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| Bar Bulletin |
September,
2003
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| Et Alia |
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Et Alia
| Kim
Keenan has been sworn in as President-Elect
of the National Bar Association. |
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Kim
Keenan
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David S. DeJong has
been elected as president of the American Association of Attorney-Certified
Public Accountants 2003-2004.
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Howard M.
Heneson has become Of Counsel to the law firm of Christman and
Fascetta, LLC. Heneson will handle business reorganization and Chapter
11 cases for the bankruptcy firm while continuing with his own consumer
bankruptcy and general law practice. |
| Howard
M. Heneson |
Dawn Elaine Bowie has become Of Counsel to the Chevy Chase-based
law firm of Thyden, Gross and Callahan, where she will continue to
focus her practice on family law, including matters of divorce, custody
and adoption. |
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| Dawn
Elaine Bowie |
Judge Marcella A. Holland has
been appointed as the administrative judge for the Baltimore City Circuit
Court effective November 8, 2003. Judge Holland will assume the administrative
responsibilities of Judge Ellen M. Heller, who will not seek reappointment
when her term ends on November 7.
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Ober Kaler Immigration
Practice Chair Geoffrey S. Tobias has been elected to the Board
of Directors of Sail Baltimore. Founded in 1975, the organization has
brought more than 400 international vessels to the Inner Harbor and Fells
Point areas. |
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Geoffrey
S. Tobias
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Bridget E. Pelino has
become associated with the law firm of Offutt, Horman & Burdette, P.A.,
where she will focus her practice on general civil litigation.
| James B.
Moorhead has rejoined the Washington office of the law firm of
Steptoe & Johnson LLP after three years as General Counsel and
CFO of a Columbia-based fiber optic components company. |
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| James
B. Moorhead |
Dorothy R. Fait has
been elected as presiding Chairperson of the Maryland State Ethics Commission.
Also joining the Commission is Robert F. Scholz, managing partner of the
law firm of Niles, Barton & Wilmer, LLP.
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David L.
Cahn has become an associate member of the Baltimore law firm of
Lenrow, Kohn & Oliver, PC. He will continue to concentrate his
practice in commerical litigation and business law with an emphasis
on franchise and distribution relationships. |
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David
L. Cahn
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John B. Gontrum has
joined Whiteford, Taylor & Preston L.L.P. as Counsel in the firm’s
Real Estate and Land Use Practice Group.
| United States
Congressman Chris Van Hollen has selected Mark T. McDermott as
an Angel of Adoption. McDermott, who will receive the award at
an event hosted by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute
on September 30, is an adoptive parent and a founding member of the American
Academy of Adoption Attorneys. |
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| Mark
T. McDermott |
Keiffer, Johnston, Reinstein & Papirmeister,
LLC, founding partner Paul J. Reinstein has been named a Fellow of
the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
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Elissa F.
Borges has joined the law firm of Ober Kaler as a Litigation associate,
representing clients in business, commercial and employment disputes. |
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Elissa
F. Borges
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| Charles L. Simmons, Jr.,
has been named a partner of the Baltimore law firm of Gorman & Williams. |
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Charles
L. Simmons, Jr. |
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Alison E. Goldenberg has
been elected as Member of the Baltimore law firm of Gordon, Feinblatt,
Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC. Goldenberg focuses her practice
on business and commmercial litigation in state and federal courts. |
| Alison
E. Goldenberg |
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