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Volume 60, issue 8 www.montbar.org february 2013 pRESiDEnT’S mESSAGE bAR ASSociATion of By Daniel M. Kennedy, III monTGomERy counTy 3 C urrent Update ELEcTion noTificATion The United States District foR officERS AnD Court, Southern Division, sitting ExEcuTiVE commiTTEE A Balancing Act ... in Greenbelt, is in existence 6 through the determined efforts In compliance with Article VII of the and perseverance of the leaders Bar Association Constitution, the member - of the Bar Association of ship is hereby notified that a General Election for new Officers and Executive 9 Tech Talk Montgomery County in the late Committee will be conducted. ‘80s and early ‘90s. Through the Schedule appointments to the bench and Slate printed in March newsletter 12 N ew Practitioners the exemplary efforts of the Hon. Peter Messitte, the with invitation for petition Hon. Roger Titus and the Hon. Charles Day, mem - Mar. 15, 2013 Petition Deadline Mar. 18, 2013 Ballots Emailed to Members bers of our bar association have made a profound, April 5, 2013, 2:00p.m. Voting Deadline 13 C ommittees/Sections everlasting impact on our nation and our communi - April 26, 2013 Announcement of Results ties. Judge Messitte has been a senior jurist for sev - at the Annual Meeting eral years and the efforts to have President Obama’s insert Annual Meeting appointment of Judge Day to the U.S. District Court A Information bench have been undermined by the unprofessional SAVE THE DATE politics that has, unfortunately, become the status quo of our two party system of government. Judge Retirement party for insert WBA Titus is set to become a senior jurist in early 2014. The Honorable Louise G. Scrivener B Triennial Auction As such, with the transition to senior status of Judge To Celebrate 25 Distinguished Years e Alexander Williams, Jr., in April 2013, there are two on the Bench vacancies awaiting the president’s nomination. It is Tuesday, April 16, 2013
insert Bar Foundation u incumbent upon the BAMC to assist the “best and 5:00-9:00 p.m. C CLE Insert brightest” of our members to pursue becoming one VisArts, Rockville Town Center s or more of the nominees submitted for consideration by the Senate Judiciary Committee. But for our For more information, please contact: insert Joint Membership s organization, there wouldn’t be a federal courthouse Master Holly Whittier D Meeting I on 495. Without the immediate efforts of our mem - [email protected]; 240-777-9108 bership, our influence at the federal level in this or state will be dramatically compromised. Within the Katie Gamelin Crowley
27 Pro Bono s next few weeks, possibly by the time you are read - [email protected]; 301-340-9090 I (Continued on page 4)
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Boan, Chair – (Effective July 1, 2012) (301) 762-1696 If you are aware of attorneys who are having Nominations & Elections – To Be Announced problems with alcohol, drugs, stress, emotional President: John M. Quinn Social – Monica G. Harms, Co-Chair – (301) 838-3230; Lili Khozeimeh, Co-Chair – (240) 777-9119 problems and related illnesses that interfere with President -Elect: Daniel M. Kennedy, III Softball – Katherine G. Crowley, Chair – (301) 340-9090 their professional or personal lives, please call the Treasurer: Bradford S. Bernstein Specialty Bar Associations – Mary Ellen Flynn, Chair – (301) 563-6685 Strategic Planning – David A. Pordy, Chair – (301) 230-5205; Lawyer-to-Lawyer Committee. Committee mem - Secretary: Mimi L. Magyar Bradford S. Bernstein,Vice Chair – (301) 517-4811 Past President: Patricia M. 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JuDiciAL RoTATion in fAmiLy AnD JuVEniLE LEGAL ETHICS HOTLINE Effective January 1, 2013, the fol - brian barkley [email protected] 301-251-6600 lowing rotations occurred in Juvenile: Robert meier [email protected] 301-753-3911 • Hon. Gary Bair will alternate For a written confidential opinion, submit your written request, marked confidential, to between the Delinquency Adjudicatory Jeffrey M. Axelson, c/o Bar Association of Montgomery County, MD, 27 West Jefferson St., docket and the Duty Docket. Rockville, MD 20850. • Hon. Joseph Quirk will alternate between the Delinquency Adjudicatory • Hon. Marielsa Bernard the T-level entrance, which can be docket and the Duty Docket. • Hon. Eric Johnson accessed via the Executive Office • Hon. Anne Albright will alter - • Hon. Ronald Rubin Building. Signs have been posted to nate bi-weekly between Family and the • Hon. Nelson Rupp direct court visitors who normally enter Juvenile CINA docket. from the Maryland Avenue/west side of • Hon. Katherine Savage will ciRcuiT couRT noTES the courthouse to the Monroe Street alternate bi-weekly between Family and progress Report on the entrance. the Juvenile CINA docket. construction of the court’s Annex and One elevator in the Judicial Center • Hon. Cynthia Callahan will impoRTAnT infoRmATion has been taken out of service for public remain in the bi-weekly alternating REGARDinG TEmpoRARy ini - access due to renovations being done in Family/CINA docket. TiATiVE To HoLD bEncH wAR - conjunction with the building of the Effective January 1, 2013, in addition RAnT AnD boDy ATTAcHmEnT Annex. Complicating matters is the long- to Judges callahan, Savage and Albright, HEARinGS ViA ViDEo: term, though temporary, loss of the public who, as mentioned above will sit every The Maryland Avenue entrance of parking lot across from the theaters on other week in family, the following the Judicial Center remains closed for the Maryland Avenue where a hotel and park - Judges have started rotating into family: next stage of construction of the Court ing garage complex are being construct - • Hon. Robert Greenberg Annex. Courthouse visitors and staff ed. Please advise your clients to budget • Hon. Steven Salant must use the Monroe Street entrance or (Continued on page 5) :KDWFDQ\RXH[SHFWIURP 7KH0F&DPPRQ*URXS" Quality, Results, Value. From personal injury to complex commercial disputes and everything in between, our highly trained Neutrals stand ready to assist you with all of your mediation and arbitration needs.
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(Continued from page 1) friends and families. Several members be proud of its influence for centuries to ing this article, the offices of Senator make regular, unsolicited donations to come. Mikulski and Senator Cardin should have the Fund. Howard Metro. Esq., deserves As to closing the last chapter of 2012, established a Nominations Committee special recognition for his ongoing gen - not only did the year end with a drought and readied the applications for qualified erosity, in Howard’s case on the occasion busting Redskins’ banner, made that candidates. Presently, Teri Weathers in of the referral of a new client from a fel - much more precious coming as it did at Senator Mikulski’s office is the point of low bar association member. The late the demise of the Cowboys of Texas, but contact for information. She can be Judge Latham’s family requested that, in earlier that same day my soft, office reached at the senator’s DC office, 202- lieu of other gifts, contributions to the styled fingers got pleasingly bloodied on 224-4654. The senators’ web sites should Bar Foundation be made in his honor. I the graceful bill of a 160 lb. Pacific sail - have links to the applications, shortly. ask that each of us be mindful of the ben - fish, memorialized alongside a toothy, Please endeavor to get behind our quali - efits to our profession and our communi - sober, Irish grin thanks in no part to the fied candidates for the interests of our ty that will increasingly arise as a conse - quick study of Capt. Javier on my since members, our clients and the welfare of quence of the ongoing growth of an effi - retired Blackberry between the occasions our nation. cient, minimum overhead, charitable of the fish’s 4th and 5th leaps. Moreover, As to forging ahead with ensuring our endeavor that engages our community the sail was released successfully to chase neighbors observe and experience the through our Endowment Fund. We can baitfish into 2013 and beyond. presence of our members in their lives outside of the direct interaction with our members in their professional capacities, the Bar Foundation has established the The deadline for submission of copy for the newsletter is Endowment Committee to oversee the th ongoing growth and utilization of the the 10 of the month for the following months’ issue. Endowment Fund. As the successful and entertaining Open House demonstrated, the financial commitment of our member - ship has secured the future of the Bar Building. The financial strength of our members is significant and available for productive interests. As the Capital 27 West Jefferson Street Campaign assessment comes to a close in the immediate future, we shall dedicate Rockville, MD the fundraising efforts of the Foundation to ensure its value to our community will be more readily apparent. In this fashion the Foundation should continue to grow Office Space as a source of pride for our membership and enhance the image of our profession - al to the public. Available for Lease The Endowment Fund, due to the sub - ɶVTXDUHIHHW stantial contributions of a few, is already an ongoing financial resource that has ɶSVIQHWRIFOHDQLQJ had a substantial influence on the circuit ɶ:DONLQJGLVWDQFHWR0RQWJRPHU\&RXQW\'LVWULFWDQG&LUFXLW&RXUWV court’s drug court and the Montgomery County Special Olympics, to name but a ɶ8VHRI WZRVKDUHGFRQIHUHQFHURRPVDQGODUJHWUDLQLQJURRP few programs. Thanks to the efforts of the foundation’s past president, Trish ɶ:LWKLQZDONLQJGLVWDQFHRI 5RFNYLOOH0HWURDQG5RFNYLOOH7RZQ6TXDUH Weaver, a new set of rules has been ɶUHVHUYHGSDUNLQJVSDFHVLQFOXGHG approved by the board of directors to address the process for utilizing the Fund. Shortly, we shall approach the membership to assist in the growth of the Fund to allow these efforts to be more productive inside and outside of our legal For further information, please contact community. In the meantime, it remains Nate Crowe ɶ 301.337.4730 available for the financial contributions of our past and present members, their Scheer Partners, 9201 Corporate Boulevard, Rockville, MD
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(Continued from page 3) Video Bonds for approximately 5 to 6 Working Group on ADR is being con - extra time to find parking and to gain months during the construction/ renova - vened as this goes to press to develop access to the courthouse and courtrooms tion period. These hearings will be noted consensus from the bench, bar, and court in order to be on time for hearings, trials on the docket as either “Video Bench staff as to how best to revise policies and and other scheduled events. Please accept Warrant” or “Video Body Attachment” procedures to ensure both compliance our continuing thanks for your patience Hearings. counsel who wish to confer with the revised Rules and that court- with the inconvenience necessitated by in person with their clients during ordered ADR continues to meet the needs the both construction and renovations to hearings may do so by telephone, or if of parties litigating civil cases in the the existing structure. they prefer, will be granted access to Circuit Court. To reduce the number of prisoners their clients in the room at the As noted in previous Bar Bulletins, who need to be transported to and moved Detention center that has been tem - the rotation of judicial assignments in the about the building during the final stages porarily reserved for these hearings. Circuit Court took place on January 7, of renovation and construction, the please report to the cpu by 12:45 to be 2013 concluding a transition that began in Circuit Court, in conjunction with the escorted into the Detention center in October, 2012, for complex cases. Sheriff’s Office and the Montgomery time for the hearings, which begin at Changes in judicial assignments are sum - County Department of Corrections and 1:30 pm. many thanks to the clerk of m arized in the tables below: Rehabilitation’s Central Processing Unit, the court, the Sheriff, the warden of CRIMINAL PREVIOUS 1/7/13 >= CRIMINAL Judge Bernard JUDGE MASON CRIMINAL Judge Rubin JUDGE MCGANN as well as the Office of the Public the montgomery county Detention CRIMINAL Judge Greenberg JUDGE BOYNTON CRIMINAL Judge McCormick JUDGE JORDAN Defender, State’s Attorney’s Office, and center, and the stakeholder agencies CRIMINAL Judge Burrell JUDGE MCCALLY
Child Support Enforcement Unit has for their support and assistance with FAMILY/ PREVIOUS 1/7/13 >= NOTE JUVENILE FAMILY JUDGE implemented the temporary use of remote this temporary initiative. Judge Algeo CALENDAR 1 GREENBERG ALTERNATES WEEKLY WITH FAMILY JUDGE video from the Central Processing Unit to Significant changes to Title 17 of the Judge Savage JUVENILE DEPENDENCY CALENDAR 2 SAVAGE (CINA) ASSIGNMENT allow Bench Warrant and Body (ONE JUDGE SITS IN FAMILY Maryland Rules of Procedure on Judges JUDGES FAMILY CALENDAR 3 AND ONE JUDGE Callahan & CALLAHAN & CALENDAR 3 SITS IN JUVENILE Attachment Hearings to be conducted in McCally ALBRIGHT Alternative Dispute Resolution took DEPENDENCY EACH WEEK) FAMILY JUDGE Judge Bair the same manner as Circuit Court Friday effect in January. An ad hoc Civil DCM CALENDAR 4 BERNARD FAMILY JUDGE Judge Albright CALENDAR 5 JOHNSON FAMILY Judge Dugan JUDGE RUBIN CALENDAR 6 FAMILY JUDGE Judge Salant CALENDAR 7 SALANT FAMILY Judge Mason JUDGE RUPP CALENDAR 8 (ONE JUDGE SITS IN FAMILY Judges JUDGES JUVENILE CALENDAR 3 AND ONE JUDGE Callahan & CALLAHAN & DEPENDENCY SITS IN JUVENILE McCally ALBRIGHT DEPENDENCY EACH WEEK) JUVENILE JUDGE ALTERNATES WEEKLY WITH Judge Savage DEPENDENCY SAVAGE FAMILY CALENDAR 2 JUVENILE Judges JUDGES DELINQUENCY AND DUTY DELINQUENCY/ Boynton & BAIR & ALTERNATE WEEKLY DUTY McGann QUIRK
CIVIL PREVIOUS 1/7/13 => NOTE CIVIL Judge Rupp JUDGE BURRELL CALENDAR 1 CIVIL Judge Rubin JUDGE RUBIN CALENDAR 2 CIVIL Judge Quirk JUDGE DUGAN CALENDAR 3 CIVIL Judge Scrivener JUDGE MCCORMICK CALENDAR 4 CIVIL Judge Jordan JUDGE ALGEO CALENDAR 5 CIVIL Judge Johnson JUDGE SCRIVENER (until retirement) CALENDAR 6
With rare exceptions, TRACK 4 criminal cases that were filed before october 8, 2012 and were pending trial on January 6, 2013 moved calendar fash - ion using the table above. In early December, 2012, the five (5) judges in the Criminal/General Assignment received a listing of their Track 4 cases pending trial in 2013 to review and identify any excep - tional cases they wished to recommend to the Administrative Judge as cases they should carry forward through trial (and disposition). Subject to the Administrative Judge’s approval, those exceptional cases will stay with the cur - rent Track 4 judge for trial and disposi - tion and will take priority over other (Continued on following page)
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(Continued from preceding page) assignments in order to maintain existing A bALAncinG AcT trial dates. Those pending Track 4 cases with a trial date already set that will be This is the part of the newsletter that is here to help you de-stress and lead a more not carried by the current Track 4 judge balanced life. Each month, our newsletter will give you a tip that you might imple - were transferred to the corresponding ment. judge UNLESS the succeeding judge’s Most lawyers would say that developing new business is crucial to their success. calendar could not accommodate that trial Yet, when lawyers get busy, developing new business many times falls to the bottom date. Where this occurred, the first avail - of their to-do lists. An inadequate flow of business can be one of the biggest stres - able judge in the order above became the sors in a law practice. Track 4 judge. pLEASE noTE THAT How can we keep developing new business at the top of the list, all of the time? THE TRAcK 4 JuDGE iS ALSo THE The answer is to set up systems that insure that regardless of the current level of pLEA JuDGE AnD THEREfoRE work, new business development goes on. Examples are newsletters that go out cHAnGED EffEcTiVE JAnuARy every month, a weekly time allotted to blogging, monthly involvement in a bar com - 7, 2013 foR SucH cASES. mittee, monthly meetings with an existing client and meeting with a potential client A listing of Track 4 Criminal cases or referral source every week. pending trial before the outgoing judges When I coach, I encourage lawyers to make a weekly commitment to regular showing which cases were retained and marketing efforts and to set up systems that drive regular marketing on a monthly which were transferred was forwarded to basis. Are you committed to regular and consistent marketing efforts? If not, what the State’s Attorney’s Office and the is in the way? Office of the Public Defender in early January to help apprise those staff of the Geoff Gilbert is a former practicing CPA at Ernst & Young and business attorney in changes. Private counsel seeking infor - Montgomery County. He now coaches Lawyers, CPA’s and Executives to help them manage their practices better and enjoy their lives and practices more. Geoff also teaches a stress mation or with questions on individual course at the University of Maryland in College Park. You can reach him at 301-881-3434 or cases may contact the Assignment Office, [email protected]. 240-777-9000. Any postponements or changes of the already scheduled trial date must be cRiminAL TRAcK 4 pLEA poLicy: criminal Track 2 and 3 cases filed approved by the Administrative Judge 1) Track 4 cases filed prior to prior to December 10, 2012 have available and rescheduled ONLY in conjunction october 8, 2012 will continue to have the previous rotation of active judges; with the Assignment Office to avoid dis - available the previous rotation of plea assignment of the 2013 rotation of judges as ruption of other assignments. Where the active judges. plea judges in Track 2 and 3 cases, as well judge’s new rotation calendar will not 2) Track 4 cases filed on october 8, as Track 4 cases began December 10, 2012. allow a trial date within Hicks, that case 2012 through December 7, 2012 will have will be scheduled before the succeeding available the previous rotation of plea cRiminAL TRAcK 2 & 3 pLEA judge in the criminal/general rotation as active judges PLUS THE TRACK 4 poLicy: above, where that judge is also not avail - JUDGE (from the incoming 2013 rotation). 1) Plea policy is unchanged. Plea able, the case will be assigned to the next 3) Cases filed on or after December active lists using the outgoing rotation of judge who is available in the order 10, 2012 will use the 2013 rotation of judges judges will be maintained for the cases above. consistent with Tracks 2 and 3 below. filed up to December 10, 2012.
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2) All active judges in the 2013 noT ExcuSE THE ATTEnDAncE mccc LAw LibRARy – criminal rotation are available for plea of pLAinTiff’S counSEL oR A cHEcK iT ouT agreements up to the Pre-Trial Hearing SELf-REpRESEnTED pLAinTiff. what’s up? for cases filed on December 10, 2012 and fAiLuRE To AppEAR cAn RESuLT new & intriguing Legal Titles that later. Consistent with the DCM plan, the in THE DiSmiSSAL of THE AcTion. will Save you Time and money designation of judges as plea active or ciViL TRAcK 3 SETTLEmEnT The MC Circuit Court Law Library inactive will begin no earlier than January confEREncES: We continue to work is continually improving and focusing 7, 2013, or at least 4 weeks after assign - to make the Settlement Conferences in its collection to better serve ments have begun. Track 3 civil cases more productive for Montgomery County attorneys. Over 3) pRE-inDicTmEnT pLEA all involved. Please be reminded that the past several months we have added AGREE mEnTS fiLED bEfoRE Court staff in the Assignment Office who new titles that can save your practice DEcEmbER 10, 2012: Procedure is contact counsel in advance of the time and money. unchanged. Settlement Conference are now request - family law books from the AbA: 4) pRE-inDicTmEnT pLEA ing additional information about the sta - •Confronting Mental Health AGREEmEnTS fiLED on oR tus of discovery, ADR, and noting any Evidence: A Practical Guide to AfTER DEcEmbER 10, 2012: May be unresolved motions. Cases with such Reliability and Experts in Family Law filed before any plea active judge in the issues are forwarded to the DCM • The Special Needs Child and 2013 rotation OR subject to certification Coordinator, who will work with the par - Divorce: A Practical Guide to Evaluating that a written plea offer was extended on ties and make recommendations to the and Handling Cases (includes CD-ROM) a prior date to any plea active judge avail - Court as to whether Settlement • Children Held Hostage: Dealing able at that time. For cases filed on or Conferences and Pretrial Hearings need with Programmed and Brainwashed after January 7, 2013, pre-indictment plea to be moved to resolve issues or proceed. Children agreements may be scheduled before any Counsel are urged to adhere to new issues from the practising Law plea active judge in the 2013 rotation. Scheduling Order deadlines or request institute: ciViL cASES: pLEASE bE their extension prior to their expiration. • Tracking and Targeting Cus tomers REminDED THAT AppEARAncE by Finally, in those cases in which appear - and Prospects Online and in Social pLAinTiff’S counSEL oR A SELf- ance will impose a significant hardship Media REpRESEnTED pLAinTiff iS on a party or authorized representative, • Representing the Games Industry REQuiRED AT ALL ScHEDuLinG, any motion granted to allow telephonic Client STATuS/pRETRiAL, SETTLEmEnT participation will require just that, partic - business law from west publishing confEREncES, AnD pRETRiAL ipation by telephone, rather than mere • ALI Principles of Corporate HEARinGS REGARDLESS of availability. Governance: Analysis and Recom- wHETHER THE DEfEnDAnT(S) With these additions and the bar’s mendations ARE SERVED oR THE cASE iS AT continued support, the Circuit Court will • Partnership Law and Practice: iSSuE. fuRTHER, A noTicE of be able to reach the civil caseload and General and Limited Partnerships conTEmpLATED DiSmiSSAL other caseloads scheduled for trial pre - other unDER RuLE 2-507 foR fAiLuRE dictably and promptly. • Maryland Criminal Law and Motor To obTAin JuRiSDicTion oVER A Your comments and suggestions are Vehicle Handbook DEfEnDAnT, A pEnDinG moTion always welcome. • Family Law Therapy: Concepts To DEfER DiSmiSSAL, oR An John W. Debelius, Administrative Judge for and Methods oRDER DEfERRinG DiSmiSSAL Do Montgomery County, MD (Continued on following page)
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(Continued from preceding page) be discussing Where’d You Go, afternoon. If any of your friends and update: Along with the recent Bernadette, by Maria Semple. associates would like to join our group, update of Maryland Criminal Jury With some rare exceptions, all of our all they need to do is to show-up for any Instructions, the MSBA is issuing a new meetings are held in the offices of Miles of our meetings – everyone is always version of the Maryland Civil Jury & Stockbridge P.C., 11 North welcome to attend and snacks are always Instructions within the next month. Keep Washington Street, Suite 700, Rockville, served. in mind that the MCCC library actively Maryland 20850, and begin at 4:30 in the Jim Demma collects all new editions and titles on Maryland law, besides providing free access to Lexis, westlaw and other legal databases. Remember – Find your answer fast at HiGH ScHooL mocK TRiAL compETiTion the Montgomery County Circuit Court Law Library The 30th Annual Maryland State Bar Association High School Mock Trial Hours: M-F, 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Competition will take place over the next few months. Over 52,000 students have 50 Maryland Avenue participated in this competition since its inception. Each year, approximately 20 Rockville MD high schools from Montgomery County participate. This year’s case explores the 240-777-9120 topic of animal cruelty and neglect. From January through March, there will be [email protected] approximately 50 trials in the Circuit Court. Each trial lasts approximately two Kate Martin hours. if you are interested in acting as a judge in one of these trials, please Circuit Court Law Librarian contact co-chairs, bradford S. bernstein or Rachel Shapiro at 301-762-1600.
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ATTENTION
NEWLY ADMITTED MARYLAND ATTORNEYS
and
NEW MEMBERS OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY
You are cordially invited to attend
THE NEW ADMITTEE
COURTHOUSE TOUR AND RECEPTION!
When: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Tour of the District Court and Circuit Court ; 4:15 p.m. Reception on the 3rd floor of the Circuit Court, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Where: Tour will begin in the lobby of the District Court Building (past security) 191 East Jefferson St., Rockville, MD
CURRENT BAMC MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO THE RECEPTION FOLLOWING THE TOUR (5:30 p.m.) TO GREET AND WELCOME THE NEW ADMITTEES!
Please RSVP to Aindrea Conroy: [email protected] , for the Tour and/or Reception by March 12, 2013
COMMITTee/seCTIOn ReGIsTRATIOn
PLeAse ReTuRn 2013-2014 BY MARCh 22, 2013 NAME ______email: ______I. sTAndInG COMMITTees
The following committees have three-year staggered terms. Noting that there can only be 3 choices (for both the Association and Foundation combined ), please indicate your first, second and third choice by marking the figures 1, 2 and 3 in the box opposite the preferred committee. AssOCIATIOn FOundATIOn ______Community Outreach ______Bar Revue ______Fee Dispute Resolution ______Cable TV Law School for the Public ______Judicial Selections * ______Continuing Legal Education ______Lawyer Referral Service ______School Education ______Lawyer-to-Lawyer (no staggered terms) ______Speakers Bureau — Public ______Legal Ethics/Unauthorized Practice ______Speakers Bureau — School ______Legislation ______Youth Initiative Program ______Membership ______School Mock Trials ______Mentor/Mentee ______Fall Outing ______Social ______Pro Bono ______Technology ______Youth Courthouse Project – Please only sign up if you have no intention of running for a Judicial vacancy within the next 3 years. * For more information on the above Committees, please visit our website, www.montbar.org.
II. seCTIOns — IF YOu ARe ALReAdY A MeMBeR OF The seCTIOn, PLeAse dO nOT MARK IT AGAIn.
Please indicate an “X” before the Sections in which you are interested in becoming a neW member.
_____ Alternative Dispute Resolution _____ Employment Law _____ Law Firm Management _____ Business Law _____ Estate & Trust Law _____ New Practitioners _____ Collaborative Law _____ Family Law _____ Personal Injury Litigation _____ Commercial Litigation _____ Federal Practice _____ Real Estate _____ Criminal Law _____ Immigration Law _____ Taxation _____ Education Law _____ Intellectual Property Law _____ Workers Compensation Law _____ Elder Law _____ Juvenile Law
III. I would like to chair the ______Committee/Section.
IV. Is there a Committee or Section you would like to see our Bar Association add in which you would actively partici - pate?______
IV. Is there a special project in which you would participate if it was offered by the BAMC? ______ReTuRn TOdAY: Richard h. Melnick, President-elect Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland 27 West Jefferson st., Rockville, Md 20850 Fax: (301) 217-9327 Aindrea Conroy, Co-Chair nEw pRAcTiTionER SEcTion Chris Roberts, Co-Chair
nEw pRAcTiTionER There is no cost, and we will have free mEnToR/mEnTEE SEcTion mEETinG DATES appetizers and drinks. If you would like to commiTTEE attend the tour, the reception, or both, February 19, 2013 March 19, 2013 please RSVP to Aindrea Conroy at Ask successful attorneys how they April 16, 2013 [email protected] by March 12, 2013. achieved their success and many responses All meetings will be held on the 3rd This is a great event, giving us the opportu - will include mention of a long-ago-past, Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m. in the nity to welcome our newly-admitted fellow “lucky” encounter with someone who took CLE Classroom of the Bar Association attorneys! a genuine interest in that successful attor - building, 27 West Jefferson St., Make sure to check next month’s ney’s early professional and personal Rockville, MD, unless otherwise noted. newsletter for details on our Spring growth. Such responses remind us that suc - A big thanks to all of the volunteers Mentor/Mentee Happy Hour. This is a cess in the demanding practice of law who participated in the New great opportunity for both new and old requires, in addition to hard work, guidance Practitioner’s annual community service mentor/mentee pairings to meet up and from those with the experience to offer it. project at mAnnA in Rockville, reconnect! Details to follow in our In the Montgomery County Bar Association maryland. Everyone had a great time March newsletter. Mentor-Mentee Program, experienced packing food boxes to be distributed at attorney-mentors generously share their MANNA’s local food centers and the cHAmbER cHATS time, energy, and wisdom with their new- MANNA staff was very appreciative! practitioner mentees. Through that gener - Be sure not to miss the latest install - Our February Chamber Chat will ous sharing, mentees receive invaluable ment of our Nuts and Bolts Program take place on, wednesday, february 6, advice on the practice of law, enjoy the spe - Series, “nuts and bolts of preliminary 2013, at 12:30 p.m., hosted by the cial camaraderie of the Montgomery Domestic Hearings: Scheduling Honorable Joseph M. Quirk. Judge Quirk County Bar Association, and begin what Hearings, pendente Lite Hearings and has been on the Circuit Court bench since often can be a life-long relationship. beyond!” Heather Collier of Dragga, March 19, 2010. Judge Quirk is current - If you have practiced law for more Hannon, Hessler & Wills, LLP, Annemarie ly on the Juvenile Delinquency/Duty than seven years, I invite you to volunteer Wall of the Law Offices of Annemarie rotation. Prior to joining the bench, to be a mentor in the Montgomery County Wall, LLC, and Dan Shaivitz of Ethridge, Judge Quirk worked as a sole practition - Bar Association Mentor-Mentee Program. Quinn, Kemp, McAuliffe, Rowan & er. Bring your lunch, take advantage of Please, share your experience and offer Hartinger will give their insights and this opportunity to get to know a member your guidance to us young attorneys who advice on this subject on february 19, of our Circuit Court bench in an informal need it most and are eager to accept it. 2013 at 5:30 p.m. in the CLE Classroom setting, and bring your questions for Likewise, if you have been practicing law of the Bar Association building, 27 West Judge Quirk about practice in the Circuit for less than seven years, let this be the Jefferson St., Rockville, MD. Our gener - Court. No R.S.V.P. is required, and lucky moment that you look back upon and ous speakers will also be ready to answer please note the chamber chat is open to credit for your future successes. Submit any questions you may have regarding all members of the bar, not just mem - your application to be a mentee today. Preliminary Domestic Hearings, so be sure bers of the new practitioners Section. Mentor-Mentee pairing letters are to bring them! Judge Quirk's Chamber is located in the mailed out on the first Monday of the Coming up in March is the new old District Court at 27 Courthouse month after a mentee application is Admittee courthouse Tour & Square, Courtroom 18. If you have any received, and official pairings are for a Reception, which will take place on questions, please feel free to contact term of 12-months. For more information Tuesday, march 19, 2013. We invite all Kathryn Deckert, Chamber Chat about the program, or for an application new admittees of the Bar to join us for a Committee Chair, at (301) 838-3330 or to become a mentor or mentee, please tour of the Circuit and District [email protected]. contact Cliff Boan at [email protected]. Courthouses, which will start at 4:15 p.m. Please meet us in the lobby of the District Litigation Support – Expert Witness Testimony Court (past security), located at 191 E. Business Valuation – Pension Valuation – Financial Analysis Jefferson St., Rockville, MD 20850, at 4:15 Forensic Accounting – Financial Fraud Investigations p.m. The tour will begin promptly at 4:15 p.m., so please make sure you allow your - Tax Issues – Income Tax Preparation self plenty of time to get through security. Immediately following the District Court Alan Zipp tour, we will head over to the Circuit Court Certified Public Accountant for a tour of that Courthouse. The Circuit Court tour will begin at 4:45 p.m. in the Attorney at Law lobby of the Circuit Court, located at 50 Certified Business Appraiser Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD 20850. we Certified Fraud Examiner invite all members of the bar to join us for a reception to greet and welcome our Telephone 301-340-0084 – [email protected] new admittees, which will start at 5:30 932 Hungerford Drive, Suite 13 Rockville, MD 20850 p.m., on the 3rd Floor of the Circuit Court.
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buSinESS LAw SEcTion ciRcuiT couRT bEncH party that is entitled to the funds. The bAR commiTTEE order should include the following lan - 2012-2013 Section meeting Dates guage: February 20, 2013 March 20, 2013 2012-2013 committee meeting Dates “The principal balance of funds April 17, 2013 February 6, 2013 April 3, 2013 deposited in the registry of the All monthly section meetings will be March 6, 2013 May 1, 2013 Court, plus accrued interest and held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month June 5, 2013 minus administrative costs, shall from 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at a location to be All meetings are open and any mem - be promptly released to determined and with topics to be announced. bers of the BAMC are welcome to attend ______, and The Business Law Section will be pre - the meetings. All meetings will be held mailed to (if applicable) senting a joint CLE with the Tax Section on the 1st Wednesday of the month at ______. entitled “Dissection of a Transaction: 8:00 a.m. in the Administrative Judge’s proposed orders: Please remember Anatomy, tax, and accomplishing the Conference Room, Room 309, on the 3rd to submit proposed orders with all goals of the buyer and seller” on floor of the Circuit Court building in motions, oppositions and petitions. february 20, 2013 from 6:00p.m. to Rockville. Having a proposed order submitted with 8:00p.m. at the Bar Association Building in The Clerk of the Court, Loretta the pleading eliminates confusion, any Rockville. The program will be presented Knight, brings the following matters to misunderstanding and speeds the process. by Glenn M. Anderson, Esq., Eric S. your attention: Rule 1-311. Signing of pleadings Fletcher, CPA, and Robb Longman, Esq. maryland’s unclaimed property: and other papers: Please remember that As always – thanks to our sponsors – a In order to retrieve previously held reg - every pleading and paper of a party repre - light dinner is provided for each event istry funds from Maryland’s Unclaimed sented by an attorney must be signed by sponsored by the Business Law Section. Property, the parties to the case should at least one attorney who has been admit - If you have any questions or sugges - file a motion requesting the Clerk to ted to practice law in the State of tions regarding the Section, please do not retrieve the funds from Unclaimed Maryland and who complies with Rule 1- hesitate to contact either of us at any time. Property. The motion should also request 312. Every pleading or paper filed must Marc Bergoffen, Co-Chair that upon receipt of the funds back into contain the address and telephone number Robert Gottschalk, Co-Chair the court registry they be disbursed to the (Continued on following page)
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(Continued from preceding page) free to contact any Committee member Please remember if you have clients of the person by whom it is signed. The or David C. Merkin at (301) 762-9200 or community members who would ben - Clerk’s Office is reviewing pleadings and or [email protected]; or efit from use of the Collaborative other papers to ensure that they have been Michael A. Taylor at (301) 251-2772, Process and cannot afford an attorney, signed in compliance with Rule 1-311. [email protected]. the Collaborative Project of Maryland Please remember that pleadings and other David Merkin, Co-Chair links eligible parties with Collaborative papers that are not in compliance with Michael Taylor, Co-Chair attorneys and other professionals on a Rule 1-311 cannot be accepted for filing. pro bono or reduced- or subsidized-fee interpreters: If you requested an coLLAboRATiVE LAw basis. For more information visit interpreter for your case and it turns out SEcTion www.collaborativeprojectmd.org. the Interpreter is not needed, it is 2012-2013 Section meeting Dates you do not have to be collabora - extremely important that you notify the February 7, 2013 March 7, 2013 tively trained to attend our meetings. Clerk of the Court as soon as possible. If April 4, 2013 Suzy Eckstein, Co-Chair the cancellation is done 48 business hours Our regular Section meetings will be Darcy Shoop, Co-Chair in advance, we will not be charged the 2, held on the first Thursday of each month 4 or 8 hour cancellation fee depending on at the Bar Building at 5:30 p.m. In addi - commERciAL LiTiGATion the amount of time the court event was tion to providing great food and collegial SEcTion scheduled for. interaction, our Section almost always 2012-2013 Section meeting Dates The Clerk reminds everyone if you has an educational component to our March 12, 2013* May 14, 2013** have any concerns or suggestions, please meetings. *These meetings will be held at 8:00 a.m. let her know. Phone: 240-777-9464; On february 7th, our program will at the offices of Stein Sperling Bennett email: [email protected]. be on the ins and outs of using a Financial De Jong Driscoll, PC, located at 25 West The Sheriff, Darren Popkin, would Neutral. Our guest speaker will be Middle Lane, Rockville, MD 20850. like to remind everyone that the Deborah may, cpA. Debbie is very well **These meetings will be held at 5:30 Maryland Avenue entrance to the Circuit known, highly regarded and extremely p.m. at the offices of Lerch, Early & Court was closed to staff and pedestrian experienced in divorce finances and in Brewer, Chartered, located at 3 Bethesda traffic beginning September 10, 2012 for the role of a Financial Neutral. This is a Metro Center, Suite 460, Bethesda, MD approximately six months. Signage has special opportunity to learn from one of 20814. been posted directing everyone to the the best! Mary Lombardo, Co-Chair Monroe Street entrance. Lawyers are On march 7th, our program will be Brad McCullough, Co-Chair encouraged to use the Terrace Level on streamlining the collaborative process. entrance from the cafeteria and/or from The presenters will be the “Streamline communiTy ouTREAcH 101 Monroe Street as there will be signif - Committee” who are members of the two commiTTEE icant backup expected at the Monroe Montgomery County Collaborative Street entrance, especially during the Practice groups – Collaborative Divorce The Bar Association continues to morning peak hours. Everyone is encour - Association and Collaborative Dispute partner with the Special Olympics and we aged to ask their clients and staff to allow Resolution Professionals – who volun - are looking for members to volunteer at for extra time to gain entrance due to the teered to explore ways in which the specific events for the Winter Games. If closure. process can be made more efficient and you have not already signed-up to volun - In addition, almost the entire area of cost effective. The Committee has some teer in response to a listserv blast or an the atrium will be closed during this con - great ideas to share! individual invitation from one of our com - struction period. There will be a narrow walkway constructed to access the IN ECONOMICCONOMIC ANALLYSISYSIS Criminal Clerk’s Office, the Licensing AND TESTIMONY Office and the Assignment Offices. EXPERRTTS Space will be very limited on the Lobby Chad L. Staller, J.D., M.B.A., M.A.C. level for waiting due to the Atrium James Markham, Ph.D., J.D., CPCU Closure. The Sheriff would like to thank Stephen H. Rosen, Enrolled Actuary everyone in advance for their patience Bernard F. Lentz, Ph.D. during this period of construction. Alan B. Winikur, C.PP.A..A. Finally, the construction will require the periodic closing of one courthouse elevator at a time. Therefore, additional time should be allotted for arrival to courtroom destinations. Personal Injury/Wrongful DeathDeath Lost Profits Labor and Employment If you have any concerns to bring to WWW.CFES.COM 800.966.60999 [email protected] the Committee’s attention, please feel
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mittee members or the New Practitioner’s Table. Shepherd’s Table provides basic serv - Please join the Criminal Law Section Section, here are the dates and locations ices to those in need and specifically pro - on Tuesday, february 12, 2013 at 5:30 for the three different Winter Games vides a dinner meal from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for a presentation on the new law events for which we need volunteers: p.m., seven nights a week. Please contact passed by the Legislature regarding february 3rd: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Dan Shaivitz at [email protected] if you are Possession of Marijuana. We are Georgetown prep: 5 v. 5 interested in volunteering. Volunteer as an extremely pleased to have Laura Chase, basketball Tournaments individual, a firm, or get a group of friends Deputy State’s Attorney for Montgomery february 10th: 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at and family together to participate in this County, speak to our section regarding Landon: 3 v. 3 basketball wonderful, can’t miss, service opportunity! the new law and how it will be imple - Tournaments If you have any thoughts or com - mented via the Police and State’s march 3rd at Landon: olympic ments for the Committee, please contact Attorney’s Office. The meeting will be Village/Healthy Athletes (more either of us at [email protected] held in the Conference Room located in details to follow) or [email protected]. the Bar Building. We look forward to Volunteer opportunities at the Heather Collier, Co-Chair seeing you there. Basketball events include set-up, registra - Rhian McGrath, Co-Chair Carlotta Woodward, Co-Chair tion, running score tables and score books. Jessica Zarrella, Co-Chair We will provide additional information about cRiminAL LAw SEcTion Olympic Village as those plans are finalized. DiSTRicT couRT bEncH If you wish to volunteer for all or a portion 2012-2013 Section meeting Dates bAR commiTTEE of any of the above events, please February 12, 2013 May 17, 2013* The District Court Bench Bar contact Heather Collier at *Happy Hour at a location TBA Committee had its January meeting on [email protected], or Rhian McGrath Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of January 10, 2013. There were a number at [email protected]. the month at 5:30p.m. in the Conference of items of interest to attorneys discussed The Community Outreach Committee Room of the Bar Association building, 27 at the meeting. facilitates volunteer opportunities on the sec - West Jefferson St., Rockville, MD. (Continued on following page) ond Friday of every month at Shepherd’s Let Priority Process Serve Your Legal Documents! O$30 POSTING FEE! IT’S THE LOWEST RATE AROUND. OEXTREMELY EXPERIENCED WITH HOAs AND HOA ATTORNEYS. OWE WORK WELL WITH COLLECTION ATTORNEYS. ONO SERVE, NO FEE. O35 PROCESS SERVERS ALL OVER MD/DC/VA. OCHECK THE STATUS OF ALL YOUR JOBS ONLINE. O AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATION WHEN YOUR JOB IS SERVED. OOUR SERVERS GEO TAG THEMSELVES ON EACH SERVICE ATTEMPT. O PRINT AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE FROM OUR WEBSITE. OFULLY STAFFED OFFICE 9AM-5PM, MONDAY-FRIDAY.
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(Continued from preceding page) timely manner. Additionally, the court is cases, or peace order cases, can use to Attorney codes: Attorneys are attempting to add Spanish interpreters to shield information in their cases from the reminded that they should have their attor - the staff for civil cases in Silver Spring to public. This relief will only be applicable ney codes listed on all pleadings that they handle an increase of the number of parties if it is requested by the respondent, and if file with the court. Notices are sent out who need Spanish interpreters. the domestic violence case or peace based on the attorney codes. If you do not Additional Landlord Tenant order, did not go to a final judgment. put your attorney code on your pleadings, Docket: The court is setting up an addi - police officer issued citations: it takes extra time for the clerks to look up tional landlord tenant docket for pro-se Starting January 1, 2013, police officers the appropriate information instead of sim - landlords. The docket will be scheduled are required to use citations for more ply putting your code into the computer. for Monday mornings in Rockville start - offenses. If the offense that is charged Attorneys are also reminded that they ing on February 4, 2013. could result in jail time, the date set for need to update their information when they use of peace orders in Landlord the citation would have to be continued in change addresses, change firms, etc, so Tenant Related matters: Attorneys and order for the Court to advise the defen - that notices will go to the correct address. police officers have been referring people dant of his or her rights. The Court is con - Telephone Extensions for contact to the clerk’s office to request peace sidering having these citations initially information: Occasionally, it is neces - orders in order to attempt to evict people scheduled for a Preliminary Inquiry, and sary to contact attorneys regarding last in what would otherwise really be a land - placed on a Preliminary Inquiry docket, minute rescheduling of hearings, set new lord-tenant matter. In other words, to try rather than before a commissioner. The trial dates, and other matters. If you have to use a Peace Order indirectly to remove defendant will then have to appear, and if an extension at your telephone number, someone from the premises. In these situ - they fail to do so, the judge could issue a please put the extension on your pleadings ations that should be brought in the land - bench warrant. so that the clerk can contact you if neces - lord-tenant court, the court will not utilize miscellaneous changes under sary regarding the scheduling of cases. the peace order process for this purpose. consideration: In addition to the civil cases in Silver Spring: There Shielding cases: There is a process changes noted about concerning assign - has been an increase in the number of civil that respondents in domestic violence (Continued on page 21) cases scheduled for Silver Spring. The court is considering adding an additional judge so that all cases can be reached in a
16 The Bar Association of Montgomery County, MD Newsletter February, 2013 The Bar Associations Insurance Agency, Inc. and FranklinMorris are proud to sponsor Bar Association of Montgomery County, MD 119 th Annual Meeting & Law Day Celebration Friday, April 26, 2013 Bethesda North Marriott Conference Center • 5701 Marinelli Road, North Bethesda, MD 20852 ~ Daniel M. Kennedy, President ~ Richard H. Melnick, President-Elect James R. Hammerschmidt, Annual Meeting Chair pRoGRAm ScHEDuLE
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February 20, 2013 Business/Tax Law Section
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March 12, 2013 Criminal Law Section
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Montgomery County, MD, Bar Foundation 27 West Jefferson Street, Rockville, MD 20850 Phone: 301-340-2534 Fax: 301-217-9327 Email: [email protected] Website: www.montbar.org Dissection of a Transaction: Winning the Big Ones: Effective (4) Pendente Lite Financial Issues, Anatomy, Tax, and Accomplishing Closing Argument And The Voluntary Impoverishment, Child the Goals of the Buyer and Seller Lululemon Case Study Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Support, Taking Exceptions to a 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Master’s Recommendations; Speakers: Glenn Anderson, Esq. of Miller, Speakers: Robert Mattie, Esq. of Robert A. Miller & Canby, Eric Fletcher, CPA of Bond Ades & Associates, P.C.; and John McCarthy, (5) Litigating a Child Custody Case; Beebe, and Robb Longman, Esq. of McMillan State’s Attorney for Montgomery County (6) Marital Settlement Agreements. Metro Maryland
Our panel discussion will cover the tax conse - The Criminal Law Section is excited to an - The extensive materials exceed 500 pages and quences of buying and selling a business. Eric nounce that the speakers for our spring CLE include many sample forms. The course is free Fletcher of Bond Beebe will walk through a will be State’s Attorney for Montgomery to attorneys who agree to take a pro bono case commonly occurring fact pattern in which a County Maryland, John McCarthy and sea - at the time of the training. The class is sched - successful family owned business is sold as the soned defense attorney Bob Mattie of Robert uled for two evenings: Tuesday, April 2, 2013 older generation of a family plans to retire but A. Ades & Associates, P.C.. John and Bob will & Thursday, April 4, 2013 from 5:30 to 8:30 the younger generation is unable to keep the speak on the “ins and outs” of giving an effec - pm. business going. Our panel will explain the tax tive closing argument. Learn how to marshal consequences of the sale of a family owned your facts and how to effectively use emotion *Registration is required for this business. The selling business also owns the and timing in order to give an effective and seminar. No walk-ins allowed* large commercial building that houses the store case-winning closing argument. The first part and administrative offices of the businesses as of the program will be a lecture by our speak - well as a restaurant tenant. Seventy percent of ers while the second half of the program will the stock is owned by the family elder who in - be John McCarthy’s actual closing from the What’s Trending in Education Law? herited the company from his parents forty case that captivated this community, State vs. Tuesday, April 9, 2013 years ago. The other stockholders are the chil - Brittany Norwood. Robert Mattie will then 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. dren of the majority shareholder. Glenn An - give his response and offer comments on how Speakers: Patrick Hoover, Esq. of Hoover derson of Miller, Miller & Canby will discuss to effectively close from the defense perspec - Law, LLC; Diana Savit, Esq. of Savit & the difference between a stock sale and an asset tive. There will be an opportunity for a Q & A Szymkowicz, LLP; and Wayne Steedman, Esq. sale. Mr. Anderson will lead the discussion on with the speakers. Please join us on March 12, of Callegary & Steedman, P.A. the various tax and liability issues to both the 2013 at 5:30pm in the CLE classroom in the buyer and the seller. Robb Longman of bar building, for what is sure to be an exciting Learn Today’s Hot Topics & Timely Tech - McMillan Metro will proceed under the as - and informative program. niques Experienced Panel Faculty of Ed Law sumption that the structure will be an asset sale Practitioners and will lead the discussion on ways to mini - mize the double taxation to the seller. Mr. • School Discipline Fletcher will take the lead on discussing plan - Rita Rosenkrantz Basic ning opportunities for this sale had profession - Family Law Training • Goodbye to “Zero Tolerance” als been involved in advance. Tuesday, April 2, 2013 in Student Conduct 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. • Hello to New Discipline Thursday, April 4, 2013 Regulations Adoption: A-Z 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 2013 • Expulsion, the ultimate school 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Speakers: Monica Harms, Esq. of Stein Sper - sanction - no longer an end to Speakers: Lili Khozeimeh, Esq. of Circuit ling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC; Donna Ris - Court for Montgomery County, MD; miller, Esq. of Rismiller Law Group, LLC; education Jennifer Fairfax, Esq. of Jennifer Fairfax, Michael Sinay, Esq. of Paradiso, Taub, Sinay LLC; and Peter Wiernicki, Esq. of Joseph, & Owel, P.C.; Deborah Webb, Esq. of Lerch, • The latest on school/student Reiner & Wiernicki, P.C. Early & Brewer, Chtd. discipline from grade school to
The course will be an overview of the adoption This practical six hour training covers the nuts grad school process in the State of Maryland. We will and bolts of family law, including: • School Conferences cover the types of adoptions, court filing re - quirements, often overlooked rules that can • IEP, 504 and EMT Meetings delay the adoption, what is required in a Peti - (1) Initial Interview/Retainer • What they are and why they tion, investigations and home studies, repre - Agreements; senting birth parents, adoptive parents and matter children in an adoption, ethical considerations (2) Pleadings & Divorce Grounds, and the final hearing • Attorney Advocacy in the School Scheduling Hearings, Uncontested • What should you bring to the Divorce Hearings; table? (3) Discovery, Financial Statements, • Administrative Hearings and Marital Property Statements; • State Complaints and other discovery process which has led to an explo - Professionals for practice as a collaborative sive growth in sanctions motions throughout lawyer. pre-suit Options the Country and specifically in Maryland. A re - • Mediation, Conflict Resolution cent Lexis Nexis search for "sanctions" in The focus of day one is on the basic elements Maryland revealed that there are over 4000 of the collaborative process. In order to be bet - and Due Process Appeal open civil cases where attorneys and their ter prepared for group activities of the next two clients are facing sanctions issues. This course days, it is required that everyone without spe - You should attend this CLE if any part of your is designed to prepare practitioners in the art cific training in Civil Collaborative Law attend practice is related to schools, students or area of E-discovery practice including information day one. During days two and three, partici - of Education Law. If you are interested in about preservation, collection, identification, pants will apply the knowledge they gain in learning more about current trends in school, and production of electronic information in on - day one as they work through the steps of the special education and disciplinary aspects of going litigation. The course will enable practi - collaborative process in role plays, discussions education law, you will want to attend this tioners to be involved in effective meet and regarding ethical problems, examination of unique CLE presentation. confers regarding E-discovery at the earliest various negotiation tools, and the application stages of litigation and provide a combination of collaborative skills to all areas of their prac - We look forward to you attending our Spring of legal and technical information for even the tice. PLEASE NOTE: Even if you already Ed Law CLE for a very thorough, informative, most tech averse practitioners. A panel led by have been collaboratively trained in the Family and captivating discussion about timely legal Marc Hirschfeld, Court-appointed E-discovery Law model, this training is different and will trends in Education Law. Special Master and President of Precision enhance the development of a Civil Collabo - Legal Services will present the seminar. rative Law practice.
The Trainer: Sherrie R. Abney is a collabora - Family Law Update tive lawyer, facilitator, mediator, arbitrator, col - laborative trainer and adjunct professor of law Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Civil and Commercial Applications – at Southern Methodist University Dedman 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 3 Day Collaborative Law Training!! School of Law. She was co-founder and first Speakers: Paul Reinstein, Esq. of Reinstein, Thursday, May 9, 2013 chair of the Dallas Bar Association Collabora - Glackin, Patterson & Herriott, LLC 12:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. tive Law Section and is past chair of the ADR and Bryan Renehan, Esq. of Brodsky, Renehan, Friday, May 10, 2013 Section of the Dallas Bar. As a founding di - Pearlstein, Lastra & Bouquet, Chtd. 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. rector of the Global Collaborative Law Coun - cil, she served as Vice President of Education Back by popular demand, Bryan Renehan and Saturday, May 11, 2013 and Training for the organization from 2004 Paul Reinstein will be presenting the Family 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. until 2012 and is currently Vice President in Law update tracking new cases and legislative charge of Grants. Sherrie has presented and updates in the last 12 months. At this annual Speaker: Sherrie Abney, Esq. of Global Col - trained in Ireland, Australia, England, Uganda, event, Messrs. Renehan and Reinstein will dis - laborative Law Council Argentina, as well as many conferences in the cuss the most recent cases affecting such topics U.S. and Canada. She serves on the Collabo - as divorce, custody, contempt, child support, Collaborative Law is a confidential, voluntary rative Law Advisory Council for the State Bar and domestic violence matters. They will also process which allows parties and their attor - of Texas, and the Collaborative Law Commit - address the impact of recent legislative up - neys to resolve disputes without court interven - tee of the DR Section of the American Bar As - dates, including legislation permitting same tion. Participants in the process have found sociation. She is the author of Avoiding sex marriage, on the practice of family law. that they are able to preserve important busi - Litigation, A Guide to Civil Collaborative Law, This seminar historically sells out, and should ness and personal relationships and signifi - and a text book entitled Civil Collaborative not be missed! cantly reduce the amounts of time, stress, and monetary expense normally associated with lit - Law, the road less traveled. She has also pub - igation. In Maryland, throughout the United lished numerous articles on resolving civil dis - States, and around the world, the collaborative putes with Collaborative Law and Offensive and Defensive E-discovery process has been widely used in family law and interest-based negotiation. Practice is being used ever increasingly in other civil matters including, but certainly not limited to, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 probate, employment, business, construction, 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. and medical error. Speaker: Marc Hirschfeld, President of Pre - Please Note: cision Legal Services In order to effectively participate in the collab - The registration fees for this orative process, lawyers must employ a skill- seminar are $350 for members and $405 Discovery in complex litigation is becoming set different from those they normally use. The for non-members more and more challenging as electronic data purpose of this training is to introduce collab - is sometimes the only source of relevant infor - orative skills and demonstrate how they are ap - mation in a case. Montgomery County Circuit plied to the collaborative process in civil Court Track 4 Business and Technology sched - disputes (other than family law) as well as var - uling orders require parties to provide detailed ious other forms of interest-based negotiation. information about clients' computer and data Attendees will build collaborative skills systems at the onset of litigation including through participation in interactive lectures, identification of computer systems, formats of group discussions, and role plays. This train - production, claw back provisions and preser - ing will satisfy the requirements of the Inter - vation strategies. Many attorneys are uncom - national Academy of Collaborative fortable with this new Electronic version of the CLE SEMINAR REGISTRATION FORM
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Dissection of a Transaction: Anatomy, Tax, and What’s Trending in Education Law? Accomplishing the Goals of the Buyer and Seller April 9, 2013 February 20, 2013 Family Law Update Adoption: A to Z April 16, 2013 March 7, 2013 Offensive and Defensive E-Discovery Practice Winning the Big Ones: Effective Closing Arguments April 30, 2013 and the Lululemon Case Study March 12, 2013 Civil and Commercial Applications - 3-Day Collaborative Law Training! Rita Rosenkrantz Basic May 9-11, 2013 Family Law Training *Registration Fees (Please check one): April 2 & April 4, 2013 $305 Members *Registration Fees (Please check one): $405 Non-Members $0 I will accept a Pro Bono Case *Registration is required for this $250 I will not accept a Pro Bono Case seminar. No walk-ins allowed* *Registration is required for this seminar. No walk-ins allowed*
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(Continued from page 16) Meetings will be held on the 2nd Meetings will be held at 11AM in the ments of additional judges, interpreters, Friday of each month at 12:15p.m. in the upstairs conference room of the Bar additional landlord tenant docket, and Conference Room of the Bar Association Association building. changes for police issued citations, building, located at 27 West Jefferson St., The Employment Law Section is among others, Judge Wolfe and attorneys in Rockville. We invite all interested pleased to announce two exciting and representing the office of the States lawyers to join our forum. highly informative brown bag events. Attorney, Public Defender, County Pat Hoover, Co-Chair On Tuesday february 5, 2013 at Attorney, and private bar, had a lively Lynndolyn Mitchell, Co-Chair 11:00 AM, we will be hosting a brown discussion regarding other possible Karen Smith, Co-Chair bag discussion where Lawrence S. changes under consideration. One such (Larry) Lapidus will be presenting and change would be for a criminal disposi - ELDER LAw SEcTion answering questions regarding the inter - tion docket. There will be more to come sect between issues in Employment Law on this as the refinements are made to the 2012-2013 Section meeting Dates and issues in Personal Injury Law includ - proposed improvements. February 13, 2013 April 10, 2013 ing a discussion on the impact of the late Attorney’s Lounge: The attorneys’ March 13, 2013 May 8, 2013 Gary Simpson and Gary Simpson's lounge in Rockville had been left open Meetings will be held on the 2nd approach to Employment Law litigation previously, but you may find it locked on Wednesday of the month at 8 a.m. in the and how it affects the way we practice occasion. If so, please ask one of the upstairs conference room of the Bar today. bailiffs to open it for you if you would Association building. On Tuesday march 5, 2013 at like to use it. Morris Klein, Chair 11:00 AM, we will be hosting a brown Richard London, Chair bag discussion where paul bland of EmpLoymEnT LAw Public Justice will be presenting and EDucATion LAw SEcTion SEcTion answering questions regarding litigating arbitration agreements including a 2012-2013 Section meeting Dates 2012-2013 Section meeting Dates focused discussion on what language February 8, 2013 March 8, 2013 February 5, 2013 March 5, 2013 may make an agreement enforceable April 12, 2013 April 2, 2013 (Continued on following page)
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(Continued from preceding page) fAmiLy LAw SEcTion Stephen for taking the time to discuss this and what language may make an agree - important topic with our Section. ment unenforceable. Paul will focus his Please update your calendars with Please join us on february 26, 2013 discussion on the current state of the the 2012-2013 Section meeting dates. for a highly anticipated program presented law in Maryland and the 4th Circuit, but Unless otherwise noted, all Section by the Montgomery County Circuit Court will also answer questions about impor - meetings will be held in the CLE class - Family Law Masters. All of the Family Law tant issues being litigated across the room of the Bar Building at 6:00 p.m. Masters have graciously offered to present a county. february 26, 2013 roundtable discussion with the Family Law Both events will take place at the Bar march 26, 2013 Practitioners and answer any questions per - Association of Montgomery County, April 23, 2013 taining to Scheduling Conferences, Maryland 27 West Jefferson Street, Thank you to David Bulitt, Esquire of Pendente Lite Hearings, Settlement/Pretrial Rockville, Maryland 20850. We look for - Joseph Greenwald & Laake, PA and Conferences, Uncontested Divorce ward to seeing you all there. Stephen Moss, Esquire of Delaney Hearings, etc. This is sure to be a program Gwenn D’Souza, Co-Chair McKinney, LLP for providing us with an that you do not want to miss! Gregg Greenberg, Co-Chair informative CLE on mediation in January. Please continue to volunteer at any of Their guidance on understanding the the below clinics run by the Montgomery ESTATE & TRuST LAw requirements of the new Maryland County Bar Foundation Pro Bono Program. SEcTion Mediation Confidentiality Act and new These programs need your assistance. Last 2012-2013 Section meeting Dates Rules 9-205 and 17 was invaluable. David year we made a tremendous difference in February 11, 2013 March 11, 2013 and Stephen’s practice pointers to avoid the lives of hundreds of families and want April 15, 2013 potential pitfalls in mediation were also to continue this valuable program. To vol - Meetings will be held at Noon at the incredibly helpful, as were their tips on unteer at a clinic, you must sign up in offices of Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, preparing for mediation, knowing what doc - advance with Debbie Craven at 301-762- Pordy & Ecker, P.A., located at 12505 uments and information to provide to your 5831 or Debbie@ mcbfprobono.org. Park Potomac Ave., 6th Floor, Potomac, mediator, and understanding how to get the • TESS community Service center, MD, unless otherwise noted. best result for your client out of the media - 8513 Piney Branch Road, Silver Jay Eisenberg, Chair tion process. We are grateful to David and Spring, MD 20901
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(Continued from preceding page) The extension applies to individuals fine. Wegelin also agrees to the civil for - STRATEGic pLAnninG described in Notice 2011-1, Notice 2011- feiture of an additional $15.8 million. commiTTEE mEETinGS 2, and Notice 2012-1, FinCEN said. The federal circuit overturns Taxpayer new guidance gives individuals covered win in con Ed LiLo Tax Shelter February 13, 2013 March 20, 2013 by the notices an extra year to comply. case May 15, 2013 wegelin pleads Guilty to Hiding The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Meetings will be held at 5:30 p.m. at Assets in Secret Swiss Accounts Federal Circuit Jan. 9 reversed a lower the offices of Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Major Swiss bank Wegelin pleads court ruling and held that tax deductions Pordy & Ecker, P.A. guilty in federal court to conspiring with claimed by Consolidated Edison Co. of David Pordy, Chair U.S. taxpayers to hide more than $1.2 bil - New York Inc. were the result of an abu - lion in secret Swiss bank accounts and the sive lease-in, lease-out (LILO) tax shelter TAxATion LAw SEcTion income generated in those accounts from (Consolidated Edison Co. of New York 2012-2013 Section meeting Dates IRS, the Department of Justice Inc. v. United States, Fed. Cir., No. 2012- February 20, 2013 April 3, 2013 announces. Attorneys call the guilty plea 5040, 1/9/13). March 6, 2013 May 1, 2013 a landmark signal that banks without a In reversing the U.S. Court of Meetings will be held from 5:30- presence in the United States are not safe Federal Claims' decision that the master 6:30pm on the 1st Wednesday of the month from prosecution, as the Department of lease at issue was a true lease, Judge in the upstairs Conference Room of the Bar Justice intensifies its efforts to track Timothy Dyk applied the substance-over- Association Building. Please note that our down U.S. taxpayers who conceal assets form doctrine and concluded that the february 20th meeting will be a Joint in other countries and those who enable master lease was illusory. CLE with the Tax Section and the Business them. DOJ says that in the first such plea Dyk explained that under the holding Law Section. This CLE covers the tax con - by a foreign bank, Wegelin agrees to pay in Wells Fargo & Co. v. United States, sequences of buying and selling a business. approximately $20 million in restitution 641 F.3d 1319 (Fed. Cir. 2011), the The speakers will walk through the sale of to the IRS and to pay a $22.05 million deductions were disallowed because a family owned business. Our panel will discuss the tax consequences of a stock sale versus an asset sale as well as advance STEpHEn J. Dunn planning opportunities. The speakers will ATTORNEY AT LAW be Glenn Anderson, Esq. of Miller, Miller and Canby; Eric Fletcher, CPA of Bond fEDERAL woRKERS compEnSATion (owcp) Beebe; and Robb Longman, Esq. of officE of pERSonnEL mAnAGEmEnT (opm) McMillan Metro. Special thanks to Trial Attorney DiSAbiLiTy RETiREmEnT Michele Peterson of the Department of u.S. mERiT SySTEmS pRoTEcTion boARD Justice Tax Division, Criminal SEcuRiTy cLEARAncE AppEALS Enforcement Section for speaking to the Tax Section during our January meeting. 110 West Road, Suite 445 208 East Market Street Please let me know if you are interested Towson, MD 21204-2364 York, PA 17401-1249 in presenting a tax topic this spring. Phone (410) 321-8368 Phone (717) 845-7301 This month please find tax guidance and commentary from the IRS and the Fax (410) 321-1599 www.sdunnlaw.com private sector on international and domestic tax issues. fincEn Extends fbAR filing Deadline for Some foreign Accounts The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is giving some individu - als more time to report their foreign accounts if they have signature authority over the account but no financial interest in it. FinCEN said in Notice 2012-2 that it is extending the deadline for these indi - viduals to file the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR). The new deadline is June 30, 2014. The development comes as many taxpayers continue to wrestle with the complex reporting requirements of the FBAR.
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“there was a reasonable likelihood that benefit of providing that benefit through Sideman's compliance with the summons the tax-indifferent entity in the LILO the code outweighs the complexity it was not erroneous, Wallace said. transaction (the lessor of the master lease) imposes on taxpayers. florida woman to pay $21.7m would exercise its purchase option at the ninth circuit Enforces iRS Summons penalty for not Disclosing foreign conclusion of the ConEd sublease, thus Against Law firm client under Account income rendering the master lease illusory.” investigation A Florida woman agreed to pay a $21.7 Eliminate Tax Expenditures in move The Internal Revenue Service may million civil liability penalty after pleading to Zero-based budgeting, Taxpayer enforce a summons against a law firm to guilty to filing false tax returns on which she Advocate Says produce a client's documents as the docu - failed to report income on undeclared bank Congress should greatly simplify the ments fell within the “foregone conclu - accounts in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, tax code by reassessing the need for exist - sion” exception to the law firm's Fifth the Justice Department said Jan. 8 (United ing tax expenditures, National Taxpayer Amendment claim, the U.S. Court of States v. Curran, S.D. Fla., No. 9:12-cr- Advocate Nina Olson said Jan. 9. In her Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held Jan. 8 80206-KLR, plea agreement filed 1/8/13). 2012 annual report to Congress announced (United States v. Sideman & Bancroft iRS meets E-filing Goal for individuals in a news release (IR-2013-3), Olson said LLP, 9th Cir., No. 11-15930, 1/8/13). in 2012, oversight board Says existing exclusions, exemptions, deduc - Circuit Judge J. Clifford Wallace, writ - The number of individual e-filed tions and credits, known as tax expendi - ing for a unanimous panel, examined returns increased to 119 million (81 per - tures, could cut individual tax rates by 44 Sideman & Bancroft LLP's claim that pro - cent) in 2012, which breaks an 80 percent percent and still generate the same amount ducing client Mary Nolan's 2007 and 2008 goal set in 1998, the Internal Revenue of revenue it collects under current rules. tax documents would be testimonial in viola - Service Oversight Board said Jan. 4. In addition, Olson said Congress tion of Nolan's Fifth Amendment rights. He In a news release accompanying its should apply a zero-based budgeting said the government knew of the documents' Electronic Filing 2012 Annual Report to approach to comprehensive tax reform existence, that the documents were authentic, Congress, IRSOB said the 80 percent that starts out with the assumption that all and that Sideman had the documents prior to goal was set by the IRS Restructuring and tax benefits will be eliminated and then the issuance of the summons. Therefore, the Reform Act of 1998. add a benefit back only if Congress con - district court's holding in applying the fore - This goal, however, was expanded in cludes that, on balance, the public policy gone conclusion exception when enforcing (Continued on following page)
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(Continued from preceding page) youTH couRTHouSE 2007 to a goal of 80 percent e-filing by all pRoJEcT commiTTEE major individual, business, and tax- exempt returns, which was not met in 2012-2013 Section meeting Dates 2012, IRSOB said. February 6, 2013 April 3, 2013 Could you congress oKs bill clarifying Tax March 6, 2013 May 1, 2013 Levies can be Enforced Against TSp June 5, 2013 use more clients? Accounts Meetings are held on the 1st Legislation (H.R. 4365) to clarify Wednesday of the month at 12:15 PM in that tax levies can be enforced against the upstairs conference room of the Bar accounts in the federal Thrift Savings Association building. Plan, the defined contribution component of the Federal Employees Retirement REcEnT ciRcuiT couRT System, was approved by the Senate by TouR unanimous consent Jan. 1, clearing the To sign up for the bill for President Obama's signature. Lawyer Referral Service, The measure, introduced April 17, 2012, by Rep. Anne Marie Buerkle (R- contact Maria at N.Y.), was approved by the House Aug. 1 301.424.7040 under suspension of the rules by a vote of 414-6. or Under current law, the Internal [email protected] Revenue Service has the authority to levy individuals' Section 401(k) accounts, the ~ Last month students from Col. E Brooke Lee private sector equivalent to the TSP. Middle School toured the Circuit Court for In these Economic Times, However, the TSP's authorizing statute Montgomery County. Pictured are the students, How can you afford NOT to belong? states that TSP accounts are not subject to along with Judge Debelius, Youth Courthouse IRS levies. Committee Co Chair's Holly Reed, and Patty Via, John Pontius, Chair Committee Secretary Diana Metcalf, and Sue Carter. woRKERS compEnSATion Holly Reed, Co-Chair Patricia Via, Co-Chair LAw SEcTion 2012-2013 Section meeting Dates
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26 The Bar Association of Montgomery County, MD Newsletter February, 2013 pRo bono upDATE Debbie Craven, Program Coordinator
The Montgomery County Bar attorney must accept a pro bono case for several areas including the Consumer Foundation Pro Bono Program seeks vol - each case accepted under the Judicare Protection Project and bankruptcy. Check unteers – whether experienced or newly Project. Second, we have a working the PRBC website, www.probonomd.org, barred attorneys – to join our panel. agreement with the collaboration for details. There are many county residents that are project of maryland for family law case The Pro Bono Program staff works in great need of pro bono services. Your referrals that include modifications. daily to meet the challenges of connecting call to volunteer will make a difference to Third, we refer eligible clients with debt client and attorney. wHEn THE STAff those without resources. buyer cases to attorney volunteers for conTAcTS you, pLEASE bE GEn - The Pro Bono Program provides two direct representation under the ERouS AnD VoLunTEER To ways for county residents to receive consumer protection project. TAKE A pRo bono cASE. “You, the fREE LEGAL SERVicES in civil The pro bono program provides Volunteer Attorneys, are the Pro Bono cases – at a legal advice clinic or through fREE LEGAL TRAininG to attorney Program.” What we do and what statistic the client intake line for referral to an volunteers. The Rita Rosenkrantz we report depends entirely upon you. attorney volunteer for direct representa - family Law Training is available via Join youR coLLEAGuES in tion. The legal advice clinics operate in webcast to attorneys for free in exchange SERVinG youR communiTy. four locations across the county (SEE for agreeing to accept a family law case. If you would like to learn more about BOX BELOW) and provide residents the You can sign-up to begin the training at attorney volunteer opportunities with the opportunity to walk-in and meet with an any time and watch the six hours of train - Pro Bono Program, please stop by our attorney volunteer without scheduling an ing at your convenience over the next 30 office or contact me directly at appointment. Eligible clients present days. The most recent training was taped 301.762.5831. their legal problems to an attorney and during the live class presentation held receive free immediate legal advice November, 2011. Maryland barred attor - and/or referral to a non-profit or govern - neys in good standing can watch a pre - Thank you Volunteer Attorneys! ment social service agency that may be view of the training and then determine if On behalf of the Board of Directors of helpful. The client intake line operates they would like to proceed with the entire the Bar Foundation, we thank the fol - out of the main office where the staff seminar. Please call Yesenia at lowing attorneys for their time, dedica - screens calls from potential clients. The 301.340.2534 to obtain the website and tion, and service for the month of Pro Bono Program staff conducts all necessary code to watch the preview and December 2012. Taking a case or screenings over the phone only. Cases to get the Pro Bono Program Training working at our evening clinics, their referred to attorney volunteers include Agreement form. Attorneys participating willingness to help far exceeds their family law, debt collection, bankruptcy, in the training have the opportunity to names solely being mentioned limited employment, limited immigra - immediately join a mentoring group host - below…simply ask our clients. tion, wills and power of attorney. ed by an experienced family law attorney. The Pro Bono Program currently is The mentoring group meetings are your pro bono / Judicare case Referrals participating in three projects. First, we opportunity to ask questions about your Ashurst, Charles* Hamilton, Dontrice* Brennan, Mary* Koh, Debra participate in the Judicare project. case and learn from the attorneys partici - Chang, Ayssa* Maynard, Charles Contested custody and complex family pating in the group. Thank you to Ewan, Craig D.* Montero, R. Manny+ law cases are referred at a reduced fee to Lindsay parvis and Erik Arena for lead - Fogel, Jo B. Visurraga, Alejandro experienced family law attorneys. ing our current mentoring group. Goitien, Evan* Whitfield, Lynette Attorneys can seek reimbursement of $80 The PBRC also offers fREE East county Service center per hour with a cap of 20 hours per case. LEGAL TRAininG to attorneys in Ingram, Shelly M. Pugliese, Elizabeth The Pro Bono Program requires that the exchange for a pro bono commitment in Jacobsen, Alisha L. Wargo, Amanda Montero, R. Manny+ Washington, Juan+ LEGAL ADVicE cLinicS Gilchrist center – Germantown charles Gilchrist center for cultural charles w. Gilchrist center Faerberg, David Pugliese, Elizabeth+ Diversity - upcounty Service center for cultural Diversity –wheaton Library Jacobsen, Alisha L. + Sahai, Kavita 12900 Middlebrook Road 11701 Georgia Avenue, 1st Floor Ingram, Shelly M. Wagman, Robert Germantown, MD 20874 Wheaton, Maryland 20902 Lynch, Maura Whitfield, Lynette 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM Gilchrist center – wheaton Akamigbo, Chijioke Vega, David+ TESS community Service center EAST county Regional Service center TESS community center 8513 Piney Branch Road 3300 Briggs Chaney Road Akamigbo, Chijioke Marks, Jay+ Silver Spring, Maryland 20901 Silver Spring, MD 20904 Auerbach, Kenneth D. McDonough, Kathryn 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month 1st and 2nd Thursday of each month Barham, Jeffrey Renner, Richard 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM Glenn, Antonio Vega, David+ Hupman, Emily Washington, Juan C. + All attorney volunteers must be scheduled in advance into the clinics. please call Konings, Priya 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; attorneys should arrive no later than * = accepted more than 1 case one-half hour after the posted start time of a clinic. + = Supervising Attorney
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J. fRAnKLyn bouRnE bAR have someone from the Prince Susan Oldham who graciously hosted the ASSociATion, inc., George’s County Office of Human party. Not only was it a great soiree, but monTGomERy counTy Relations explain to us what they do it was also a successful fundraiser for our commiTTEE and how they may be able to help us charity, Visitation House. Thanks to your and our clients. generosity, we were able to give over The next J. FRANKLYN BOURNE Marylin Pierre, President eight hundred dollars to the Visitation BAR ASSOCIATION, INC., House. For those of you unfamiliar with Montgomery County Committee meeting monTGomERy counTy Visitation House, it is a home where chil - will be held on Saturday, february 2, womEn’S bAR dren in foster care have visitation with 2013, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 at the Bar ASSociATion their biological parents in hopes of reuni - Association for Montgomery County, 27 fication. Our donation will provide items West Jefferson Street, Rockville, Happy New Year! On behalf of the that will hopefully take the house one Maryland. Breakfast will be served. Women’s Bar Association, I wish each step closer to a “home.” Again, thank you The Bourne Montgomery County and every one of you and your families a for all of you that supported this worthy Committee usually meets on the first healthy and joyous New Year. Let’s hope cause. Saturday of the month. If you cannot 2013 is a year to celebrate for all of us. fREE, fREE, fREE! Now that I attend the January meeting, please join us The company was grand, the have your full attention, I wanted to on Saturday, march 2, 2013. For more ambiance was amazing, and the food was remind you that the WBA Auction information, contact our committee chair, delicious. The WBA holiday party was a Committee is now officially in high gear Holly Reed, Esq. at (301) 587-9480 or wonderful way for me, personally, to start for the auction on March 23, 2013 at the [email protected]. the holiday season. It is my hope that all Chevy Chase Woman’s Club. We need The Honorable Robert M. Bell, from of you attending had as nice of a time as your help to make it a success. The next the Maryland Court of Appeals, will the I did. Thank you to our hardworking co- meeting is January 31, 2013 at 12:30 in guest speaker at the J. Franklyn Bourne chairs, Melissa Kucinski and Kelly the Circuit Court library. You might be Bar Association Black History Month Davis, who orchestrated a terrific affair. I asking yourself how you can help. Well, Celebration. The Bar Association of wish to extend a special thank you to there is still time to donate your time, Montgomery County and the Prince George’s County Bar Association are co- sponsors. The Black History Month Celebration will be held on Tuesday, february 5, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. at the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Greenbelt Division, 6500 Cherrywood Lane, Greenbelt, Maryland. This joint meeting also serves as our general body meeting for February. The cost will be $30.00 for PGCBA, JFB, Exclusively devoted to the practice and BAMC members who register by off immigration law. January 25, 2013 and $40.00 for mem - bers who register by February 1, 2013. The cost is $40.00 for nonmembers who Representative clients include: register by January 25, 2013 and $50.00 for nonmembers who register by GZhZVgX]Zgh VcY hX^Zci^hih Maria Glinsmann February 1, 2013. There is no registration 8dbeVc^Zh Zbeadn^c\ >I after February 1, 2013. To register, com - 76B8>bb^\gVi^dc biotech personnel HZXi^dc8]V^g plete the registration form and mail it with the appropriate fee to the Prince ;Vb^a^Zh hedchdg^c\ gZaVi^kZh George’s County Bar Association, 14330 Old Marlboro Pike, Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20770. You can e-mail the WWee welwelcome the completed form to [email protected] or oopportunitypportunity to be [email protected] or you can register your immigration by calling (301) 952-1442. The next Bourne General Body rresourceesource. Matthew Glinsmann meeting will be held on Thursday, ;dgbZg6>A6 march 21, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. at UFCW 988]VeiZg 8]V^g Local 400, 4301 Garden City Drive, Lower Level, Hyattsville, MD 20785. MyGreenCardLaawwyer.com 1-987-0030 The general body meeting is on the third Thursday of the month. We will
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sponsorship, or an auction item! Have a happy hour was a rousing hit and hope - [email protected] or call Brian Barke at connection? Client? Best friend's little fully we can duplicate that success. You (301) 309-8300 for further information. sister? Ask them for a donation of an item are welcome to join us at our next The past year marked more major to be auctioned off or for a monetary Executive Committee Meeting on milestones for the Sobeloff Society. Our sponsorship/donation. For further infor - February 12, 2013 at 12:20 p.m. at the membership continues to grow in both mation about auction item donations, Circuit Court library. our flagship Montgomery County please contact Jessica Hepburn Sadler Margaret Schweitzer, President Chapter as well as our Baltimore Chapter. either by telephone (301-230-5256) or In 2013 we are hoping to develop chap - you may email her Simon E. SobELoff ters in our neighboring counties as well as ([email protected]). JEwiSH LAw SociETy opening our chapter to those potential If you wish to help out in some other way, members practicing in the District of large or small, please contact Lili PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR Columbia. Khozeimeh at [email protected] or NEXT PROGRAM: compARinG We held our fiRST AnnuAL Heather Collier at JEwiSH AnD AmERicAn LAw, fea - SobELoff AwARD DinnER in [email protected]. If you are able turing Constitutional Scholar Nathan October and THE HonoRAbLE to solicit a donor or have an item your - Lewin and Rabbi Jack Bieler of Kemp pETER b. KRAuSER, Chief Judge of self, there is a donation sheet in the Mill Synagogue. The program will take the Maryland Court of Special Appeals Women’s Bar Association Museletter or place at THE RATnER muSEum, was our first recipient of the Simon E. contact Lili or Heather. We cannot do 10001 old Georgetown Road, Sobeloff Award for Outstanding this without all of your help. bethesda, maryland from 6:00 p.m. to Contributions to the Legal and Jewish Be on the lookout for a happy hour at 8:30 p.m. There will be a tour of the per - Communities. The event was attended by the end of February or beginning of manent museum exhibit at the beginning more than 300 including almost 50 March that we will be co-sponsoring with of the evening. Light refreshments Judges from several counties as well as the other specialty bars. Last year’s served. Please RSVp to members of the Court of Special Appeals, Court of Appeals and elected State offi - cials. We will take a short breather and begin the process of selecting a candidate The Bar Associations Insurance Agency, Inc. for this wonderful award for 2013. The and FranklinMorris event could not have succeeded without many individuals of the Sobeloff Society devoting their time to its success. Well deserving of acknowledgement are: the Honorable Steven G. Salant, Brian Barke, Louise Schwartz, Richard Schimel, Neil Meiselman as well as a host of helping are pleased to be the hands – Mickey Burstein, Marc Emden, premier sponsor for the David Merkin, Allen Orenberg, Wendy Satin, Nathan Brill, Cindy Smith, Pany, Sandy Salant, Cindy Sadur and Julie Barke – thank you so much. The Sobleloff Society is also proud to announce that we have created the Simon E. SobELoff LAw SociETy STu - DEnT ScHoLARSHip in honor of Judge Steven G. Salant. Judge Salant has worked tirelessly to help organize, grow 119th Annual Meeting & Law Day Celebration and support the Sobeloff Law Society from its inception. His vision is alive in every - The Bar Associations Insurance Agency, Inc. is the marketing thing we do and we can only show a por - arm of the Bar Associations Insurance Trust of 1990 and a tion of our gratitude in establishing a stu - dent scholarship in recognition. joint venture of the MSBA and the BABC. Providing (chef) Richard Schimel was excellence and value in insurance and benefits services, selected crowned this year’s new LATKE cooking by your Bar Associations—for you, for your family, for your practice. champion at our Hanukah party. And finally, we are looking forward 6550 Rock Spring Drive, Bethesda, MD 20817 to our Judicial Reception and further pro - 1 East Pratt Street, Suite 902, Baltimore, MD 21202 grams with dates to be announced in the next newsletter. Wishing you all a very Phone: (410) 539-2320 ◦ Email: [email protected] happy and healthy New Year. Brian D. Sadur, President
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LEGAL AnnouncEmEnTS facturers and distributors with respect to amenities available: kitchen, conference products regulated under the Federal room, etc. Call 301-654-7540. Dragga, Hannon, Hessler & wills, L.L.p. Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act bETHESDA – Office suite in private takes pleasure in announcing that Lindsay (FIFRA). Mr. Blum and Ms. Summers have building across from Bethesda Metro; parvis has become a partner. The firm is joined the firm as Associates after both approximately 800 sq. ft. with private located at 110 North Washington St., Suite being law clerks with the firm. Mr. Blum is entrance. Parking and all amenities 300, Rockville, MD. a member of the Litigation, Family Law and available: kitchen, conference room, etc. mccarthy wilson LLp is very pleased to Employment Law practice groups and is Call 301-654-7540. announce that michael b. De Troia has admitted to practice in Maryland. Ms. bETHESDA – Three windowed offices been named a Partner of the Firm. Mike has Summers is a member of the Virginia Bar available in downtown Bethesda law office: been a member of the Civil Litigation, and is part of the firm’s Employee Benefits, Reception, conference rooms, copier, etc., with Insurance Defense, Worker’s Compensation Employment Law, Estate Planning, suite of attorneys; definite referral and Personal Injury practice groups for the Mergers/Acquisitions and Retirement Plans opportunities; parking in building and next to past eight years, and he works primarily in practice groups. michelle J. chapin, an large public parking garage, 1 block from the area of civil trial litigation. Mike has Associate in the firm’s Estate Planning, Metro, workstations also available. Perfect for handled or assisted the handling of hun - Estate/Trust Administration, Business/ sole practitioner or small firm. Virtual office dreds of cases for individual, institutional Commercial Transactions and Tax practice arrangements also available. Please contact and commercial clients, including jury and groups, who has been a member of the Peggy at 301-961-6464 x3322 if interested. bench trials, administrative hearings, arbi - Virginia Bar for the last 7 years, has passed trations, and appellate proceedings in the the Maryland Bar and is currently admitted GAiTHERSbuRG – Kentlands Profes - State and Federal courts of Maryland and to practice in Maryland, Virginia and the sional Suites. One office available for rent. the District of Columbia. Mike started as a District of Columbia. Great location in the Kentlands. Free DSL service. Perfect for a sole practitioner. law clerk for McCarthy Wilson, and upon Amanda K. Leatherman has joined the Please contact Ray at 301-330-6790 or completion of his Judicial clerkship with family law firm of weinberg & Schwartz, [email protected] the Honorable William J. Rowan, III, Mike L.L.c., as an associate, after working for returned to the firm as an associate, before the firm as a law clerk beginning in June KEnSinGTon – 1 office available for now being welcomed to partnership. Mike 2010. Ms. Leatherman graduated from the rent with or without secretarial station. 1 can be reached in the Firm’s Rockville University of Maryland School of Law in exterior office with window. 1 secretarial office at 301-762-7770 or via email at May 2012 after receiving her Bachelor’s station. Shared office suite with small law [email protected]. Degree in Neuroscience and Media and firm in commercial building. Access to paley Rothman is pleased to welcome Communications Studies, summa cum conference room. Ideal for professional James p. Rathvon and cristen S. Rose as laude, from Ursinus College in May 2009. with assistant or individual use. Rent: $700 the firm’s two newest Shareholders, as well Ms. Leatherman was admitted to the for office space; $1,000 for office space and as Jack blum and Jessica b. Summers as Maryland Bar in December 2012. secretarial station. Located at 10605 the firm’s two newest Associates. Mr. Concord Street, Suite 206, Kensington, Maryland. Free Parking. For information, Rathvon has more than 30 years of experi - REnT/LEASE ence in the areas of environmental, food and contact Eugene Souder at 301-668-5111. drug and administrative law. He and Ms. bETHESDA – Large windowed office RocKViLLE/GAiTHERSbuRG – One Rose (both formally with DLA Piper) have suite w/private bathroom and separate windowed office available in new suite in a nationally recognized pesticide, regulato - secretarial space on 2nd floor in private five story office building located on the ry and litigation practice focused on, among building across from Bethesda Metro; corner of Route 355 and Shady Grove other things, representing chemical manu - approximately 400 sq. ft. Parking and Road. Share office suite with small family The bar center is your center! The office away from your office A private office available for members to use to meet clients, or just spend time working while waiting between hearings. Video conference Room A brand new conference room set up with the latest in video conferencing capabilities. ~ These spaces are yours to use as members of the Bar Association of Montgomery County, MD. They are handicap accessible, and Wi-Fi is available in all of the Bar Center. To reserve the rooms, simply contact Maria at 301-424-3454 or [email protected]. The bar center bar Association of montgomery county. mD 27 w Jefferson Street, Rockville, mD 20850
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law firm. Space for your assistant available. office on first floor of two-level office RocKViLLE – Several window offices Furnished or unfurnished. Great location, building that has a reception area, for rent in quiet, cathedral ceiling Rockville only ten minutes from the courthouse. conference room, kitchen, copier, FAX townhouse. Use of conference rooms, Plenty of free parking. Use of reception machine and free, recently renovated library, kitchen and spacious client waiting area, conference room, kitchen and DSL. parking lot. Monthly rent for each office is areas. Plenty of free parking. Digital copier Reasonable rent. Call 301-926-8822 or negotiable. Walking distance to Circuit/ use available. Short walk to Circuit and email [email protected]. District Courts, Rockville Town Center and District Court. Practice law comfortably. RocKViLLE – ADAMS LAW CENTER Metro. Contact Benjamin A. Klopman at First month's rent is free. Call 301-251- IN DOWNTOWN ROCKVILLE – Four 301-424-0677. 1600. beautifully renovated individual offices RocKViLLE – 17 W. Jefferson St. – Up RocKViLLE – Two (2) Townhouse Law with additional space for support personnel. to 3,000 sq. ft. contiguous space available in Offices for rent $500.00 / month – 1st floor Walk to the new Rockville Town Center. very nice office suite. Formerly a title office, 12’ x 14’, 2nd floor office, 15’ x 22’. Free parking. Rent all or part. For company with hardwood floor reception Reception area, library / conference room. information call Alice Thomas or Bill Wood and several windowed offices. Also, Open parking. Contact Rick at 301-251- at 301-424-6200. individual and smaller spaces available in 9120 or [email protected]. RocKViLLE – Complete Office Suite for lawyer shared office environment. WiFi, RocKViLLE – Walk to Courthouses and rent to sole practitioner or small firm. Special VOIP and other amenities. Lots of parking Metro. One block from Rockville Town rate to business, tax, or commercial practice. available. Lowest rents in downtown Center. Three windowed office spaces Three private offices, secretarial/reception Rockville. Next to District and Circuit available together or separate. 9 1/2 x 10 area, storage room, and restroom. Lovely Courts and Bar Association Building. 1/2+ and 13 x 9+. Plenty of parking for second floor view of Route 355 and the Contact Johnny Garza at 301-340-8200. tenants and guests. Includes use of conference room, waiting area, kitchenette. Metro trains. Jackson Place South Office RocKViLLE – 7th Floor office with view Copier/scanner/fax available and answering Condominium in front of Montgomery on Route 355 with ample free parking, service at extra cost. Stop by anytime. Call College. Lots of parking and easy access. walking to Court and Metro, receptionist, 301-279-8773. Alan Zipp, CPA-Attorney, 301-340-0084. conference room, kitchen, and available RocKViLLE – One partially furnished secretarial area. Call Kathy at (301) 762- office on second floor and one unfurnished 7200. ATToRnEy oppoRTuniTiES JEnnifER fAiRfAx ASSociATE – Our Estate Planning & Administration Group is looking for an Adoption Law • Reproduction Law • Surrogacy • Donor Agreements Associate Attorney to join a sophisticated Domestic, Second Parent and Relative Adoptions estate and trust practice. We would prefer a candidate with 4 - 6 years of experience, an LLM in taxation, and drafting experience. 827 Woodside Parkway We invite you to send your resume to Mary Silver Spring, MD 20910 301.221.9651 Jane Tiedeman, Pasternak & Fidis, P.C., via fax: 240.491.9551 fax to 301-656-3053 or email to [email protected] [email protected]. www.jenniferfairfax.com ATToRnEy(S) – AV rated Montgomery County law firm looking to expand through Fellow of the Fellow of the relationship with experienced attorney(s). AMERICAN ACADEMY OF AMERICAN ACADEMY OF Of Counsel (or similar relationship) position Adoption Attorneys Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys available for attorney(s) with a Member of RESOLVE Mid-Atlantic Region • Licensed in Maryland and the District of Columbia complementary practice. We are looking to expand our general practice law firm by one FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: or two attorneys who have a portable practice and desire to work in a collegial On December 5, 2012, the Mid- members to take advantage of the setting. Please send resume and nature of Atlantic Association of Professional latest technological advances. To obtain interest to Box F13-01 Bar Association of Process Servers (MAAPPS) held its more information on the organization, Montgomery County, MD, 27 W. Jefferson annual meeting in Rockville, MD. The please contact: [email protected] or Street, Rockville, MD 20850. Association, which is composed of most 1-855-2-MAAPPS, or by mail: of the major process serving firms in Mid Atlantic Association of Professional ATToRnEy – Lighthouse Property the DC, MD and Virginia area, saluted Process Servers, P.O. Box 4409, Management, located at 9419 Georgia Ave., its retiring president, Torri Schaffer, and Rockville, MD 20849. Suite #207 in Silver Spring, MD, is looking elected its new officers. to hire a full-time in-house attorney MAAPPS aims to both educate specializing in landlord and tenant law to its members with the rules of the head our legal department. This position tri-state area—and to induce its requires about 25% travel time. We seek an experienced or recent graduate attorney that P.O. Box 4409 | Rockville, MD 20849 | 855-2-MAAPPS (855-262-2777) | www.maapps.org specializes in real estate, representing (Continued on following page
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(Continued from preceding page) pARTnER – Attorney with 14 years of practice. Excellent oral communication skills property Management Companies, experience in family, business, and personal and persuasive writing is required. Having Homeowners Associations, Condominium injury law, and 10 years of experience in some portable business is desirable, but not Associations and apartment buildings in the establishing and expanding a law firm is necessary. Send resume, writing sample, and Maryland, DC and Northern Virginia area. seeking an exceptional person for partnership references to Montgomery County Bar Applicant should be able to provide effective in a new law firm. The ideal candidate is an Association Internal Box F13-02, Bar legal representation in all aspects of property entrepreneurial, energetic, intelligent, hard Association of Montgomery County, MD, 27 and real estate law, including Foreclosures; working attorney with minimum of 4 years of West Jefferson St., Rockville, MD 20850. FSBO (For Sale By Owner Transactions); trial experience. You must be an all around Partitions; Easements; Real Estate Litigation; person who can shift gears when necessary so Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real you can properly deal with clients, foR SALE Estate; Pay or Quit Notices and Evictions prospective clients, opposing counsel, judges, Maryland Reports 64 through 338 and processes. This is a permanent position with etc. Candidate must be committed to Maryland Appellate Reports 1 through 105. an opportunity to head our Legal Department. business development to promote the firm’s Best Offer. Please call 301-762-8860, ext. 301. Applicants are encouraged to apply to [email protected]. womEn’S bAR founDATion THAnKS SuppoRTERS ATToRnEy – REAL ESTATE – Bethesda, The Montgomery County Women’s Bar Foundation hosted the 12th annual “Preparing for MD, AV Rated law firm seeks experienced Success” Fall Forum at Montgomery College, Rockville Campus on November 17, 2012. real estate attorney. Maryland bar admission, This year’s program included keynote speaker, Deborah Kearse, Esq., a wonderfully dynam - excellent academic credentials, experience in ic speaker and a great way to start the day. Once again, the girls participated in workshops purchase, sale and financing transactions, and tailored to meet their needs as they move into the next phase of their lives, either entering expertise in drafting transactional documents college or the workplace. Our workshops included: “How to Get a Job and Keep It”; “Fun required. Experience in commercial leasing, & Amazing Jobs”; “Community College & Beyond”; “Friend Request or Not?.” As we have done in the past, we offered workshops for girls who speak Spanish only. And for the first condominium creation, and closings time, we provided a class on financial aid and internet safety for the parents. This event desirable. Portable client base desirable, but would not be possible without the ongoing support of our community. The Women’s Bar not required. Send resume and cover letter to Foundation thanks you for your generosity and continued support of this program. [email protected]. ATToRnEy – RESiDEnTiAL SETTLEmEnTS ATToRnEy – The S largest independent Maryland law firm seeks n pushkin & o attorney with 3+ years of experience in i residential real estate settlements. Qualified T pushkin, inc. candidates must have strong academic A
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c • Loss of Earnings Studies providing oversight and support to the i settlement processing staff. Candidates must www.pushkinandpushkin.com m possess the ability to multi-task and organize Member of the National Association of Forensic Economics large workloads, and thrive in a fast-paced o n pushkin & pushkin, inc. environment. Qualified candidates will have o 30 E Padonia Rd., Suite 406 • Timonium, MD 21093 the opportunity to expand into title insurance claims defense, commercial transactions, and c Baltimore: 410.561.1945 • Washington: 301.951.9430 E other areas of real estate practice. The Maryland Bar is required. Extremely competitive salary and benefits package. Long-term career and partnership potential. To reward and motivate performance, our compensation system is based on productivity, not seniority. All resumes will be held in the strictest confidence. For consideration, please submit resume to: [email protected]. If you are interested in applying for employment with Shulman Rogers and believe you need special assistance or an accommodation to apply for a posted position, contact our Human Resources Department at 301-230-5249. Hearing impaired users please have your relay service provider contact our Human Resources Department at 301-230-5249.
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wE nEED VoLunTEERS The Family Law Self Help Center is in need of vol - unteer attorneys to help self represented litigants in fami - ly law matters with legal information and/or legal advice. If you have a desire to serve self represented liti - gants you can help in one of two ways: 1. impromptu Volun- teering: If you happen to be at the Courthouse between 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm and have a little time to spare, stop by and see one, or maybe two, clients. We almost always have clients waiting during lunch hours, and could use your assis - tance. 2. Scheduled Volun - teering: If you have more time to spare or prefer a more structured arrangement, please contact our Bar liaison: Judi Bluefeld, (301) 279- 7817, [email protected], or stop by and consult with the Center staff. In that way, we can let you know when the Center will be shorthanded, and can most use your valu - able assistance. Time that you volunteer at the Family Law Self Help Center can be counted as Pro Bono hours to the Court of Appeals.
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