are our upcoming meet-ing and CLE's:

MEETING DATES• April 16, 2019: Proving Vol-untary Impoverishment, pre-sented by Magistrate Bibi Berry and Ed Bouquet, Esquire

• May 21, 2019: Developing a Theme for Opening and Clos-ing Arguments, presented by The Honorable Kevin Hessler and Casey Florance, Esquire

All Family Law Section Meetings are approximately 1 hour long and will take place at 5:30 p.m. in the CLE Classroom, located in the lower level of the Bar Office, except as otherwise noted.

*Meeting will take place in the Circuit Court, Courtroom 3E, and will start at 5 p.m.

CLE’S• Tuesday, April 23 & Thurs-day, April 25, 2019, 5:30 — 8:30 p.m. in the BAMC CLE Class-room — Rita Rosenkrantz Basic Family Law Training. Speakers: Heather Q. Hostetter, Hostetter Strent LLC; Sarah I. Malik, Malik

Law LLC; Michael P. Sinay, Para-diso, Taub, Sinay, Owel & Kostec-ka, PC; Howard Soypher, Webb Soypher McGrath LLC; Scott M. Strickler, Shulman Rogers Gan-dal Pordy & Ecker, P.A.; John S. Weaver, Weaver Law LLC.

This practical six hour train-ing covers the nuts and bolts of family law, including: (1) Ini-tial Interview/Retainer Agree– ments; (2) Pleadings & Divorce Grounds, Scheduling Hearings, Uncontested Divorce Hear-ings; (3) Discovery, Financial Statements, and Marital Prop-erty Statements; (4) Pendente Lite Financial Issues, Obtaining Attorneys’ Fees, Voluntary Im-poverishment, Child Support, Taking Exceptions to a Magis-trate’s Recommendations; (5) Litigating a Child Custody Case; and (6) Marital Settle-ment Agreements, and Ethical Considerations. The extensive materials exceed 700 pages and include many sample forms.

• Thursday, May 16, 2019, 5:00 — 7:45 p.m. in the Mont-

gomery County Circuit Court, Courtroom 3E — Family Law Update. Speakers: Paul Rein-stein, Esq. of Reinstein, Gla-ckin & Herriott, LLC; and Bry-an Renehan, Esq. of Brodsky Renehan Pearlstein & Bouquet, Chartered. Bryan Renehan and Paul Reinstein will pres-ent new family law cases and legislative updates from the past 12 months. They will dis-cuss the most recent appellate cases regarding family law practice area, including such topics as child custody, child support, voluntary impov-erishment, marital property, military disability pay, alimo-ny, and enforcement issues, as well as evidentiary issues. They will also address the impact of recent legislation on the prac-tice of family law. The materi-als alone are “must have!” This CLE is always highly informa-tive, well-attended, and helps you maintain your edge – don’t miss it!

• Early Spring. Emergency and Emergent Issues. Speak-

ers will present on the follow-ing subject matters: Emergen-cy Custody and Modification; Dealing with CPS; Temporary, preliminary and general in-junctive relief; Protective Or-ders in both the District and Circuit Courts; and supervised access. Details and speakers coming soon. Watch this space!

LAW DAY! – MAY 31, 2019This year’s program is titled “I Offer This Into Evidence: A fourth wall breaking practicum on admitting evidence at trial.” Join us for a dramatic mock tri-al. Our participants are Brian Pearlstein, Sandra Brooks, Ca-sey Florance, and Julie Christo-pher. Judge Dwyer will be pre-siding. Don’t miss it!

IMMIGRATION LAW SECTIONMaria Glinsmann, ChairRegular meetings are sched-uled from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on the first or second Thursday

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of each month in the upstairs conference room of the Bar Building. Please mark your cal-endars for the following dates:

April 18, 2019 – Time: 12:30pmMay 9, 2019 – Time: 12:30pm

If you are interested in becom-ing a speaker for our section meetings or have ideas for fu-ture meetings, please contact me on [email protected].

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & TECHNOLOGY LAW SECTIONMichael Greenberg, Co-Chair Ray Van Dyke, Co-ChairThe Intellectual Property and Technology Law Section Co-Chair, Raymond Van Dyke, is giving a CLE presentation at the Bar Association on May 8, 2019 entitled “An Introduc-tion to Intellectual Property: The Basic Tools for You to



month in the upstairs confer-ence room of the Bar Associa-tion building.

If you or someone you know is concerned about alcohol and/or drug use and its effects on the practice of law, please contact one of the co-chairs at:

[email protected] [email protected]

All inquiries and referrals are confidential.

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY COMMITTEEJosh Bienstock, Co-Chair John Weaver, Co-ChairThe Committee is accepting applications for the 2019-2020 BAMC Leadership Develop-ment Academy Class through June 17, 2019. The application is available on the BAMC web-site or call Josh Bienstock, LDA Committee Co-Chair, 301-251-



(Continued from preceding page) Know,” which will be a primer on the basic principles of IP for beginners to recognize these rights and understand their importance. In particular, he will discuss patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets, and include updates on current case law in each area, includ-ing some recent rule changes in the United States Patent & Trademark Office regarding the eligibility of software and high-tech innovations for pat-ent protection, which has been a major and controversial issue for over a decade.

Ray will also reprise his annual update at the Annual Meeting on May 31, 2019 at 10 AM in Sa-lon C. His topic is “Intellectual Property: the Basics and an Update for 2019,” which will in-clude the above topics but with more emphasis on the recent developments.

Ray and Co-Chair Michael Greenberg welcome sugges-tions, particularly from other members of the Section.

LAW FIRM MANAGEMENT SECTIONAmy Strent, ChairMEETING DATESApr. 18, 2019* May 16, 2019***Bethesda location**Rockville locationMeetings are held at 8AM in the upstairs conference room of the Bar Association build-ing, located at 27 West Jefferson St., Rockville, MD or at Hostet-ter Strent Offices, located at 7201 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 675, Bethesda, MD 20814.

LAWYER ASSISTANCE COMMITTEEBill Hewitt, Co-ChairAlisha Jacobsen, Co-ChairMEETING DATESApr. 10, 2019Meetings are held at 5:30PM on the 2nd Wednesday of the




1600, for more information or an application. The Academy is a specially-designed program that seeks to: identify a diverse and talented group of attor-neys admitted to practice less than 15 years who have leader-ship ability and desire to partic-ipate in the Academy, provide opportunities to help develop and enhance the participants’ skills as future leaders of our Bar Association, and promote the image of both the selected participants and all lawyers in our community. The Academy is an excellent opportunity for lawyers who desire to hone their skills as leaders, both in general and within the BAMC.

LEGAL ETHICS COMMITTEEDavid Gavin, Co-ChairAllen Katz, Co-ChairSam Shapiro, Co-Chair MEETING DATESApr. 18, 2019 May 16, 2019Our meetings will be held at 4:30PM on the 3rd Thursday of the month in the Upstairs Con-ference Room of the Bar Asso-ciation building, unless other-wise noted.

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS COMMITTEESteve Allen, Co-ChairLynndolyn Mitchell, Co-ChairAre you Interested in being on a Bar Association of Mont-gomery County (BAMC) Com-mittee? Please join us as we seek new benefits for BAMC members. All members of this BAMC committee have the flexibility to explore member’s benefit discounts available to Bar members independently and at their own pace. If you have never been involved with a Bar committee and want to get actively involved, this is a good first Committee to join.

The new BAMC website (barmont.org) makes it easier to view these benefits. From the Member Center, choose

Membership Services and you will be able to view all of the categories for “Membership Vendor Discounts.”

Our next committee meeting will take place on April 16, 2019 at 12:00 Noon in the BAMC Conference room located at 27 West Jefferson St. Rockville, MD 20850 unless otherwise in-dicated.

If you are interested in learning more about this Committee, please contact either:

Steve: (301) 987-2002 [email protected]

Lynndolyn: (301) 340-2541 [email protected]

This month’s featured vendor for discounts is: Financial Ben-efit Services L.L.C., Individual Disability Income Insurance for Lawyers.

MENTOR/MENTEE COMMITTEEHayes Edwards, Chair We are pleased to announce that many new practitioners have applied for mentor-ships. Now we just need the more-seasoned members (7+ years of practice) to follow suit. If you are interested in being a mentor or a mentee, or if you know someone who is, please reach out to Hayes Edwards at [email protected].

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION SECTIONAaron Blank, Co-Chair Stephanie Shearer, Co-ChairMEETING DATESApr. 12, 2019Meetings will be held from Noon - 1PM in the Upstairs Conference Room of the Bar Association building,.

We are pleased to announce that our April meeting will be held on April 12, 2019, at 12:00 p.m. in the conference room of the Bar Building. Dr. Mark Monteferrante from Progressive Radiology will be holding a presentation on

interpreting and using radio-logical studies in personal injury cases. Medport has generously offered to spon-sor the meeting and provide lunch for attendees. Please rsvp to Aaron Blank at [email protected] or Stephanie Shearer at [email protected] by April 10, 2019, so that we can prepare accordingly.

REAL ESTATE LAW SECTIONSarah Cline, Co-Chair Matt Alegi, Co-ChairMEETING DATESApr. 9, 2019 May 14, 2019All meetings will start at 8:00 a.m. in the conference cen-ter at Shulman, Rogers, Gan-dal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A., 12505 Park Potomac Ave., 6th Floor, Potomac, MD 20854. Break-fast will be provided. Please RSVP to Donna Olenick at [email protected].

SOCIAL MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEEJessica Blumberg, Co-Chair Keith Rosa, Co-ChairMEETING DATESApr. 23, 2019Meetings will be held at 5:30PM in the upstairs conference room of the Bar Association building.

TAXATION LAW SECTIONMike Goldberg, Co-Chair John Pontius, Co-ChairOn Thursday May 2, 2019, the Tax Section is sponsoring a CLE entitled "Buy-Sell Agreements for Closely Held Businesses" from 5:30pm-7:30pm in the CLE classroom in the lower level of the Bar Association Building lo-cated at 27 West Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland 20850. The speakers are tax attorney Adam Abrahams of Meyers, Hurvitz and Abrahams; business attor-ney Ben Grosz of Ivins Baker &

Baker; and CPA Keat Bhutani of Axxis Financial Group. A buy-sell agreement is the exit strat-egy for owners of closely held businesses. It establishes the rules restricting and sometimes forcing the transfer of owner-ship interests in the company. Disputes between business owners can be intense, especial-ly when the owners are fami-ly. Nobody plans to fail, they simple fail to plan. This panel of speakers will discuss succes-sion planning, types of buy-sell agreements, valuation issues, funding with life insurance as well as income and estate tax considerations. This practical and essential CLE is designed for all attorneys.



YOUR INPUT ON OUR MONTHLY LUNCHES IS REQUESTEDAttendance at our Bar lunches has fallen in re-cent years. This year we’ve had an average of 75 people attending. The Bar Asso-ciation has to guarantee, and pay for, 140 people. As a re-evaluation of how dues revenue is spent, last month the Executive Com-mittee took up the issue of reducing the number of Bar lunches per year. This dia-logue is continuing in the Executive committee.

I believe the membership needs to be heard on this matter. We are inviting your input as to the frequency of the lunches, and ways to increase attendance. If any of you have an opin-ion, one way or the oth-er, please contact me at [email protected] or 301-251-1600. Please also talk to your colleagues who do not attend the lunches, and encourage their partic-ipation.

There IS a free lunch! (And it is included in your bar membership.)



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PRO BONO PROGRAMBy Debbie Craven, Program Coordinator"An interesting and encouraging thing about potential is that we all have plenty of it, but it comes in different shapes and sizes.”

Anonymous

Thank you to our wonderful volunteers at the Evening Clin-ics and dedicated volunteer at-torneys who take a Pro Bono case into their office for reso-lution. Your continued partici-pation will carry us forward. It is never too late to get involved, and there are ample opportuni-ties. Our community residents really need you! Montgomery County Bar Foundation Pro Bono Program seeks volunteers – whether experienced or new-ly barred attorneys – to join our panel. There are many county residents that are in great need of pro bono services. Your call to volunteer will make a differ-ence to those without resourc-es. You will feel both the social and emotional impact that you have the capacity to help. So please consider volunteering!

The Pro Bono Program pro-vides two ways for county res-idents to receive FREE LEGAL SERVICES in civil cases – at a le-gal advice clinic or through the client intake line for referral to an attorney volunteer for direct representation. The legal advice clinics operate in five locations across the county (SEE BOX BELOW) and provide residents the opportunity to walk-in and meet with an attorney volun-teer without scheduling an appointment. Eligible clients present their legal problems to an attorney and receive free immediate legal advice and/or referral to a non-profit or gov-ernment social service agency that may be helpful. The cli-ent intake line operates out of the main office where the staff screens calls from potential clients. The Pro Bono Program staff conducts all screenings over the phone only. Cases re-ferred to attorney volunteers include family law, debt collec-tion, bankruptcy, limited em-ployment, limited immigration, wills and power of attorney.

There is still time to sign up — The Pro Bono Program pro-vides FREE LEGAL TRAINING

to attorney volunteers. Our Family Law Training Sessions known as the Rita Rosenkrantz Family Law Training seminar will take place the evenings of April 23 & April 25, 2019. The course is free to attorneys who agree to take a pro bono case at the time of the training. Please call Yesenia at 301.340.2534 or log on to our website montbar.org for additional information.

“We do not remember days, we remember moments.”

Cesare Pavese

On behalf of the Board of Di-rectors of the Bar Foundation, we thank the following attor-neys for their time, dedication, and service for the month of February, 2019.

CASE REFERRALSBerry, Rodella*Fah, Joseph*Geddis, ChanekquaGrady, Michael*Hamilton, DontriceLane, Jonathan*Mir, Sarah*Mudd, StevenOstroff, Michael*Tajammul, Shuaa*Whitfield, Lynette

LEGAL ADVICE CLINICS East County Service Center Akamigbo, Chijioke+

Mukherjee, DianePugliese-Shaw, Elizabeth M.+Washington, Juan+

Gilchrist Center – Gaithersburg Daniel, JimDeNobile, KathleenPrice, Daryl+Roshanian, LeylaTajammul, ShuaaTerenzini, Eden O.Whitfield, Lynette+Wisor, Clark

Gilchrist Center – Germantown Bluefeld, JudithDaniel, JimHwang, JaePugliese-Shaw, Elizabeth M.+Radice, Alex+

Gilchrist Center – Wheaton Akamigbo, Chijioke +Jiang, Fu-meiLewis, HarryMcCullough, ClaudineMudd, Steven B.Phan, NgocRadice, Alex+Renner, RichardShapiro, Samuel M.Symonds, ElizabethUmeh, KaosyWashington, Juan+West, Pamela

TESS Community Center Akamigbo, Chijioke+Lewis, HarryUmeh, Kaosy+Washington, Juan C. +West, Pamela

* = Accepted more than one case + = Supervising Attorney

Charles W. Gilchrist Immigrant Resource Center - Upcounty Regional Service Center 12900 Middlebrook RoadGermantown, MD 208742nd 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 - Westfield South Building11002 Veirs Mill Rd., Suite 506Wheaton, 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 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.


Pro Bono Clinic Volunteers

NeededPlease contact

Debbie Craven, the Pro Bono

Coordinator, at 301-762-5831 or

[email protected] to be scheduled

into a clinic.



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ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION OF MARYLANDCandice YiUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND LAW SCHOOL APALSA 10TH ANNUAL SPRING RECEPTIONAPABA-MD's President, Judge Eric Nee, was a keynote speak-er for the Asian Pacific Ameri-can Law Student Association’s (APALSA) 10th Annual Spring Reception at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. The APALSA Reception celebrated the theme, “Representation Mat-ters: Seen, Heard, and Valued” and awarded an Alumni of the Year Award to Ngai Zhang (Class of 2011).

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AND UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE CAREER PANELAPABA-MD will host a career panel for University of Mary-land and University of Balti-more law students on April 10, 2019. The career panel is a great opportunity for law stu-dents to interact with legal pro-fessionals and learn about the rewards and challenges of the panelists’ career paths.

NEW PRACTITIONER’S SECTION OPEN HOUSE APABA-MD is excited to meet new practitioners at the Open House at the Montgomery County Circuit Court on April 18, 2019. Please come by our table to introduce yourself and learn what our bar association is all about!

APABA-MD GALA AT GLENVIEW MANSION Please save the date for APABA-MD’s Gala, celebrating Asian History Month, which will take place at Glenview Mansion on May 11, 2019. In addition to enjoying the sur-roundings of a beautiful ven-ue, there will be heavy hors devours, entertainment, casi-no tables, and a silent auction. We hope to see many of you there!

J. FRANKLYN BOURNE BAR ASSOCIATIONHon. Jill Cummins, Co-Chair Lynndolyn Mitchell, Co-ChairMEETING DATESThe Montgomery County Committee for the J Franklyn Bourne Bar Association meets the first Saturday of every month from 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., unless otherwise indicat-ed. The meetings are held in the main conference room at the Bar Association of Mont-gomery County (BAMC) Head-quarters located at 27 West Jefferson Street, Rockville, Maryland. The next meeting will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2019. If you are unable to at-tend the April meeting, please join us on May 4, 2019 for our membership drive. For more in-formation, please contact:

Lynndolyn: 301-340-2541; [email protected] Judge Cummins: 240-773-4005; [email protected]

*Montgomery County Com-mittee meetings are open to all attorneys practicing in Mont-gomery, Prince George’s county and the District of Columbia, law students and recent law school graduates are always welcome to the meetings.

UPCOMING EVENTSChristmas in April will be held on Saturday, April 27, 2019 in Prince George’s County. For more informa-tion contact Kim Lewis at: [email protected]

J Franklyn Bourne Bar Asso-ciation Women’s Committee Scholarship Tea, Sunday, April 28, 2019 from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Martin’s Camelot 13906 Central Avenue Upper Marlboro, MD 20774. Ticket price $65.00 in ad-vance and $70.00 at the door RSVP on Eventbrite.com.

J Franklyn Bourne Bar Asso-ciation’s Membership drive brunch will be held on Sat-urday, May 4, 2019 in the Montgomery County Bar As-sociation’s CLE room. A full breakfast will be served. We en-

received from the auction go to our Foundation which gives out scholarships every year at the Normandie Farms Scholar-ship Dinner. The young people that receive our scholarships are some of the most impres-sive young people you will ever meet. They are so worthy of ev-ery bit of support that we can give.

There is no way that we could have done this without our incredible planners, Rosalyn Tang and Kristina Badalian. It really is a lot of work and they, along with the dedicated group of our members that chaired committees and volunteered, are really to be commended. I don’t think that I saw either Roz or Kristina break a sweat — they are both so graceful and efficient! Being president of the Chapter this year has been really eye opening. There are so many talented, energetic, smart and dedicated women in our Chapter — it makes my job so easy!

We have a few events in the hopper:

Red Shoe Shuffle: We will be sending a team out to join the Maryland Women's Bar As-sociation as we participate in the Ronald McDonald House Red Shoe Shuffle in Baltimore on April 7, 2019. This is a family friendly event! We have a good chance of winning biggest team if we get enough mem-bers to join!

To join our team, visit: https://rmhcbaltimore.org/

red-shoe-shuffle/ registration-information/

Annual Meeting: The 2019 Maryland State WBA’s Annual Meeting will be held on May 3, 2019, and May 4, 2019, at the Westin Hotel in Annapolis. Fri-day evening's program will in-clude a Reception honoring our Past Presidents followed by a Voting Rights Panel Discus-sion. Saturday's program will include a 2019 Legislative Up-date by The Honorable Kath-leen Dumais, Chapter Reports and the Election of Officers

courage all members to bring a guest to this special meeting. For more information, please contact Co-Chairs, Hon Jill Cummins or Lynndolyn Mitch-ell. RSVP’s are strongly encour-aged.

J Franklyn Bourne Bar Associ-ations annual Seafood Feast to be held on June 21, 2019.

J. Franklyn Bourne general body meetings are held on the third Thursday of the month. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, April 18, 2019 from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at New Location: Vista Gardens, 2nd Floor Community Room, 10201 MLK Jr. Highway, Bowie, MD 20720 for more information relating to the General Body meetings, and other upcom-ing events, please contact our President, Ryan Middleton, at [email protected].

Join our mailing list for up-dates:

www.bournebar.org

Follow us on:Twitter: @BournebarInstagram: Instagram@bournebarand on Facebook.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATIONLeah Morabito, PresidentOn behalf of the Montgomery County Chapter of the WBA, I would like to send out a huge THANK YOU! to everyone that supported our Triennial Auc-tion on Saturday, March 9th at the Silver Spring Civic Cen-ter. Between the planners, the sponsors, those who donated and those that attended, we cannot thank you enough. This event is so important to our Chapter. It provides the much needed funds to run our Chapter for three years and to allow us to continue to host our wonderful events such as the Judicial Reception, the Holiday Party and Prepare for Success, among others. Most impor-tantly, a large part of the funds

Helping OpportunitiesSupport Drug Court by helping a participant obtain stable em ploy ment and therefore restore their life, stay committed to recovery and become a productive member of the community. For further information please contact Jenna Davis, Drug Court Coordi nator at (240) 777-9141.

Newsletter DeadlineThe deadline for submission of copy for the newsletter is always the 10th of the month for the following months' newsletter, unless the 10th falls on a weekend ... then, it is the Friday prior to the 10th.




for the 2019-2020 year. Please visit the State WBA website at www.wba-md.org for more in-formation and to register.

Comfort Cases Packing Party: Please consider joining us for a packing party for Comfort Cases! This is a family friend-ly event and space is limited. For more information about Comfort Cases, please visit: www.comfortcases.org.

Please RSVP to Lili Khozeimeh at [email protected].

WHEN: May 11, 2019 TIME: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.WHERE: Comfort Cases National Headquarters in Rockville

Ladies’ Night: We will also be having a ladies’ night sometime in May or June.

Our next meeting is on Tues-day, April 9, 2019, and is a con-ference call meeting at 12:30 p.m. The dial-in number is (605)

472-5579 and the access code is 932221. We welcome any mem-bers that wish to be on the call.

Our final meeting of the year will be held on May 14, 2019, in the Judicial Conference Room – 3rd Floor North Tower of the Courthouse.

SIMON E. SOBELOFF JEWISH LAW SOCIETYBrian D. SadurThe time between Passover (when Jews obtained their free-dom from slavery) and Shavuot (when the Jewish People re-ceived the Torah) is traditionally dedicated to reflection concern-ing serious ethical questions about the world. On Thursday, May 30, 2019 at Kol Shalom Con-gregation, 9110 Darnestown Rd. in Rockville, Rabbi Noga Brenner Samia, Deputy Director

of BINA: The Jewish Movement for Social Change and teacher at BINA's Secular Yeshiva in Tel Aviv, will speak on "Pirkei Avot – Ethics of Our Fathers.” We will study select passages from this compilation of the ethical teach-ings and maxims passed down to the Rabbis, beginning with Moses and onwards.

We will be serving light refresh-ments from 5:30-6:00 p.m. in the Synagogue’s atrium to be

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followed immediately by Rabbi Samia’s discussion of this im-portant topic. Please RSVP by May 24, 2019 to:

Allen Orenberg: 301 984-8005; [email protected]

Richard Schimel: 240-395-4400; [email protected]

Members of the Sobeloff Soci-ety are encouraged to RSVP via Constant Contact notification which was sent by email.

Circuit Court Judges John Maloney and Debra Dwyer, along with the Montgomery County Circuit Court, invite you to the 26th Adult Drug Court Graduation on May 1, 2019 at 4 p.m. in Courtroom 3E of the Circuit Court building. Reception following. For information, please contact Jenna Davis, Problem Solving Court Coordinator, at 240-777-9141.

Adult Drug Court Graduation To Be Held On May 1st




tal settlement agreements, and property settlement agreements. Eva graduated cum laude from George Mason University School of Law and received her under-graduate degree from the Uni-versity of Virginia. She practices in D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Lynette Kleiza was a partner at Zavos Juncker Law Group where she represented clients in domes-tic relations law, including mar-ital agreements, adoption, complex equitable distribu-tion, LGBTQ matters, custody and visitation, relocation, child support, and spousal support. Lynette graduated from the University of Richmond T.C. Williams School of Law and re-ceived her undergraduate degree from James Madison University. She is licensed to practice law in D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and New Jersey. Scott Mirsky, who was the founder of Mirsky Law Group, LLC, focuses on advising and litigating employment, busi-ness, and construction disputes. He has experience in handling non-compete and trade secret disagreements, employment claims, issues concerning inde-pendent contractors, intellectu-al property infringement cases, complex construction issues, wage and overtime disputes, and breach of contract claims. Scott graduated magna cum laude, from the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he served as the Casenotes Editor of the University of Baltimore Law Review. He obtained his under-graduate degree from American University.

Rismiller Law Group is pleased to announce that Mary Lom-bardo has joined the firm as Of Counsel. Ms. Lombardo has more than 18 years in practice and will expand the firm’s ar-eas of focus with her practice in civil litigation, and she will assist clients in real estate dis-putes, employment law, labor and wage law, discrimination, EEOC complaints, guardian-ship and estate and trust plan-ning and litigation. Rismiller Law Group, LLC, is located at 51 Monroe Place, Suite 1406, Rock-ville, MD 20850, (301) 340-1616, www.rismillerlaw.com.

The Samek Law Firm, LLC is pleased to announce that Lau-rin H. Mills has joined as a part-ner. Laurin and Roger, long-time friends and collaborators in their respective practices, are now partners in the practice of law. Laurin expects to spend the bulk of his time in our new Alexandria office. We will have three departments: (1) Corpo-rate and Business Transactions; (2) Business Litigation and White-Collar Criminal Defense; and (3) Wills, Trusts and Estates.

RENT/LEASEBETHESDA — Windowed office with dedicated parking space in downtown Bethesda at $1200 per month. Shared law office suite with access to kitchen, con-ference rooms, and wifi. Conve-nient location to metro. Please contact Elizabeth Lougheed at [email protected].

CITY OF FAIRFAX — One spa-cious furnished professional office available for sublet in our City of Fairfax law office. Ac-cess to conference room, wait-ing area and shared kitchen. Utilities, and cleaning services included. Use of Wi-Fi negotia-ble. Flexible lease terms, avail-able immediately. $700/month. Contact [email protected].

GAITHERSBURG — Office for Hours or Rent — Great Oppor-tunity for New Practitioner in small collegial firm. Copier, fax, conference room and wifi available. Desirable location on Route 355 for mutually agreed upon exchange of services or reasonable rent. For informa-tion, call 301-987-2002 or email [email protected].

ROCKVILLE — Garza Build-ing — Newly renovated. Two suites now available. Single of-fice and shared space and small firm suite with two to four of-fices. Several options to choose from. Lowest rents in town center. One block from court-houses. No CAM. Conference rooms and full kitchen, WIFI and phones. Call John or Jas-min 301-340-8200.

ROCKVILLE — Office suite con-taining 4 individual windowed

offices, space for an assistant and a separate reception area. Located in the Adams Law Cen-ter, two blocks from the court-houses in downtown Rockville. Ideal for a small law office or a few independent profession-als with an assistant. Access to conference room(s) and other amenities. Free parking and Metro accessible. Contact Amy Jenkins at 301-762-1696 or [email protected] — One, two or three windowed offices avail-able for sublease in our Rockville law office’s class A space located at 111 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. The offices are across the street from the Rockville Metro and in walking distance to the Circuit Court and District Court. Work station for staff and a receptionist also available. The office includes use of con-ference room and access to copi-er/scanner, postage machine, internet and kitchen. Parking is available below the building. Please contact Julie or Alan at (301) 459-8200 if interested.

ROCKVILLE — Several spa-cious, windowed offices for rent in bright, quiet, cathe-dral ceiling end unit Rock-ville townhouse next to jury parking lot. Conference room, kitchen and spacious client waiting area. New carpet and paint. 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].

ROCKVILLE — Two large two windowed offices in 51 Mon-roe Place, furnished or unfur-nished. Recently renovated with two conference rooms, lobby, kitchen, copier work area, fitness center with show-er and locker room. Indoor garage parking, high speed in-ternet and phone system also available. Conveniently located next to the Circuit Court and across from the Rockville Met-ro Station. Contact Michael Taylor at 301-251-2772.

SILVER SPRING – Beautiful, furnished, windowed office in

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LEGAL ANNOUNCEMENTSMiller, Miller & Canby’s Donna McBride has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America. Ms. McBride, an alumna of the American University Washing-ton College of Law, is a partner in Miller, Miller & Canby’s Litiga-tion group, with a trial practice that is diverse and extensive. In her more than two decades of practice, she has tried hundreds of lawsuits throughout the state of Maryland and in the District of Columbia. In addition to her background as a trial lawyer, Ms. McBride is a member of the Court of Appeals Standing Com-mittee of Rules of Practice and Procedure, where she was ap-pointed to serve a second 5-year term beginning in 2018. She is also a member of the Trial Court's Ju-dicial Nominating Commission, the Montgomery County Inn of Court, a former co-chair and cur-rent member of the Maryland State Bar Association's Judicial Selections Committee and has volunteered as a mediator for the District Court since 2008. In 2018, she was elected to serve as Treasurer for the Montgomery County Bar Association, to serve the 2018-2019 term.

Paley Rothman announces the addition of three new principals, three associates, and the open-ing of a Northern Virginia office. Eva Juncker and Lynette Kleiza join the Family Law Practice, and Scott Mirsky joins the Employ-ment Law Practice. With their experience, the firm gains deeper capabilities in legal representa-tion for LGBTQ individuals and families, as well as in advising and litigating employment, busi-ness and construction disputes. Eva Juncker was a founding partner at Zavos Juncker Law Group, PLLC and head of the liti-gation team. Her practice focuses on all areas of family law, includ-ing divorce, juvenile law, custo-dy, support, equitable distribu-tion, post-divorce modification, partition actions, transgender issues, prenuptial agreements, postnuptial agreements, mari- (Continued on following page)



suite with two attorneys in ren-ovated Montgomery Center in downtown Silver Spring with “All Set’ restaurant and conve-nience store in building, with security staff, and available garage parking, receptionist/secretary, conference room, quality office machines, Wi-Fi, waiting area, computerized Marquis and door sign. Start-ing at $900/month. Call 301-589-2100.

ATTORNEY OPPORTUNITIESASSOCIATE – Business/Tax – Established, boutique Washing-ton, D.C. firm has an immediate

opening for an associate attor-ney to join the firm’s expanding business and tax practice group. The Business/Tax Associate will provide support to the firm’s business transactions practice, including the areas of mergers & acquisitions; corporate, LLC, and partnership formation; agreements concerning com-pany ownership and manage-ment; employment agreements; employee benefits; commercial leasing transactions; and other commercial transactional repre-sentation. The ideal candidate will be licensed in Maryland, Virginia, and/or the District of Columbia possessing two to five years of law firm experi-ence in the area of business and

Prince George's County law firm seeking a highly motivat-ed, hard-working Associate. Must have at least 3 years of experience in Medical Malprac-tice Litigation. Must be detail oriented with excellent writing and organization skills. Must be a member of both Mary-land and District of Colum-bia Bars. Please send resume and salary requirements to [email protected].

ATTORNEYS — Offit Kurman, P.A. is seeking principal level at-torneys to join our team. Since 2009, we have grown from 50 attorneys to more than 175 at-torneys. Our Maryland-based firm has offices in New York City, Philadelphia, and suburban Phil-adelphia, New Jersey, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Virginia and in Bethesda, Baltimore, Colum-bia and Frederick, Maryland. We will continue to grow and seek those who desire to grow with us. Desired principal candidates should have portable business of at least $500,000. Locally, we are seeking attorneys for our Bethes-da and D.C. offices. We take great pride in having collegial envi-ronment. If you are ready for a change or if you desire to further expand your practice through our footprint, please submit a cover letter and resume to [email protected].

ATTORNEY — Commercial Leasing/Transactional — Bethesda AV-Rated law firm, Bregman, Berbert, Schwartz & Gilday, LLC, has an immediate opening for an Attorney with two or more years of experi-ence in commercial real estate, commercial leasing, and/or transactional work. Part-time (20 hrs per week) position is immediately available, with the possibility to increasing to full-time. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package and pleasant work environ-ment. For confidential con-sideration, please submit your resume with a cover letter to [email protected].

ATTORNEY — Estate Plan-ning — Miller, Miller & Canby, an established AV rated Rock-ville, Maryland law firm, has

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tax law, with knowledge and substantive background in tax structuring and planning, nego-tiating and drafting commercial contracts, business transactions (including mergers and acqui-sitions), and corporate gover-nance/ownership agreements. This position requires excellent tax research skills, and an LL.M. in taxation or comparable work experience is preferred. Qual-ified candidates should send their resume and a cover letter to [email protected] for consideration, noting “Business/Tax Associate” in the subject line.

ASSOCIATE — Medical Mal-practice — Well established


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