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December 6, 2016; 12:15PMSpeaker:

Robert L. Green, Director, Montgomery County

Department of Correction and Rehabilitation

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THE BAR ASSOCIATION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD

CONTENTS

In compliance with Article VII of the Bar Association Constitution, the member-ship is hereby notified that a General Election for new Officers and Executive Com-mittee will be conducted.

If you are interested in run-ning for any of the positions, please email either contact listed below by January 11th.

Julie Petersen [email protected] Knight, Committee Chair Kathy.Knight@ montgomerycountymd.gov

ELECTION NOTIFICATION FOR OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE By Lauri E. Cleary

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.

-- Pearl S. Buck

Recently I was saddened and shocked to learn that a dear friend some 30 years my senior had been defrauded of a lifetime of retirement sav-ings—everything but the house to which my

friend’s family had moved during the Eisenhower administration. Shortly after the death of my friend’s last immediate family mem-ber, my friend was targeted, threatened, harassed and then de-frauded. More than a half century of savings and pension benefits relied upon to support a comfortable retirement were gone in a few days’ time. Even though the scam was discovered fairly quick-ly, less than 7% can be recovered. My friend was lucky to preserve the family home.

I was shocked because my friend has always been keenly intel-ligent, sophisticated and fiercely independent. I couldn’t fath-om that such a bright, witty, worldly-wise individual had been scammed. And I was shocked because despite my awareness of the growing epidemic of elder fraud in our community, it never occurred to me to reach out to this person. The scammers are pro-fessionals who cast a wide net for solid and successful elders who, like my friend, may be grief-stricken or otherwise vulnerable to in-timidation and are likely to be too humiliated when confronted by purported tax and other errors of which scammers accuse them to reach out for help. Scammers make easy assumptions about their victims and seem to “know” a great deal about them to bol-ster their credibility. And they count on others to be too polite and respectful of the privacy of their elders—particularly with respect to financial matters—to offer help or even raise the topic without being asked. Some of us fear that such a gesture may be mistaken for snooping or bad manners or worse—opportunism. Do it any-way! Raise the topic of scammers who pose as tax collectors, law enforcement, banking or service providers with whom your older friends deal. Even when elderly victims are not perceptibly frail or failing in mind or body, they can be vulnerable at times just the same.

Enter the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office’s Special Prosecutions Division and Crimes Against Seniors and Vulnerable Adults Unit. This Unit has expertise specific to crimes like the one committed against my friend, and works with specially trained

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3 Current Update

5 A Balancing Act

8 Legal Ethics

12 New Practitioner Section

13 Committees/ Sections

Bar Foundation 16 Endowment Committee

17 Bar Foundation CLE Insert

25 Pro Bono

26 Specialty Bar Associations

27 Rent/Lease Ads

28 Attorney Opportunities

30 States Attorney Schedules

31 Judges Schedules

Back Calendar


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

[email protected]

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

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

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

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

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

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

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

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

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

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

2016- 2017 Officers and ChairsASSOCIATION OFFICERS President: Lauri E. ClearyPresident-Elect: James A. Mood, Jr.Treasurer: Ronald S. CanterTreasurer-Elect: Keith J. RosaSecretary: Bibi M. BerryPast President: Lynn Caudle BoyntonExecutive Director: Julie PetersenEXECUTIVE COMMITTEEHeather S. CollierPaul ChungAindrea M. ConroyKaren A. FerrettiPatrick J. HooverChristina M. Hughes

Sherri D. KochRhian McGrathHon. Eric J. NeeJeremy D. RachlinHon. Holly D. Reed, IIIRosalyn Tang

New Practitioners Co-Chairs:Joshua Bienstock & Elizabeth McInturffCOMMITTEE CHAIRSAssoc./Found. – Ann. Mtg. & Law Day – Keith J. Rosa – (240) 777-9108Bench/Bar-Circuit – David C. Merkin – (301) 762-9200; Jeremy Rachlin, Co-Chair – (301) 913-2948; Michael A. Taylor – (301) 762-9200Bench/Bar-District Court – Reginald W. Bours – (301) 340-7600; Richard D. London – (301) 588-6900Budget – Joseph A. Lynott, III – (301) 424-5100Community Outreach - Jessica S. Blumberg – (301) 657-0742; Revee M. Walters – (240) 507-1768Fee Dispute Resolution – Robert C. Park, Jr. – (301) 961-5175; Karen Robbins – (301) 668-3222Judicial Selections – Michael T. Nalls – (301) 654-4626; Stephanie L. Fink, Vice Chair – (301) 762-8872Lawyer Assistance – Karen H. Alegi – (240) 489-3428; William E. Hewitt, Jr. – (301) 424-8520Lawyer Referral – Louis M. Leibowitz – (301) 279-0224Leadership Development – Christopher W. Roberts – (301) 657-0168; Keith J. Rosa – (240) 777-9108Legal Ethics – Allen J. Katz – (301) 840-8007; Samuel M. Shapiro – (301) 340-1333; Daniel L. Shea – (301) 424-1060Legislation – J. Bradford McCullough – (301) 657-0734; Catherine H. McQueen – (240) 507-1700 Membership Benefits – Rand L. Gelber – (301) 251-0202; Mallon A. Snyder – (301) 762-7500 Mentor/Mentee (sub of New Practitioners) - Emily B. Gelman – (301) 340-2020Nominations & Elections – Mary Katherine Knight – (240) 777-7400Social – Mary McGuinness Saxon – (202) 466-8960 Amanda C. Smith – (240) 614-7543Social Media / Technology – Jessica S. Blumberg – (301) 657-0742; Keith J. Rosa – (240) 777-9108 Softball – Eby Kalantar – (410) 514-7051Specialty Bar Associations – Amanda L. Vann – (301) 563-6685Strategic Planning – Casey Weinberg Florance – (301) 838-3318Youth Courthouse Project – Stephen H. Chaikin – (240) 777-7405; Patricia P. Via – (240) 777-6721

SECTION CHAIRSAdministrative Law – John T. Henderson, Jr. – (410) 229-4100; Marina L. Sabett, Vice Chair – (410) 935-4786Alternative Dispute Resolution – Robert L. Baum – (301) 610-0610; Kenneth A. Vogel – (202) 332-7323Business Law – David E. Kay – (301) 657-0724Collaborative Law – Roger A. Hayden, II – (301) 656-8850; Eshigo P. Okasili – (301) 452-4929; Eric J. Wexler – (301) 296-4465Commercial Litigation – E. Andrew Cole – (301) 838-3218; Michael J. Neary – (301) 657-0740Criminal Law – Peter W. Larson – (240) 777-7398; David H. Moyse – (240) 292-7200Education Law – Lisa S. Becker – (240) 778-2304; David M. Briglia – (240) 482-0581Elder Law – Morris Klein – (301) 652-4462; Mary Jo Broussard-Speier – (301) 468-5657Employment Law – Joy C. Einstein – (301) 945-9250; Gregg C. Greenberg – (301) 587-9373Estates & Trusts – Jay M. Eisenberg – (301) 230-5223Family Law – Sandra A. Brooks – (240) 507-1700; Christina M. Hughes – (240) 360-0882; Heather R. Sweren – (301) 869-1700Immigration – Parva Fattahi, Chair – (301) 263-4516 Intellectual Property & Technology – Michael L. Greenberg – (202) 625-7000; Raymond Van Dyke – (202) 378-3903Juvenile Law – Amy J. DiBiasio – (440) 221-2810; Corey E. Talcott – (240) 777-6767Law Firm Management – Amy B. Strent – (301) 657-0010New Practitioners – Joshua I. Bienstock – (301) 251-1600; Elizabeth J. McInturff – (301) 230-5230Chamber Chats – Jamie B. Maier – (301) 738-5700Personal Injury Litigation – Paul S. Chung (Plaintiff) – (301) 230-5230; Andre M. Forte (Defense) – (301) 791-6924Real Estate – Matthew D. Alegi – (301) 230-6574; Sarah Cline – (301) 945-9245Solo & Small Firm – Evan V. Goitein – (301) 323-8272; David A. Schiller – (301) 315-0801Taxation Law – John S. Pontius, Jr. – (410) 497-5947; Mark W. Schweighofer – (301) 838-3233Workers Compensation Law – William J. Inman – (301) 315-9400; Jeffrey W. Stickle – (240) 777-6728

BAR FOUNDATION OFFICERS(Effective July 1, 2016)

President: Lynn Caudle BoyntonPresident-Elect: Lauri E. ClearyTreasurer: Alan S. ZippSecretary: Casey Weinberg FlorancePast President: Mallon A. SnyderBOARD OF DIRECTORSMichael G. BanksBradford S. BernsteinHon. Sharon V. BurrellHeather CollierHon. John W. Debelius, IIIPaul H. EthridgeJo B. FogelCaitlin C. GrantHon. Anne S. HarringtonKevin G. HesslerHeather Q. HostetterDaniel M. Kennedy, III

Lili KhozeimehJoseph A. Lynott, IIIHon. Mary Beth McCormickRichard H. MelnickHon. John C. MoffettJames A. Mood, Jr.John M. QuinnAndrew L. SchwartzDonna E. Van ScoyBenjamin S. Vaughan Patricia M. Weaver

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

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

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

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

(301) 424-8520 / [email protected]

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Hon. Gale E. Rasin (Ret.)Retired Judge, Circuit Court for Baltimore City

The Honorable Gale E. Rasin (Ret.) served Baltimore City admirably for more than twenty years, starting in the District Court for Baltimore City and later in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Prior to her judicial career, Judge Rasin was the Director of the Maryland Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. She also enjoyed several years in private practice and served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Maryland and Assistant State’s Attorney for Anne Arundel County. Judge Rasin now brings her skill and experience to The McCammon Group to serve the mediation and arbitration needs of lawyers and litigants throughout Maryland and beyond.

CIRCUIT COURT NOTESJohn W. Debelius, Administrative JudgeMONROE STREET ENTRANCEThe Monroe Street Entrance to the Montgomery County Cir-cuit Court has reopened.

Access to the Circuit Court is now available through Monroe Street, Maryland Avenue, and the Terrace Level. We would again thank everyone for their patience during the renova-tions.

NEW DEADLINE FOR CIVIL TRACK III- JOINT PRETRIAL STATEMENTSEffective September 1, 2016 all civil cases assigned to Track III have an advanced deadline for the filing of the Joint Pretrial Statement. The deadline will now be seventeen (17) days pri-or to the Pretrial Hearing. The new deadline will only effect cases filed on or after Septem-

ber 1, 2016 and will be reflected in both the Scheduling Order and the Order for Mandatory Settlement Conference/Pretrial Hearing. If you have any ques-tions regarding this change, please contact Rick Dabbs, DCM Coordinator at 240-777-9358 or [email protected].

CHANGE OF ADDRESSTo assure prompt delivery and receipt of court notices, please be sure to advise the Clerk’s of-fice as soon as you are aware of any address change for your of-fice or your clients.

WEBSITE REDESIGN SURVEYThe Circuit Court is rede-signing its website. Every-one is encouraged to pro-vide feedback by way of our on-line survey available at http://tinyurl.com/j5sx5cm/. This 1-minute survey will help us with our design efforts to ensure the website is user friendly and provides the most important information to our patrons.

ONLINE TRANSCRIPTION ORDERING PROCESSIn an effort to streamline the process of ordering tran-scripts, you no longer need to place orders through the Court’s Technical Services De-partment. To order a tran-script, simply go to the Court’s website home page and click on the link on the left hand side to submit a Transcript Request. The request will be forwarded to the transcription contractor, Deposition Ser-vices, Inc., and the contractor will provide you with an esti-mate. You will work directly with the Deposition Services

to place your order. All de-posits and final payments will be paid to the contractor. If you do not have access to the on-line form, paper requests can be mailed to Montgom-ery County Circuit Court, 50 Maryland Avenue, Technical Services, Room T-020, Rock-ville, MD 20850 or faxed to 240-777-9164. Deposition Services can be contacted by email at: [email protected] or by telephone at: 301-881-3344 ext. 1030 to arrange for esti-mates, payment and delivery options. If you have questions regarding these changes, please

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Montgomery County Police detectives to investigate and prosecute scammers. Program Manager Kelly Davis will work with attorneys to put them in touch with MCP personnel to investigate and take action (including the issuance of war-rants to recover any funds that can be located) immediately when such a crime has oc-curred. The State’s Attorney’s Office has published a helpful brochure describing the work of this Unit.

In addition to law enforcement resources, the Aging and Dis-ability Resource Unit of the Montgomery County Depart-ment of Health and Human Services provides general—yet personalized—assistance to seniors, persons with disabili-ties and caregivers. The Unit not only offers referrals, but it helps those in need to de-termine their eligibility and to apply for services. Its staffers are on duty covering phones, meeting with clients at senior and community centers, and even making home visits and conducting other outreach ac-tivities.

On a related note, after helping my friend I saw a posting on the MSBA Criminal Law Sec-tion listserve seeking advice on obtaining screening dispo-sitions of crimes committed by seniors—perhaps due to the onset of depression, dementia or some other psychological or physiological issue. Unbe-

knownst to me at the time, these crimes are all too com-mon. Also unbeknownst to me, the DHHS Area Agency on Ag-ing and our State’s Attorney’s Office are part of a working group formed months ago to address this issue and others. Just this month County Execu-tive Ike Leggett joins the group to kick off Montgomery Coun-ty’s Dementia Friendly Amer-ica Initiative. For contact and additional information, con-sult the County Government section of our BAMC Member-ship Directory for the State’s Attorney’s Office and Health and Human Services listings, the DHHS Unit webpage (with links to numerous publications and other helpful resources at http://tinyurl.com/hux3eo3, or call Mary Jo Broussard Speier or Morris Klein, Co-Chairs of the Bar Association’s Elder Law Section. Their contact infor-mation appears in the front of this newsletter.

Finally, in an effort to keep our senior and retired members connected and continuing to enjoy the benefits of BAMC membership, a few of them have suggested forming a Se-nior Lawyers’ group or section. Your Executive Committee enthusiastically supports this idea—why should Young Law-yers have all the fun? We will explore the best approach in coming months, as we contin-ue to fill in details of a Strate-gic Plan that is steadily taking shape.

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MCCC Law Library – CHECK IT OUTKate Martin, Library Director SIZZLING HOT TIPS FOR LITIGATORSFind out where the pros go to again and again to answer their litigation questions. The MCCC library has just the thing for ramping up your trial proce-dure expertise.

• Pleading Causes of Action in Maryland, 5th edition by Sandler & Archibald, MSBA. “The complaint is the founda-tion of all verdicts; this book is a blueprint of your case and will show its strengths and weaknesses.”

• Civil and Criminal Model Pattern Jury Instructions, by the MSBA. “These texts of jury instructions are volumes no practitioner should be with-out,” retired Chief Judge Rob-ert M. Bell.

• Maryland Civil Procedure Forms, 3d, by Klein, et al. With practice commentary, hundreds of essential sample forms are adroitly arranged by court rule number. See also Maryland Litigation Forms and Analysis by Strausberg, for additional versions of court pleadings.

• Maryland Rules Commen-tary, 4th, by Niemeyer, et al.

Experts in Maryland court pro-cedure offer analysis of each rule, focusing on general and civil procedures.

• Maryland Evidence Hand-book, 4th edition, by Murphy. Answers the question, “what’s your authority for that prop-osition?” and goes on to distill the best practices for putting evidence in the best context of the Maryland rules.

Plus a array of other greatest litigation hits: Maryland Law of Confessions by Jezic, et al; Maryland Criminal Procedure by Warnken; Appellate Prac-tice for the Maryland Lawyer, by Sandler et al; and more gems from our CLE and federal trea-tise collections.

Remember, most of these sources are available digital-ly and can be emailed to your home or office.

New in the library: Consumer Class Actions, 9th edition, by Stuart Rossman and Charles Delbaum. From the Nation-al Consumer Law Center, this treatise is a step-by-step guide to filing a class action — choosing the venue and fo-rum, drafting the complaint, and analyzing other elements of the case.

Remember—Find the answer fast at the Montgomery County Circuit Court Law Library 50 Maryland Avenue Rockville MD 20850 [email protected] 240-777-9120

Many lawyers let their practices happen. New business comes when it comes. Clients dictate their schedules. Em-ployee performance runs from excellent to poor. These law offices wait until right before trial to “catch up” on cases.

Another set of lawyers are the strategic leaders of their practic-es. The attorneys have a plan for business development. They set their schedules where possible. They regularly review staff for performance. Case work is done as soon as it can be.

Strategic lawyers are happier and less stressed. Getting work done early results in happier clients because you contact them regularly. Bills are not as overloaded around trial time. Practicing becomes fun again.

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

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The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office is receiving a number of District Court Writ of Execu-tions on form DC-CV-040 that are incomplete. The bottom of the form under the title “Writ of Execution of Property” is left blank, excluding the identification of the Sheriff’s Office county; the identity of the defendant; and the “property listed below” to be levied.

As of January 1, 2017, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office will be unable to accept District Court Writ of Executions for service unless the form is completed in its entirety and issued by the Clerk

NOTICE FROM THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

WRIT OF EXECUTION OF PROPERTY

To the Sheriff/Constable of ____________________________________________________________ County/City:

The Plaintiff filed a Request for Writ of Execution on ______________________________________________ You are to levy upon the property listed below:

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________________

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After levy you are to carry out the instructions of the Plaintiff as to the property, provided that, if bond is required for the payment of expenses that may be incurred by you in complying with Writ, it has been posted in the amount and with the security approved by you.

____________________________________________ _________________________________________ Date Clerk

DC-CV-040 (Rev. 09/2014) (Front)

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Seizing the Moment

On Saturday November 5, 2016, around 8:00 a.m. at the Montgomery County Circuit Court Courthouse, fi � een law student candidates, along with a� orneys and judges quietly fi led on to the 8th fl oor to begin the process of match-making. This of course was no ordinary big dance, but a measured movement of selecting Summer Scholars for the Montgomery County Summer Scholar Pipeline Program. A steady din of noise began as members of law fi rms se� led in and gathered at their respective rooms to interview the candidates for the long day ahead.

For the last six years, the Diversity Commi� ee of the Montgomery County Bar Foundation has organized and im-plemented the Summer Scholars Pipeline Program. Along with the participating Montgomery County law fi rms, the specialty bars such as the J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association, the Maryland Hispanic Bar Association and the Asian Pacifi c American Bar Association, participated in the program to fulfi ll its mission of diversifying the legal community in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Each of the specialty bars nominates fi ve student candidates, and the total group of fi � een law students become interviewees for summer clerkships. The Speed Interviews, as they are called because they resemble speed dating, all took place on November 5th, with the fi � een candidates interviewing with all ten fi rms. Because of their ongo-ing commitment to the program and to diversity in our County, we are honored to recognize these fi rms by name. They are:

Armstrong, Donohue, Ceppos, Vaughan & Rhoades; Bregman, Berbert, Schwartz & Gilday;

Jezic & Moyse; Joseph, Greenwald & Laake;

Lerch Early & Brewer; Paley, Rothman, Goldstein, Rosenberg, Eig & Cooper;

Pasternak & Fidis; Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker; Stein Sperling Benne� De Jong Driscoll;

Whiteford, Taylor & Preston.

One of the highlights during the Interview day were remarks made by Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Sharon V. Burrell. The Honorable Judge Burrell, reminded the audience of treating each other civilly and with re-spect because you never know with whom you may come across down the road. With leaders from all three of the specialty bars also present that day, it is clear that this program holds a distinctive place in Maryland, with Mont-gomery County leading the way by example.

Over the years, Summer Scholars have gone on to serve as law clerks to Montgomery County Circuit Court judges as well as federal judges, and some have found permanent homes with the fi rms they were recruited by for the sum-mer. The program provides a tremendous opportunity for the fi � een candidates to showcase their talents in ways that their resumes alone may not reveal. In turn, the fi rms have an opportunity to gain from cultural perspectives and viewpoints that they may not already have on board. By connecting law student nominees of the specialty bars with participating law fi rms for summer clerkships, it is the goal that these students may later become associates of the fi rms following graduation and members of our County Bar.

The commitment to diversity and inclusion is a call to action, not just rhetoric, by working to make the halls of our courts and our law fi rms look more like the community-at-large. We refl ect upon what it means to have a legal sys-tem that works for all. We applaud the fi rms who participate year a� er year and who strive to promote the promise of opportunity and achieve the goal of diversity in their own ranks.

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Ethics: On-Line Matchmaking Services Revisited and the Latest from the MSBA Ethics CommitteeDavid Briglia, Esquire Legal Ethics Committee

Committee Co-Chairs: Allen J. Katz Samuel M. Shapiro Daniel L. SheaLast February, this column featured an article about the recent crop of online, for-prof-it legal matchmaking services which offer to match those seeking legal services with a qualified attorney who can meet a client’s specific needs. The article highlighted two sig-nificant ethical obstacles facing Maryland attorneys who wish to accept referrals through on-line legal matchmaking sites: the prohibition against fee-sharing with non-lawyers under Rule 5.4(a) of the Mary-land Lawyer’s Rules of Profes-sional Conduct (“MLRPC”); and the prohibition against referral fees under MLRPC Rule 7.2(c).

Recently, the MSBA’s Commit-tee on Ethics issued an opinion on the subject — Ethics Dock-et No. 2016-14. This opinion is important, not only because it provides timely guidance in a rapidly evolving area in the le-gal profession, but also because it directly addresses the ethical propriety of an online match-making service model.

The company in question in Docket No. 2016-14 allows law-yers to advertise their availabil-ity to provide fixed-fee, limit-ed-scope legal services, at prices set by the marketing company, through its website. The client uses the company's website to purchase legal services, choos-es the lawyer the client wishes to hire, and pays the company a fixed-fee in advance for those services. Once the lawyer com-pletes the service, the company

pays the lawyer the full fixed-fee paid by the client. In a sep-arate transaction, the lawyer pays the company a per-service "marketing" fee, which is set by the company and differs in amount depending upon the fixed-fee paid by the client. Al-though the Committee’s opin-ion does not specifically iden-tify the marketing service in question, it appears to closely resemble the service offered on Avvo.com.1

Under MLRPC Rule 7.2(c), law-yers generally cannot pay re-ferral fees. But the company in question in Docket No. 2016-14 does not recommend or refer a client to a particular lawyer. Rather, the client chooses the lawyer from the company's online directory of lawyers in a particular geographic area. For this reason, the Committee concluded that the company is not operating a referral service

Lawyers also cannot share le-gal fees with non-lawyers un-

der MRPC Rule 5.4(a) (except in certain limited situations that do not apply to an online legal services program). An at-torney may, however, pay the reasonable cost of advertising under MRPC 7.2(c). Thus, what the Committee regarded as the “key question” in the sce-nario presented was whether a per-service "marketing" fee charged by the online legal ser-vice was a fee for legal services impermissibly shared with a non-lawyer, or instead a rea-sonable cost paid for advertis-ing.

In deciding whether the fee paid would constitute imper-missible fee-sharing or a per-missible advertising fee, the Committee reviewed several of its past opinions. In Docket No. 2012-07, it was concluded that the fee paid to a daily deal website was an advertising cost, even though the website collected fees from the client in advance, and the fee paid by

the lawyer to the website was based on a percentage of the fee paid by the client. In doing so, the Committee determined that a daily deal website was merely a form of advertising and the fee paid by the lawyer was the cost of advertising.

In Docket No. 2007-01, the question was whether a law-yer could pay a fee to appear in an online directory. Because the fee paid by the lawyer was not tied to any payment by a client, the Committee deter-mined that the fee paid by the lawyer was an advertising fee and, therefore, did not violate Rule 5.4(a).

In Docket No. 2004-21, the Committee focused on wheth-er a lawyer could pay a fee to be listed in an online legal directo-ry when the fee was paid only when the lawyer was retained by a client who learned of the lawyer through the directory. The company providing the online directory required law-

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In compliance with Article VII of the Bar Association Con-stitution, the membership is hereby notified that a General Election for new Officers and Executive Committee will be conducted.

If you are interested in running for any of the positions, please email either contact listed below by January 11th.

Julie Petersen: [email protected] Knight: [email protected]

If you would like to suggest or “volunteer” some of your fab-ulous fellow members to serve, we welcome that input too. We look forward to hearing from you.

Schedule

Slate printed in March newsletter with invitation for petition

Mar. 13, 2017 Petition Deadline

Mar. 15, 2017 Ballots Emailed to Members

April 7, 2017, 2PM Voting Deadline

May 5, 2017 Announcement of Results at the Annual Meeting

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yers to pay the fee to the com-pany from the lawyer's operat-ing or business account and to agree not to charge the fee to the client. The Committee de-termined that because the fee was contingent upon the client retaining the lawyer, the fee ef-fectively came from the client even though the fee was paid from the lawyer's operating or business account. The Com-mittee concluded that such an arrangement constituted an impermissible fee-sharing ar-rangement with a non-lawyer.

In its recent decision, after re-viewing the above opinions, the Committee concluded that the fee charged for participa-tion in an online fixed-fee legal program is most analogous to the fee charged to participate in the online legal directory discussed in Docket No. 2004-21. The lawyer would pay the fee only if the lawyer was re-tained by the client. Regardless of the fact that the fee arrange-

ment would be structured as two separate transactions, the Committee found that the fee would effectively be paid by the client because the fee paid to the company is tied directly to the fee earned by the lawyer.

Other facts suggested to the Committee that the service model considered in Docket No. 2016-14 was an impermissi-ble fee-sharing arrangement: The company, rather than participating attorneys, speci-fied the types of legal services that may be provided, set the fees for each legal service, and changed the fee due from the lawyer depending upon the amount of the fee charged to the client.

The Committee concluded its opinion in Docket No. 2016-14 by noting that a lawyer's rela-tionship with online, fixed-fee, legal services programs can present other potential ethi-cal issues under the Maryland

Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct, some of which are discussed in Docket No. 2012-07. The Committee thus rec-ommended that any lawyer considering an arrangement with an online fixed-fee legal

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Annual Toy DriveUnder Way

We are participating in our Annual Holiday Toy Drive to benefit the clients of the Family Justice Center Founda-tion. Please bring an unwrapped toy(s) or gift card(s) to the BAMC by December 8th.

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



NEW PRACTITIONER SECTIONJoshua Bienstock Elizabeth McInturffTo kick off the holiday season, we will be participating in our annual Holiday Toy Drive to benefit the clients of the Fam-ily Justice Center Foundation. Please bring an unwrapped toy(s) to the Bar Association of Montgomery County Bar Building, located at 27 West Jefferson Street, Rockville, MD 20850. In addition, you can bring your toys to the Bar Lun-cheon on December 6, 2016. We will be collecting donations until December 8, 2016. Thank you all in advance for partici-pating in this great cause.

There will be no section meet-ing for December, but stay tuned for e-mails and other announcements about further meetings in the New Year! We’ll keep you in the loop regarding any changes or additions to the existing schedule.

We look forward to a great year and, as always, if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Elizabeth at [email protected] or (301) 838-3236 or Josh at [email protected] or (301) 251-1600.

CHAMBER CHATSJamie MaierPlease join us on Thursday January 19, 2017 at 12:30 PM with the Honorable Anne K. Albright. The Chamber Chat will be held in the Courtroom 8B jury room, in the North Tow-

er of the Circuit Court. This is an excellent opportunity for practitioners, both new and experienced, to gain insight and knowledge in how to re-fine your trial advocacy skills, become a better prepared law-yer and to get to know Judge Albright. The Chamber Chat is open to all members of the Bar, not only members of the New Practitioner’s Section. We en-courage all to join.

Judge Albright has been a Judge on the Circuit Court bench since January 19, 2012. Prior to that, she was in private practice as a litigator, and was an Assistant Public Defender in Montgom-ery County from 1989 through 1991. Bring your lunch and take advantage of this opportunity to get to know a member of our Circuit Court bench in an infor-mal setting, ask Judge Albright questions about practicing law in the Circuit Court and learn essential litigation skills.

FUTURE CHAMBER CHATS:• February 16, 2017 – Judge McGann. Judge McGann’s top-ic is TBD. If you have any sug-gestions, please send them in!

• March 16, 2017 – Judge Storm. Judge Storm’s topic is TBD. If you have any sugges-tions, please send them in!

Please keep an eye out for emails from the New Prac-titioners Section. We’ll keep you in the loop regarding any changes or additions to the ex-isting schedule.

If you have any questions, please feel free to con-tact me at (301) 738-5700 or [email protected]. We hope to see you at the Chamber Chat!

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If you have been practicing law for less than seven years and would like guidance from a mentor, we encourage you to apply to get a mentor.

By participating in the Bar’s Mentor-Mentee Program, experienced attorney-mentors are paired with new-practitioner-mentees. The mentors share their experiences and wisdom with their mentees. Both mentors and mentees build relationships with each other, involve themselves in BAMC, and network with other mentors and mentees. With their involvement, each can learn from one another.

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A CALL FOR MENTORS

How to Ask for HelpAs attorneys, we provide help to others every day, whether it’s working with our clients to resolve their problems or pro-viding advice to an associate or colleague. But when it comes to ourselves, we are awful at seek-ing out assistance. Psycholo-gist Ellen Hendriksen, PhD, ex-plains the top reasons we don’t ask for help and how to get over them.

1. Fear of being a burden. Remember that most people love to help. It makes them feel good!

2. Fear of admitting we are out of control. Look at your problem as a separate “thing” that needs to be defeated. You and your helper become a team.

3. Fear of owing a favor. Rather than thinking of yourself as in-debted, think about feeling grateful.

4. Fear or appearing weak. Reframe your need for help from one of failure to handle something on your own to one of seeking out expert advice on the issue.

5. Fear of rejection. Include your insecurity about asking in your request. “I’m hesitant to bring this up but…”

For more on this and other tips from Ellen, you can visit her web-site or Facebook page.

Source: www.quickanddirtytips.com/savvy-psychologist

LAC can help an attorney get assistance for issues including de-pression, alcohol and drug abuse, stress and burnout, practice clo-sure, and other types of counseling. Please contact the LAC chairs or any member with concerns.

Thank you for reading!

Contacts

Bill Hewitt, Esquire, Co-Chair (301) 424-8520 Office [email protected]

Karen Alegi, Esquire, Co-Chair (240) 782-4400 Office [email protected]

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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW SECTION John T. Henderson, Jr., Chair

MEETING DATESDec. 7, 2016 Feb. 1, 2017Jan. 4, 2017 Mar. 1, 2017April 5, 2017 *Lower Level Conference RoomMeetings will be held on the 1st Wednesday of the month at 5:30PM in the Upstairs Confer-ence Room of the Bar Associa-tion building.

The Section has been meeting since September 2016! Our next meeting will be Wednesday, December 7, 2016, at 5:45 p.m. The December meeting will be held in the conference room of the bar association building, 27 West Jefferson Street, Rock-ville, Maryland, unless other-wise directed by signage.

Administrative Law Judge Ste-ven Adler, of the Maryland Of-

fice of Administrative Hearings, will be our guest speaker. Judge Adler will speak about the Octo-ber 1, 2016 changes to the Mary-land Transportation Article, specifically concerning “Noah’s Law” and MVA hearings.

All bar members are welcome to attend!

CIRCUIT COURT BENCH BAR COMMITTEEDavid C. Merkin, Co-Chair Jeremy D. Rachlin, Co-Chair Michael A. Taylor, Co-Chair

MEETING DATESDec. 7, 2016 Mar. 1, 2017Jan. 4, 2017 Apr. 5, 2017Feb. 1, 2017 May 3, 2017

June 7, 2017All meetings are open and any members of the BAMC are wel-come to attend the meetings. Meetings are held on the 1st

Wednesday of the month at 8:00 a.m. in the Administrative Judge’s Conference Room in the North Tower, Room 3240 of the Circuit Court building in Rockville.

The Circuit Court Bench-Bar Committee would like to thank all of those who came out to our November meeting The following issues were raised at the meeting:

MENTAL HEALTH COURTThe Circuit Court is pleased to announce that the mental health court, Judge Bair presid-ing, commenced its first docket on Friday, November 4th.

STATE OF THE COURT REPORTA copy of the State of the Court Report is available on the Circuit Court’s website. The Report highlights accom-plishments over the past year and previews initiatives for the coming year.

WELCOME TO JUDGE CHO AND JUDGE DWYER!The Committee would like to send a hearty welcome and con-gratulations to Judge Jeannie Cho and Judge Debbie Dwyer, our two newest Circuit Court judges. Judge Cho will initially be sitting in the family rotation. Judge Dwyer will initially be sit-ting in the general rotation. Both Judge Cho and Judge Dwyer will have their chambers on the fourth floor of the South Tower.

If you have any concerns or is-sues to bring to the Committee’s attention, please feel free to con-tact any of the Co-Chairs:

David: (301) 762-9200 or [email protected]; Jeremy: (240) 743-5410 or [email protected]; Michael: (301) 251-2772 or [email protected]

COLLABORATIVE LAW SECTIONRoger A. Hayden, II, Co-ChairEshigo P. Okasili, Co-Chair Eric Wexler, Co-Chair

MEETING DATESDec. 12, 2016: Holiday PartyJanuary: No meetingFeb. 28, 2017 Apr. 25, 2017Mar. 28, 2017 May 30, 2017Please, note that all of our meet-ings take place from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. in the BAMC Con-ference Room (upstairs) unless otherwise specified.

We are thankful to Dr. Carl Schneider of Mediation Matters for his presentation, last month, titled: “Impasse … or Not?”

We are, especially, thankful to our Section meeting sponsor, Jeanne Koerber of RE/MAX Suc-cess, for providing free lunch at all of our meetings. You are wel-come to bring your own brown bag lunch, if you prefer to do so or are unable to send in your RSVP 24 hours before a meeting. We continue to welcome your ideas and suggestions about our meeting and CLE topics, as well as how to launch and/or grow our Collaborative practice.

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In lieu of our Section meet-ings in December and Janu-ary, there will be a Holiday Party on Monday, December 12, 2016 and an Educational Training Service and dinner on Monday, January 23, 2017. The location of both events will be announced later. We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming events and meet-ings, and would like you to in-vite your partners, associates, mentors, mentees and fellow practitioners.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:Those who have not met the mediation training require-ment for Collaborative practice might wish to register for Me-diation Matters’ 40-Hour Basic Mediation Workshop at: http://www.mediationmatters.com/

Save the date for CDA/CDRP Spring Institute which will take place on April 28, 2017 at Lakewood Country Club, 13901 Glen Mill Road, Rockville, MD 20850. Program details will be announced as soon as avail-able. Watch this space!

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION SECTIONE. Andrew Cole, Co-ChairMichael J. Neary, Co-Chair

MEETING DATESJan. 10, 2017 Mar. 14, 2017 May 9, 2017Meetings will take place at Stein Sperling in Rockville from 8 to 9 am. Section CLEs will take place in November and April. Topics and final dates for the CLEs are still in the works.

The Commercial Litigation Section will meet on January 10, 2017 from 8 to 9 am at Stein Sperling in Rockville. Infor-mation about the speaker for the January meeting will be distributed through the sec-tion list serve. As always, a light breakfast will be served. Please email Mamie Brown at [email protected] if you plan to attend.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEEEmily Gelmann, Co-ChairRevee Walters, Co-ChairThe Community Outreach Committee is gearing up for our winter partnership pro-gram with the Special Olym-pics of Montgomery County. We will be seeking volunteers for the winter basketball tour-nament. If you would like to be added to our Special Olympics Volunteer Listserve please contact Yesenia Men-dez, [email protected].

The Community Outreach Committee facilitates volunteer opportunities on the second Friday of every month at Shep-herd’s Table. Shepherd’s Table provides basic services to those in need and specifically provides a dinner meal from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., seven nights a week.

Please contact Revee Walters at [email protected] if you are interested in volunteer-ing. Volunteer as an individual, a firm, or get a group of friends and family together to partic-ipate in this wonderful, can’t miss, service opportunity!

If you have any thoughts or comments for the Committee, please con-tact Emily Gelmann at [email protected] or Revee Walters at [email protected].

DISTRICT COURT BENCH BAR COMMITTEEReginald W. Bours, III, Co-ChairRichard London, Co-Chair

MEETING DATESDec. 1, 2016 Feb. 2, 2017Jan. 5, 2017 Mar. 2, 2017

Apr. 6, 2017

The meetings begin promptly at 8:00 a.m. in the District Court Judges Library and Conference Room on the 5th Floor, and members of the Bar are avail-able to attend in person or send e-mails to the Co-Chairs about problems they may wish to have discussed at any given meeting.

MENTAL HEALTH COURTThe plans for implementing the Mental Health Court for the District Court in Montgomery County are coming together. Mental Health Court is sched-uled to begin December 15, 2016, in Rockville every Thursday in Courtroom 412. Judge Patri-cia Mitchell will be the prima-ry presiding judge. Assistant State’s Attorneys Kathy Knight and Katherine Getty will assist.

NEW JUDGESThe District Court currently has three judicial vacancies to be filled. The Court hopes that the new judges will be appoint-ed by the end of the year.

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RANDOM SCREENINGThe random screening process has been in use for six months and means that attorneys will occasionally have to go through full screening just like the pub-lic. The court is satisfied that it is working smoothly and not causing undue delay so the proj-ect will continue at least several times per month at each court lo-cation. There is a possibility that it will be expanded to full time, so attorney input to the Bench Bar co-chairs would be appreciated.

CONTINUANCE REQUESTS AND MOTIONSOnce again the court is re-questing attorney cooperation with continuance requests and motions.

a. Put the pending court date under the case number.

b. State what the conflict is with the court date, which court date was set first, any good cause claimed, and the position of opposing counsel.

c. In civil cases it is essential to seek agreement on new date(s)

that are proposed and noted in the motion.

d. If a motion concerns a crimi-nal case where the defendant is incarcerated, it is probable that the ruling will be deferred to the judge in open court.

OVERSCHEDULINGInsurance defense counsels are requested not to have more than two trials at the same time. The court does not want to tie up resources, parties and witnesses waiting for attorneys.

CRIMINAL CASESIf a bench warrant has been is-sued for a defendant who failed to appear for a DUI Prelimi-nary Inquiry, the Clerk’s Office is being instructed to withdraw the bench warrant if defense counsel enters an appearance and makes that request.

If a defendant failed to appear to a date where he was issued a summons to received charges, counsel must appear personal-ly at the Clerk’s Office to sign a special waiver that only the Clerk’s Office can provide you.

Again, a bench warrant could be recalled more simply.

Attorneys seeking to waive a preliminary hearing must file a written waiver not later than 4:00 p.m. on the Wednesday be-fore the Friday preliminary hear-ing. If that deadline is missed, the lawyer and the client must appear personally on Friday. No State’s Attorney has authority to waive either the appearance of the attorney or the client.

Where the Maryland Rules per-mit a special appearance in a criminal case, the exact nature of the limitation must be set forth in the line of appearance. Failure to do so might result in the attor-ney remaining generally.

EDUCATION LAW SECTIONLisa S. Becker, Co-Chair David M. Briglia, Co-Chair

MEETING DATESDec. 8, 2016 Mar. 9, 2017Jan. 12, 2017 Apr. 13, 2017

Feb. 9, 2017 May 11, 2017June 8, 2017

Meetings will be held at Noon on the 2nd Thursday of the month in the Upstairs Confer-ence Room of the Bar Associa-tion building, unless otherwise noted

ELDER LAW SECTIONMary Jo Broussard-Speier, Co-ChairMorris Klein, Co-Chair

MEETING DATESDec. 14, 2016 Mar. 8, 2017Jan. 11, 2017 Apr. 12, 2017Feb. 8, 2017 May 10, 2017Meetings will be held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 8AM – 9AM in the Up-stairs Conference Room of the Bar Association building, lo-cated at 27 West Jefferson St., Rockville, MD, unless otherwise noted

The Section will hold its next monthly meeting on Wednes-




EMPOWERING THE ENDOWMENT FUNDThe Endowment Commi� ee of the Montgomery County Bar Foundation is responsible for managing the Endowment Fund established by the Foundation more than 20 years ago primarily through the initial kind and substantial contribution of the estate of Bill Canby, Esq., a past president of the BAMC and the Foundation. The primary focus of the Endowment Fund, as set forth in its Operating Proce-dures, is the promotion of social welfare by supporting projects or programs that benefi t the Mont-gomery County community in whole or in part and/or demonstrate the Bar Foundation’s ability and interest in assisting others in the Montgomery County community. It is a mechanism for the members of our Bar Association to contribute fi nancially to the needs of our community in a way that allows the Bar Association and its members to interact and support the community outside of its need for legal services.

To pursue these directives requires a substantial sum of money. As recently as 2014, the balance of the Endowment Fund peaked in the vicinity of $120,000. In addition to the Canby family contribution, several members routinely make contributions in recognition of other members or in response to the referral of clients to their offi ces from bar members. The Endowment Commi� ee has pursued various

ventures to raise funds for the Endowment Fund, such as the dunking booth at the Ba� le of the Barristers and the Honor a Lawyer program. While successful in their own ways, the income from these eff orts cannot commence to allow for the ongoing support of the programs to which the Endowment Fund has been contributing, or allow for the continued growth in the number of community programs that it can support.

In recent years, we have made annual contributions to Drug Court and the Special Olympics. As well, we have assisted the Bernie Scholarship Awards Program to allow it to complete an Eff ectiveness Study required for supporting its numerous grant requests to fund its scholarship programs in Montgomery County. The Endowment Commi� ee has a strong desire to increase the presence of the Bar Foundation and its members in various local programs, but the funding is not where it needs to be for this goal to be pursued further.

As many of you are no doubt aware, the idea behind an endowment is to have suffi cient capitalization to provide for a steady stream of income to meet the goals and programs of the endowment. The increased activity of our Endowment Commi� ee has resulted in a substantial erosion of the principal balance of our Endowment Fund over the last several years due to insuffi cient income and donations. The Bar Foundation has its own annual budget, reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors, and the usual budgeted income of the Foundation is not a source of revenue for the Endowment Fund. The BAMC has a Strategic Planning Commi� ee chaired by Casey Weinberg Florance. Under the direction of her predecessor, James Mood, a new fi ve year plan was established for the Association and Foundation. One of the Operational Priorities of the Strategic Plan approved by the Executive Commi� ee is the full development and funding of the Endowment Fund to provide greater infl uence and a more comprehensive presence of the Bar Association and Foundation in the community through the Fund.

A signifi cant step has already been initiated in pursuit of this priority by this year’s Leadership Development Academy fellows. They have made the fi nancial growth of the Endowment Fund the Leadership Development Academy’s annual program. Please look to their eff orts in the next several weeks to initiate recurring automatic, electronic fi nancial contributions by members to the Fund in whatever amount each member feels comfortable in making. Bill Canby would be proud to know that Joe Suntum’s diligence is responsible in no small part for making this program a recurring source of revenue for the Endowment Fund. We ask that everyone consider their charitable contribution goals before the tax year comes to an end and support the eff orts of the younger members of the Bar Association, through the Leadership Development Academy, in this regards.

It is the season of Giving and Thankfulness. We have a lot to be proud of and thankful for due to our professional experiences. Please allow us to help our neighbors and clients through the Endowment Fund of the Bar Foundation.

Please give thought to, old school style, writing a check to the Bar Foundation and noting in the “memo” section that it is for the Endowment Fund. Electronically, you can make a contribution by going to the BAMC’s website and access the donation site through the Bar Foundation’s link to the Endowment Fund. As well, for our long term goals, please assist the Leadership Devel-opment Academy fellows’ eff orts to satisfy the objections of their project by contributing to the Fund through their project in the coming weeks and months.

Cheers! Please have a safe, healthy and prosperous New Year!

Dan Kennedy, Endowment Commi� ee Chair



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Ethics Update: What You Still Need to Know to Keep Your License Thursday, December 1 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Speakers: Glenn Grossman, Bar Counsel, A� orney Grievance Commission of Maryland; Lydia Lawless, Assistant Bar Counsel, A� orney Grievance Commission of Maryland; Samuel Shapiro, A� orney at Law; and Daniel Shea, Esq., Brault Graham, LLC

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day, December 14, 2016 at 8:00 am at bar headquarters. Join us for a presentation by Tracy D. Rezvani of the Office of Consumer Affairs about the latest financial scams and other consumer issues that adversely impact our senior clients.

ESTATE & TRUST LAW SECTIONJay Eisenberg, Chair

MEETING DATESDec. 5, 2016 Mar. 20, 2017Jan. 23, 2017 Apr. 17, 2017Feb. 13, 2017Meeting programs begin at 12:00 noon, and are held at the offices of Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A., 12505 Park Potomac Ave., 6th Floor, Potomac, MD 20854, un-less otherwise noted. Lunch will be available starting at 11:30 am, and is courtesy of our sponsors listed below.

Our sponsors for this year are:

• Sagel Bloomfield Funeral Care, Inc. Contact is Ed Sa-gel at 301.217.9400. E-mail: [email protected] Web-site ishttp://www.sagelbloomfield.com/

• Tucker & Meltzer Valuation Advisors. Contact is Jenifer Flynn at 301.798.5124. E-mail: [email protected].

We have rescheduled the Joe Griffin presentation to De-cember 5. It will be held in the auditorium at the Executive Office Building – 101 Monroe Street (like in past years). We will start promptly at noon, so please plan for parking and walking to the building so that you arrive no later than 11:45 to grab a box lunch (pro-vided by our sponsors), and find a seat.

Please RSVP at https://goo.gl/forms/lPZvoYcA6r7eoMY82

Joe will be bringing many of his staff as in the past. This has become an annual tradi-

FAMILY LAW SECTIONSandy Brooks, Co-ChairChristina Hughes, Co-ChairHeather Sweren, Co-ChairA big THANK YOU to Hon. Cynthia Callahan, Hon. Joseph M. Quirk, Glenn Cooper, Jo Benson Fogel, Casey Weinberg Florance, Jeff Evan Lowing-er and John Weaver who pre-sented the CLE “Initial Alimo-ny Awards: Bringing Order to Apparent Chaos” in November. It was well attended and ex-tremely informative. We ap-preciate everyone lending their experience and expertise.

Time to celebrate! In lieu of a December meeting, please join us for our annual Holi-day Party! Delaney McKin-ney has graciously agreed to host what is sure to be anoth-er fabulous time! Thursday, December 8, 2016 from 5:30 to 7:30 at Delaney McKin-

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tion for our Section, and pres-ents a great opportunity to meet and thank Joe and his incredible deputies and staff. Please feel free to bring those members of your office that interface with Joe's office. This has historically been a very full event, so if you would like to attend, please make sure to RSVP early as once we have filled the room capacity, we will need to cut off RSVPs.

The next meeting thereafter will be January 30 – this had previously been announced for January 23, so please check your calendars and make sure they reflect the actual date of January 30. This will be the annual review of Heckerling which will take place earlier in January. I understand there has been a surge in sign-ups for Heckerling this week, and that there will be significant time at Heckerling addressing the future of the estate tax given the recent election re-sults.





ney, 5425 Wisconsin Avenue, Ste 401, Chevy Chase. Please RSVP to Rosemary Lopez,[email protected] or 301-913-5236. For attorneys/guests who rsvp on or before December 1, 2016, the cost is $55, after December 1st, the cost is $60. For court and bar association staff the cost is $20. We need volunteers to work the door! If you’re inter-ested in volunteering, please contact Heather Sweren, h r s @ b r p f a m i l y l a w . c o m or Samantha Kravitz, at [email protected]. See you there!

Please note that we will have two meetings in January as the Judges Roundtable has been rescheduled:

Join us on Thursday, Janu-ary 12, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. in Courtroom 1 for the Family Judges' Roundtable. Judges in the family rotation will an-swer questions from the Bar, address recurring issues, and discuss emerging legal issues. This program is essential for all family law practitioners. (This event was rescheduled from November 17, 2016.) Please join us after the Roundtable for our Fall Happy Hour at Bar Louie in Rockville Town Square!

Please also join us on January 19 at 5:30 p.m. for the third in-stallment of our tax programs, Property Related Tax Issues in Divorce, presented Heather Collier, Esq., Eric Rollinger, Esq., and Erik Arena, Esq.

SECTION MEETING DATES• February 16, 2017• March 16, 2017 **5:00 p.m. in Courtroom 1; (Family Law Mag-istrates’ Roundtable)• April 20, 2017 • May or June 2017 **Practi-tioner of the Year Award Din-ner (Date, Time and Place TBD)

*** Please note that all FL Section Meetings are approx-imately 1 hour long and will take place at 5:30pm in the Bar Office, CLE Classroom, except as otherwise noted.

Please save the dates for the following Spring CLEs… more

details to follow in the January newsletter:

• March 7: Intersection of Family Law & Criminal Law

• March 29: Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and En-forcement Act

• April 24 & April 26: Rita Rosenkrantz Basic FL Training

• May 11, 2017: Family Law Up-date.

SOCIAL EVENTS• Rescheduled — Fall Happy Hour – Thursday, January 12, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. follow-ing the Judge’s Roundtable, at Bar Louie in Rockville Town Square. We hope to see you there!

• Spring Happy Hour – Thurs-day, March 16, 2017, following the Family Law Magistrates’ Roundtable, location TBD

• End of Year Dinner/Practi-tioner of the Year Award – TBD in May or June 2017

IMMIGRATION LAW SECTIONParva Fattahi, ChairMark your calendars for the eve-ning of December 15th, from 5:00 to 7:00, when we are hold-ing our joint Holiday Party, with BAMC Criminal Law Section and Tax Law Section, as well as MSBA Immigration Law Section. De-tails will be emailed via listserve.

As always, if you are interested in becoming a speaker for our Section meetings, please contact me at [email protected].

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & TECHNOLOGY LAW SECTIONMichael Greenberg, Co-ChairRaymond Van Dyke, Co-ChairThe Intellectual Property & Technology Section held a

meeting on November 1, 2016 where Co-Chair Raymond Van Dyke spoke on the im-portant Intellectual Prop-erty cases over the last year and their impact on the pro-fession. Patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret cases were discussed. For pat-ent, the ongoing effect of the Supreme Court Alice decision and recent Federal Circuit cases that help and hinder patent applicants in their at-tempts to secure patent pro-tection. For copyright, the re-cent and controversial firing of the Copyright Office Reg-istrar by the new Librarian of Congress. For trademark, the new disparagement case go-ing to the Supreme Court, re-lated to the ongoing Redskins trademark controversy. For trade secret, the new Defend Trade Secrets Act which al-lows private parties to file suit in federal court for trade secret theft.


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LAW FIRM MANAGEMENT SECTIONAmy Strent, Chair

MEETING DATESDec. 15, 2016* Mar. 16, 2017**Jan. 19, 2017* Apr. 20, 2017*Feb. 16, 2017** May 18, 2017** *Hostetter Strent offices **BAMC Conference RoomMeetings will held on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 8:00 a.m. at the location listed above, unless otherwise noted.

LAWYER ASSISTANCE COMMITTEEKaren Alegi, Co-Chair Bill Hewitt, Co-Chair

MEETING DATESDec. 14, 2016* Mar. 8, 2017Jan. 11, 2017 Apr. 12, 2017

Feb. 8, 2017 May 10, 2017June 14, 2017

*to be held at the offices of Coggins, Harman & Hewitt

Meetings will held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. in the upstairs confer-ence room of the Bar Associa-tion building.

LEGAL ETHICS COMMITTEEAllen Katz, Co-Chair Sam Shapiro, Co-Chair Dan Shea, Co-Chair

MEETING DATESDec. 15, 2016* Mar. 16, 2017Jan. 19, 2017 Apr. 20, 2017Feb. 16, 2017 May 18, 2017*CLE ClassroomMeetings will held on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 4:30 p.m. in the upstairs conference room of the Bar Association building.

NOMINATIONS & ELECTIONS COMMITTEEKathy Knight, ChairMEETING DATES

Jan. 12, 2017 Feb. 9, 2017Feb. 2, 2017Meetings will held at 5:00 p.m. in the upstairs conference room of the Bar Association building.

PERSONAL INJURY LITIGATION SECTIONPaul Chung, Co-Chair Andre Forte, Co-Chair

MEETING DATESNo Dec Meeting Feb. 17, 2017Jan. 20, 2017 Mar. 24, 2017

Apr. 21, 2017Meetings will be held from Noon - 1PM in the Upstairs

Conference Room of the Bar Association building, located at 27 West Jefferson St., Rock-ville, MD.

We would like to thank Richard Schimel, Esq. for his presenta-tion on the current case law in the State of Maryland regard-ing dog bites.

We are pleased to announce that our next meeting will be on January 20, 2017 in the conference room of the Bar Building. Russ Glickman of Glickman Designs will be presenting information on housing modifications and alterations for those with de-bilitating injuries and condi-tions. Glickman Designs has generously offered to sponsor the meeting and provide lunch for attendees. Please rsvp to [email protected] or [email protected] by January 18, 2017, so that Mr. Glickman can prepare accord-ingly.

Please note, we will not be hav-ing a December meeting. We hope everyone enjoys the hol-idays and we look forward to seeing you in the new year.

REAL ESTATE LAW SECTIONMatt Alegi, Co-Chair Sarah Cline, Co-Chair

MEETING DATESDec. 13, 2016 Apr. 11, 2017Feb. 14, 2017Meetings are held from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. in the con-ference center at the offices of Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy, & Ecker, P.A., located at 12505 Park Potomac Ave., 6th Floor, Potomac, MD 20854, un-less otherwise noted.

The next BAMC Real Estate Section meeting will be held Tuesday, December 13, 2016.

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• The Montgomery Coun-ty Office of Consumer Protec-tion (OCP), is responsible for enforcing consumer protec-tion laws to ensure a fair mar-ketplace for consumers and businesses. Its investigators have expertise in many types of consumer transactions and they investigate and resolve consumer complaints, engage in consumer education and outreach, license certain busi-nesses, and administer sever-al programs. Of relevance to the Real Estate Section, the OCP administers the Estimate Real Property calculator, with the assistance of the Board of Registration for Building Contractors licenses new home builders, enforces the County’s new home warranty law, engages in enforcement

actions against unlicensed contractors, and investigates complaints involving home improvement. The OCP also provides free mediation ser-vices to consumers and to merchants and otherwise welcomes the involvement of counsel in the process.

• The CCOC conducts admin-istrative hearings on disputes between members of condo-minium and homeowner as-sociations and issues binding decisions. The CCOC also provides a mandatory training class for directors of the asso-ciations and is an advocate for the well-being of the County’s 1000+ community associa-tions.

The meeting will be held at 8:00 a.m. in the Sixth Floor Conference Center at Shulman Rogers’ offices at 12505 Park Potomac Avenue, Potomac, MD 20854, and breakfast will be provided. RSVPs are ap-preciated to Donna Olenick at [email protected].

SOCIAL MEDIA / TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEEJessica Blumberg, Co-Chair Keith Rosa, Co-ChairThe BAMC is trying to increase its presence on social media! Please check out the BAMC on Facebook (search “Bar As-sociation and Bar Foundation of Montgomery County”), as well as twitter and Instagram (@bamc_law). If you are a Committee or a Section Chair, and you would like the Bar Association to promote some-thing on social media for group, please contact either of us — [email protected] or [email protected].

MEETING DATESNo Dec. Mtg. Mar. 22, 2017Jan. 25, 2017 Apr. 19, 2017Feb. 15, 2017 May 17, 2017Meetings will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Upstairs Conference Room of the Bar Association building.

(Continued from preceding page) SOLO & SMALL FIRMS SECTIONEvan Goitein, Co-Chair David Schiller, Co-ChairThe Solo and Small Firm sec-tion of the BAMC will hold its next meeting on Monday, De-cember 19, 2016 at 5:30 pm in the downstairs CLE room of the Bar Association building. Mary Ellen Flynn, Esq. will be giving a presentation on setting and collecting attorneys’ fees.

TAXATION LAW SECTIONJohn Pontius, Co-Chair Mark Schweighofer, Co-ChairOn December 15, 2016 the Taxa-tion Law Section, the Criminal Law Section and the Immigra-tion Law Sections will host a joint holiday party at the Bar Associ-ation Building from 5:00pm to 7:00pm located at 27 West Jeffer-son Street, Rockville, MD 2080.

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WORKERS COMPENSATION LAW SECTIONWill Inman, Co-Chair Jeff Stickle, Co-ChairWe are pleased to announce that the Workers’ Compensa-tion Section will be hosting a meeting with Commissioners Warren and Quinn. This will be a great chance to meet our new-est Commissioner and have an opportunity to ask questions. Details as follows:

DATE: Monday, December 5th

TIME: 5:00 p.m.

LOCATION: Berman, Sobin, Gross, Feldman & Darby 481 N. Frederick Ave., Suite 300 Gaithersburg, MD 20877

PLEASE RSVP so that we have an idea of how many people are coming. RSVP to [email protected].

YOUTH COURTHOUSE PROJECT COMMITTEESteve Chaikin, Co-Chair Patty Via, Co-Chair

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PRO BONO PROGRAMBy Debbie Craven, Program CoordinatorWhile I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our generous contributors, I feel the need to recognize one of our most recent sponsors: RGS Title, LLC, for their generous donation to the Pro Bono Pro-gram. Thank you for your spe-cial consideration. Your dona-tion will assist the Foundation in carrying out its stated pur-poses of education, charitable and community projects.

When people earn little income and need assistance, it doesn’t make a difference to them what others in Maryland are earning. With our small staff in place, we continue to try and help as many people in need as possi-ble. There are many county res-idents that are in great need of pro bono services. As of July 1, 2016, 984 clients contacted the Pro Bono Program, seeking as-sistance for their legal issues; 596 community residents were advised at our five legal clinics

by an unfailing group of very committed attorneys.

In her Oct. 25, 2011 USA Today article, “Law Schools Pressed to Tell the Truth on Job Place-ment, Debt,” Mary Beth Mar-klein pointed out some very important specifics which in-cluded information pertaining to “burnout”. This is where you come in and can make a differ-ence. So that our Program can continue to thrive for our com-munity residents, let us work together to prevent that from ever happening. I am asking those of you who are not cur-rently volunteering to join our panel, even if it is just a couple of hours every other month.

There are two ways for coun-ty residents to receive FREE LEGAL SERVICES in civil cas-es – at a legal advice clinic or through the client intake line for referral to an attorney vol-unteer for direct representa-tion. The legal advice clinics operate in five locations across the county and provide resi-dents the opportunity to walk in and meet with an attorney volunteer without scheduling an appointment. Eligible cli-

ents present their legal prob-lems to an attorney and receive free immediate legal advice and/or referral to a non-profit or government social service agency that may be helpful. Cases referred to attorney vol-unteers include family law, debt collection, bankruptcy, limited employment, limited immigration, wills and power of attorney.

Our Family Law Training Ses-sions known as the Rita Rosen-krantz Family Law Training are currently available via webcast to attorneys for free in exchange for agreeing to accept a family law case. You can sign-up to begin the train-ing at any time and watch the “must see” six hours of training at your convenience over the next 30 days. Please call Yesenia at 301.340.2534 or log on to our website www.montbar.org for additional information.

Make Enthusiasm Your Daily Habit! On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Bar Foun-dation, we thank the following attorneys for their time, dedica-tion, and service for the month of October 2016.

CASE REFERRALSBricker, JulesChimah, Bernadette*Feder, ElanFeinberg, Matthew*Grady, Michael*Jones, Matthew Ryan*Koh Friedman, Patricia*Lucero, AliciaMaddox, NatalieMitchell, LynndolynRamanathan, Radha*Shefferman, BrianStinson, JoyStone, Harry*Wingerter, Rex*Whitfield, Lynette*

LEGAL ADVICE CLINICS Eastern Montgomery Regional County Service Center Montero, R. Manny+Mukherjee, DianePugliese, Elizabeth M.Washington, Juan C.+

Gilchrist Center – Gaithersburg Hoverman, AndrewJones, Matthew RyanPrice, Daryl+Ramanathan, RadhaRazaghi, KiyanoushWhitfield, Lynette+

Gilchrist Center – Germantown Hoverman, AndrewJones, Matthew RyanPugliese, Elizabeth+Radice, AlejandroRegan Jr., LawrenceWhitfield, Lynette Ana G. Mendez – Wheaton Akamigbo, Chijioke+Chimah, BernadetteClark, JoanneJones, Matthew RyanKrohn, DanaSymonds, ElizabethUmeh, KaosyVega, David+Washington, Juan+ Williams, Prince TESS Community Center Akamigbo, Chijioke+Chimah, BernadetteJones, Matthew RyanRenner, RichardUmeh, KaosyVega, David+Washington, Juan C.+West, Pamela * = Accepted more than one case + = Supervising Attorney

Charles Gilchrist Center for CulturalDiversity - Upcounty Service Center 12900 Middlebrook RoadGermantown, MD 208742nd and 4th Tuesday of each month 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM

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

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

Ana G. Mendez University SystemCapital Area Campus11006 Veirs Mill Road, Suite L-1 Wheaton, Maryland 209022nd and 4th Wednesday of each month5:30 PM to 8:30 PM

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

Charles Gilchrist Center for Cultural Diversity — Gaithersburg Library18330 Montgomery Village AvenueGaithersburg, Maryland 208792nd and 4th Monday of each month6:00 PM to 8:30 PM

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

Volunteers Needed

Please contact Debbie at 301-762-5831 to be scheduled into a clinic.



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J. FRANKLYN BOURNE BAR ASSOCIATIONJill Cummins, Co-Chair Lynndolyn Mitchell, Co-ChairMEETING DATES:The Montgomery County Committee for the J Franklyn Bourne Bar Association meets the first Saturday of every month, unless otherwise indi-cated. The next meeting will be held on Saturday, Decem-ber 3, 2016 at 9:30 a.m., a light breakfast will be served. If you miss our December meeting, the next meeting will be held on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. For more informa-tion, please contact Lynndo-lyn Mitchell at (301) 340-2541 or [email protected], or Jill Cummins at (410) 361-8701 or [email protected].

UPCOMING EVENTSSupreme Court Swearing-In for J Franklyn Bourne mem-bers will be held on November 30, 2016

The swearing in ceremony of the newly elected executive of-ficers is scheduled for Wednes-day, December 6, 2016 5:30 p.m. at the Prince George’s County Circuit court.

The December 6, 2016 meet-ing/swearing-in, will include a CLE by the Maryland Attorney Grievance Commission on “Un-bundling of Legal Services”.

J Franklyn Bourne Holiday Par-ty, December 16, 2016 7-11 p.m., Bowie Maryland, for more infor-mation contact ShaRon Kelsey at [email protected]

Montgomery County Com-mittee’s Presidential Breakfast meeting, Saturday, January 7, 2017 9:30-12:30 p.m.

PAST EVENTS:Many thanks to everyone who sponsored, purchased tables and attended the J Franklyn Bourne Bar Associations 32nd Annual Scholarship Awards Banquet. We were honored to have Paulette Brown Esq., the First African American Female President of the American Bar

Association, as our featured speaker.

The General Body meetings for J. Franklyn Bourne are held on the third Thursday of the month. The next meeting will be held on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 6:00 p.m., Meeting location TBA.

For more information relating to the General Body meetings, and other upcoming events, please contact President ShaRon Kelsey Esq. at [email protected].

Visit the Bourne Website at: http:// www.bournebar.org.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY WOMEN'S BAR ASSOCIATION Heather Collier, PresidentWe are all racing forward to the holidays and the end of 2016 at full throttle, but don’t forget to stop and savor some of the “mo-ments” you encounter along the way. This time of year is also most opportune for looking back and revisiting all the hap-py and hopeful times you have experienced over the past year; and giving thanks for all the blessings that may have been be-stowed on you, your friends and family. Share those blessings with others as often as you can!

Register now for the Rita C. Davidson Award Dinner on December 12th! The Women’s Bar Association of Maryland is pleased to announce that Madam Secretary Madeleine Albright has been selected as the 2016-2017 Rita C. Davidson Award Recipient. The event will take place at the The Hotel at Arundel Preserve on December 12, 2016 with a reception from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and the dinner program commencing at 7:00 p.m. Registration is now open! Cost is $90/person for WBA-MD Members and Judges, $100/person for Non-Members and $900 for a table of 10. Please register by December 2, 2016.

Please plan to attend our Annual Holiday Party on Wednesday, December 14, 2015 from 5:30

– 8:30 p.m. at Susan Oldham’s home on 10704 Balantre Lane, Potomac, Maryland. We are grateful to Susan for opening her home to us again this year and agreeing to appear in her role as the most gracious hostess. Please RSVP to Leah Morabito at [email protected] or 301-840-8565. In the spirit of the season of giving, we will again be collecting monetary charitable donations to bene-fit Rainbow Place, a non-profit organization that assists home-less women located in Rockville, MD. This year, our Chapter’s goal is to raise $3,000.00 to benefit Rainbow Place! To help meet that goal, our Chapter will match dollar for dollar on every dollar raised after the first $1,000.00. Help us meet our goal and make a donation of $25.00 or greater at the par-ty! If you cannot attend, but would like to donate, please make checks payable to Rain-bow Place and mail them to: Leah Morabito, 4 Professional Dr., Suite 145, Gaithersburg, MD 20879 by December 9th. Thank you to everyone in advance for your donation and helping us reach our goal! We hope many of you can join us for this fun and festive annual gathering.

Important Announcement: The December monthly Chap-ter meeting is cancelled. We will see you in the New Year at our next Chapter meeting on January 10, 2017 at 12:30 in the Circuit Court South Tower 4th floor conference room.

Please remember to check our Facebook page, Twitter feed, and the Museletter regularly for the many upcoming pro-grams, meetings and events, as new ones are added frequently.

SIMON E. SOBELOFF JEWISH LAW SOCIETY Brian D. Sadur, PresidentPROGRAM SERIES PRESEN-TATION: Tuesday, December 13, 2016, 6:00 p.m. (social with

light nosh), 6:30 p.m. Program: A DISCUSSION OF ISLAMIC FAITH AND ITS LEGAL SYS-TEM and other topics includ-ing basic tenets of Islamic faith including its similarities to Judaism; significance of Sharia law; and roots of “ex-tremism practiced by ISIS”. Come join us for this timely educational program. Our fea-tured speaker is Qasim Rashid, Esq., best-selling and criti-cally-acclaimed author whose works include The Wrong Kind of Muslim: An Untold Story of Persecution & Perseverence. Mr. Rashid has been published in Time Magazine, The Huff-ington Post, and The Wash-ington Post and has appeared on all the major networks and Voice of America. He is also a visiting fellow at Harvard Uni-versity’s Prince AlWaleed bin Talal School of Islamic Studies. There will be an opportunity for Q&A. 3RD FLOOR ATRIUM for social and COURTROOM #3A NORTH for the program. Don’t miss this intriguing ed-ucational program. OPEN TO ALL. RSVP REQUIRED BY DEC 5th to [email protected], or Brian Barke 301-309-8300. Free presentation.

ANNUAL HANUKAH PARTY: December 27, 2016 (TUESDAY) from 6:00 p.m to 8:30 p.m. Bar Association Building – Down-stairs, 27 West Jefferson Street, Rockville, MD. Please join us for our annual Hanukah party. There will be dreidels, candle lighting, music and the BEST LATKE CONTEST for 2016 (Honorable Magistrate Lisa Segel defends her two-year winning streak!). Bring your spouse or significant other and gather with friends and colleagues as we cel-ebrate the holiday, eat, drink and schmooze. Membership encour-aged but not required. Dietary law observed. Please RSVP to [email protected] or Brian Barke at 301-309-8300 or Brian Sadur 301-340-2930. (Become a “Frequent Fryer” and enter our Latke Competition! Competitors may arrive at 5:30 p.m. with Elec-tric Frying Pans and the “secret” LATKE ingredients! – Call for more information!)



LEGAL ANNOUNCEMENTSBar Association of Montgomery County members Sara Cline of Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker P.A., Monica G. Harms of Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll, Ruth O. Katz of Le-rch, Early & Brewer, and Jessica Markham of Markham Law Firm were among the selected win-ners of The Daily Record’s 2016 Leading Women Awards. This award honors women who are 40 years old or younger for the ac-complishments they have made so far in their careers and their communities. The award cere-mony will be held in December in Annapolis, MD.

Pasternak & Fidis, P.C. is pleased to announce that managing part-ner, Nancy Fax, has been named the 2017 “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers® for Trusts and Es-tates in the Washington, DC area. The “Lawyer of the Year” honor is conferred upon a single attor-ney in each practice area within a designated metropolitan area.

The award is the product of a rigorous peer-review evaluation process conducted by Best Law-yers throughout the year and reflects high marks for talent, accomplishments and integrity. The “Lawyer of the Year” com-mendation testifies to the re-spect earned by Nancy Fax from other leading lawyers in the DC legal community. A graduate of Georgetown University Law Cen-ter with a master’s in taxation, Nancy Fax is the former principal author of the annual Maryland Estate Planning and Probate Laws Annotated (2008-2014), con-sidered the bible by Maryland es-tate attorneys, and founder and editor for many years of the Dis-trict of Columbia Estates, Trusts and Probate Law Diges.

The Pels Law firm, LLC is proud to announce that Maria Leonard Olsen, Esq. (J.D., UVA 1988) and Alvaro A. Llosa, Esq. (J.D., UMD 2013) have become associated with the firm. Maria Leonard Olsen graduated from Boston College (Bachelor of Science in Business Management, 1985) and

the University of Virginia School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1988). Upon graduation from law school, she worked as a commercial litiga-tor at Dow Lohnes, which was then one of the largest law firms in Washington, D.C. In 1992, she was appointed by President Clinton as Special Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs at the U.S. Department of Justice, where she served until 1995. During her time there, she was honored by Attorney General Janet Reno as the highest-ranking Asian Amer-ican political appointee at the Justice Department. Maria may be contacted at [email protected]. Alvaro A. Llosa, a native of Rockville, Maryland, has spent his career defending low income individuals from financial woes, including foreclosure defense and bankruptcy. Mr. Llosa is also committed to providing the same high level of service to the Span-ish-speaking population. After attending the Mater Dei School in Bethesda and Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C., Mr. Llosa graduated from the

University of Maryland, College Park with two Bachelor of Arts degrees: one in Economics, and the other in Spanish Language and Literatures. While pursuing his undergraduate degrees, Mr. Llosa worked for a financial ad-vising company. Alvaro can be contacted at [email protected].

RENT/LEASEBETHESDA — Office space in professional suite; Class “A” Build-ing; Plenty of sunshine and nice view; furnished or unfurnished; blocks from Red Metro line; Parking available in the office building; 24 Hour access; Conge-nial atmosphere; Ideal for new or solo practitioner or swing space; Available immediately; Term ne-gotiable. Contact Alan at 301-718-4615.

BETHESDA — 1 windowed of-fice available for sublease in our downtown Bethesda law office. We have built a community of solo attorneys and small firms in varied practices. The office in-cludes reception services, use of 4 conference rooms, and access to copier, scanning, etc. Parking is available in the office building and we are next to a large pub-lic parking garage. The office is 1 block from the Red Metro line. Workstations for staff are also available. Virtual office arrange-ments also considered. Please contact Marc at 301-961-6464 x3313, if you are interested in joining us.GAITHERSBURG — Office for Hours or Rent. Great Oppor-tunity for New Practitioner in small collegial firm. Copier, fax, conference room and DSL avail-able. Desirable location on Route 355 for mutually agreed upon ex-change of services or reasonable rent. Call 301-987-2002 or email [email protected].

ROCKVILLE — Adams Law Center in Downtown Rockville — Three beautifully renovated individual offices with addition-al space for support personnel. Share library/conference room, reception area, and kitchen. Walk to Rockville Town Center and Court House. Rent all or part at VERY reasonable rates. Free parking. Call 301-424-6200.

ROCKVILLE — Attorney office in penthouse office suite, congenial atmosphere, adjacent to Rock-ville Metro station with use of reception, conference room and kitchen. Term negotiable. Walk-

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ATTORNEY OPENING • BUSINESS LAW DEPARTMENTStein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC, a 40-plus attorney, AV-rated Rockville, Maryland, law firm, has an immediate opening for a an Associate Attorney to join its expanding business practice group. Ideal candidate should possess 2-5 years of law firm experience in the area of business law, with knowledge and a strong background in business transactions, LLC, corporate and partnership documentation, real estate and/or securities law. A LLM in Taxation, with an emphasis in business transactions or MBA in Business or Securities Law would be a plus. Send resumes to [email protected] noting "Business Associate" in the subject line.





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ing distance to Circuit Court. Call Stanley at 301-340-3003.

ROCKVILLE — Attractive large individual windowed corner office in the Adams Law Cen-ter. Located two blocks from courthouses and close to Rock-ville Town Center. Ideal for a sole practitioner. Access to conference room(s) and other amenities. Free parking and Metro accessible. Contact Col-leen Kennedy at 301-762-1696 or [email protected].

ROCKVILLE — Executive Office for Rent Beginning December 2016 — Courthouse Location — Spacious corner executive office (14 x 14) with four windows that open and a secretarial bay avail-able in walk-up suite located just two blocks from the Rockville Courthouses. Double suite has other legal practitioners with var-ied practices. Perfect for a small firm or sole practitioner seeking referrals, as well as a small firm seeking courthouse location. Three (3) offices available now: (14x14), (12x16), and (10x16). Very pleasant and relaxed working environment, located on East Jefferson Street. Amenities in-clude free parking, two confer-ence rooms, administrative areas, front reception area, internal directory, kitchenette, and much more. Call Mike at 301-251-9660 or email: [email protected] for more information.

ROCKVILLE — Furnished win-dowed office and adjacent secre-tarial space with access to confer-ence rooms and garage parking in well-appointed law firm suite in building adjacent to Montgomery County Circuit Court. Sole prac-titioner with compatible prac-tice preferred. $1,500 per month. [email protected].

ROCKVILLE — Several win-dowed offices for Rent (18' x 15' and 15' x 14') in townhouse office with small law firm. Use of re-ception area, conference room, kitchenette, library, fax and copier. Short walk to courts and Metro. Free Parking. Call 301-545-6100.

ROCKVILLE — Spacious office (19’8” by 15’9”), with windows on three sides, in historic build-ing – 98 Church St. Must see to appreciate. Shared conference room, parking, and other ameni-ties. Walk to Metro, courthouses, Town Center. 301-251-9200.

ROCKVILLE — Spacious window office available at 200-A Monroe Street next to the jury parking

lot. Space for assistant available, free parking, kitchen, copier, and conference room to share. Close to Circuit and District Courts. Call Samuel Shapiro at (301) 340-1333 or email at [email protected].

ROCKVILLE — 2 available office spaces for rent in contemporary office suite in downtown Silver Spring. Only 3 blocks from the metro. Conference room, lobby with receptionist, kitchenette, Xerox machine and postage ma-chine available. For information, please contact Aileen Oliver at 301-650-0078.

ATTORNEY OPPORTUNITIESASSOCIATE — Business Law — Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC, a 40+ attorney, AV-rat-ed firm based in Rockville, Mary-land, has an immediate opening for an Associate Attorney to join our business practice group. Ideal candidate is a conceptual thinker with 1-5 years of law firm experi-ence in the area of business law as well as knowledge and substantive background in business transac-tions, LLC, corporate and partner-ship documentation and/or real estate transactions. Send resumes to [email protected] noting "Business Associate" in the subject line.

ASSOCIATE — Estate Planning — Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC, a 40+ attorney, AV-rat-ed firm based in Rockville, Mary-land, has an immediate opening for an Associate Attorney in its Rockville, Maryland office to join the firm’s expanding Estates and Trusts Practice Group. This is an outstanding opportunity for a J.D. with a current or anticipated LL.M. in taxation with an emphasis in Estates and Trusts. Ideal candidate will have 1 or more years of related work experience with a law firm, trust department, or similar envi-ronment with prior work experi-ence or exposure to drafting estate planning documents, including wills and trusts. Send resumes to [email protected] not-ing "Estate Planning Associate" in the subject line.

ASSOCIATE — Injury Law — Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC, a 40-plus attorney, AV-rated firm based in Rockville, Maryland, has an immediate opening for an Associate Attorney to join the firm’s Personal Injury group. The Attorney will work closely with other attorneys in all aspects of handling personal inju-

ry claims, including screening cas-es, conducting client interviews and intakes, case management, developing legal and negotiation strategies, drafting comprehen-sive settlement demand packages and negotiating appropriate set-tlements. Ideal candidate must be a bilingual (English/Spanish) and have some legal experience in the areas of personal injury law, insurance law, and/or litigation. Applicants barred in Maryland preferred, applicants barred in Virginia will be considered, Ap-plicants barred in Maryland and Virginia ideal. Send resumes to [email protected] noting "Injury Law Associate" in the subject line.

ASSOCIATE — Personal Inju-ry Litigation — Maryland law firm practicing mainly in Prince George’s County and Montgom-ery County requires bilingual at-torney (Spanish) with experience in plaintiff’s workers’ compensa-tion and or automobile accident litigation, and or criminal/traffic defense. Must be member of MD bar. DC bar a plus. Email resume to [email protected].

ASSOCIATE — Tax Law — Stein Sperling Bennett De Jong Driscoll PC, a 40+ attorney, AV-rated firm based in Rockville, Maryland, has an immediate opening for an Associate Attorney in its Rock-ville, Maryland office to join the firm’s expanding Tax Practice Group. This position demands significant client contact almost immediately. The ideal candidate will have extensive accounting

background, including familiari-ty with tax returns and financial statements. A CPA and/or LL.M. degree in taxation and 1 or more years of relevant tax experi-ence preferred. Send resumes to [email protected] noting "Tax Law Associate" in the subject line.

ATTORNEY — Zavos Juncker Law Group, PLLC is a boutique, client-centered law firm prac-ticing in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia. Our attorneys provide comprehen-sive representation for all kinds of families and individuals, from the birth or adoption of children and family formation, through the change of family structure incident to divorce or dissolution of adult relationships, to life plan-ning and the probate of an estate. We are known for our creative solutions to our clients’ problems. We believe strongly in a work/life balance. We have an immediate opening for an associate litigation attorney with approximately 1-5 years of family law experience. We seek a conscientious, inquisi-tive, self-starting attorney who is well-organized, possesses excel-lent communication and writing skills and has a good work ethic. Maryland and D.C. Bars are re-quired, or ability to waive into D.C. Virginia Bar is a plus, but must be willing to sit for the Virginia Bar. If you think you might be a good match for our firm, please send your resume, a writing sample, and your salary require-ments by email to Michele Zavos, [email protected].

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Telephone 301-340-0084 – [email protected] Hungerford Drive, Suite 13 Rockville, MD 20850


Annual Toy Drive Under WayWe are participating in our Annual Holiday Toy Drive to benefit the clients of the Family Justice Center Founda-tion. Please bring an unwrapped toy(s) or gift card(s) to the BAMC by December 8th.



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Johnine N. Clark, 7833 Walker Dr., Suite 410, Greenbelt, MD 20770; tel.: 301-336-4900; fax: 301-336-9046; email: [email protected]

John Clifford, 12505 Park Potomac Ave., 6th Floor, Potomac, MD 20854; tel.: 301-230-5216; email: [email protected]

David W. Crosland, 9801 Washingtonian Blvd., Suite 750, Gaithersburg, MD 20878; tel.: 301-424-3640; email: [email protected]

Danielle Dolch, 12505 Park Potomac Ave., 6th Floor, Potomac, MD 20854; tel.: 301-945-9296; fax: 301-230-2891; email: [email protected]

Timothy Lupinek, 9050A Frederick Rd., Ellicott City, MD 21042; tel.: 410-461-1802; fax: 410-750-2085; email: [email protected]

Donald L. Mooers, Jr., 8484 Georgia Ave., Suite 920, Silver Spring, MD 20910;

tel.: 301-652-4488; email: [email protected]

Amy S. Palumbo, 600 Jefferson Plaza, 5th Floor, Rockville, MD 20850; tel.: 240-773-0449; email: [email protected]

Paul E. Simon, 1100 New York Ave., NW, Suite 700W, Washington, DC 20005; tel.: 202-223-8888; fax: 877-239-2146; email: paulsimon@[email protected]

Christina M. Uliano, 50 Maryland Ave., Suite 1500, Rockville, MD 20850; tel.: 240-777-9078; email: [email protected]

Sade W. Vongsavanh, 111 Rockville Pike, Suite 850, Rockville, MD 20850; tel.: 301-637-5793; email: [email protected]

Maya Zegarra, 1401 North Charles St., Suite 1006, Baltimore, MD 21201; tel.: 210- 802-6292; email: [email protected]

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DECEMBER 1 8:00AM C/S District Court Bench Bar Committee Meeting 5:00PM CR Bar Foundation Board of Directors Meeting 5:30PM CLE CLE SEMINAR: Ethics Seminar5 5:00PM C/S Workers Compensation Law Section Meeting 5:30PM Senior Attorneys Dinner @ Normandie Farm Restaurant6 Bar Luncheon 5:30PM CLE CLE SEMINAR: Financial Discovery Issues7 8:00AM C/S Circuit Court Bench Bar Committee Meeting 5:30PM CR Administrative Law Section Meeting8 Noon CR Education Law Section Meeting 5:30PM C/S Family Law Section Holiday Party12 5:00PM CR Executive Committee Meeting TBD C/S Collaborative Law Section Holiday Party13 8:00AM C/S Real Estate Law Section Meeting 12:15PM CR Youth Courthouse Project Committee Meeting 5:00PM CR Bar Foundation CLE Committee Meeting14 8:00AM CR Elder Law Section Meeting 5:30PM C/S Lawyer Assistance Committee Meeting 5:30PM CLR Leadership Academy Committee (Project Meeting) 5:30PM CR New Practitioner Section Meeting 15 8:00AM C/S Law Firm Management Section Meeting 4:30PM CR Legal Ethics Committee Meeting 5:00PM CLR Criminal Law Section / Immigration Law Section / Taxation Law Section Holiday Party (Joint)19 5:30PM CLR Solo & Small Firms Section Meeting26 ~ Bar Offices Closed ~

JANUARY 2 ~ Bar Offices Closed ~ 4 8:00AM C/S Circuit Court Bench Bar Committee Meeting 5:30PM CR Administrative Law Section Meeting5 8:00AM C/S District Court Bench Bar Committee Meeting9 5:00PM CR Executive Committee Meeting10 8:00AM C/S Commercial Litigation Section Meeting 12:15PM CR Youth Courthouse Project Committee Meeting11 8:00AM CR Elder Law Section Meeting 5:30PM CR Lawyer Assistance Committee Meeting 5:30PM CLR New Practitioner Section Meeting 12 Noon CR Education Law Section Meeting 5:00PM C/S Family Law Section Meeting w/Happy Hour Immediately Following 5:00PM CR Nominations & Elections Committee Meeting16 ~ Martin Luther King Jr. Day — Bar Offices Closed ~18 5:30PM CLR Leadership Academy Committee (Leadership Program)19 8:00AM C/S Law Firm Management Section Meeting 12:30PM C/S Circuit Court Chamber Chat 4:30PM CR Legal Ethics Committee Meeting 5:30PM CLR Family Law Section Meeting20 Noon CR Personal Injury Litigation Section Meeting23 Noon C/S Estate & Trust Law Section Meeting25 5:30PM CR Social Media / Technology Committee Meeting26 5:30PM CLE CLE SEMINAR: MLM Social Media

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