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BALTIMORE FEBRUARY 2016 VOL 6 | NO 1 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF BALTIMORE CITY 2 BARRISTER The Baltimore Barrister News Journal Committee Chair Carrie McMahon Freeman Editorial Offices The Bar Association of Baltimore City 111 N. Calvert Street, Suite 627 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 410.539.5936 [email protected] www.baltimorebar.org Communications and News Journal Committee Carrie McMahon Freeman, Chair Jennifer L. Matzye Natalie Amato Myshala E. Middleton Barry D. Bernstein Sarah Moses Oana A. Brooks David D. Nowak Jessica P. Butkera Katherine T. Sanzone Jennifer Clark Jennifer Thompson Evelyn Lombardo Cusson Patrick A. Thronson Eleanor Dayhoff-Brannigan Danielle Williamson Ifeanyi Ezeigbo Matthew J. Youssef John Leppler Levi S. Zaslow Deborah Levi The Bar Association of Baltimore City Officers and Executive Council 2015-2016 Robert D. Anbinder, President Gregory K. Kirby, President-Elect The Honorable Lynn Stewart Mays Charles M. Blomquist, Vice President Kimberly H. Neal Kelly Hughes Iverson, Treasurer Patrick S. Preller Dana M. Middleton, Secretary John H. Price, Jr. Jocelyn S. Szymanowski, Chair, YLD Divya Potdar Joshua L. Caplan, Chair-Elect, YLD The Honorable Michael W. Reed Arthur S. Alperstein Valda G. Ricks The Honorable Laurie Bennett Todd L. Schuler Sidney A. Butcher Anna Z. Skelton Mary Cina Chalawsky Frederic N.C. Smalkin Debra B. Cruz Kerri L. Smith Teresa Epps Cummings Michael Studdard Carrie McMahon Freeman George G. Tankard, III The Honorable Karen Friedman Nicole Egerton Taylor Tamara B. Goorevitz The Honorable Hope Tipton Assistant Dean D. Jill Green Anthony F. Vittoria Darren L. Kadish Katherine T. Sanzone Executive Director The Baltimore Barrister is a quarterly publication of The Bar Association of Baltimore City provided to its members at no cost as part of annual dues. Non-members subscriptions are available for $50 per year. 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TO TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 BARRISTER 3 Table of Contents February 2016 Barrister Message from the President 21st Annual Past Presidents’ 4 by Robert D. Anbinder, President 28 Luncheon photos A broad overview of the parole Leadership Open House photos 6 system by Nicole Egerton Taylor, Esq. 29 Cell site simulators; The basics 9 BABC, ABWA, and WBA-BCCC by Josh Insley, Esq. 30 Chapter Bus Trip to NYC photos Member in Spotlight: BABC Members Recognized as 11 Warren S. Alperstein 31 TDR Leading Women photos Criminal Tips and Tricks 14 by Rene Tywang, Esq. The Bar Association of Baltimore 32 City/YLD Annual Holiday Party Supreme Court Group Admission photos 15 photos New Associates/Attorneys 33 16 Calendar of Events Courthouse Tour photos Appellate Review by Levi S. Zaslow Esq. Baltimore Bar Foundation and MD/ 17 and Deborah Levi Esq. 34 DC Society for Healthcare Risk Management Symposium photos Ethical Obligation of Communication New BABC Members 23 to the Pro Bono Client 36 by Mary T. Keating Esq. Assignment of Judges Greatest Unfunded Threat to 38 25 Family… Financial Stability? by Sally H. Leimbach 40 Around the Offices BABC Semi-Annual Lunch Series – 27 “Baltimore After Freddie Gray” Special Thanks to Corporate/ photos 42 Law Firm Sponsors 3 4 BARRISTER The Dog Always Knows by Robert D. Anbinder, President Just a couple of weeks ago, I asked as a Legal Affiliate mem- my adult son if he wanted ketchup with ber with nearly all the his hamburger. Immediately, the din- same benefits as attorney ner conversation halted. My daughter members. stopped chewing and stared at me. The • Businesses and or- dog turned her head and sadly walked ganizations which serve out of the kitchen. My son’s response attorneys who would was as surprising to me as my question like to snuggle up to our was to him. “Don’t you know I don’t like ketchup? I’ve never 2,400 attorney members liked ketchup.” I still have no idea how even the dog knew can join the Bar Associa- what I didn’t know. tion of Baltimore City as With that in mind, the start of this new year seems like a a Business Affiliate mem- good time to review some of the basic facts you should know ber. Sable — the dog who knows about the Bar Association of Baltimore City but might not: • The BABC’s new Weekly Bar Review contains pretty • Dollar for dollar, the Bar Association of Baltimore City much everything going on in the Bar Association of Balti- is the best value of any bar association in the state of Mary- more City with “news you can use,” calendar items, and a Pro land, maybe in the entire United States of America and may- Bono Link of the Week, so let us know if you aren’t receiving be, I’ve heard it said, in the world. it. • Membership in the Bar Association of Baltimore City • If you need conference space or a place to hang out between offers wide-ranging continuing legal education, social events cases or meetings, the Bar Association’s headquarters in Room and multiple networking opportunities that can ensure the 627 of Courthouse East is available at no cost to members. perfect background for anyone who is a lawyer. • The Bar Association of Baltimore’s ABA-certified • Membership in the Bar Association of Baltimore City Lawyer Referral and Information Service is a great place offers wide-ranging continuing legal education, social events to pick up new cases, receive prescreened clients, meet and multiple networking opportunities that can ensure the other lawyers and increase your visibility within the As- perfect background for anyone who may one day want to be sociation. judge. • Fee disputes can be resolved by the Bar Association of • Most judicial appointees in Baltimore, at least in recent Baltimore City’s Fee Dispute Resolution program (natch!) years, have been members of the Bar Association of Balti- which mediates or arbitrates disputes if they are less than more City. three years old and suit has not yet been filed. • Government and public interest lawyers, judges, mag- • If you want to be John Grisham but changing your name istrates and law school professors are welcomed into the to John Grisham seems too obvious, you can submit your Bar Association of Baltimore City with discounted mem- work to the Baltimore Barrister- our quarterly news jour- bership. nal—and start making your own name. • Paralegals, legal administrators, law librarians, legal • If you are facing an ethical quagmire (or quag-miah, secretaries (or, for a limited time only, those who play one as candidate Bernie Sanders calls it), the Bar Association of on TV), can now join the Bar Association of Baltimore City CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE BACK TO TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 BARRISTER 5 Baltimore City’s Professional Ethics Committee offers the • Nominations are crucial to the success of BABC awards assistance of its Ethics Hotline. which include the Presidential Award, the Charles H. Dors- • You can pick up your Courthouse ID card from the Bar ey, Jr., Mentor Award, the Margaret Brent-Juanita Jackson Association of Baltimore City but you must first file your Mitchell Award, the Paul A. Dorf Memorial ADR Award, the forms and payment with the Maryland State Bar Associa- Government and Public Interest Lawyers’ Committee Law- tion. yer of the Year award, the Senior Legal Services Volunteer of • Courthouse lovers (and I hope that is all of us) should the Year Award, and the Baltimore Bar Foundation Fellows tour the Museum of Baltimore Legal History on the second Award, so be sure to make them. floor of our historic Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse or • No one could enjoy the Presidency of the Bar Associa- at least visit its well-kept companion Facebook page. tion of Baltimore City as much as the current president—but • When MDEC – Maryland Electronic Courts- rides into he knows that there are still five more months to go and any- town in May 2017 (give or take, the date seems to move), the thing can happen. Bar Association of Baltimore City will be here to help you • BABC Executive Director Kathy Sanzone and Executive through your fears and your tears.