Thomas C. Cardaro, President of the Maryland State Bar Association, was honored with an esteemed “Daily Record Leadership in Law Award” on November 20 at the BWI Hilton Hotel. Every year, The Daily Record honors 24 outstanding Maryland attorneys and judges who epitomize the benchmark of success in Maryland’s legal community.
The Daily Record gives these awards to recognize successful members of Maryland’s legal community who have devoted time and energy to bettering the legal profession. These remarkable legal professionals have committed themselves to improving the communities in which they live and work and have played an important role in mentoring future professional and community leaders. To date, The Daily Record has honored 216 outstanding Maryland judges and lawyers with the esteemed Leadership in Law awards.
The 2009 awards were presented to Cardaro and the other 23 outstanding legal professionals during The Daily Record ’s seventh annual “Leadership in Law Awards Luncheon”. The top Leadership in Law Award was presented to Ward Coe III, a partner with the law firm Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP.
Philip Andrews
Kramon & Graham P.A.
Charles Blomquist
Office of the State’s Attorney of BaltimoreCity
Cynthia Boersma
American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland
Thomas C. Cardaro
Cardaro & Peek LLC
Mary Cina Chalawsky
The Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos P.C.
Lauri Cleary
Lerch, Early & Brewer Chtd.
Ward Coe III
Gallagher Evelius & Jones LLP
Ann Cole
Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Karen Cook
AnneArundelCommunity College
Jason A. Frank
Frank, Frank & Scherr LLC
Dan Friedman
Office of the Attorney General
Bonnie Greenberg
United States Attorney’s Office
Teri Guarnaccia
Ballard Spahr LLP
Lisa Harris Jones
Harris Jones & Malone LLC
Hon. C. Yvonne Holt-Stone
District Court of Maryland, BaltimoreCity
Hon. Patrice Lewis
District Court of Maryland, Prince George’s County
Paula Monopoli
University of MarylandSchool of Law
Elise Davison Morris
Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP
Michael Powell
Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander LLC
Cyril Smith
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
Robert Smith, Jr.
DLA Piper LLP (U.S.)
Thomas Waxter III
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann LLP
Wayne Willoughby
Gershon, Willoughby, Getz & Smith LLC
Hon. David Young
CircuitCourtforBaltimoreCity



