2011 Annual Report - Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service

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C E L E B R AT I N G
30
YEARS
OF MAKING PRO BONO COUNT
2011 Annual Report
In 2011, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service celebrated its 30th anniversary, an important milestone
for any organization. Our anniversary benefit at CenterStage exceeded all expectations in terms of
attendance and sponsorships. All of which reflects the broad support of the legal
community for MVLS and pro bono legal services. While we received record support
last year, we are daily reminded that traditional sources of funding are being cut or
may be disappearing entirely. These new realities affect all legal services providers in
Maryland, and across the country, which makes the future more challenging. We are
confident, however, that MVLS will not only be able to adjust to the new reality, but
continue to thrive. Our donors and volunteers will see to that.
Wisely, our board of directors is preparing for the future by examining each of our programs for relevance and
sustainability so that MVLS remains strong. We will be planning during a time when life is uncertain for too
many low-income families, elderly, and formerly middle class Marylanders, who are caught in an economic
disaster that shows no signs of ending soon. Their legal needs will inform our decisions. Of course, we are
committed to our core mission and plan to remain an essential part of the statewide legal services delivery
system. In the coming months, we will be asking our volunteers, donors, and partners to contribute to our
planning process. We look forward to hearing from all of you.
The MVLS clients we feature in this report reflect the impact of the three-year recession, especially on people
who never needed help before. Just ask Leisa Buschell-Monk, for whom the Kennedy Law Firm collected more
than $17,000 in damages while helping to extricate her from crushing credit card debt incurred after her
husband’s construction work dried up. Or ask Debbie Moore, who worked with attorney Kenneth Butcher to
guide her through the complex process of home foreclosure after an unlicensed out-of-state lawyer failed to
help her with a loan modification. Wendy and Malcolm Giles, though grieving the loss of their daughter, were
relieved that Project HEAL Director Hope Tipton was able to help them amicably resolve custody of their
granddaughter, Amari.
You can read about these stories in the following pages. There are over 2,700 more stories that we are not able to
tell, but as the numbers suggest, our volunteers made many struggling Marylanders’ lives better. Significantly
in 50% of these cases, our clients received individual representation—one lawyer handling a client’s case through
resolution. MVLS is one of a very few providers that can offer clients individual representation on this scale, and
regardless of the economic outlook, we will continue to leverage the power of pro bono.
Sincerely,
Bonnie A. Sullivan Lawrence D. Coppel
Executive Director President of the Board of Directors, FY 2011 About MVLS
The mission of MVLS is to provide quality pro bono legal services to Maryland’s working poor. Founded in 1981,
MVLS has 3,300 attorneys on its volunteer panel. Experienced volunteer attorneys are drawn from every sector of
Maryland’s legal community and include, partners in the largest law firms, solo practitioners, corporate counsel and
government attorneys. Over the past 30 years, our volunteer attorneys have accepted over 65,000 pro bono cases for
low-income Marylanders.
MVLS Special Programs
Community Development Project
The Community Development Project provides free legal advice and representation to nonprofit organizations across
Maryland that serve low-income communities by building affordable housing, providing job training, drug treatment,
and offering other vital human services. The Project matches nonprofits with volunteer lawyers who review contracts,
negotiate leases, prepare personnel manuals, answer tax questions, provide advice on complying with regulations,
and help with other transactional legal needs.
Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic
The MVLS Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic provides pro bono legal assistance to low-income Marylanders with IRS tax
disputes. Launched in 1999, this program helps taxpayers with tax issues that include denial of the Earned Income Tax
Credit, audits, innocent spouse relief, filing back taxes, and setting up payment plans.
Project HEAL (Health, Education, Advocacy, and Law)
Project HEAL is a medical-legal partnership between MVLS, The Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, and Kennedy
Krieger Institute. Our lawyers are part of an interdisciplinary team that includes physicians, nurses, social workers
and other health care providers. Project HEAL lawyers are located on-site at these medical centers where they can
conveniently offer low-income children, who are patients, and their families free legal advice and representation in a
variety of civil legal matters, such as landlord-tenant disputes; school enrollment and special education matters; denial
of public benefits; family law matters (divorce, custody, guardianship, child support); consumer debt collections; and
wills/advanced medical directives.
Washington County Courthouse Clinic
MVLS operates a Family Law Self-Help Clinic in the Circuit Court of Washington County. Experienced family law
attorneys provide free advice and information in a clinic setting to low-income litigants who do not have an attorney.
pro bono
for the public good
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In 2008, the housing bubble burst and Debbie Moore became a statistic – one of the estimated 11
million American households under water on their mortgage. Debbie had lost her job, was behind
on her mortgage payments and in danger of losing her house.
She’d heard about Maryland’s mortgage modification program and hoped she may qualify. An outof-state attorney, who allegedly specialized in mortgage loan modifications, contacted Debbie and
said he could help her, with one catch--she first had to pay a fee of $595. At the same time, Debbie
contacted a local lawyer to help her declare bankruptcy. Both actions ultimately ended up worsening
her financial difficulties, rather than solving them.
When Debbie contacted the “mortgage modification” lawyer after receiving her first foreclosure
notice, his representative told her to “ignore” the notice because things were progressing smoothly.
But in a short time her home went on the auction block anyway and she knew she needed better legal
help. She called MVLS.
Sadly, by the time MVLS volunteer Kenneth Butcher got involved, it was too late to save her home
and bankruptcy was not an option or solution. Attorney Butcher, however, was able to negotiate a
cash-for-keys swap with the company that purchased her home giving her time to find housing and
pay the first month’s rent.
While deeply saddened at the loss of her home, Debbie believed she had achieved the best outcome
she could realistically expect. But Ken knew better and continued
to fight for her. Unlike the phony “mortgage modification” lawyer,
Ken kept her in the loop every step of the way – by phone, email,
and letter. Over the course of a year, she was amazed at how many
hours he devoted to her case—free of charge.
Finally, with the help of an investigator from the Maryland
Commissioner of Financial Regulation, Ken was able to obtain a
full refund of the $595 illegal fee she had to pay. “I learned about the
law during an MVLS sponsored training class from a CFR deputy
commissioner,” says Butcher, “so the efforts of MVLS really made
this possible.”
“Mr. Butcher went above and beyond anything I’d have expected,”
adds Moore. “If I paid a million dollars I wouldn’t have received
better representation.”
Ken Butcher
debbie
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Leisa Buschell-Monk didn’t know where to turn. The modest, but comfortable,
life she had built with her husband was quickly slipping away. The economic
slowdown had all but eliminated her husband’s work in construction. Even with
Leisa’s job at the Anne Arundel County Department of Public Works, the couple
couldn’t keep up with their bills.
Leisa knew they were in real trouble when the letters and phone calls from
creditors started pouring in. Although she was scared, she tried to deal with her
financial problems. She contacted her creditors and tried to negotiate a reasonable
payment plan, and was promptly offered an unrealistic plan she knew she would
be unable to pay.
Fortunately, Leisa’s employee assistance program referred her to MVLS. Our intake
paralegals knew exactly which firm to call—The Kennedy Consumer Law Firm in
Annapolis. Bernard Kennedy, along with his son Michael, practice consumer law,
with a focus on unfair debt collection practices. They also rarely turn away MVLS
clients who can’t afford an attorney.
After reviewing the growing number of creditor threats and intimidation, the
Kennedys noticed a troubling pattern: the collection agencies and debt buyers
threatening Leisa with judgments and lawsuits were not licensed in Maryland.
And they found other irregularities in collection practices that resembled a shakedown more than lawful collection procedures.
Because the Kennedys discovered
multiple violations of the Fair
Debt Collection Practices Act
(FDCPA), they were able to help
Leisa pay off all her debts as well
as collect more than $17,000 in
damages from the unlicensed
and
unscrupulous
collection
agencies that had harassed her.
According to Leisa, “the Kennedys
were like guardian angels to me.”
Bernard & Michael
Kennedy
Leisa
Buschell-Monk
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Maranda was devastated when she learned she had stage IV bone cancer in December
2007. Just 22 years old, a student at Morgan State, and a single mother of a three-month
old daughter, Maranda had a lot to live for.
However, in October 2010, her doctors told her she had only a year to live. Although
Maranda did not have much time to plan, she knew that her daughter’s future needed to
include her parents, Wendy and Malcolm Giles.
Maranda was a patient at The Johns Hopkins Children’s Center when she was referred
to MVLS lawyer Hope Tipton, Director of Project HEAL at the Harriet Lane Clinic, to
help her make custody arrangements. Hope knew that the Giles’ had been taking care
of Maranda and their granddaughter since Maranda’s cancer diagnosis in 2007. The
child’s father, also a student at Morgan State, although loving and caring, knew he did
not have the ability to support his daughter and voluntarily agreed to Maranda’s wishes
that her parents have custody. All that remained to do was the court proceeding to make
Maranda’s wishes legal and binding.
In October 2010, Hope filed a Complaint for Custody and Visitation that included
consents from both parents. Just a few short months later, the Baltimore City Circuit
Court Judge granted legal and physical custody of three-year-old Amari to the Giles and
granted Maranda and the father liberal visitation.
Tragically, Maranda died on June 24, 2011,
but she died with peace of mind knowing
that Amari would be raised by her loving
grandparents.
“This situation was remarkably amicable,”
Hope says. “I’ve never seen a family law case
in which everyone was willing to work together
and do whatever was in the best interest of
the child.”
“It was a very difficult time for us,” adds
Wendy Giles, “going through bereavement
and a difficult legal process at the same time.
Ms. Tipton’s professionalism and compassion
was a blessing.”
HOPE TIPTON
Wendy & Malcolm
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2011 mvls award winners
Volunteer of the Year
Mark Scurti
Mark was honored for many reasons, including his many years of pro bono service
representing low-income clients facing Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. Not only has Mark personally
represented 51 clients, he also has trained many new bankruptcy volunteers for MVLS.
Recently, he expanded our pro se bankruptcy clinic to Baltimore County. Last year, MVLS
celebrated its 30th anniversary and asked Mark to serve on the benefit committee. He agreed
and took a leadership role in securing CenterStage, an outstanding venue, for our most successful benefit ever.
We would be remiss if we didn’t also recognize Mark’s tireless work for the Maryland State Bar Association, the
Bar Association of Baltimore City, and the recently inaugurated Free State Legal Project, as well as many other
community and legal services organizations in Maryland.
Law Firm of the Year
The Kennedy Law Firm
The Kennedy Law Firm, a father and son partnership, was honored for
its representation of victims of predatory lending and people in debt
collection disputes. Bernard and Michael Kennedy are zealous advocates
for low-income consumers, protecting them from illegal debt collection
practices, unscrupulous lenders, and fraudulent car dealers. Bernard
Kennedy, Michael’s father, joined our panel in 2008 and has since
represented 21 clients in debt collection and predatory lending cases. Michael joined our panel in March of this
year and following his father’s example has accepted 13 debt collection cases. As Michael recently told us, “. . .My
father and I love working with clients who cannot afford an attorney. That is our primary goal.” The Kennedys
have achieved that goal for many MVLS clients, even recovering damages in some cases. Few law firms are as
committed, or as successful, when representing our clients.
MVLS Partnership Award
Stuart O. Simms
MVLS cases typically never reach the Court of Appeals, but that’s where one of our adult
guardianship cases ended up last year when a hospital seeking public guardianship of our
homeless client filed a petition for certiorari in the Maryland Court of Appeals. Our client’s case
required the skills of an experienced appellate attorney to effectively respond. Unfortunately,
MVLS lacked the resources, and in-house expertise, to handle the appeal. We needed a skilled
appellate lawyer who also would be willing to represent our client pro bono. Our first stop was
the law firm of Brown, Goldstein, & Levy, a litigation firm known for its advocacy on behalf of
people with disabilities. Without hesitation, firm partner Stu Simms volunteered to represent
MVLS’ client. Stu invested many hours of work on the appeal, defending our client’s request that a public
guardian not be appointed. He achieved a successful result when the Court of Appeals ruled that certiorari was
improvidently granted. Due to his skill and advocacy, an important precedent in guardianship law was upheld.
More important, however, Stu’s skilled advocacy helped our client maintain his independence.
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2011 mvls volunteers
Volunteer lawyers are the engine that runs MVLS. Without them, our clients would have to face the legal
system alone. And so we say, “Thank you!” to all the volunteers whose names you see below. We also thank our
dedicated volunteers who continued to work on pro bono and reduced fee cases from prior years.
We are proud to report that in FY 2011, 509 volunteer lawyers, accountants and other professionals donated
11,468 billable hours, valued at over $3.4 million, representing MVLS clients. Listed below are the names of
MVLS volunteers who accepted a new case between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. Volunteers are listed by the
county of their primary office. If the volunteer accepted more than one case it is noted in parenthesis.
anne arundel county
Adekunle Z. Adeyemo (4)
Damon Bell
Russell Bennett
Robert Z. Bohan
Elena Boisvert
Eugene M. Brennan
Michael Canet (3)
Jeremiah Jacob Chiappelli
Walter S. B. Childs (5)
Thomas C. Codd
David M. Cohen
Scott Conwell
Andrew Cooch
George W. Donadoni(2)
John C. Gordon
Edward D. Groh (2)
E. Burton Hathaway, III
Melvin Hirshman (2)
Alan J. Hyatt
Ronald P. Jackson, Jr. (3)
Kim Y. Johnson
Bernard T. Kennedy (9)
Michael W. Kennedy(5)
Joseph Laumann (10)
Martin B. Lessans
Ron Marryott
Susan Mays (4)
Lisa M. McClurkin
Saul McCormick (2)
Nataly C. Mendocilla(3)
Michelle J. Moodispaw
Timothy J. Mummert(5)
Chika Ojiaku
Margaret O’Regan
Stacey Rogan (4)
David Ruben (7)
Kevin M. Schaeffer
Amanda Schmidt (2)
Laura Shanley
Robert A. Siegel (2)
Robert R. Smith
Linda S. Spevack
Ginina A. Stevenson
Jim Vidmar (2)
Thomas D. Wall
Cheri P. Wendt-Taczak
Harry H. Yost
Marla Zide
Carl N. Ziegler
Baltimore City
Jay Allan Abarbanel
Awuraakua L. Ablorh-Odjidja
Valerie Albrecht (2)
Angela A. Alexander
David M. Allen (2)
David W. Allen
Stanley Alpert
Robert D. Anbinder (3)
Antonio Aquia (9)
Hillary Arnaoutakis (3)
Marc J. Atas
Ilene Bailey
William Bainbridge
Robert W. Baker (2)
Susan D. Baker
Bernice T. Banks
Francis Barikor (2)
Nina Basu
Thomas C. Beach, III
Alan J. Belsky (5)
Barbara Cecilia Blake
Janice Bledsoe
Stanley H. Block (3)
M. Dante Blue
Ronald L. Briggs, Jr. (7)
Gary M. Brooks (3)
C. Christopher Brown
Judith R. Brunton (3)
William F. Burnham
Anthony I. Butler (7)
Rebecca L. Caldwell
Jamie Caplan (2)
Shawn Carter
Mary Claire Chesshire
Ernest Chukwuma (2)
Caroline D. Ciraolo (4)
Tara Clarke (2)
J. Allen Cohen
Nichole Cohen
David W. Cohen
Robert D. Cole, Jr. (2)
Natalie T. Collins (6)
Lawrence D. Coppel (4)
Myesha Craddock
Patrick G. Cullen (5)
Lila Cyr
Michelle R. Daley (3)
Thomas Dame (4)
Erika F. Daneman Slater (3)
Michael Daney (3)
Kenneth Davies (6)
Christopher A. Davis
Alan Deanehan (2)
Gerardine Delambo (2)
Shaketta A. Denson
Deborah Devan (5)
Philip F. Diamond (2)
Brian Diamond
Adrienne N. Dixon
Mark Dopkin (2)
Neil Dubovsky
Carl E. Eastwick
Lon Engel (2)
Jude Ezeala (6)
James J. Fabian (2)
Dana Fidazzo
Jessica Finkle
Timothy D. Fisher
Tommy Fisher
Andrew Fontanella (4)
Jennifer Fox
John Fox (2)
Kristin H.R. Franceschi
Carla Fults (2)
Stephanie Gallagher
Dale Garbutt (10)
Gregory Garrett
Alan Garten
Karl-Henri Gauvin (21)
Jerome Geraghty
Roberta Gill
Michele Gilman (2)
Joseph K. Githuku (2)
Thomas Glancy
Donna M. Glover
Sally Gold
David Michael Goldman (2)
Allyson Goldscher (2)
Christopher Gray (2)
Caprisha S. Greene
Leza Griffith
Ann Grillo
Robert N. Grossbart (6)
Mike Halaiko
Roanne Handler (2)
Constance M. Hare (15)
Tatarsha D. Harris (3)
Donald Hecht (3)
Kristin Herber (3)
William S. Heyman
Theodore Hirsh
Catherine K. Hopkin
Kenneth D. Hornstein (3)
Robin M. Hough
Sherrie T. Howell (3)
David Jackson
Jared Jaskot (2)
Jeffrey L. Kaplan (2)
Mary T. Keating (5)
Stephanie Kinder
Walter Kirkman
Susan Klein (2)
Frederick L. Kobb
James Koch
Megan Kraai (2)
Alan Kreshtool (2)
Julie E. Landau
Alison Velez Lane
Ronna Lazarus (2)
Gary Leibowitz
Cara Y. Lewis (2)
Elliot Lewis
Frank Lidinsky
James R. Logan (3)
Scott S. London
Noah T. Lowery
Jessica Lubar
Jaime Luse
Kimberly A. Manuelides (2)
Darren Margolis (6)
Aaron Marshall
Mark Martin
Kyriakos Marudas (7)
Montez Mason
William A. McComas
Kathleen McGinley
Mary Ann McGrail
Lauri A. McGuire
David L. McMurray, Jr. (3)
M. Natalie McSherry
Jason Miles
Thomas E. Miller
William Monaghan
George R. Mowell
R. Troy Mowery
Joy Napier-Joyce
April Nelson
M. Elizabeth Nowinski
Robert O’Brien (2)
Chidiebere Onukwugha
Ira Oring
Paolo Pasicolan (3)
Jeanne Phelan
David Portney (3)
Gary S. Posner
Nathan J. Postillion
Wayne T. Prem
Thomas K. Prevas
Thomas Rafferty
Donald A. Rea
Ted Reilly
Rebecca B. Ripley (2)
E. Hutchinson Robbins, Jr. (10)
John Roberts
Ginger Robinson (3)
Amy Roman
Joy Sakamoto-Wengel
Sheldon S. Satisky (2)
Bryan Saxton (2)
Randall Bryan Schapiro
Brooke Schumm, III (5)
Robert A. Scott
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Charles Shafer (2)
Stephen D. Shawe
Jane Sheehan
Erin Sher
Orbie R. Shively
Lori Simpson (8)
J. Snowden Stanley, Jr.
Bobbie Steyer
Kristen Strain
Victoria Sulerzyski (5)
Brad Swallow (8)
Bryon Szojchet
Rebecca Tabb
Lewis J. Taylor
Robert K. Taylor, Jr.
Lavinia Thomas (3)
Candy Thompson
Elva E. Tillman (3)
Joseph I. Tivvis, Jr. (2)
Susan Trimble
Shauntese Curry Trye (3)
Lee Tuchman (2)
Christopher J. Tully
Thomas Valkenet (3)
Max Van Orden (2)
Roberto Vela Mendoza (2)
Irving Walker
Josh Walters (2)
Diana M. Wang (3)
Laurie M. Wasserman (3)
John C. Wetzel
Carolyn White
James Wiggins (4)
Steven Wilder (4)
Leslie John Williams
Erika K. Woods (3)
Baltimore County
Lauren Ades
Sonja L. Allen (3)
Lesley Atkinson
Yollette Atkinson
Stuart C. Axilbund
Andrew Bailey
Scott Baron
Susan Bell
Leon Berg
Alan Billian
Christina Billiet
Steven H. Block (2)
William F. Blue
Stephanie Bolton
Anthony J. Breschi
Kevin F. Bress
John K. Burkhardt
Christine Carey
Lindsay Casey
Michael J. Cerri
Robert W. Clark, Jr.
Michael F. Connolly (5)
Delores Cooke
Curtis C. Coon
Curtis B. Cooper (3)
Timothy W. Davis (8)
Diana Denrich
Sondra Douglas
Ronald J. Drescher
Paul Feeley, Jr. (4)
Larry Feldman
Darren Fields
Rebecca Fleming
Adam Freiman
Jeffrey Friedman
Stanford G. Gann, Jr.
Lauren M. Geisser (3)
Thomas G. Gill (2)
Louis Glick (2)
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Robert Glushakow (2)
Carl R. Gold
Tamara Good (4)
Douglas Gorius
Victoria Grace (2)
Robert B. Greenwalt (2)
Richard Gunkel (2)
Judith Hamilton (2)
E. Philip Hanlon
Laurie Hansen (6)
John Hayden
Kurt Heinrich (7)
Stanley H. Hellman
Marlow Henderson
Howard M. Heneson
Amy P. Hennen
Charles J. Herring
Rebecca Heyman-Magaziner (2)
Chester H. Hobbs, IV
James E. Hock, Jr.
Britta Hugoson-Burnet (3)
Robert E. Jacobson (3)
J. Calvin Jenkins
Lauren S. Keiser
Heidi Kenny
William T. Kerr
Stephen Kleeman
Ari J. Kodeck
William P. Konstas
Maria Korman
Charles E. Kountz
Sheldon Levitt (5)
Katharine Linzer (2)
Lewis A. London
Jennifer S. Lubinski (2)
Lisa Magil (2)
Thomas Mallon
Jo Ann Miller (2)
Kenneth Montgomery
Michael J. Moran (2)
Lindsey Moran (2)
Megan Morrissette (3)
Eleanor C. Naiman
Jeffrey Nesson (2)
David Nowak
James C. Olson (2)
David S. Ostrow
Lauren Pagano (2)
Jason Penn
Philip Petty
F. Bradley Peyton
Gary Poretsky
James Quinn
James Rosner (3)
Jane Santoni
Steven J. Scheinin (2)
Jeffrey Scholnick (2)
John Schropp
Mark F. Scurti (8)
Myriem Seabron
John Sibrea
Barton Jay Sidle (2)
Steven D. Silverman (4)
Aidan Smith (5)
Marcheta Tabron
Robert W. Taylor, Jr.
Linda Thomas
Keith Truffer
Frank E. Turney (11)
Alan J. Van Luven (5)
Sean Vitrano
Marty Voelkel-Hanssen (2)
Robert M. Wagner (4)
Randy Wase (5)
Martha White
John Wilkinson, Jr.
Joel P. Williams (2)
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Stephen S. Winegrad (2)
A. David Zerivitz (4)
Calvert County
Jennifer Dill
Rex Fuller, III
Wendy L. Tornabene Velez
Joshua Welborn
Carroll County
William Burke
Douglas Curtis
Leslie Dickinson
J. Michael Earp
Donna Engle
Fred Hecker
Beth A. Jackson Day(2)
Kelly Walfred Miller
Sheri A. Mullikin (2)
Samantha Smith
Michael J. Sonnenfeld
Cecil County
Alison Jones
Gerald W. Kelly (3)
Dean Clayton Kremer (2)
Robert Landolt
James D. Lano (4)
Renee Madden
Phillip L. Marcus
Thomas Meachum (2)
Thomas Mulinazzi
Cecilia Paizs
Mary B. Patterson
Leslie A. Pladna (2)
William Lyle Poe, Jr.
Christopher Rahl (4)
Gerald Richman (3)
Jason C. Ridgell (2)
Tara Ross
Edward Ross, III (4)
Jerome Schaefer
Jeffrey Schultz
Karlyn A. Sweetman (3)
William C. Wood (2)
Kristy Boon
David Foxx (3)
William Riddle (3)
Robyn L. Thompson
Kent County
Charles County
Karen Alegi
Paul E. Alpuche, Jr.
Abrielle Anderson
Dmitry Balannik
Jonathan M. Binstock (4)
Dominic J. Cirincione
James W. Dawson, Jr.
Darrell Doss
Wilma Fields (2)
Stacey B. Jones
David J. Kaminow (3)
Ali Khorsand
Paul Kurth
Relinda Louisy
Heather McCabe (2)
Kathryn McDonough
S. Ricardo Narvaiz
John T. O’Connor
Theo Ogune
Sajjid M. Rauf
Emily Russell (2)
Morris Topf
Moges Abebe (2)
Robert M. Burke (2)
June W. Dillard (3)
Carroll Drake
Kimberly Marshall (2)
Franklin B. Olmsted
Thomas R. Simpson, Jr. (2)
Shafanta Willis
Dorchester County
Rene Tywang
Frederick County
William F. Abell, Jr.
Earl Bartgis, Jr.
Gary L. Compton (7)
Elizabeth Conklyn (2)
Donald Dunbar (5)
Joseph M. Gorvoy (2)
John C. Hanrahan (2)
Glenn S. Lewis
Noel Manalo
Laura Melia
Jennifer Rankin
Amanda J. Ray (4)
John Sica
Elizabeth Stup
Harford County
Laura V. Bearsch
Cassandra Beverley (2)
Cornelius Helfrich (2)
Michael Hickey (2)
Melissa B. Linebaugh
H. Wayne Norman
Kevin Salkowski
Charles Wellington
Howard County
Marylen Bartlett
Larry A. Blosser
Andrew F. Campbell
Linda Hudroge Carroll (6)
Stephen Ronald Elville (2)
Robert Fila (2)
Myra Frazier (9)
Ruth Ann Gazaille
David A. Hall
Joseph Henriquez
Cary Jacobson (2)
Kimberly Bennett
Montgomery County
Prince George’s County
Clayton Aarons
April Ademiluyi
Tamal Banton (2)
Michael F. Barnett (3)
Stephen Broadhead
Bennie R. Brooks
Rhonda R. Brown
Jacqueline D. Byrd (2)
Deirdre Cheek (3)
Christopher Daniels (8)
Christopher L. Hamlin
Martine A. Jean
Edward Leyden
Rosalyn W. Otieno
E. Nichole Patterson
Sidney E. Reid (2)
L. Jeannette Rice
David H. Sandler (4)
Caleb I. Solomon (4)
Tina Marie Stanczewski
Raquel White
Brian C. Williams
Beverly Winstead (2)
Somerset County
Jennifer M. Bushman
James H. Porter
Anna Mae Rounds
St. Mary’s County
Samuel C. Baldwin, Jr. (2)
Daniel J. Guenther
Kathleen McClernan
Washington County
Michele A. Ferris Hansen (2)
E. Kenneth Grove, Jr.
Edward J. Hagan
Jason Morton
Patricia Ann Patton
Erika Peteranecz
Wicomico County
Christina M. Alfonsi (7)
Buxton R. Bailey
Michael Crowson
Angela DiPietro (2)
Jordan Gilmore (2)
D. Nicole Green
Stephen M. Hearne (4)
Charles J. Jannace, III
Susan J. Land (2)
Matthew Mills
Bruce Ruark
Franzella Starkey
George G. Strott (3)
Dale E. Watson
Worcester County
Sarah Ruth Barnwell (3)
Frank Benvenuto
Brian P. Cosby (3)
Sharon Donahue (4)
Robert K. McIntosh (2)
J. Harrison Phillips, III
Out of State
Thomas Bodie
Tabitha R. Brown (4)
Leigh Z. Callander (3)
William C. Johnson (2)
Matthew Kaiser
Lawrence London
Melanie Murray Mfume (7)
Lynnae Mosley
Shikha Parikh
Ducchi T. Quan (2)
Eric M. Steinberg (4)
Camille Tilley
FY 2011 Community
Development Project
Volunteer Panel
Lauren Ades
Nina Basu
Ronald L. Briggs, Jr.
Stephen Broadhead
Ernest Chukwuma
Lila Cyr
Christopher A. Davis
Brian Diamond
Kristin H.R. Franceschi
Theodore Hirsh
Alan J. Hyatt
Matthew Kaiser
Mary T. Keating
Walter Kirkman
Lawrence London
Phillip L. Marcus
William A. McComas
Thomas Meachum
Joy Napier-Joyce
Jeanne Phelan
Christopher Rahl
Ted Reilly
Jerome Schaefer
Stephen D. Shawe
Jane Sheehan
Diana M. Wang
Debtor Assistance
Program
Antonio Aquia
Tabitha R. Brown
John K. Burkhardt
Olivia Cammack
Shawn Carter
Michael J. Cerri
Kenneth Davies
Rudolph DeMeo
Jude Ezeala
Adam Freiman
Karl-Henri Gauvin
Thomas G. Gill
Douglas Gorius
Robert B. Greenwalt
Robert N. Grossbart
Catherine K. Hopkin
Jill A. Kolodner
Gary Leibowitz
Kenneth Montgomery
Gary Poretsky
John Roberts
John Schropp
Orbie R. Shively
Frank E. Turney
Jim Vidmar
Irving Walker
John Wilkinson, Jr.
Family Law Reduced
Fee and Judicare
Moges Abebe
Sonja Allen
Samuel Baldwin, Jr.
Francis Barikor
Marylen Bartlett
Barbara Bechberger
Susan Bell
Janell Bell
Victor Berger
Kristy Boon
Davida Bortmes
Judith Brunton
Rebecca Bryant
Anthony Butler
Linda Carroll
Lindsay Casey
Jeremiah Chiappelli
Joseph Chukla, Jr.
Dwight Clark
J. Allan Cohen
Fred Cohen
Tara Yutzy Collier
Natalie Collins
Elizabeth Conklyn
Michael Connolly
Steven Cox
Christopher Daniels
Diana Denrich
June Dillard
Anthony DiPaula
J. Michael Ear
William Fanning
Paul Feeley, Jr.
Larry Feldman
Michele Ferris Hansen
Andrew Fontanella
David Foxx
Jordan Gilmore
Louis Glick
Lisa Goldblatt
Joseph Gorvoy
Dana Gadigian
Garland Hall
Troy Hansen
Laurie Hansen
Tatarsha Harris
Stanley Hellman
Rebecca Heyman-Magaziner
Michael Hickey
Charles Holman
Sherrie Howell
Britta Hugoson-Burnet
Beth Jackson Day
Charles Jannace, III
Alison Jones
Ari J. Kodeck
Jeffrey Kreshtool
Glenn Lewis
Katharine Linzer
Cristine LoVetro
Jennifer Lubinski
Thomas Mallon
Susan Mays
Heather McCabe
Nataly Mendocilla
Jo Ann Miller
Sandra Minton
Lindsey Moran
Jason Morton
Thomas Mulinazzi
Timothy Mummert
Roger Munn
Theo Ogune
Rosalyn Otieno
Erika Peteranecz
Reuven Poupko
James Quinn
Amanda Ray
Joanie Raymond
Gerald Richman
William Riddle
George Rose
Anna Rounds
Stephen Rourke
Emily Russell
James Sauer
Bernard Semler, II
John Sibrea
Harry Siegel
Steven Silverman
Aidan Smith
Franzella Starkey
Elizabeth Stup
Debra Thomas
Susan Trimble
Walter D. Ty
April M. Urban
Christopher Van Roden
Victor Varga
Marty Voelkel-Hanssen
Charles Wagaman, Jr.
Charlotte Weinstein
Kathryn Westbrook
FY 2011 Low Income
Taxpayer Panel
Sonja L. Allen
Paul E. Alpuche, Jr.
Susan D. Baker
Barbara Cecilia Blake
Stanley H. Block
Eugene M. Brennan
Ronald L. Briggs, Jr.
Leigh Z. Callander
Andrew F. Campbell
Michael Canet
Pam Chaney
Ernest Chukwuma
Caroline D. Ciraolo
Gary L. Compton
Delores Cooke
Michelle R. Daley
James W. Dawson, Jr.
George W. Donadoni
Darrell Doss
Carl E. Eastwick
Stephen Ronald Elville
Darren Fields
Jerome Geraghty
David A. Hall
John Hayden
Robert E. Jacobson
Wiliam C. Johnson, Jr.
Gerald W. Kelly
Ali Khorsand
William P. Konstas
Edward Leyden
Noel Manalo
Michael J. Moran
Megan Morrissette
S. Ricardo Narvaiz
John T. O’Connor
Nathan J. Postillion
Sidney E. Reid
Ginger Robinson
Stacey Rogan
Bryan Saxton
Brooke Schumm, III
Ginina A. Stevenson
Camille Tilley
Alan J. Van Luven
Robert M. Wagner
Diana M. Wang
Cheri P. Wendt-Taczak
John C. Wetzel
Steven Wilder
Leslie John Williams
Beverly Winstead
Washington County
Courthouse Clinic
Leonard Kelly
Training and Clinic
Instructors
Caroline D. Ciraolo
Lawrence D. Coppel
Jason A. Frank
Gerald W. Kelly
Carolyn Malinowski
Mark F. Scurti
Bradley Swallow
Hope Tipton
Mentors
Robert W. Baker
Caroline Ciraolo
Tucker V. Clagett
Kenneth Davies
Carroll Drake
John T. Faulkingham
Michael I. Gordon
Gerald W. Kelly
Bernard T. Kennedy
Susan Klein
Camilla O. McRory
Melanie Murray Mfume
Christopher Rahl
Mark F. Scurti
Judith Shub-Condliffe
Steven D. Silverman
Victoria Sulerzyski
Hope Tipton
Marty Voelkel-Hanssen
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2011 mvls donors
INDIVIDUAL DONoRS
PARTNERS CLUB
Executive Committee
$1,000 and Above
Anonymous
Tanya Axenson
George and Christine Bachrach
Rignal W. Baldwin, Jr.
Stephan Y. Brennan
Robert S. Brennen
Lawrence D. Coppel
Joanne and Ron Creamer
Thomas J. Cullen, Jr.
James DeGraffenreidt, Jr and Mychelle Farmer
Thomas J. Egan and Sharon Katula
Jonathan M. Genn
Thomas F. Grogan
Charles S. Hirsch
Larry Jennings
Paula M. Junghans
Lawrence J. Keen, III
Kathleen McDermott
M. Natalie McSherry
Eric and Chrissy Miller
Susan Tucker Preston
Christopher Rahl and
Elizabeth Wyatt Rahl
Paul W. Spence
Sanford V. Teplitzky
Armand J. Volta, Jr.
Richard L. and Manuele Wasserman
Senior Partner
$500 to $999
Anonymous (3)
Charles T. Albert
Burton Amernick
Richard M. Barnes
Trudy Bartel and Jon Laria
Michael and Mary Baxter
Bonnie J. Beavan
John W. Beckley
Paul D. Bekman
Linda J. Botek
James C. Brennan
Marianna I. Burt
Honorable and Mrs. J. Norris Byrnes
Patrick K. Cameron
Caroline D. Ciraolo
Michael S. Clevenger
Rob Cornish
C. Curtis Croley and
Rebecca A. Weaver
Robert Curran and
Roseanne Matricciani
Ken Davies
Honorable and
Mrs. E. Stephen Derby
M. Gregg Diamond
Thomas E. Dunigan
Cecil E. Flamer
Steven R. Freeman
Sandra P. Gohn
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Sally B. Gold and Elliot Zulver
Lawrence S. Greenwald
Christopher J Hamaty
Fred S. Hecker
S. Craig Holden
Peter Keith
Mark Kopec
Jeffrey M. Kotz
Joseph H. Langhirt
Andrew Lapayowker and
Sarah McCafferty
Jon Matthew Laria
Martin B. Lessans
Kimberly L. Limbrick
Thomas E. Lynch
David M. Lynn, Esq.
Donald P. McPherson, III
Craig B. and Paula K. Merkle
Ellen and Alan Mogol
Thomas V. Monahan, Jr.
Richard L. Nilsson
Hon. Theresa A. Nolan (Ret)
James C. Oliver
Deborah L. Potter
E. Hutchinson Robbins, Jr. and Valerie Robbins
George Roche
Charles E. Rosolio
Leonard H. Shapiro and
Marie F. Cooke
Ann M. Sheridan and
James E. Dickerman
Paul Sugar
Bonnie Sullivan
Steuart H. Thomsen
Raymond G. Truitt
Tracey G. Turner
J.W. Thompson Webb
Honorable Darryl L. Webster
Robinson S. Rowe
Michael D. Wilmoth
Partner
$350 to $499
Anonymous
Sally D. Adkins & William J. Bostian
James K. Archibald
Denise C. Barrett
Honorable Robert M. Bell
Cynthia A. Berman
Courtney A. Blair
Catherine A. Bledsoe
Robert R. Bowie, Jr.
Honorable Nathan Braverman and Lynn B. Sassin
Catherine M. Brennan
Steven M. Caplan
Jonathan E. Claiborne
James Reilly Dolan
Honorable Ann Marie Doory
Honorable Judith Claibourne Ensor
Elizabeth M. Foley
Gordon D. Fronk
John J. Gessner
Andrew Jay Graham
2011 annual report
Joy Y. Hatchette
James A. Johnson
Mary T. Keating
Thomas J. Kenney, Jr.
Robert N. Kilberg, P.A.
Anne and Henry Koether
Julie Ellen Landau
Victor H. Laws, III
Ann and Thomas Lloyd
Allen F. Loucks and
Marilyn Hope Fisher
Jerald B. Lurie
David M. Lyon
William E. McDaniels
Honorable and Mrs. Andrew H. Metz
Cleaveland D. Miller
Joseph T. Moran, Jr.
Robert R. Morrow
Elizabeth K. Moser
Laurence C. Nolan
Paul S. Novak
Joseph H. Ostad
Elizabeth and Richard Osterman
Katherine M. Palumbo
Robert E. Polack
Paul M. Polansky
John A. Rego
Migsie Richlin
J. Paul Rieger, Jr.
Barry F. Rosen
Ellen and Bruce Rothschild
D. Lee and Catherine D. Rutland
Leanne M. Schrecengost
Hon. Marcus Z. Shar
Lee Sheller
Howard L. Sollins
Harry C. Storm
Stephen J. Toomey
Wm. Roger Truitt
Judith S. Waranch
Christopher R. West
Andrea D. Williams, Esq.
Lisa J. Wilson
Jefferson V. Wright
$100 TO $349
Anonymous (28)
David B. Abramoff
Honorable Karen H. Abrams
Jonathan Acton, II
Gary L. Alexander, Esq.
Fred Allentoff, Esq.
James W. Almand
Dan Anderson
Neilson P. Andrews
John C. M. Angelos
Armstrong Family
Melinda B. Antalek
Retha Arens and William Burr
Barbara A. Babb
Andrew H. Baida and
Cynthia L. Spell
Mary C. Baldwin
Stanley W. Balis
Honorable Mary Ellen Barbera
Stephanie Kaye Baron
Nancy Barr
Robert S. Beasley
Dianne K. Beauchamp
Leonard Bebchick
Russell J. Bennett, Esq.
Ronald Berger
Richard Bloch
Victoria Bor
J. Darby Bowman
Terence M. Brady
Fern J. Brodney
John S. Brzostowski
Maureen T. Cannon
James D. Cardea
Lucy A. Cardwell
Anthony M. Carey
Paul V. Carlin
Phillip T. Caroom
Catherine Carroll
Tina L. Cheng
Anthony F. Christhilf
Debora Clovis
Alan L. Cohen
Rebecca Cohn
Vincent J. Colatriano
Kevin P. and Paula J. Connelly
Robert A. Cook
Ellen S. Cooper
Mark D. Coplin
William S. Corey
Marjorie A. Corwin
Richard L. Costella
Kenneth L. Crawford
Theresa V. Czarski
Jay A. Dackman
David C. Daneker
Michael D. Daneker
Jill Marie Dennis
Michael J. Devine
Claudia A. Diamond
Shrikant V. Dighe
Mary Malloy Dimaio
Walter and Joanne Doggett
Thomas Donohue
Morgan O. Doolittle, III
Jim Doub
Roger A. Doumar
Jennifer Duane
Steve and Miriam Dubin
James A. Dunbar
John C. Eidleman
Henry Eigles
Lee R. Epstein
Carolyn A. Espy
Korin Ewing
Hon. John Fader, II and
Kathryn K. Fader
George H. Falter, III
Peter C. Farrand
Audrey F. Feffer
Joshua Feldmesser
Patrice Alexander Ficklin
Vicki B. Finkelstein
Jervis Spencer Finney
Honorable Constance H. Frogale
Herman E. Funk, Jr.
Judith T. Galloway
Dominick A. Garcia
Nathan Gardner-Andrews
Herbert S. Garten
Morris L. Garten
Fred Geldon
Manuel & Ingrid Geraldo
Barbara S. Gilliss and
Edward J. Gilliss
Jo M. Glasco, Esq.
Stephen M. Goldberg
R. Marc Goldberg
Louisa H. Goldstein
Stuart Yael Gordon
Leslie D. Gradet
Frank T. Gray
Honorable Clayton Greene, Jr.
Alan M. Grochal
Candace J. Groudine
Susan H. Hamburg
Joseph P. Hart
Thomas C. Hayden, Jr.
Bruce D. Hechmer
H. Victoria Hedian
Lisa C. Heimlicher
C. Daniel Held
James Hemelt
Ronald M. Hirschel
Mel Hirshman
Brian Hochheimer and
Marjorie Wax
Gary Honick
D. Gregory Howard
Elizabeth J. Huttar
Gary and Deborah Ignatowski
Andrew L. Isaacson
Arnold Janofsky
George F. Jones
Debra Jung
Wendy L. Kahn
Louis I. Kaplan
Honorable Ronald Alan Karasic
Dale P. Kelberman, Esq.
Robert A. Kengle
Robert Kern, Jr.
Ingrid Kershner
Alan S. Kerxton
Murray A. Kivitz
Stephan Klingelhofer
Benjamin B. Klubes
Joyce E. Knodell
Frederick L. Kobb
Joseph C. Kovars
Christopher Lage
Stephane Latour
Vivian Moore Lawyer
Anne Kelly Laynor
Stephen M. LeGendre
Lawrence G. Lerman
Judy Levinson
Jennifer L. Lewis
Deborah A. Linn
David J. Lipinski
Charles W. Lockyer, Jr.
Ford Loker
Mary G. Loker, Esq.
Fred S. London
Richard V. Lynas
Gregory J. Madden
James S. Maffitt
John T. Maguire
Judy K. Maistrellis
Patrick A. Malone
Lisa S. Mankofsky
John Markus
Kathy & Jim Mathias
Honorable Albert J. Matricciani
Jolie H. Matthews
Kevin McAnaney and
Catherine McCabe
Richard G. McCauley
Marie Helen McGlone
John J. McHugh, Esq.
Stephen W. Michael
John H. Michener
John R. Mietus
Howard B. Miller
Joyce T. Mitchell
Herbert B. and Miriam L. Mittenthal
T. Allen Mott
Michael Mowles
Kevin M. Murphy
Kirsten L. Nathanson
Howard J. Needle
Roann Nichols
Kelly O’Brien
Matthew D. Osnos
Thomas L. and Leslie V. Owsley
Bruce R. Parker
Anne S. Perkins
Paula J. Peters
Robert Plotkin
Carolyn I. Polowy
Howard Possick
Jean Prem
Wayne T. Prem
John Prendergast
Hunter L. Prillaman
Karl Protil, Jr.
Carroll S. Rankin
Richard A. Ransom
Libby C. Reamer Rappaport
Marie H. Razulis
Wayne C. and Linda E. Rebuck
Dana A. Reed
Charles A. Rees
Terri L. Reicher
Anthony Reiner
Patrick J. and Stasia S. Reynolds
Melissa Rhea
Sandra Humphries Riviears
Don Ronayne
Lynn Blume Rosen
Benjamin Rosenberg
Laurice D. Royal
A. Ronald Rubin
James E. Ruffin
Lee N. Sachs
Sheila K. Sachs
Joy & Steve Sakamoto-Wengel
Harold and Victoria Sakayan
Kathy Salamat
Laura Salganik
David Scott Salkeld
William C. Sammons
Neil J. Schechter
Bonnie G. Schneider
Sanford D. Schreiber
Eugene H. Schreiber
Eugene A. Shapiro
Ronald M. Shapiro
Mark A. Shelnitz
Alexander Short
Lawrence A. Shulman
Catherine M. Shultz
Gary M. Sidell
Ira S. Siegler
Damon A. Silvers
Andrew E. Skopp
Lucy L. Slaich
Bob and Jackie Smelkinson
Jonathan D. Smith
Valerie J. Smith
Marc G. Snyder
Penny Somer-Greif
Linda S. Spevack, Esq.
Nancy S. Spritz
Sidney Stafford and Frances Sutton
Katharine R. Stierhoff
Barbara J. Stob
Walter R. Stone
Norman R. Stone, Jr.
Henry J. Suelau
Peter and Jeanne Sullivan
Barbara G. Swain
Judith and Melvin Sykes
Judith K. Sykes, Esq.
Vanita M. Taylor
John H. Thornton
Edwin E. Tillman
Martha A. Toll
Corina M. and Timothy P. Trainer
Gary Alan Wais
David N. Webster
Gregg and Paula Weinberg
Harold R. Weisbaum and
Sharon Krevor-Weisbaum
Leesa N. Weiss
Jeffrey P. Weiss
Pamela L. Weller
Anne M. and Gary M. Wheeler
James & Elizabeth Whittle
John Willis
Jane A. Wilson
H. Norman Wilson, Jr.
Roger Winston
Robert R. Winter
Sander L. Wise
John Anthony Wolf
Maxine Woo-Garcia
Carol W. Yoder
Gina M. Zawitoski
UP TO $99
Anonymous (20)
Renee Bronfein Ades
Honorable Paul E. Alpert
Shara Mervis Alpert
Joseph F. Anastasio
Allan Anderson, Jr.
William and Kendall Anthony
Russel Arlotta
Elizabeth H. Arnold
David Ayers
Robert R. and Dorothy D. Bair
Alexander E. Barnes
Nina Basu
Diana C. Baumann
Patricia A. and John H. Beam
Elizabeth A. Beauchamp
Barbara Berschler
Richard V. Boswell
Eddie Pearl P. Bowden
Douglas M. Brattebo
William R. Brieger
Henry S. & Sara Burden
Honorable John Carroll Byrnes
Geoffrey N. Cabin
Rhonda Pindell Charles
Frederick P. Charleston
Daniel R. Chemers
Thomas and Cheryl Chiccone
John M. Clarkson, III
Ann B. Cogan
Christa G. Conant
Heidi A. Connolly
John P. Corderman
Robert M. Coulbourn, III
Anthony J. Covacevich
Diane J. Curran and
Ferdinand Hoefner
Gislin Dagnelie
Michael David
Garber Davidson
Janette E. DeBoissiere
Carole S. Demilio
Richard B. Desser
Mary Elizabeth Devlin
Neil J. Dilloff
Eris I. Dixon
John B. and Ruth P. Doak
Kathleen M. Donahue
Bruce Donaldson
Joyce R. Dukes
Herman Efron
Alan R. Engel
Peter Engel
Donald E. Exner
Edward I. Felter
Morton Fisher
Ocelious B. Foster
Michael I. and Sandra Gordon
Carmine J. Granese, Jr.
Fay C. Graning
Charles Gross
Beth Grupp
Calvin I. Hamburger
Joyce L. Harper
Honorable Glenn T. Harrell, Jr.
Lee S. Hendelman
Robert W. Hesselbacher, Jr.
Suzanne L. Hood
Anthony P. Interdonato
Joel A. Jacobson
Elmira Jafarova
Joseph L. Johnson
David A. Kagan-Kans
William M. Katcef
Kathryn H. Klassen
Jeffrey A. Koeppel
William P. Konstas
Lawrence S. Lanahan, Jr.
James and Ann Lano
Jennifer LaRoche
Larry Caplan
Edmund W. & Laurie Law
Herbert Lawrence Lesser
Cynthia Lifson
Barbara A. Lingg
James R. Logan
Tarrant H. Lomax
Richard W. Lymn
Deborah Mack
Paul G. Marcotte, Jr.
Darren Margolis
Leopold and Evelyn May
E. Francine Stokes
Loria A. McIntyre
Robert E. Michelson
Honorable William D. Missouri
Searle Mitnick
Scott Moffet
M. Scotland Morris
Fay F. Nash
Renarda L. Nash-Lecount
Ralph M. Nitkin and Camilla E. Day
April Oh Park
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Cheryl & Norman Parker
Michael S. Pearl
Daniel Pearlman
Thomas G. Peter
Carrie G. Phillip
Honorable W. Michel Pierson
Joseph K. Pokempner
David J. Polashuk
Larry Polen
Mark and Joanne Pollak
Albert B. Polovoy
Daniel W. Pugh
Lee B. Rauch
Phyllis Ringler
Rachel Z. Ritvo
Donald B. Robertson
John G. Rolker
William D. Rudolph
Antonio P. Salazar
Diana M. Savit
Stuart A. Schadt
Stanley D. Schiff
Michael N. Schleupner, Jr.
Daniel B. Schneider
Michael D. Schrock
Alvin Sellman
Richard J. Shaker
Steven Sibel
Brian P. Siegel
Steven D. Silverman
Robert M. Skelton
Deborah Spielberg
Nevett Steele, Jr.
Lawrence F. Stevenson
Brian Stone
Heidi W. Strassler
Joel I. Suldan
Diane Sullivan
Robert A. Suls
Lewis J. Taylor
Joseph Bernard Tetrault
Irving N. Tranen
Anthony J. Trotta
William R. Varga
Carolyn Cochran Vaughn
Rangeley Wallace and
James P. Denvir
Michele Bresnick Walsh
Frederick H. and
Barbara R Walton, Jr.
James H. Wannamaker, III
Thomas J. S. Waxter, III
Christine S. Wells
Kathleen M. Werner
Henry H. Whaley
Delma Wickham-Smith
James S. Wilson
William E. Woodroof
Larry Yumkas and Miriam Fisher
CORPORATE,
FOUNDATION,
& LAW FIRM DONORS
$25,000 and Above
DLA Piper US, LLP
Grant Capital Management
Kennedy Krieger Institute
The M&T Charitable Foundation
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.
$10,000 to $24,999
Baltimore Community Foundation
Bank of America Foundation
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP
Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, 14 | MVLS
Hoffberger & Hollander
The John J. Leidy Foundation, Inc.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Pediatrics
Kramon & Graham, P.A.
LaVerna Hahn Charitable Trust
Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Ober|Kaler, Attorneys at Law
Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP
Salsbury, Clements, Bekman,
Marder & Adkins, LLC
Saul Ewing, LLP
Schochor, Federico and Staton, P.A.
Warnken, LLC
& Gibber, P.A.
Niles, Barton & Wilmer, LLP
Law Offices of Edith and Associates
Law Offices of
Stephen J. Nolan, Chtd.
Proctor & McKee, P.A.
The RCM&D Foundation, Inc.
Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram, P.C.
T. Rowe Price Foundation
Treanor Pope & Hughes, P.A.
Tydings & Rosenberg, LLP
Venable Foundation, Inc.
Wright, Constable & Skeen, L.L.P.
Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP
$5,000 to $9,999
Up to $999
Baldwin Kagan & Gormley, LLC
Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl
$2,500 to $4,999
Anderson, Coe & King, LLP
Association of Corporate Counsel Baltimore Chapter
Ballard Spahr, LLP
Constellation Energy Foundation
Dealy Foundation
Gallagher Evelius & Jones, LLP
Maryland Bar Foundation
Womble Carlyle Sandridge
& Rice, PLLC
$1,000 to $2,499
Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf
& Hendler, LLC
Bar Associations Insurance Trust
Baxter, Baker, Sidle, Conn & Jones
Bodie, Nagle, Dolina, Smith & Hobbs
Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
McGuireWoods, LLP
Certified CIO
Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard, P.A.
The Cordish Family Foundation, Inc.
Brooke Schumm and Daneker, McIntire, Schumm, et al
Dugan, Babij & Tolley, LLC
Ellin & Tucker, Chartered
Freeman, Wolfe & Greenbaum, P.A.
Gershon, Willoughby, Getz
& Smith, LLC
Gore Brothers Presentation Technologies
Gorfine, Schiller & Gardyn, P.A.
Govans Economic Management Senate
Hertzbach & Company, P.A.
Hirschel, Savitz, Parker
& Hollman, P.A.
Hodes, Pessin & Katz, P.A.
Hylton & Gonzales
Iamele & Iamele, LLP
Iliff, Meredith, Wildberger
& Brennan PC
Invotex Group
J. Thomas Caskey Law Office
James E. Carbine, P.C.
The Malpractice Law Firm:
Jack H. Olender & Assoc.
Kerr McDonald, LLP
Maryland Defense Counsel, Inc.
McGuireWoods, LLP
Mehlman, Greenblatt & Hare, LLC
Mudd, Harrison & Burch, LLP
Nash & Associates, LLC
Neuberger, Quinn, Gielen, Rubin
2011 annual report
1st Mariner Bank
The Aaron & Lillie Straus Foundation, Inc.
Association of Maryland Pilots
Bader & Cooper
Beyond Dispute Associates
Bloom & Associates, P.A.
Brennan Title Company
Courthouse Copy Services, Inc.
Dulany & Leahy, LLP
Friedlander, Misler,Sloan, Kletzkin
& Ochsman, PLLC
Geico Philanthropic Fund
Getz Law Office, LLC
Grossbart, Portney & Rosenberg, P.A.
Gulfcoast Community Foundation
Hewitt & Waicker, LLC
Hooper & Jacobs, LLC
IWIF
Jacobs & Dembert, P.A.
Law Office of Marcia E.
Anderson, LLC
Law Office of Nancy Berman
Law Office of Cynthia Hitt Kent
Law Offices of Myles L.
Lichtenberg, P.A.
Law Offices of Steven H. Heisler, LLC
Mr. Marlow & Mr. Wyatt
Maryland Psychiatric Partners, LLC
Maryland Public Interest Law Project
Mignini & Raab, LLP
Morton & Sophia Macht Foundation
Murphy & Murphy, LLC
Max Realty, LLC
Persels & Associates, LLC
Reformed Baptist Church
Rob Goldman Legal Solutions
Robert N Riley Fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation
Rochlin, Settleman & Dobres, P.A.
Shawe & Rosenthal, LLP
Schlachman, Belsky & Weiner, P.A.
Scott & Scott Law Offices
Shemer Bar Review, LLC
Joseph Smelkinson Foundation
Steve Frappier Structured Settlements
Tower Federal Credit Union
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Varner & Goundry, P.C.
Wase, Wase & Grace
Zauner & Associates, PA
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CONTRIBUTORS
About Faces Day Spa & Salon
American Visionary Arts Museum
Armadillo’s Bar & Grill
Baltimore Coffee and Tea Company
Baltimore Museum of Industry
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Basignani Winery
Boordy Vineyards
Brick Bodies
Caroline D. Ciraolo
CenterStage
Daedalus Books and Music
Dakota Salon
Dave & Busters
Five Guys Burgers & Fries
Freeman, Wolfe & Greenbaum, P.A.
Geppi’s Entertainment Museum
Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC
Henderson’s Wharf
The Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Harriet Lane Clinic
Hotel Monaco Baltimore
Iron Bride Wine Company
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Lemongrass
Let’s Dish
Craig J. Little
Maryland Jockey Club
Maryland Science Center
Matsuri Sushi & Robata
McGuireWoods
Meadow Mill Athletic Club
Eric Miller
Newseum
O’Leary’s Seafood Restaurant
Port Discovery
Radebaugh Florist
Rosenberg|Martin|Greenberg, LLP
Shananigans Toy Shop
Tapas Teatro
The Baltimore Orioles
The Brewer’s Art
The Charles Theatre
The Latin Quarter
The Maryland Zoo In Baltimore
The Reginald F. Lewis Museum
Tsunami
Tydings & Rosenberg, LLP
Ultimate Watersports
Well’s Discount Liquors
GRANTS
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development
Internal Revenue Service
Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.
Maryland Department of
Human Resources
Maryland Legal Services Corporation
Washington County Circuit Court
MEDIA SPONSOR
numbers matter
2,744 Marylanders who received legal services
509 Lawyers and professionals who helped MVLS clients
11,468 Hours volunteer lawyers spent representing
MVLS clients
$3.4 The dollar value of those hours
270 New volunteer lawyers who joined our panel
421 Pro se petitioners who received advice at the
368Children and families who received legal assistance
through Project HEAL (Health, Education, Advocacy
& Law) at The Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and
Kennedy Krieger Institute
646 Pro se litigants who received legal assistance at the
Washington County Courthouse Family Law Clinic
763
Individuals, law firms, corporations, foundations, and
government agencies that supported MVLS financially
Debtor Assistance Project at the U.S. Bankruptcy
Court in Baltimore
2011 closed case highlights
Cases by region
Cases by type
Southern Maryland
& DC Metro – 5%
Western
Maryland – 27%
Eastern Shore – 3%
Housing – 10%
Tax/Income Maintenance – 6%
Education – 6%
Wills/Estates – 4%
Other/
Miscellaneous – 3%
Consumer &
Bankruptcy – 24%
Central
Maryland – 65%
Family Law – 47%
2011 financial highlights
income $1,811,848
Contributions &
Foundations – 24%
Expenses $1,625,563
Benefit – 16%
Management &
General – 10%
Investment
Income – 2%
Government
Grants – 58%
MVLS CASES
Administration of Small Estates
Adoption
Adult Guardianship
Bankruptcy (Chapter 7)
Child Custody
Consumer Disputes
Criminal Record Expungement
Debt Collection
Fundraising – 7%
Program
Services – 83%
Deed Changes
Divorce
Foreclosure
Guardianship
Identity Theft
Landlord/Tenant Conflicts
Name Changes
Nonprofit
Power of Attorney
Public Benefits Denial
School Suspension
Tax Disputes and Back Taxes
Uninsured Motorist
Wills
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2011 mvls DIRECTORS & STAFF
MVLS Board of Directors FY 2011
Lawrence D. Coppel, Esq., President
Susan T. Preston, Esq., Vice President
Paul S. Sugar, Esq., Treasurer
Fred S. Hecker, Esq., Secretary
Tanya Axenson, Esq.
Rignal W. Baldwin, Jr., Esq.
Linda J. Botek, Esq.
Robert S. Brennen, Esq.
Alan C. Cason, Esq.
Caroline D. Ciraolo, Esq.
Michael S. Clevenger, Esq.
Robert J. Cornish, III
Steven R. Freeman, Esq.
Mary T. Keating, Esq.
Frederick L. Kobb, Esq.
M. Natalie McSherry, Esq.
Christopher R. Rahl, Esq.
Kerry D. Staton, Esq.
MVLS Advisory Board
Donald P. McPherson, III, Esq.
MVLS FY 2011 staff
Bonnie Sullivan, Executive Director
Lawrence Burton, Chief Non-Domestic Paralegal
Javius Cain, Domestic Paralegal
Richard Chambers, Deputy Director
Janet Fedder, Senior Attorney- DHR Contract
Jamie Lee Fontaine, Executive Assistant
Lee Hendelman, Development Director
Stephanie Austin, Director of Annual Fund & Events
Carolyn Malinowski, Managing Attorney –
DHR Contract
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2011 annual report
Tara Z. Miles, Chief Domestic Paralegal
Jessica Rich, Non-Domestic Paralegal
Sally Snowberger, F
oreclosure Prevention Housing Counselor
Rachel Stafford, Staff Attorney- Project
HEAL at KKI
Michelle Swift, Pro Bono Program Manager
Hope Tipton, Director of Project
HEAL at HLC
Maureen van Stone, Director of Project
HEAL at KKI
2011 mvls INTERNS
MVLS Pro Bono Program Student Interns
University of Maryland
Francis King Carey
School of Law Student Interns
Adrienne Divertie
Blair Inniss
Natasha Mehu
Pete Naugle
Greg Reeves
Cristina Sproul
Sam Weisbaum
University of Baltimore
Dominique Brown
University of Baltimore
School of Law Student Interns
Matthew Crawford, (EXPLOR)
Aasia Hux
Cameron Williams, (EXPLOR)
The Community College of Baltimore CountyParalegal Studies Program
Carrie Plumlee
Project HEAL (Health, Education, Advocacy & Law) Student Interns
Law Student Volunteers
Ann Kim (2 semesters)
Kim Regan (2 semesters)
T. Hayden Barnes
2011 University of Baltimore School of LawStudents for Public Interest (UBSPI) interns
T. Hayden Barnes
Sara Cimino
University of Maryland
Francis King Carey School of Law
Franklin Branch, Asper Fellow
University of Baltimore School of LawAttorney Practice Internship (API) students
Cassie Seward
2011 University of Maryland
Francis King Carey School of Law-Maryland
Public Interest Law Project (MPILP) interns
Kelly Bowles
Alan Dunklow
Colin Worrall
Christine Barratt
pro bono
for the public good
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Combined Charity Campaign – 2420
Maryland Charity Campaign – 1215
Combinrd Federal Campaign – 49447
United Way of Central Maryland – 2420
for the public good