MSBA Committee Chairs

Standing Committee Chairs Special Committee Chairs

Budget & Finance
Sara H. Arthur
145 Main Street
Annapolis, MD 21401-2000
(410) 268-7788
Fax (410) 268-7785
Email: sha@arthurlaw.net      

Continuing Legal Education
Marshall B. Paul
500 E. Pratt St., Ste. 900
Baltimore, MD 21202-3170
(410) 665-8956
Fax: (410) 332-8957
Email: mpaul@saul.com

Ethics
Christine Pham
25 S Charles St, Ste 2115
Baltimore, MD 21201-3322
(410) 727-6600
Fax: (410) 727-1115
Email:  cpham@rosenbergmartin.com

Judicial Appointments
Alan R. L. Bussard (Co-Chair)
405 Allegheny Ave.
Towson, MD 21204
(410) 821-5589
Fax: (410) 828-4120
Email: alanbussard@aol.com

Donna E. McBride (Co-Chair)
200B Monroe St.
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 762-5212
Fax: (301) 762-6044
Email: dmcbride@mmcanby.com

Edwin “Ted” H. Staples, II (Co-Chair)
125 West Street, 4th Floor
P.O. Box 2289
Annapolis, MD 21404-2289
(410) 268-6600
Fax: (410) 269-8409
Email: tstaples@cbknlaw.com

Laws
Paul H. Ethridge
33 Wood Lane
Rockville, MD 20850-2233
(301) 762-1696
Fax (301) 762-7691
Email: phe@eqmrh.com

Lawyer Assistance Program
Hon. William G. Simmons (Co-Chair)
27 Courthouse Square
Rockville, MD 20850-2308
(301) 279-1540
Email: william.simmons@mdcourts.gov

Jay D. Miller (Co-Chair)
1301 York Rd., Ste 200
Lutherville, MD 21093
(410) 583-6969
Fax: (410) 583-4706
Email: jaymiller@mmplegal.com

Local & Specialty Bar Liaison
Scott G. Patterson
20 N West St.
Easton, MD 21601
(410) 770-8060
Fax: (410) 770-8075
Email: scottp@talbgov.org

Membership
Richard Henderson Gibson, Jr (Co-Chair)

9422 Trevino Terrace
Laurel, MD 20708-3231
(301) 952-3891
Email: rgibsonjd2003@yahoo.com

Chad G. Spencer (Co-Chair)
5550 Sterrett Pl, Ste. 213
Columbia, MD 20144
(410) 203-2223
Fax: (443) 325-7604
Email: chadgspencer@hotmail.com

Pattern Jury Instruction
Hon. Irma S. Raker
50 Maryland Avenue
Rockville, MD 20850-2320
(240) 777-9330
Fax (240) 777-9334
Email: samrak@aol.com

Planning
John J. Murphy, III (Co-Chair)
9210 Corporate Blvd, Ste 210
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 519-9150
Fax: (240) 599-1144
Email: jmurphy@walkermurphy.com

Michael W. Siri (Co-Chair)
29 W Susquehanna Ave, Ste 600
Towson, MD 21204
(410) 583-2400
Fax: (410) 583-2437
Email: siri@bowie-jensen.com

Professionalism & Civility
Keith R. Truffer
102 W. Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600
Towson, MD 21204-4510
(410) 823-1800
Fax: (410) 828-7859
Email: ktruffer@rmmr.com

Program
Alice Chong (Co-Chair)
9800 Savage Rd, Ste 6648
Fort Meade, MD 20755
(410) 854-3910
Fax: (410) 854-1770 
Email: aliceschong@yahoo.com

Jerald B. Lurie (Co-Chair)
7 St. Paul Street, Suite. 600
Baltimore, MD 21201-2908
(410) 539-5195
Fax: (410) 539-5834
Email: jlurie@adelbergrudow.com

Public Awareness
Jason Hessler
417 E Fayette St, Ste. 355
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 396-4140
Fax: (410) 385-8689
Email: jason.hessler@baltimorecity.gov
 
Resolution of Fee Disputes
William C. Mitchell, Jr.
Glenco Building, 410 Rowe Blvd.
Annapolis, MD 21401-1585
(410) 268-4901
Fax (410) 263-3237
Email: wcmjresq@juno.com

Rules of Practice
Phillip Tyson Bennett
170 Jennifer Rd., Ste. 245
Annapolis, MD 21401-7995
(410) 573-2001
Fax: (410) 573-1171
Email: ptb@carneykelehan.com

Appointments
Elizabeth A. Conklyn
31 W. Patrick St., Ste. 120
Frederick, MD 21701
(301) 620-1190
Fax: (301) 631-5991
Email: conklyn@prodigy.net

Asian-American Bar
Eun Jeannie Cho
200A Monroe St, Ste 310
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 309-6678
Fax: (301) 340-2843
Email: jcho@hallcho.com

Citizenship/Law Related Education
Hon. Diane O. Leasure (Co-Chair)
Circuit Court for Howard County
8360 Court Avenue
Ellicott City, Maryland 21043-4550
(410) 313-2066
Fax (410) 313-3192
Email: diane.leasure@courts.state.md.us

Shannon McClellan (Co-Chair)
655 W Lombard St, Ste 505
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 706-7253
Email: mcclellan@son.umaryland.edu

Court House Construction
Hon. Marcella A. Holland (Co-Chair)
111 N. Calvert Street
Baltimore, MD 21202-1904
(410) 396-3836 Fax: (410) 545-0180
Email: marcella.holland@courts.state.md.us

Hon. Robert B. Kershaw (Co-Chair)
110 N. Calvert Street, Room 406
Baltimore, MD 21202-2148
(410) 396-5677 Fax (410) 545-7315
Email: rbkwkm@aol.com
 
Disaster Preparedness
Jessica K. Pitts

580 Taylor Ave
Annapolis, MD 21401-2352
(410) 260-3515
Fax: (410) 260-3524
Email: jessica.pitts@mdcourts.gov

Editorial Advisory
Courtney A. Blair
6480 Dobbin Rd.
Columbia, MD 21045
(443) 542-2381
Fax: (410) 740-2985
Email: cablair@martek.com

Immediate Response
Cleaveland D. Miller
25 S. Charles Street, Suite 1400
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 539-5040
Fax: (410) 539-5223
Email: cmiller@semmes.com

Investments
Cleaveland D. Miller
25 S. Charles Street, Suite 1400
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 539-5040
Fax: (410) 539-5223
Email: cmiller@semmes.com

Leadership Academy
Lisa A. Hall Johnson
9505 Trumpet Ln.
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772-7937
(202) 420-4129
Fax: (202) 420-4129
Email: halljohnsonl@dicksteinshapiro.com

Military Law
Michael P. May
7305 Harford Rd.
Parkville, MD 21234
(410) 444-7606
Fax: (410) 444-7609
Email: mpmay@verizon.net

Past Presidents
Thomas C. Cardaro
201 N Charles St, Ste 2100
Baltimore, MD 21201-4182
(410) 752-6166
Fax: (410) 752-6013
Email: tcc@cardarolaw.com