Maryland
Bar Bulletin
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Bar Bulletin
Editor: W.
Patrick Tandy
May, 2004
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MSBA
past president and Ober Kaler attorney Pamela J. White was recently
recognized by The Daily Record as one of Maryland’s Top
100 Women. This will be White’s second time receiving the distinction,
which is awarded to women based on professional achievement, civic involvement
and mentoring.
Alyson Dodi
Meiselman, senior associate attorney at Scurti and Gulling,
P.A., announces the publication by Thomson/West in Causes of Action
of Cause of Action for Legal Change of Gender.
The Maryland Stadium
Authority has appointed Alison L. Asti as Acting Executive Director
for the Authority.
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Pamela
J. White
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The
Trustees of Columbia University announce the creation by the School of Law
of the Joseph F. Cunningham Visiting Professor Chair of Commercial
and Insurance Law. Cunningham has taught, lectured, written and actively
practiced in these fields in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia
for the past 40 years.
George
F. Pappas, an intellectual property attorney at Venable in Baltimore
and Washington, has been named one of only 98 lawyers named to the American
College of Trial Lawyers in the U.S. and Canada this year.
Miles & Stockbridge,
P.C., is pleased to announce that William E. Sauser has joined the
firm’s Frederick office as a principal.
In
a special election, D. Michael Lyles has been elected to fill a vacant
seat on the Bowie City Council. Lyles was sworn in on March 22, and his tern
will extend to November 2005.
John
C. Baldwin is stepping down as chairman and chief executive officer
of the firm of Ober Kaler. John A. Wolf has been elected to succeed
him, and S. Craig Holden will assume the role of president and chief
operating officer.
John
H. Haas, former Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for ElderTrust,
a Healthcare REIT, joins Hodes, Ulman, Pessin & Katz, P.A., as a Principal
in their Corporate Group.
Ron
M. Landsman announces that his firm, Ron M. Landsman, P.A., has moved
to a new location at 200-A Monroe Street, Suite 110, Rockville, Maryland
20850-4421, (240) 403-4300.
Randall
M. Lutz, Member and Chair of the Environmental Department at the firm
of Hodes, Ulman, Pessin & Katz, P.A., has been appointed to an Advisory
Board to the International Council for Caring Communities, a specially-certified
non-governmental organization of the United Nations that was established
to stimulate and showcase innovative concepts that deal creatively with
the challenge of global longevity.
James
L. Parsons, Jr., has become a principal in the firm of Lynott
& Lynott, P.A. The firm will trade as Lynott, Lynott & Parsons, P.A.,
11 North Washington Street, Suite 220, Rockville, Maryland 20850, (301) 424-5100.
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Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., has appointed Ober Kaler attorney E. Scott
Johnson to the Maryland State Arts Council.
Mimi L. Magyar has
become counsel to the firm of Sulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy &
Ecker, P.A. Glenn W.D. Golding, Kristin E. Draper, Carmen
J. Morgan and Heather Spurrier have all become associates
of the firm.
Michael C. Hodes is
celebrating 20 years in radio. Hodes pioneered the format of talk radio
when he acquired 1360-AM, WWLG Towson and WASA-AM of Havre de Grace
Whiteford, Taylor
& Preston, L.L.P., attorneys Thomas C. Barbuti, Joseph
K. Pokempner, Larry M. Wolf, Jeanne M. Phelan and Robert
B. Curran have been recognized in the 2004/2005 edition of America’s
Leading Business Lawyers, published by Chambers &
Partners.
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E.
Scott Johnson
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James
P. Gillece, Jr., a partner in the Baltimore office of McGuireWoods
LLP, has been appointed to the Washington, D.C., board of Justice for Children,
a national nonprofit organization of citizens concerned about children’s
rights and their protection from abuse.
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Douglas
M. Bregman has been elected to the American College of Real Estate
Lawyers. Bregman concentrates his practice in the area of commercial
real estate.
University
of Baltimore School of Law professor Jane C. Murphy received
a University System of Maryland Board of Regents Faculty Award for
Excellence at the Board’s meeting on April 16. The award recognizes
Murphy’s outstanding contributions in the field of public service.
Gary
B. Eidelman, a Partner in the Labor, Employment and Employee
Benefits Practice Group of the firm of Saul Ewing LLP, has been named
Vice Office Managing Partner of the firm. In addition, Edward
J. Baines and Barry F. Levin, Partners in the firm’s
Baltimore office, have been named Vice Chair of the Litigation Practice
Group and Vice Chair of the Business Practice Group, respectively.
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Douglas
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