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PGCBA NewsJournal Newsletter of the Prince George’s County Bar Association, Inc. www.pgcba.com May 2015 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Colleagues, and the unpopular King. The barons were tired of paying ever-increasing “We must taxes to the government so that the never cease King could wage a losing war for INSIDE THIS ISSUE to proclaim in lands in France. The barons refused fearless tones to pay and threatened a civil war. Bar Directory Page 2 the great The barons demanded that the King principles of agree to protections of church rights, Member Announcements Page 4-5 freedom and protection from illegal imprisonment, the rights of man which are the access to swift justice, and limitations Candidate Profiles Page 6-10 joint inheritance of the English- on taxation and other feudal payments speaking world and which through to the Crown, with certain forms of Article by Robert Bonsib and Megan Coleman Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights, feudal taxation requiring baronial Page 12-17 the Habeas Corpus, trial by jury, consent. With little room to argue, Tort Seminar and the English common law find the King agreed and affixed his seal Page 18 their most famous expression cont’d on next page... Annual Meeting/Election in the American Declaration of Page 19 Independence.” Family Law, Matters – Winston Churchill Page 20 - 21 Every year on May 1st, America Article –CSA on Criminally NEXT BIG EVENT! Negligent Manslaughter celebrates Law Day, to remind Page 24 us how law and the legal process Annual Meeting/ Justice for Veterans contributes to the freedoms that all Page 27 Elections Americans share. 2015 marks the Honoring the Honorable Julia B. Circuit Court Library 800th anniversary of the creation Weatherly Page 29 of the Magna Carta. What started Community Legal Services as an agreement between rebellious Tuesday, June 9, 2015 Page 32 English barons and a King wary of a 6:00 P.M. Civil War, has morphed through the J. Franklyn Bourne/PGCBA Newton White Mansion Golf Classic centuries into the cornerstone of the Page 36-37 See page 19 democratic legal system. Article – The Business of Practicing Law Page 38 The Magna Carta was not meant as a constitution between the government Classified Ads Like us Page 43 and its citizens. Instead, it was a on Facebook! peace treaty between rebel barons Speakers Bureau Bankruptcy Law Hon. Gerard Devlin ......................................... 301-262-1696 John D. Burns.................................................301-441-8780 Traffic School Brown Bag Lunches Published monthly (except Jul./Aug.) by the PGCBA Hon. C. Philip Nichols, Jr ............................... 301-952-3907 Benjamin E. Rupert ........................................301-952-5158 Nakia Gray .....................................................301-220-2200 PGCBA MISSION STATEMENT MEMBER SERVICES SECTION ...to represent the legal profession and to serve Mentoring Program Criminal Law Donnell Turner ................................................ 301-952-4159 Todd Steuart ...................................................301-322-2000 its members and the community by promoting Scott Carrington .............................................301-952-2704 justice, professional excellence, collegiality and Fee and Dispute Conciliation Program Benjamin E. Rupert ........................................301-952-5158 respect for the law. Bryon K. Richardson ...................................... 301-952-5238 Probate, Estates, Trusts & Elderlaw PGCBA OFFICES Memorial Benjamin J. Woolery ......................................301-262-3600 Hon. William D. Missouri ............................... 301-952-3728 Kathy Brissette-Minus ...................................301-883-8710 MARLBOROUGH PROFESSIONAL PARK Timothy O’Brien ............................................301-220-2200 14330 OLD MARLBORO PIKE Solo Practitioner UPPER MARLBORO, MD 20772 Jennifer Muskus .............................................. 301-449-7444 Family Law Office: 301-952-1442 Lisa Hesse ......................................................301-262-6000 Technology Alphonso Hearns ............................................301-772-0248 Fax: 301-952-1429 OPEN www.pgcba.com Federal Practice Young Lawyers Robert C. Bonsib ............................................301-441-3000 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Benjamin E. Rupert ......................................... 301-952-5158 ROBIN B. HADDEN Llamilet Gutierrez ........................................... 301-699-2812 Immigration Law [email protected] Jennifer A. King .............................................. 301-352-4950 Joseph Trevino ...............................................301-441-3131 PGCBA LAWYER REFERAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION Juvenile Law By-Laws/Parliamentarian OPEN ELIZABETH ANDERSON Hon. Gerard Devlin ......................................... 301-262-1696 301-952-1440 Labor & Employment [email protected] History Jay P. Holland.................................................301-220-2200 Carolyn Starks Saxon ...................................... 301-952-3239 PGCBA TRAFFIC SCHOOL Law Practice Seminars (Bench to Bar) ROBIN HADDEN Community Legal Services Liaison Hon. Erik H. Nyce .........................................301-952-4060 Hon. Cathy Hollenberg Serrette ...................... 301-952-3132 Llamilet Gutierrez ..........................................301-699-2812 301-952-8154 Jennifer King ..................................................301-352-4950 [email protected] MSBA Liaison Bryon Bereano ................................................ 301-502-1972 Tort Law NEWSJOURNAL Jeffrey Harding ............................................... 301-627-5500 Giancarlo Ghiardi ...........................................301-982-8617 ROBIN B. HADDEN Robert Clark ...................................................301-572-5000 EDITOR Membership & Admissions [email protected] Hon. Clayton Aarons ....................................... 301-389-3174 Workers’ Compensation Debora Fajer-Smith ........................................301-220-2200 Newsjournal ASSISTANT EDITOR Benjamin Woolery .......................................... 301-262-3600 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SECTION VERONICA POPE Hon. Clayton Aarons ....................................... 301-389-3174 Alter Ego Program 301-952-1442 Byron Richardson ........................................... 301-952-5238 Hon. Joseph L. Wright ...................................301-699-2728 [email protected] Bar Nominations & Elections Judicial Nominating Committee 2014- 2015 OFFICERS Jennifer Muskus .............................................. 301-449-7444 Jeffrey Harding ..............................................301-627-5500 President: Denise M. Bowman Sponsorships Legislative President Elect: Hon. Joseph Wright Giancarlo M. Ghiardi ...................................... 301-982-8617 Denise M. Bowman .......................................301-292-3300 Treasurer: Jeffrey Harding SOCIAL & SPECIAL COMMITTEES PGCBA Liaison to Seventh Judicial Circuit YLS Secretary: Walter Green Golf Tournament Turner Sothoron .............................................301-395-5239 Immediate Past President: Jennifer Muskus Hon. Toni Clarke ............................................. 301-298-4056 Hon. Joseph Wright ......................................... 301-298-4055 Prince George’s Pro Bono Com. Rep. DIRECTORS Coordinates with the State Pro Bono Standing Hospitality Suite Committee Hon. Clayton Aarons, Michael L. Adams, Board Officers Alyssa Chang .................................................301-353-0081 Jason DeLoach, Manuel Geraldo, Giancarlo Ghiardi, Hon. Robin D. Gill Bright, Nakia Gray, Llamilet Sports Leagues Prince George’s County Criminal Justice Coordinating Jeffrey R. DeCaro ........................................... 301-352-4950 Com. Rep. Gutierrez, Jennifer King, Donnaka Lewis, Hon. Erik Hon. Clayton Aarons ......................................301-389-3174 H. Nyce*, Byron Richardson, Benjamin Rupert*, Auctions Prince George’s County Court Elsa W. Smith .................................................. 301-358-4340 Committee for Modernization of the Court Reporter’s Elsa W. Smith, C. Todd Steuart, Hon. Katina Steuart, Nakia Gray ...................................................... 301-220-2200 Office Hon. Ann Wagner-Stewart, Donnell Turner, Steven Llamilet Gutierrez ........................................... 301-699-2812 Hon. Clayton Aarons ......................................301-389-3174 Vinick, Magistrate Judy Woodall, Donnaka Lewis ............................................... 301-952-2708 Hon. Ann Wagner Stewart............................... 301-952-4017 TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR CLIENT REFERRALS Benjamin Woolery, Hon. Katina Steuart ......................................... 301-952-3500 FOR PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICES Hon. Gerard Devlin, Parliamentarian Phone...................................... 240-391-6370/240-391-6395 *Appointed to the Executive Committee by the President LITIGATION SECTION Administrative Law Lawyers in Need COMMUNITY SERVICES SECTION Daniel F. Lynch ............................................... 301-441-2420 James Flynn ...................................................301-848-4877 Law Day - OPEN Abigale Bruce-Watson .................................... 301-952-0005 Robin Shell.....................................................240-472-9919 Law Links Alternative Dispute Resolution Ethics Hotline Hon. Sheila R. Tillerson Adams .....................301-952-3766 Alyssa Chang .................................................. 301-353-0081 John R. Foran .................................................301-441-2022