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Baltimore LawFall 2014
The magazine of the University of Baltimore School of Law
A NEW VIEWLearning the lawinside & out
VOL. 2Baltimore Law is published
for alumni and friends of the University of Baltimore
School of Law.
DeanRONALD [email protected]
Editor & Director of Communications
HOPE [email protected]
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To read the magazine online, please visit law.ubalt.edu
Fall 2014 | 1 |
| 2 | Baltimore Law
'Look out!'When I say that to University of Baltimore law
students, I mean it literally. Among the best
features of our new, state-of-the-art law center
are its glass walls and the panoramic views of
Baltimore visible from virtually everywhere in the
school. I constantly urge students to look outside
the building to gain perspective about our law
school’s place in the community around us.
The brilliant architect behind the John and
Frances Angelos Law Center may not have intended
to do so, but he designed a building that makes
an important statement about the kind of legal
education we strive to provide. Virtually every
aspect of our school relates to the wider world.
The students we recruit and enroll typically bring
real-world experience to UB, including the evening
students who maintain demanding, full-time day
jobs while attending law school. Our curriculum
is conceived around the notion that law must be
understood in the context of broader features of
society; in fact, first-year students are required to
take a course in a series entitled “Law in Context.”
But perhaps the most important way our law
school relates to the outside world is the way we
take advantage of the vibrant legal community
around us to teach practical, hands-on legal skills.
UB students represent actual clients under the
guidance of experienced professors in one of our
nine legal clinics, including a new veterans advo-
cacy clinic. Students receive credit for rigorously
supervised “externships” in private and public law
offices and judicial chambers throughout Baltimore
welcomeFROM THE DEAN Ronald Weich
and the Maryland-D.C. region. They are taught, men-
tored and coached on moot court and trial advocacy
teams by a network of UB alumni and other practic-
ing lawyers, judges and legislators.
Meanwhile, our outstanding full-time faculty mem-
bers are using the new building’s sophisticated tech-
nology to bring the real world into their classrooms.
For instance, when I taught a Legislation class earlier
this year, I didn’t just talk about the Senate; I live-
streamed Senate floor debates onto the video screen
at the front of the room, then had students close
their books and laptops and engage in legislative
debate themselves. That’s one way we train the next
generation of Maryland leaders at UB.
As the cover story of this issue of Baltimore
Law describes, UB recently doubled down on its
long-standing commitment to skills-based learning
by guaranteeing that all students who graduate from
our school in the years ahead will have engaged in
a series of practical legal experiences during their
course of study. That guarantee will help ensure that
our students remain a step ahead of their competi-
tors in this tough job market.
Other law schools, the ones with the musty
libraries and droopy gargoyles, are just beginning to
discover “experiential education.” But at UB, practi-
cal learning is in our DNA. It is who we are and what
we are known for.
I’m two years into my tenure as dean of the UB
School of Law and I’ve never been more proud. I’m
proud of our faculty and staff for their commitment
to excellence in all that they do. I’m proud of our ex-
traordinary partnership with the Maryland bench and
bar, and of our growing network of successful alumni
in Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. And
above all I’m proud of our students for their hard
work and determination.
So “look out,” world—UB is on the move.
Ronald Weich
Dean
Fall 2014 | 3 |
11Distinguished SpeakersMaryland Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera was among UB's notable guests.
16Law students learn communication skills at the Homeless Persons Representation Project's expungement clinic.
departments
Legal Briefs ........................... 04
Annual Giving Report ............ 20
Notes ................................... 26
In Closing ............................. 32Learning on the Job
fall 2014
in this issue:12NEW VIEWUB's experiential education emphasizes both the theory of law and the practice of lawyering.
| 4 | Baltimore Law
legalbriefs
n June 9, the UB School of
Law hosted a debate among
the three Democratic candi-
dates for attorney general of
Maryland. Dean Ronald Weich served as
moderator, and three local journalists—
Roberto Alejandro of The AFRO, Jeff Barker
of The Baltimore Sun and Marc Steiner
of The Marc Steiner Show on WEAA-FM—
posed the questions to the candidates,
all of whom are members of the Maryland
General Assembly.
The candidates—Del. Aisha Braveboy,
Del. Jon Cardin and Sen. Brian Frosh—did
not know the questions in advance and
had 90 seconds each to reply. Present in
the packed moot courtroom were two for-
mer Maryland attorneys general: Stephen
Sachs, who served from 1979 to 1987, and
Joseph Curran Jr., LL.B. ’59, who served
from 1987 to 2000.
Frosh won the June 24 primary. Here is
a debate excerpt:
Roberto Alejandro: Please speak of
your experience as legislators and as
attorneys and how it would inform your
work as attorney general.
Aisha Braveboy: As a legislator, I
co-sponsored bills to protect homeowners
against foreclosure, but as an attorney I’m
the only candidate running for this office
that has stepped up to the plate and rep-
resented families on a pro bono basis who
wanted to stay in their homes. … I practice
what I preach, I practice what I legislate.
Brian Frosh: I take on tough problems in
the General Assembly and I get them done,
I get them solved. I lived through the Senate
reform of the foreclosure laws. We had the
fastest foreclosure process in the United
States—that’s good for banks, not good for
homeowners. We fixed that. … I show up ev-
ery day and I work hard. And that’s in sharp
contrast to Jon Cardin, who missed more
than 75 percent of the votes in the House
Ways and Means Committee this year.
Jon Cardin: Sen. Frosh … it’s disin-
genuous and intellectually dishonest to
suggest that I missed 75 percent of the
work and you know that. … All the mark-
ups, all the amendments that we vote on,
all the debate happens in subcommittee. I
have a 100 percent attendance and voting
record in subcommittee. … But since we’re
speaking about missed votes, I want to
know why, Sen. Frosh, you abstained
when your committee voted to require
criminal background checks for employ-
ees at day-care centers. I want to know
why you abstained when your committee
voted to increase the maximum penalty
for a person convicted of rape in the sec-
ond degree [of a child under 13]. Why do
you duck these votes?
Frosh: Look, I’ve long had reservations
about mandatory minimum sentences. ...
The attorney general of the United States
is opposed to mandatory minimum
sentences. Republicans, on my committee
and throughout the nation, are opposed to
mandatory minimum sentences.
O
rofessor Richard W. Bourne, who taught law at the
University of Baltimore for 34 years, died July 12 at the
Pylesville farm he shared with his wife. He was 71 and
had been ill with pancreatic cancer.
Bourne, known to his colleagues as Dick, taught civil proce-
dure, conflicts of law, remedies, professional responsibility and
the litigation process.
“He had an old-fashioned notion of how lawyers should behave,
and I think his hallmark was teaching professional responsibility,”
Professor John Lynch recalled in an obituary of Professor Bourne
that appeared in The Baltimore Sun.
UB School of Law Professor Emerita Lynn Mclain described
Bourne as enthusiastic about his subjects and students.
“He thrived on introducing students to the intricacies of legal
analysis by challenging them to think in new ways,” Mclain said
in the obituary.
Born and raised in Danville, Va.,
Bourne earned a bachelor’s degree
from Harvard University and, in 1968,
a J.D. from the University of Virginia
School of Law. Bourne then spent five
years as a trial attorney with the Civil
Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.
In 1973, Bourne returned to Harvard, where he earned a mas-
ter’s degree in law. He then taught at the University of Richmond
School of Law for four years before joining the University of
Baltimore School of Law faculty in 1979.
Bourne is survived by his wife, Anne Crook, a lawyer, as well as by
two children, three stepchildren, two grandsons and two brothers.
A memorial service was held at the law school on Aug. 20.
PProfessor Richard W. Bourne, 1943-2014
Attorney General Debate Sizzles
Fall 2014 | 5 |
urt L. Schmoke, the University
of Baltimore’s new president,
believes in the power of the
law to improve society.
A Harvard Law School-trained attorney
and a former Rhodes Scholar, Schmoke
sees a strong link between legal educa-
tion and public service, saying the law
aims to ensure that all people receive
quality of life for many people.”
Schmoke—who comes to UB after
more than a decade at Howard Univer-
sity, where he served as dean of the law
school and, most recently, interim pro-
vost and general counsel—offers a vote
of confidence in legal education at a time
when law school applications are drop-
ping nationwide in response to systemic
changes in the legal profession.
“There will always be opportunities
for lawyers—government service, issues
like cyber law, health care, intellectual
property and so on,” he said. “There
is a huge generation of baby boomers
getting ready to retire, and they will have
legal needs. Even the traditional areas
of the law, like trusts and estates—that’s
forever.”
Looking ahead, Schmoke sees even
more possibilities: “Whole new situ-
ations, like the opening of sea lanes
around the North Pole, create opportuni-
ties for young law graduates.”
Closer to home, Schmoke is bullish on
Dean Ronald Weich and the UB School
of Law’s commitment to experiential
learning.
“The school has a really outstanding
dean in Ron Weich;―I’ve known him previ-
ously as a very good public-law practi-
tioner,” Schmoke said. “He and other
leaders in the school are striking a new
balance between classroom and clinical
experiences that is very exciting.”
Continued Schmoke: “Law school
taught me to study issues thoroughly,
to listen. That is happening at UB today.
We’re producing graduates who are
ready to practice and who do well in the
profession.”
To keep up with changes in legal ed-
ucation and practice, Schmoke said the
law school might benefit from alternative
timelines for students to earn their de-
grees—a slower pace for some, a faster
pace for others.
“You could structure a course of study
that would have you finished with law
school in 24 months”—two years of
12-month sessions versus three years of
nine-month sessions, he said.
But Schmoke is not offering specific
recommendations at this point. “There
are a lot of ideas out there,” he said.
There are also a lot of competing inter-
ests to consider when practicing the law
to benefit society, Schmoke emphasized.
“The lawyer’s code of professional
conduct says you must be a zealous ad-
vocate for your client, but in politics and
public service you can’t conduct yourself
that way,” he said. “You have competing
interests, many points of view. You have
to make a decision for the greater good.”
n Learn more about University of
Baltimore President Kurt L. Schmoke at
www.ubalt.edu/president.
President Schmoke on the law: A tool for the ‘greater good’
K
““We’re producing graduates who are ready to practice and who do well in the profession.”
equal opportunity and the ability to use
their “God-given talents.”
“Even as a young child, I had an inter-
est in politics and public service,” said
the Baltimore native and former three-
term mayor of the city, who assumed the
helm at UB in July. “I learned that many
of the people I admired in politics were
lawyers. The law was a way to enter into
the world of public service. And in public
service there is a chance to improve the
By Chris Hart
| 6 | Baltimore Law
The Hon. Catherine Curran O’Malley, J.D. ’91, delivered the School of Law’s 2014 commencement address on May 19. Here are excerpts:
[...] Just two days ago we celebrated the 60th anniversary
of Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court’s deci-
sion that prohibited Southern states from segregating schools
by race.
This case, while addressing educational inequalities that
resulted from segregation, also sparked a series of citizen ac-
tions—sit-ins and protests—that ultimately led to the passage
of the civil rights legislation throughout our country in the
1960s.
That case, as we know, was argued by … Baltimore lawyer
Thurgood Marshall. After the Brown decision, he was ultimately
appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Lawyer Marshall had been, for many years before
the Brown decision, fighting against laws and policies that
discriminated against African-Americans.
As a younger man he was rejected from the University of
Maryland law school due to its racial acceptance policies.
legalbriefs
In 1933 he decided to challenge that policy in the Maryland
court system.
Mr. Marshall represented Donald Gaines Murray, who had
also been rejected from the law school solely due to his race.
On behalf of his client, Marshall argued that this policy vio-
lated the “separate but equal” principle. The white law schools
were far superior to the black law schools and everyone knew it.
The Baltimore City court found in favor of Murray. The univer-
sity filed an appeal, but the Court of Appeals also agreed with
Mr. Murray.
So this is a powerful example of what one lawyer can do, not
only to change the life of one client, but to change the lives of
so many in our nation.
I see the District Court, where I work, as the “face of the
court,” where the majority of smaller cases are tried.
You might do well to remember that although many of your
cases might be more mundane, smaller in scope, they are just
as real as landmark legal cases, just as important to the client
involved, who will always remember that day and that trial. […]
Your law degree will open up so many opportunities for you.
And not only opportunities for you personally, but also for your
community. […]
By receiving your law degree, you have made a choice to
improve your world not just for yourself but for your family and
community.
Don’t let unexpected setbacks change your vision and
dreams. Make them into memorable chances to change and
challenge yourself.
Sometimes failing at a goal may actually be an opportunity
for something else unexpected. Always stay optimistic.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard four cases in the University of Baltimore School of Law’s moot courtroom on Feb. 4. Afterward, students and faculty took part in a question-and-answer session with the three judges. Pictured from left are Judge Jimmy V. Reyna and Chief Judge Randall R. Rader.
Commencement advice: 'Always stay optimistic'
Judges hear cases at UB
Fall 2014 | 7 |
Managing partners of law firms have a
large brief. Among other responsibil-
ities, they oversee hiring, coordinate
work among practice groups, monitor
financial performance and ensure com-
pliance with ethical standards.
Many UB alumni have been called
upon to guide their firms in the role
of managing partner. We asked three
how UB helped them prepare for their
leadership position.
BARRY LEVIN, J.D. ’84, the managing
partner and chief executive officer of
Saul Ewing LLP, emphasized the impor-
tance of UB's practical training.
“UB is known for not just theoretical
learning and case law, but also for a
practical component,” said Levin, who
started at the Baltimore office of the
East Coast firm in 2003 and became
the firm’s managing partner in 2014.
“There was also a strong work culture at
UB. It was pretty common for full-time
students to work part-time during law
school starting in their second year.”
Levin worked as a law clerk while
studying at UB. That experience allowed
him to apply his classroom learning to
Managing partners endorse their practical UB experience
Heidi Levine (right) with her longtime friend Jill Green, UB’s assistant dean for law career development.
careers
the real world, he said.
“Working as a law clerk while in
school made it very real,” Levin said
of his legal education, citing both
classroom and on-the-job learning. “The
combination of a strong foundation
in federal law, Maryland law and the
strong culture of working [while in law
school] really positions [UB] graduates
well to transition to the workforce.”
Levin said he knew as a student that
he wanted to practice business and
transactional law, so he loaded up on
corporate courses, along the way gar-
nering an award for highest academic
achievement in federal income taxation.
The foundation in business has
served him well as he ascended in the
profession. As managing partner, he
oversees a firm with 11 regional offices.
Said Levin: “Everything I learned at
UB has been useful to me in both coun-
seling corporate clients and managing
the business of Saul Ewing.”
HEIDI LEVINE, J.D. ’95, a co-managing
partner at the New York office of DLA
Piper, also stressed the importance
of the hands-on legal experience she
received at UB.
“I really felt prepared to be a lawyer
in the real world,” said Levine, who took
advantage of as many opportunities
as possible in law school, working on
the University of Baltimore Law Review
and securing a judicial externship the
summer after her first year. In 1994 she
landed a job as a summer associate at
Piper & Marbury’s Baltimore office.
Levine went on to clerk with Judge
Howard S. Chasanow of the Maryland
Court of Appeals before she was hired
full-time by Piper & Marbury.
After several years in Baltimore, she
moved in 2000 to the New York office
and made partner in 2003. (After a
series of mergers, DLA Piper was formed
in January 2005.)
Levine emphasized the importance of
building a resume and making yourself
known in law school.
Asked what she would tell today’s UB
School of Law students, Levine didn’t
hesitate.
“Take any opportunity that comes
your way,” she said. “Make a great im-
pression. Follow up. Do some free work.
Be more flexible. Don’t give up.”
CRAIG ROSWELL, J.D. ’91, became
managing partner at Niles, Barton &
Wilmer LLP in 2013. He joined the Balti-
more firm in 1993 and became a partner
in 1999. Before being named managing
partner, Roswell served as chairman of
the firm’s litigation department for six
years.
As a day student at UB, Roswell
still managed to work at the Maryland
Attorney General’s Office throughout his
law school years, handling savings and
loan cases.
Like Levin and Levine, Roswell said
the hands-on education he received
at UB was instrumental in helping him
achieve his goals.
In particular, Roswell said, he bene-
fited from trial advocacy skills training
and participation in moot court teams.
“The best way to get ready for your
trial is to write your closing argument
first,” Roswell said of his trial advocacy
work. “You know exactly what you want
to tell the jury, what evidence you need
and how you’re going to get it in.”
In fact, Roswell said it was his trial
advocacy experience at UB that helped
him decide to become a trial lawyer.
Roswell praised his fellow UB-trained
lawyers, saying that as a group they’re
known for their ability to understand
their clients and to communicate well
with them—a crucial skill.
“[Clients] want to know that you’ve
analyzed their issue and provided
options, and they want to be able to un-
derstand what you’re saying,” he said.
“UB students are good listeners.”
| 8 | Baltimore Law
careers
BENJAMIN BOR was just
back from a quick trip to
the Bahamas after taking
the July bar exam. The
month leading up to the
two-day test had been a
bear.
“I felt like I went
through many stages of
stress and kind of freak-
ing out, and then eventual acceptance
of what I was about to do,” he said.
“Every day you’re waking up and you
know more than you did the day before
SUSAN WATSON practiced tax law for
36 years, including two stints in the
office of the chief counsel of the Internal
Revenue Service. Upon her retirement in
2012, Watson, who has served as an ad-
junct professor at UB, began coaching
the school’s Evans Constitutional Law
Moot Court team.
Once retired, Watson also had more
time for another passion, training for
and competing in triathlons, including
the full Ironman competition.
What’s that? Watson laughs. The full
Ironman involves a 2.4-mile swim, a
112-mile bicycle ride and a 26.2-mile
run. On the same day, back to back.
“It sounds like a lot, doesn’t it?” said
Watson, who completed an Ironwoman
competition in Lake Placid, N.Y., in 2013
and two-thirds of the Ironman World
Championship in Kona, Hawaii, this
year. “I try not to think of it all together
at once, especially in the midst of it.”
Watson, who began running at age
44 and started competing in triathlons
at 50, said attending law school and
taking part in marathon athletic events
Susan Watson, J.D. ’76
Benjamin Bor, J.D. ’14
both require a high degree of persever-
ance and focus.
“You have to have determination,”
Watson said this summer, when she
was training for the Sept. 20 Maryland
Ironman competition in Cambridge.
“You can’t give up when things get
tough.”
The help of a coach is key to succeed-
ing in moot court and athletic competi-
tions alike, Watson said.
“You can give [students] the little
extra oomph to make them believe they
can do it,” she said of her role as a moot
court coach. “That’s what my tri coach
does for me as well.”
Watson—whose daughter, lawyer and
triathlete Elizabeth Cowan Mourges,
J.D. ’10, met her future husband, Bran-
don Mourges, J.D. ’09, at UB—is happy
to serve her alma mater and is proud
of her moot court students. Watson
especially enjoys seeing students’ con-
fidence bloom as they learn to maintain
their composure and strengthen their
arguments through repeated rehearsals.
Watson typically requires at least nine
run-throughs before a competition.
Watson, who as a student served
as editor-in-chief of the University of
Baltimore Law Review, emphasized the
importance of the public-speaking,
advocacy and reasoning skills students
learn through moot court participation.
“It’s wonderful to sharpen that skill in
law school so they can go to court and
stand in front of a judge with that confi-
dence,” she said.
Confidence, like athletic endurance,
can be learned with practice, Watson
emphasized. And encouragement helps.
The coach and competitor sums up
her approach: “You can do this!”
and you’re sharpening
your test-taking skills.”
And then, he said,
“The two days go by and
it’s all over.”
Whew.
In September, Bor
began clerking for Judge
Christopher Panos, J.D.
’89, at the Circuit Court for
Baltimore City. The clerkship is his sec-
ond at the court; the summer after his
1L year Bor clerked for Judge Audrey J.S.
Carrion, J.D. ’84, through UB’s Experi-
ence in Legal Organizations, or EXPLOR,
program.
“EXPLOR is really invaluable,” Bor
said. “No other law school that I’m
aware of guarantees a placement with
an alumni [member].”
EXPLOR places students who have
finished their first year of law school
with Maryland legal employers, who
provide students not just the chance to
do substantive research and writing but
also with mentoring and the opportunity
to participate in client meetings and
negotiations.
Fall 2014 | 9 |
careers
Today DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER is a
six-term congressman and the ranking
member of the U.S. House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence, but in
the summer of 1967, just after graduating
from the University of Maryland, College
Park, C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger III was
employed as a life guard in Ocean City.
His career plans were hazy.
“I didn’t know what I wanted to do,”
Ruppersberger said. “Somebody said
try law school.”
So Ruppersberger applied to the
University of Baltimore School of Law.
A week before classes started he found
Dutch Ruppersberger, J.D. ’70, LL.D. ’99
Bor, who during the spring semester
of his second year worked as an extern
at the American Civil Liberties Union of
Maryland, said his experiences clerking
for Judge Carrion and working with the
ACLU were formative.
“They gave me a chance to apply the
theoretical concepts I learned in the class-
room to the professional field,” Bor said.
Bor also held an externship at the Civ-
il Rights Division of the U.S. Department
of Justice after his 2L year.
“I spent the summer working on one
issue that was probably the most diffi-
cult project I’ve had to do in or outside
of law school,” Bor said, declining to
describe the endeavor. “It involved
answering very difficult legal questions,
but I thought the preparation I had
[from UB] for doing research and writing
legal memos was very strong and really
prepared me for that.”
Throughout law school, Bor, who
earned an undergraduate degree from
Oberlin College, combined his legal
studies and employment with another
full-time job: music. A tenor saxophon-
ist, he is a member of the jazz band
Bosley, which headlined this year’s
Artscape festival and has a packed fall
schedule at venues in Baltimore and
Washington, D.C.
“[The law] is very similar to music, in
that you’re learning an entirely new lan-
guage and you’re learning how to use
it in a creative way to achieve a specific
goal,” Bor said.
Asked what he planned to do after
his yearlong clerkship, Bor said he was
keeping his options open: “I’m just
going to play it by ear.”
out he’d been accepted.
“All of a sudden I was taking 15 cred-
its a semester at night,” Ruppersberger
said.
Like most of his classmates, he held a
job during the day throughout the three
years of law school.
The experience “matured” him,
Ruppersberger said, explaining that UB
taught him the value of time manage-
ment and discipline.
He recalled that most of his teachers
were lawyers and judges.
“The teaching was very practical,”
Ruppersberger said.
Ruppersberger’s day jobs were also
part of his education. For a year he
worked for the Baltimore City public
school system in a position he de-
scribed as “truant officer and psychol-
ogist all wrapped up in one.” He also
was employed as a claims adjuster for
a year and clerked for the Hon. Kenneth
Proctor, a judge on the Baltimore County
Circuit Court and the administrative
judge for the 3rd Circuit.
“All those different jobs just tied in
[with my legal studies],” Ruppersberger
said. “It was a really great education.”
Upon passing the bar, Ruppersberg-
er was hired as an assistant state’s
attorney in Baltimore County. He was
quickly promoted to chief of the office’s
investigative division, where he prose-
cuted cases involving organized crime,
political corruption and drug trafficking.
“[UB] was a really good practical
experience that helped me transition
right away into trial law,” said Ruppers-
berger, who was a prosecutor for almost
a decade before he ran for Baltimore
County executive, a position he held for
two terms.
He remains upbeat about legal edu-
cation.
“Anybody who goes to law school is
going to benefit,” said Ruppersberger,
a Democrat who represents Maryland’s
2nd congressional district. “[Law
school] teaches you how to think. It also
gives you confidence and teaches you
how to work through problems, how to
research.”
Not least, a legal education also
teaches students to distinguish right
from wrong. “The law really gives you an
ethical standard,” he said.
Concluded Ruppersberger: “In law
there’s an endgame. You’ve got to do
the best you can. UB taught me that.”
| 10 | Baltimore Law
pointcounterpoint
THE DEATH PENALTYOTIS-BESSLEROCT. 7, 2013
William Otis (above) is
an adjunct professor at
Georgetown University Law
Center and a former federal
prosecutor.
UB School of Law Professor
John Bessler’s most recent
book is The Birth of American
Law: An Italian Philosopher
and the American Revolution
(2014).
OTIS: “The death penalty
allows a society to say
‘no’ and mean it. Because
someone who has so much
hate in him will do it again.”
BESSLER: “The question is:
Do we want to respond to an
act of violence with an act of
violence?”
THE CONSTITUTIONLEVINSON-EPPSOCT. 25, 2013
Professor Sanford Levinson
(left), of the University of
Texas School of Law, is
the author most recently
of Framed: America’s 51
Constitutions and the Crisis
of Governance (2012).
UB School of Law Professor
Garrett Epps (right) is
the author of American
Epic: Reading the U.S.
Constitution (2013), among
other works.
LEVINSON: “I lost my
constitutional faith. I see a
document that is increasingly
taking us over a cliff.”
EPPS: “The Constitution
is designed to do politics
without killing each other.”
CONSIDERATION OF RACE IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
BOGGS-EPPSJAN. 22, 2014
Danny J. Boggs (above) is a
judge on the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Garrett Epps’ most recent
book is American Justice
2014: Nine Clashing Visions
on the Supreme Court
(2014).
BOGGS: “No one is prevented
from succeeding.”
EPPS: “I vividly remember
how segregation made race
the determining factor in
every aspect of life.”
GRATZ-HIGGINBOTHAM APRIL 24, 2014
Jennifer Gratz (right)
was a petitioner in Gratz v.
Bollinger, a 2003 Supreme
Court case regarding the
University of Michigan’s
undergraduate affirmative-
action admissions policy.
The court ruled, 6-3, that the
policy was unconstitutional.
UB School of Law Professor
Michael Higginbotham
(left) is the author most
recently of Ghosts of Jim
Crow: Ending Racism in Post-
Racial America (2013).
GRATZ: “I don’t know why we
focus on race.”
HIGGINBOTHAM: “The ugly,
alarmingly wide disparities
that exist in this country
almost make me want to be
sick.”
UB hosts legal debates
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“Cyberbullying can take place anywhere at any time; that’s part of what makes it so pernicious.”MELODY BARNES, DIRECTOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE DOMESTIC POLICY COUNCIL FROM 2009 TO 2012, WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE SAYRA AND NEIL MEYERHOFF CENTER FOR FAMILIES, CHILDREN AND THE COURTS’ 2014 URBAN CHILD SYMPOSIUM, “SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE URBAN CHILD” (APRIL 3, 2014).
“The reality is that women’s rights have stalled out in many ways, and I think that the legal community has a huge role to play in getting the women’s rights movement back on track and back moving again.”TERRY O’NEILL, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL FEMINIST LEGAL THEORY CONFERENCE, “APPLIED FEMINISM AND HEALTH” (MARCH 6, 2014).
“ I ask of you, as you contemplate the future, to consider how you plan to embrace the twin ideals that must remain uppermost for all of us lawyers and judges: adherence to the rule of law and fairness in the administration of justice, in all its many aspects.”THE HON. MARY ELLEN BARBERA, CHIEF JUDGE OF THE MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS, SPOKE TO STUDENTS AT THE ANGELOS LAW CENTER (APRIL 6, 2014).
distinguishedspeakers
“ I don’t care how well-intentioned the people at the NSA are, they should not be given this power, this capability to survey us.”RANDY BARNETT, PROFESSOR AT THE GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, DELIVERED A TALK AT THE ANGELOS LAW CENTER TITLED “NSA SPYING AND OUR RIGHT TO PRIVACY” (APRIL 17, 2014).
By Hope Keller
EXPERIENCE RESULTS UB weaves real-world legal practice into the curriculum
The emphasis on practicality comes from the top at UB. A law school must prepare the students intellectually but also make sure that they’re able to meet with clients and understand the humanity of a client.
The Hon. Audrey J.S. Carrion, J.D. ’84 Circuit Court for Baltimore City
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‘‘ ‘‘The day after I was sworn in at the
Court of Appeals as a new lawyer, I was in
Dundalk District Court prosecuting cases
as an assistant state’s attorney. Three and
a half years at the University of Baltimore
School of Law prepared me for that moment.
Practical classes in criminal law, criminal
procedure and evidence, coupled with
hands-on experience in moot court, laid
the groundwork for my career as a trial
attorney. There are some things you cannot
learn from just reading. The University of
Baltimore School of Law is about doing.
Scott Shellenberger, J.D. ’84
State’s attorney for Baltimore County
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When I was at the
University of Baltimore School of
Law, I had a professor who spent
an enormous amount of time with
me teaching me how to write. That
one-on-one time was one of the
most valuable parts of my legal
education. As an appellate attorney
who spends the vast majority
of my day writing briefs, I am
eternally grateful for these skills.
Deborah Richardson, J.D. ’95
Assistant public defender, Appellate Division
Office of the Public Defender
I have never forgotten what I learned at UB—that the practice of law is, at its essence, about helping real peo-ple with real problems. Although the issues of local government are not getting any less complex, the skills I learned at UB help me to analyze and resolve them every day.
Robert McCord, J.D. ’89 County attorney for Harford County
‘‘ ‘‘
At the University of Baltimore School of Law, students learn both the theory of law and the practice of lawyering.
While they pursue a rigorous study of doctrine and analysis with some of the finest legal scholars in the nation, UB students also deepen their understanding of the law―and often find their career path―by working in the field under the supervision of seasoned attorneys and judges, many of them UB alumni.
Through these experiential learning opportunities, students gain not just crucial practical knowledge but, also, access to a network of mentors and professional contacts. It’s no surprise that UB ranked among the top 50 law schools in the country last year for the percentage of students employed at graduation.
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he adjective
“experiential” is the
word of the moment in
legal education, but the
concept it describes—
hands-on, practical
learning—has been
fundamental to the
University of Baltimore
School of Law since it
was founded in 1925.
In addition to grounding students in
the theory of law, providing real-life legal
experience is “a bedrock” component of
a UB School of Law education, Associate
Dean Victoria Schultz, J.D. ’89, told The
Daily Record in August.
UB’s nearly century-old commitment
to real-world lawyering was recently
reinforced and formalized in the law
school’s new, five-year strategic plan.
Starting with the incoming class of 2015,
law students are guaranteed six credits
of experiential learning, with three of the
credits to come from an externship or
a clinic experience involving work with
actual clients.
The requirement was approved
before the American Bar Association’s
governing body voted in August
to approve a six-credit minimum
experiential requirement for all
accredited U.S. law schools.
Amy Sloan, associate dean for
academic affairs, emphasized that UB’s
experiential focus was about much more
than just the six credits.
“Practical skills are woven throughout
the curriculum, beginning with the first-
year Introduction to Lawyering Skills
course and continuing in the upper level
with clinics, externships, simulations
and workshop courses,” she said,
adding that the law school’s Curriculum
Committee would work with faculty
throughout the 2014-15 academic year
to determine how best to offer hands-on
opportunities for students.
“We are providing students with a
wide range of experiential opportunities
so they can apply what they learn in the
classroom to the practice of law,”
Sloan said.
Among the established experiential
options are UB’s nine legal clinics,
including the new Bob Parsons Veterans
Advocacy Clinic. In August, 78 student-
attorneys enrolled in the clinics were
sworn in by Court of Appeals Judge
Shirley Watts to represent clients under
Rule 16 of Maryland Rules Governing
Admission to the Bar.
Clinic students, working under the
supervision of law faculty, represent a
wide variety of clients and causes. In
the Bronfein Family Law Clinic, students
help low-income clients seeking
assistance with child custody, support,
divorce, adoption and civil remedies for
domestic violence. Last year, Family Law
Clinic students testified in Annapolis in
support of House and Senate legislation
to ease the burden on domestic violence
victims seeking protective orders. Gov.
Martin O’Malley signed the bill into law
in April 2014.
In the Immigrant Rights Clinic last
year, a student secured asylum for a
transgendered woman from Honduras
who had been the victim of violence her
entire life, while another clinic student
tI did three “experiential”
learning classes. The first, a class of 12 students, traveled to different attorneys each week to discuss their practice in different areas of the law. Next, I spent the summer of ’75 in the Harford County State’s Attorney’s Office as a law clerk working on juvenile cases. The following summer I was a student-attorney for the office in District Court, which made me know how much I liked trial work and specifically prosecution. The experience led to a job offer, and the job led to my position as state’s attorney.
Joseph Cassilly, J.D. ’77 State’s attorney for Harford County
By the time I
graduated from the
University of Baltimore
School of Law, I had
completed a clerkship with
a trial court judge and
was working with the firm
where I ultimately began
as an attorney. While still
a student, I was able to
obtain hands-on experience
in the practice of law. The
relationships I formed and
experiences I gained during
my time in law school were
invaluable in starting my
career and remain so today.
Patrick Madigan, J.D. ’03
Pike & Gilliss LLC
UB Law provided me the skills and opportunities to develop and grow my legal abilities even before I was sworn in as a member of the Maryland bar. A UB grad is prepared to face the real-world challenges of the practice of law.
Margaret Mead, J.D. ’89
Mead, Flynn and Gray PA
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obtained asylum for a teenager who had
fled her abusive guardian in El Salvador.
UB’s five academic centers also
provide opportunities for students to do
hands-on work.
This year, three student fellows in the
Center for International and Comparative
Law plan to bring a test case before the
U.S. International Trade Commission
that would, if successful, establish a
new mechanism to help ensure that
corporations abide by international
human rights standards, specifically by
maintaining supply chains free of abuses
such as forced or child labor.
In the Center for Medicine and Law,
UB School of Law students take part in a
mock medical malpractice trial alongside
Johns Hopkins medical students and
physicians. Through a combination of
lectures and exercises, law students are
introduced to the complexity of medical
records and learn the fundamentals of
malpractice litigation.
Said Professor Gregory Dolin, director
of the center: “The point of this entire
semester-long exercise is to get students
from the theory to the actual trial-like
situation, which is why we have a jury, so
that students understand that they have
to explain their case—which they’ve been
living and breathing for a semester—
to people who are smart but not
knowledgeable about law and medicine.”
Yet another way in which UB students
acquire practical experience is through
externships, in which they receive
academic credit for substantive legal
work performed in law firms, judges’
chambers, government agencies and
public-interest organizations throughout
the Baltimore-Washington region. Every
externship entails classroom work in
which students analyze their experiences
with professors and with classmates
engaged in similar fields. Last year,
the law school hired its first director of
externships, Millicent Newhouse, who is
charged with expanding and diversifying
high-quality externship opportunities for
UB students.
Finally, law students gain practical
experience by participating in one or more
of UB’s 21 moot court or trial practice
teams. Students also are encouraged to
take advantage of pro bono opportunities
facilitated by the law school.
Crucial to the entire experiential
enterprise is the law school’s committed,
13,000-strong alumni network. Alumni
serve in a variety of roles: as adjunct
professors, as moot court coaches, and
as supervisors in UB’s attorney and
judicial externship programs, including
UB’s pioneering EXPLOR (Experience in
Legal Organizations) program, which
guarantees students placements in law
offices during the summer after their first
year of law school.
Assistant Dean Jill Green, J.D. ’94, who
directs UB’s Law Career Development
Office, said EXPLOR builds on and
deepens the lessons students learned in
their first, often grueling year of school.
“A lot of students come out of their
first year saying: ‘Why did I do this?
Did I make the right choice in going
to law school?’” Green said. “After
their summer EXPLOR experience they
come out totally energized. They have
been able to see what they learned in
the classroom in action. It whets their
appetite to learn more.”
The wide range of experiential options
at the UB School of Law allows students
to observe how law is practiced in a
variety of contexts, which helps them to
discover the career paths that best suit
them. The experiential opportunities also
afford students a network of mentors and
professional contacts even before they
graduate.
Judge Audrey J.S. Carrion, J.D. ’84,
called her law school internship with
Judge Robert B. Watts in the Circuit
Court for Baltimore City “a life-changing
experience.” (The term for experiential
placements has switched in recent
years, with “externship” now replacing
“internship.”)
“Through him I met mentors that
later on in my life were helpful to me,”
said Carrion, who joined the Baltimore
City Circuit Court bench herself in 1999.
“A good internship can result in a life-
changing step toward your profession,
your career. It can mean good experience
with writing, or observing how lawyers
work at their craft. All of that you can’t
get from just sitting in school.”
Matthew Kraeuter, J.D. ’09, a former
associate at Saul Ewing who recently
accepted a position with Liff & Walsh
in Annapolis, said the professional
connections he made at UB were
invaluable.
“I knew I wanted to practice in Maryland,
so I really took the opportunity to meet the
professors and the judges and to parlay
that into a great internship and a great
clerkship after school,” Kraeuter said.
“Having those great local connections
really made a huge difference.”
Kraeuter’s new boss James “Jay”
Walsh, J.D. ’08, said UB excels at
preparing students to deal with real
clients in the real world.
Said Walsh: “The school makes a
conscious effort to make sure you’re
ready to practice when you get out.”
“A good internship can result in a life-changing step toward your profession, your career. It can mean good experience with writing, or observing how lawyers work at their craft. All of that you can’t get from just sitting in school.”
LEARNING FROM CLIENTSStudent volunteers gain crucial skills at expungement project
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criminal record can make it
difficult to find a job, to rent
an apartment or to receive
public benefits—some of the
very conditions that can lead a person
to commit crimes. Expungement—the
removal of all or part of a criminal history
from public record—is a tool to help end
the recidivism spiral.
An ABA report titled “Second Chances
in the Criminal Justice System” puts the
matter succinctly: “Lawyers who assist
convicted offenders may not only help
them, but they may simultaneously
decrease future crime rates and thereby
reduce the number of future victims
throughout the United States.”
The Expungement Project, a program
of the Homeless Persons Representation
Project, or HPRP, aims to educate
Marylanders about the process of
erasing criminal records and provides
legal services to those who want to
pursue expungement.
Nearly 1,300 expungement clinic
clients have had at least part of their
records cleared since the program’s
inception in 2008, said Katie Meyer
Scott, HPRP’s director of pro bono
programs.
Crucial to the project’s success is
the participation of UB School of Law
students, said Christina Askins, HPRP’s
legal clinic coordinator.
“Each year the numbers of students
seeking to volunteer has increased
significantly because of the enthusiasm
of the students who have come before
them,” Askins said.
UB students help with client intake on
“expungement days”—there are roughly
10 every year—at two sites in Baltimore
City and one in Montgomery County.
The student volunteers, who after
a training session commit to serve a
minimum of three days a year, help
clients complete a questionnaire to
determine their eligibility for free legal
services. Students then sit with clients to
review their criminal histories, asking the
clients to remember to the best of their
abilities any charges filed against them
and the disposition of those charges.
Once the paperwork is complete, the
student introduces the client to an
attorney who will handle the actual
expungement effort.
Bethany Neeb, a 2L who volunteered
with the Expungement Project over
the summer, said she learned crucial
“people skills” on the job.
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As an undergraduate in California, Michael Stone wanted to save the world—but he had no idea what to do. At UB, he learned how to help.
- Michael Stone, J.D. ’13
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“I can only imagine how difficult,
maybe embarrassing, it is [for clients]
to sit down with us,” she said of herself
and her UB colleagues. “The questions
we ask are very invasive because they
have to be for us to help [clients] as
best as we can.”
One lesson Neeb learned was
the importance of maintaining a
nonjudgmental demeanor. At any
sign of judgment or distaste by their
interviewer, she said, clients could
freeze up.
Said Neeb: “[These] people skills are
never learned in a classroom; they’re
only learned in the outside community.”
Other UB School of Law student
volunteers also spoke of the
understanding and skills they acquired
while working with expungement clinic
clients.
Kathryn Huff, a 3L, said many of the
people she interviewed were homeless
or had temporary living arrangements.
“They often spoke of their frustration
that their past criminal record stands
in the way of reentering society after
making wholesale changes to the way
they are living their lives now,” she
said.
Huff recalled a woman charged years
earlier in connection with a domestic-
violence incident involving an abusive
partner.
“It brought home to me that
something from a really long time ago
could continuously haunt someone for
the rest of her life,” Huff said. “The fact
that I could do something that could
have a big impact on someone’s life
inspired me even more to be a public-
interest attorney.”
Lauren Vint, who expects to receive
her J.D. in 2015, said she learned the
value of being patient.
“It can be very hard for an individual
to recall what happened after his or her
arrest, so I also learned to wait patiently
while a client tries to recall [what
happened],” she said. “I never realized
until I did this work the importance of
just listening to a client.”
Even something as simple as where
she sat had a profound impact on her
interactions with clients, Vint said.
“Initially, I always sat across from
the client, which created a degree of
formality that caused some discomfort,”
she said. “Rather than opening up
to me and talking about their past, I
found that the clients were withholding
information or were trying to speak to
me like I was a judge.”
By moving her chair next to the
client’s, Vint said, she succeeded in
breaking down a barrier, which allowed
the client to open up to her.
“I loved my work with the clients at
HPRP,” Vint said. “I improved my own
interpersonal communication skills
while helping those in the community
where I will be practicing law.”
Law school experiences like these
can cement a lifelong commitment to
pro bono work or lead to a job in the
public sector.
Michael Stone, J.D. ’13, volunteered
at HPRP during law school and landed
a job with the Baltimore nonprofit upon
graduation.
This year he obtained a fellowship
from Equal Justice Works for a two-year
project at HPRP. In partnership with the
Lockheed Martin Corp. and the Hogan
Lovells law firm, Stone aims to bring
legal services to homeless or at-risk
veterans in rural Maryland.
As an undergraduate in California,
Stone said, he had a “cape-wearing,
I’m-going-to-save-the-world mentality.”
But he had no idea what to do.
In Baltimore, he discovered his
path.
“When I found HPRP it was a
population I clearly identified with,
poor people who have no access to
the resources they need to make their
lives better,” Stone said, pointing to
HPRP’s mission of linking clients with
resources. “I latched onto them.”
Kathleen McGinley, J.D. ’10, an
associate at Ober | Kaler, joined
HPRP’s board of directors in 2011
and volunteers as an attorney in the
expungement clinic.
“Learning how to effectively interact
with clients is just not a skill students
can learn from law books,” McGinley
said. “They may not yet be lawyers, but
the valuable insight they’re gaining
about how to effectively work with
clients means that they’re on their way
to being fantastic lawyers when they
finish law school and pass the bar.”
A criminal history can be a lifetime punishment. UB School of Law students are at the forefront of an innovative project that helps former offenders establish a life unshadowed by a record.
$1,000,000 or morePeter G. Angelos, LL.B. '61
The Peter and Georgia Angelos Foundation, Inc.
$100,000 - $249,999The Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos
Bank of America Corporation
The Charles Crane Family Foundation, Inc.
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
Marie Van Deusen, J.D. '89
$50,000 - $99,999Cohen, Snyder, Eisenberg & Katzenberg, P.A.
Brian J. Frank, J.D. '85
Sayra Wells Meyerhoff, J.D. '78 , M.S. '04 , and Neil A. Meyerhoff
The Ominsky Foundation
$25,000 - $49,999Barry M. Chasen, J.D. '80 , and Lyn E. Chasen
Rosalee Davison and Richard Davison
Michael C. Hodes, J.D. '75
Lexington National Insurance Corporation
Timothy F. Maloney, J.D. '85
James P. Nolan, J.D. '74
State Farm Insurance Companies Foundation
$10,000 - $24,999
annual giving report
he University of Baltimore School of Law has a powerful and generous network of alumni who understand that their law degree has been es-sential to their success. Joined by other support-
ers, our alumni give back to the law school in myriad ways: teaching, mentoring, supervising legal externships, coaching moot court teams and employing our graduates.
Another critical way that so many UB alumni give back to the law school is through financial donations. These gifts are vital to the law school. Your support helps our students in many ways—by enabling us to bolster financial aid, reward academic excellence, expand experiential learning, and offer excellent and innovative programming that keeps UB at the forefront of legal education. We thank you for your generosity and appreciate your strong commitment to the UB School of Law. Victoria Schultz, J.D. ’89Associate Dean
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American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Maryland Chapter
Geena Asiedu, J.D. '09 , and Kenneth K. Asiedu, M.S. '92
THE ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore
R. Roland Brockmeyer, J.D. '64 , and Lorraine J. Brockmeyer
Jana Howard Carey, J.D. '76 and Jana Howard Carey J.D. '76 , and James H. Carey
Kevin B. Collins, J.D. '92
DLA Piper US LLP
The Judi & Steven B. Fader Family Foundation
Judith G. Fader, J.D. '85 , and Steven B. Fader, J.D. '83
Kenneth O. Hassan, J.D. '74
Marianne Schmitt Hellauer, J.D. '80 , and Robert E. Hellauer, J.D. '80
Cynthia H. Jones, J.D. '92
Stephen Z. Kaufman, J.D. '69
William F. Kiniry Jr., J.D. '76
Zanvyl & Isabelle Krieger Fund, Inc.
Miles & Stockbridge, P.C.
Ober | Kaler
Saul Ewing, LLP
Silverman, Thompson, Slutkin &
White, LLC
Steven D. Silverman, J.D. '91
Smith, Gildea & Schmidt, LLC
T. Rowe Price Foundation, Inc.
Evan K. Thalenberg, J.D. '85
Laura A. Thurston, B.S. '92 , and
David L. Thurston, B.S. '85 , J.D. '92
Wheeler Foundation
$5,000 - $9,999American Corporate Counsel
Association - Baltimore Chapter
Anonymous
Barbara A. Babb* and Peter Toran*
H. Dean Bouland, J.D. '78
Arthur B. Brisker, LL.B. '69
Clifton L. Brown Jr., J.D. '78
Karis Evans Brown, M.B.A. '87 , and
Neal M. Brown, J.D. '84
Carol S. Carton and Allen M. Carton
William E. Cross Foundation, Inc.
Duane Morris, LLP
Joel D. Fedder and Ellen Fedder
Nathaniel C. Fick Jr., J.D. '75
Herbert S. Garten, A.B.A. '53
Michele Gilligan*
Louis E. Gitomer, J.D. '76
Harvey Greenberg, LL.B. '67
The Herbert N. Gundersheimer
Foundation, Inc.
Hermina Law Group
George W. Hermina, J.D. '90
Klein Family Development
Corporation
Howard S. Klein, J.D. '83
Heidi L. Levine, J.D. '95
Maryland Workers' Compensation
Education Association, Inc.
Maureen Fick May, J.D. '05
McGuire Woods, LLP
George J. Nemphos, J.D. '94
Persels & Associates, LLC
Paula J. Peters, J.D. '79
The Elizabeth B. and Arthur E.
Roswell Foundation
Neil J. Ruther, J.D. '76
Holly H. Sadeghian, J.D. '88
Jennifer Stearman, J.D. '99
Harry C. Storm, J.D. '79
Tax Executives Institute, Inc.-
Baltimore/Washington Chapter
Thomas & Libowitz, PA
Bonnie L. Warnken, J.D. '90 , and
Byron L. Warnken*, J.D. '77
Joan M. Worthington, B.S. '84,
M.B.A. '91 , and John B. Bartkowiak
Jr., J.D. '73
$2,500 - $4,999Anonymous
Ilene A. Bailey, J.D. '99
Phillip J. Closius*
Kathleen A. Evans, J.D. '82 , and Gerard E. Evans, J.D. '84
Robert P. Fitzsimmons, J.D. '78
Stuart M. Goldberg, B.A. '70 , J.D. '74
Joint TE/GE Council
Sandra L. Katz and Laurence M. Katz
Paul L. Saval, J.D. '80 and Ellen M. Saval
Carolyn H. Thaler, J.D. '74 , and David S. Thaler
William Roger Truitt, J.D. '82
Verizon Foundation
Ronald H. Weich*
$1,000 - $2,499Burton A. Amernick, LL.B. '66
Mimi L. Azrael, B.A. '81 , J.D. '84 , and Richard Azrael
John W. Beckley, J.D. '74 , and Mary A. Beckley
Alan J. Belsky, B.A. '87 , J.D. '91
Fred B. Brown*
Mary B. Buonanno, J.D. '84
John F. Calabrese, J.D. '69
Virginia Rafalko Canter, B.A. '79 , J.D. '81 , and Douglas M. Canter, J.D. '79
Joseph I. Cassilly, J.D. '77
James H. Clapp, J.D. '76
Coleen S. Clemente, J.D. '83
David Connelly, J.D. '98
Anthony M. Conti, J.D. '99
Sharon L. Curley*
G. Thomas Daugherty, J.D. '76
C. Carey Deeley Jr., J.D. '79 , and Karen S. Deeley
Gerard F. Devlin, J.D. '69
Thomas M. Donnelly, J.D. '00
Paul J. Duffy, J.D. '92
John T. Faulkingham, J.D. '95 , M.B.A. '95
Donald C. Fry, J.D. '80
Wendy C. Gerzog* and Harry Cohen
Michele E. Gilman*
Jeff Griffith
Grossbart, Portney & Rosenberg, P.A.
Robert N. Grossbart, J.D. '86
Charles F. Harenza
Alan J. Hyatt, J.D. '78
C. Gregory Kallmyer, J.D. '77
Mary J. Kaltenbach, J.D. '53
Gerald W. Kelly Jr., J.D. '96
James V. Lane, J.D. '73
Mary-Margaret Latchford, B.S. '68 , and Paul C. Latchford, J.D. '73
Law Offices of Harvey Greenberg
Law Offices of Thomas M. Donnelly
Jaime Lee*
Dana M. Levitz, J.D. '73
Jack Lynch*
Barbara A. Maher, J.D. '68 , and James F. Maher, J.D. '68
Darren M. Margolis, J.D. '95
Eileen and Ward McCarthy
Rachel T. McGuckian, J.D. '93
Jane C. Murphy*
Elizabeth G. Osterman, J.D. '85 , and Richard J. Osterman Jr., J.D. '80
Mary Frances Pearson, J.D. '80
Don J. Pelto, J.D. '85
Penn National Insurance
Christopher J. Peters*
Charles A. Rees*
Kenneth R. Shutts, J.D. '80
Adam T. Simons, J.D. '09
Leon Snead, J.D. '69
Deborah G. Spector, J.D. '91
Frank W. Spector, J.D. '91
Steven Thomas
Charles Tiefer*
Vanguard Charitable
James A. Vidmar Jr., J.D. '80
Thomas J. Waxter III, J.D. '91
Heather M. Welch, J.D. '10
WEST
Robin Z. Weyand, J.D. '96
Shari T. Wilson, J.D. '87
Allan L. Zalesky, J.D. '66
$500 - $999Hallie M. Ambler, J.D. '96 , and Bruce M. Ambler, J.D. '96
Thomas L. Atkins, J.D. '75
Lisa A. Bernstein, J.D. '99
Augustus F. Brown, J.D. '74
Patricia M. C. Brown, J.D. '86
George M. Church, M.B.A. '75 , J.D. '77
Carl C. Coe Jr., J.D. '82
Maureen B. Cohon, B.A. '79 , J.D. '82
Michelle W. Cole, J.D. '98 , and William H. Cole IV, M.A. '96
John A. Currier, J.D. '78
Donald Daneman, LL.B. '61
Gloria Danziger*
Karen E. H. Davidson, J.D. '06
James M. Di Stefano, J.D. '86
Amy Dillard*
Richard W. Douglas, J.D. '76
The Law Offices of Paul J. Duffy
Eric B. Easton*
Robert I. Elan, J.D. '75
Ernst & Young, LLP
Michelle Ewert*
James F. Farmer, J.D. '78
Elizabeth B. Fisher, J.D. '05 , and
Christopher M. Demski, J.D. '04
Harold T. Flanagan Jr., J.D. '78
Helaine S. Gann
Gardens For All Seasons
Jayme Gibbs, J.D. '83 , and Robert
G. Gibbs, J.D. '84
Robert S. Glushakow, J.D. '82
Ann K. Goodman, J.D. '94
John F. Gossart Jr., J.D. '74
Honeywell International, Inc.
Matthew G. Huddle, J.D. '11
Bernard H. Kanstoroom, J.D. '70
Karmen M. Kater-Slezak, J.D. '91
Brian J. Kelly, J.D. '01
Michael L. Kerley, LL.B. '68
Elizabeth Keyes*
Parag Khandhar*
Richard Klitzberg, J.D. '66
Carmela S. Lane and Stephen C. Lane
Bob Lankin, J.D. '76
J. Michael Lawlor, J.D. '73
Delane S. Lewis, J.D. '93
Daniel E. Liebfeld, LL.B. '63
Thomas M. Lingan, J.D. '86
Martin E. Marvel, B.S. '57 , J.D. '60 , and and Nancy L. Marvel
Linda L. McElhone, B.A. '76 , and R. Bruce McElhone, J.D. '77
Alexandra A. McKeown, J.D. '06
L. Content McLaughlin, B.A. '00 , J.D. '03, LL.M. '05
McMullen & Drury, P.A.
Alexander R. McMullen, J.D. '87 , M.B.A. '87
Margaret A. Mead, J.D. '89
Lisa L. Mervis, J.D. '71
Thomas Minkin, J.D. '65
Bryan G. Moorhouse, J.D. '77
The Thomas F. and Clementine L. Mullan Foundation
Theresa A. Nolan, J.D. '75
Lisa Stello O'Brien, J.D. '85
Eliseba Kristina Osore
Thurman K. Page, J.D. '02 , and Calvina Page
Ronald W. Parker, J.D. '73
Louis S. Pettey, J.D. '77
Leslie A. Powell, J.D. '86
Susan T. Preston, J.D. '79
Isabel Crystal Reamer Rappaport, J.D. '88
Samuel G. Rose, LL.B. '62
John R. Rush, J.D. '75
Carl R. Schlaich, J.D. '81
Jennifer A. Schwartz*
Frances S. Sellers and Mortimer N. S. Sellers*
Fred Simpkins
Amy E. Sloan*
Ivana O. Turner and H. Mebane Turner
Vincent D. Turner, J.D. '73
Joseph F. Vallario Jr., J.D. '63 and Mary E. Thornton Vallario
Christopher R. VanRoden, B.S. '80, M.P.A. '83 , J.D '85
Melanie A. Vaughn, B.A. '82 , J.D. '86
Robert M. Webb, J.D. '80
Harry K. Wells
$250 - $499Howard L. Alderman Jr., J.D. '85
Robert A. Angelo, J.D. '73
John C. M. Angelos, J.D. '90
Richard J. Apley, J.D. '74
Richard M. Bader, LL.B. '66
Rignal W. Baldwin Jr., J.D. '75
Louis A. Becker III, J.D. '70
Michael W. Berey, J.D. '83
Robert W. Berger, J.D. '77
Edward M. Biggin, J.D. '02
Charles M. Blomquist, J.D. '00
Michael C. Blum, J.D. '96
Edgar W. Bridges, J.D. '80
Meryl D. Burgin, J.D. '87
Walter S. Calwell Jr., LL.B. '56
Michael A. Canet, B.A. '93 , LL.M. '02
William P. Caruthers, J.D. '78
Timothy S. Clark, B.S. '96
Bernard P. Codd, J.D. '96
Robert D. Cole Jr., J.D. '92
Christopher E. Collins, J.D. '03
Sylvia H. Coyle, J.D. '85 , M.P.A. '85
Crystal A. Curry Newland, J.D. '04
David Daneman, J.D. '89
Peter I. Davis, J.D. '70
Charles T. Dillon, J.D. '00
Gregory Dolin*
David C. Driscoll Jr., J.D. '76
Myrna J. Dunnam, J.D. '78
Jeremy M. Eldridge, J.D. '06
JoAnn A. Ellinghaus-Jones, B.S. '78 , J.D. '81 , and William G. Jones, B.S. '80
M. Teresa Garland, J.D. '86
Morris L. Garten, J.D. '95
David L. Gaskin, J.D. '06
Danielle B. Gibbs, J.D. '96
Leigh S. Goodmark
Michael I. Gordon, J.D. '59
Leo E. Green Jr., J.D. '84
Andrew P. Gross, J.D. '08
Louise B. Gussin, J.D. '94
The Estate of Albert P. Halluin, J.D. '69
Michael J. Hayes*
Robert J. Heitzman, J.D. '70
James T. Hemelt, J.D. '84
Catherine C. Hill, J.D. '95
Timothy J. Hogan, J.D. '78
Z. Stephen Horvat
William R. Hubbard*
Gretchen L. Jankowski, J.D. '94
David Jaros*
Harvey C. Jones II, J.D. '54
Brian M. Judge, J.D. '92 , M.B.A. '92
Ronald A. Karasic, J.D. '78
Allen J. Katz, J.D. '73
Dale P. Kelberman, J.D. '75
Dionne L. Koller*
Eric A. Kuhl, J.D. '90
Marcia S. Kupferberg, J.D. '83
Martin R. Leader
Eugene M. Lerner, J.D. '54
William R. Levasseur, J.D. '61
Barry F. Levin, J.D. '84
W. Edward Lilley
Andrew A. Lioi, LL.M. '57
Susan M. Lord, J.D. '84
Robert W. Lynch, J.D. '82
Bradley A. Marcus, J.D. '06
Judith Gann Marcus and Robert M. Marcus
Shirley S. Massey, B.S. '86 , J.D. '88
Robert M. Masters, J.D. '90
Audreyline G. McFarlane*
Lisa J. McGrath, J.D. '95, LL.M. '97,
Joseph G. McGraw Jr., J.D. '84
M. Tracy McPherson, J.D. '86
Richard L. Miles, J.D. '73
John O. Mitchell III, B.S. '63 , J.D. '70
Scott A. Morrison, J.D. '90
C. Frederick Muhl, J.D. '67
James J. Nolan Jr., J.D. '77
Clifford R. Olson, J.D. '76
Chris A. Owens, M.S. '81 , J.D. '84
Ann W. Parks, J.D. '95
Douglas B. Pfeiffer, J.D. '80
David A. Plymyer, J.D. '78
Martha F. Rasin, J.D. '81, LL.D. (Honorary) '98,
Andrew D. Richmond, J.D. '92
J. Paul Rieger Jr., J.D. '88
William W. Riggins III, J.D. '93
Francis P. Rooney, J.D. '70
Robert J. Schott, B.S. '63 , J.D. '66
Randall L. Scott, J.D. '80
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* UB faculty or staff ** Donor is deceased
This list represents all donors who have given to the School of Law and School of Law alumni who have given to any fund at the University of Baltimore in fiscal year 2014 ( July 1, 2013-June 30, 2014). We greatly appreciate each gift given in support of the School of Law and the University of Baltimore, and we have made every effort to ensure the accuracy of this listing. Please notify Heather Cobbett, assistant director of communications and external relations, of any inaccuracies or omissions by contacting her at 410.837.4142 or at [email protected]. We regret any errors.
“WHY I GIVE: Having realized the value of a legal education from the University of Baltimore School of Law, I want to give the opportunity to young scholars to be able to benefit from the same quality of education that I received. George Hermina, J.D. ’90
Hermina Law Group
Karen P. Severson, J.D. '00
Charles Shafer*
Paul Silberman, LL.B. '60
Thomas G. Slater, J.D. '80
James M. Slattery, J.D. '74
Ronald L. Spahn, LL.B. '67
Colin P. Starger*
State Farm Insurance Companies
Zachary J. Stewart
Andrea M. Strong, J.D. '94 , and Brian P. Strong, J.D. '94
The Law Office of Brad S. Sures
Bradley S. Sures, J.D. '80
Kathleen M. Sweeney, J.D. '75
Barry D. Tayman, LL.B. '68
David L. Terzian, J.D. '72
Will Tress
Jefferson L. Triplett, J.D. '01
Robert L. Troike, LL.B. '64
Joseph Vigman Foundation, Inc.
Byron B. Warnken, J.D. '04
Jason F. Weintraub, J.D. '08
Nomiki Bouloubassis Weitzel, J.D. '85
Alexandra N. Williams, J.D. '81
Wayne M. Willoughby, J.D. '86
WS Investments Trust
Derek B. Yarmis, J.D. '92
Michael J. Zimmer, J.D. '75
$100 - $249Laurence C. Aaronson, J.D. '72
Dale A. Achenbach, J.D. '87
George P. Adams, J.D. '72
Renée Bronfein Ades, J.D. '00, B.S. '74
Osasumwen Z. Airhiavbere, J.D. '09
Claudine W. Allen, J.D. '78
Steven A. Allen, J.D. '75
Fred Allentoff, J.D. '84
Donald L. Allewalt Jr., J.D. '77
Monique D. Almy, J.D. '87
Shara B. Alpert, J.D. '95
Emily J. Alt, J.D. '05
Parke E. Americus, J.D. '67
Amos & Muffoletto, LLC
Karen D. Amos, J.D. '90
David B. Amy
Youngcheu An, J.D. '02
Michael I. Angert, J.D. '99
Anonymous
Don E. Ansell, J.D. '82
Cathy A. Applefeld, J.D. '90 , and David B. Applefeld, J.D. '90
Bruce D. Ash, LL.B. '68
Deborah A. Awalt, J.D. '85 , and Stephen B. Awalt, J.D. '85
Jacqueline Badders
Charles Bagley IV, J.D. '80
Robert R. Bair
Sabrina Balgamwalla*
Jason E. Balog, J.D. '97
Marylen T. Bartlett, J.D. '78
Ashley E. Bashur, J.D. '09
DeLawrence Beard, J.D. '70
Laura Beck and Linus Beck
Elizabeth W. Benet, J.D. '92
Cornelius F. Bennett, J.D. '03
Rodney L. Benson, J.D. '80
John Bessler*
Bill Bamonto Insurance Agency, Inc.
Raymond M. Bily Jr., J.D. '85
Bryan A. Bishop, J.D. '89
Clinton R. Black IV, J.D. '82
Randy B. Blaustein, J.D. '79
Joseph L. Bocchini Jr., J.D. '73
Bryan D. Bolton, J.D. '83
Hinda R. Bossom
Kimberly A. Bray, J.D. '85
Alfred L. Brennan Jr., J.D. '79
Stuart G. Breslow, J.D. '77
Cathleen N. Brockmeyer, J.D. '84
Ronald L. Bromwell, J.D. '65
Barnett Q. Brooks, J.D. '75
Renee E. Brooks
Todd M. Brooks, J.D. '06
Joseph J. Bross, J.D. '79
Alexis Y. Brown, J.D. '09
John F. Brown, J.D. '75
Myron T. Brown, J.D. '95
David S. Bruce, J.D. '74
Michael P. Bryant, J.D. '06
John S. Brzostowski, J.D. '90
Jean R. Buchen, J.D. '77
Benjamin M. Bunin, J.D. '06
Herbert Burgunder III, J.D. '94
Sally T. Burner and Fred W. Burner
BWW Law Group, LLC
Jacqueline D. Byrd, J.D. '98
Rex S. Caldwell III, J.D. '87
Irvin N. Caplan, LL.M. '91
Jay M. Caplan, LL.B. '69
Richard D. Caplan, J.D. '80
James D. Cardea, J.D. '95
David E. Carey, J.D. '89
J. Randall Carroll, J.D. '78
Holly L. Carter, J.D. '02
Jocelyn C. Carter, J.D. '95
Patrick Cavanaugh, B.S. '67 , J.D. '74
Jeanne T. Celtnieks, J.D. '90 and Larss G. Celtnieks, J.D. '90
Chamberlain Construction, Inc.
Stephanie Chamberlain, J.D. '93
Laura Chasney, J.D. '90
Julia M. Cheikh, J.D. '03
Mary Claire Chesshire, J.D. '93
Ceres R. Chriss and Evan A. Chriss
Rebecca Christopher, J.D. '12 , and Kevin Hilgers
Nancy K. Chung, J.D. '07
Marjorie L. Clagett, J.D. '77 , and Stephen L. Clagett Sr.
Raymond D. Coates Jr., J.D. '74
Harvey A. Cohen, B.S. '63
Jacob J. Cohen, J.D. '67
Amanda S. Conn, J.D. '95
Timothy A. Cook, J.D. '87
Catherine R. Counselman and Charles C. Counselman Jr.
Robert M. Cowen Jr., J.D. '78
Danna M. Crowley, J.D. '79
Arthur C. Crum Jr., J.D. '84
Samuel M. Crystal, J.D. '08
Isabel M. Cumming, M.B.A. '89 , J.D. '93
Paul T. Cygnarowicz, J.D. '92
D2L Behavioral and Investigative Consulting Services, LLC
Barry J. Dalnekoff, J.D. '74
Dalrymple & Associates, LLC
Donald W. Dalrymple, J.D. '74
Wallace Dann, J.D. '50
DeMarco Q. Davenport, J.D. '04
Robert C. Davis, J.D. '94
Patricia A. Day, J.D. '76
Albert G. De Bliss, J.D. '60
Michael A. Dean, J.D. '98
Gary F. Debruin, J.D. '95
Michael L. DeLuca, J.D. '75
Phyllis A. DeStefano and Dean DeStefano
Claudia A. Diamond*, J.D. '95
Michael R. Dodd, J.D. '10
Linda V. Donhauser, B.A. '87 , J.D. '89 , and Christopher G. Donhauser, M.B.A. '95
Thomas E. Donoho, LL.B. '66
William J. Donovan, LL.B. '66
Ann Marie Doory, J.D. '79
Deborah C. Dopkin, J.D. '79
Sharon B. Dorsch and William G. Dorsch
Joseph H. Dougherty, J.D. '77
Daniel J. Dregier Jr., J.D. '75
Patrick R. Duley, J.D. '70
J. Michael Earp, J.D. '79
Suzette White Eckhaus, J.D. '83
Kyle S. Edmonds, J.D. '96
Charles H. W. Effinger Jr., LL.B. '64
Nancy J. Egan, J.D. '94
Donald L. Elmore, J.D. '70
David F. Engstrom, J.D. '70
Mary P. Evatt, J.D. '77
Itamar Ezaoui, J.D. '10
Lee F. Fedner, J.D. '74
E. Richard Feustle, J.D. '70
Elliott L. Fineman, J.D. '81
Nadia J. Firozvi, J.D. '05
Morland C. Fischer, J.D. '74
Michael C. Flannery, J.D. '75
John P. Ford, J.D. '85
Richard W. Foster, J.D. '95
Barbara Hull Francis, J.D. '80
Sean Francisco, J.D. '99
Steven C. Fraser, J.D. '95
John C. Fredrickson, J.D. '83
Richard B. Friedler, J.D. '06
Theresa A. Furnari
Michael G. Gallerizzo, J.D. '83
Yasmin Galvez
Anne C. Gamson, J.D. '77
Marvin J. Garbis
Nichole C. Gatewood, J.D. '04
Richard L. Gershberg, J.D. '79
A. Allan Gertner, J.D. '74
Gorman A. Getty, J.D. '05
Stephen G. Gilden, LL.B. '66
Alexander M. Giles, J.D. '97 , and Danielle M. Giles*
John A. Gilpin, J.D. '78
David B. Ginsburg, J.D. '83
Clarence E. Goetz, J.D. '64
David L. Goldheim, J.D. '71
Ellen A. Goldstein
Charlotte Lee Gordon, J.D. '07
Erik P. Gordon, J.D. '91
Frederick W. Goundry, J.D. '91
Maria D. Gracia, J.D. '93
Brooks B. Gracie III, J.D. '93
Jill Green*, J.D. '94
David H. Greenberg, J.D. '73
Mitchell A. Greenberg, J.D. '91
Ileen M. Greene, J.D. '81
Nienke Grossman*
Thomas C. Groton III, J.D. '74
Sandra R. Gutman, J.D. '78
Melodie C. Hahn-Hengerer, J.D. '02
Candice L. Hall, J.D. '09, LL.M. '11, Certificate '11
Patricia K. Hammar, J.D. '99
Margaret Eve Hanan
John J. Handscomb, J.D. '93
Andrew A. Handy, J.D. '70
Mark P. Hanley, LL.B. '67
Thomas P. Hanley, B.S. '80
Eric R. Harlan, J.D. '94
Michele R. Harris, J.D. '98
John M. Hassett, J.D. '79
William L. Haugh Jr., LL.B. '68
Priscilya M. Hawkes, J.D. '06
William C. Hay Sr., J.D. '68
Elizabeth M. Haynes, J.D. '85
Michael D. Hayward, J.D. '61, LL.M. '89
Katherine A. Hearn, J.D. '92
Stephen M. Hearne, J.D. '75
Alvin S. Henderson, B.A. '91 , J.D. '03
Geoffrey G. Hengerer, J.D. '02
Darrell L. Henry**, LL.B. '65
Brian L. Herzberger, J.D. '74
Hurst R. Hessey, J.D. '79
Robert A. Hincken, LL.B. '69
Hobelmann Port Services
R. Neal Hoffman, LL.B. '69
William C. Hookham, J.D. '73
Carol L. Hopkins, B.A. '84 , J.D. '89
Marshall T. Horman, J.D. '02
Harve C. Horowitz, J.D. '74
Howard County Bar Association
Deborah Howard
Griffith E. Hubbard II, J.D. '96
George L. Hubert, J.D. '76
Anne L. Huether and Douglas Huether
John D. Hungerford Jr., J.D. '82
Lawrence T. Hurwitz, J.D. '83
Hyattsville Mennonite Church
Domenic R. Iamele, LL.B. '69
Elise M. Ice, J.D. '00
Wade H. Insley III, J.D. '68
Glenn A. Jacobson, J.D. '79
Dean Rosalind M. Jeffers, J.D. '95
Leslie M. Jenkins and Stephen J. Derr
Margaret E. Johnson*
Norman E. Johnson Jr., J.D. '77
Sharon Johnson, J.D. '98
John A. Jones, J.D. '80
Keith S. Jones, J.D. '73
Thomas J. Jones, JAGC, USN, J.D. '99
William Jones, J.D. '98
Chester M. Joseph, LL.B. '66
Daniel A. Kamenetz, J.D. '12
Michael E. Kaminkow, LL.B. '66
Lawrence J. Kansky, J.D. '10
Mojgan Katouzian, J.D. '09
Anthony R. Katz, J.D. '75
Stanley H. Katz, J.D. '74
Alan G. Kaufman, J.D. '85
J. Mitchell Kearney, J.D. '88
Charles B. Keenan Jr., LL.M. '91
Cynthia Hitt Kent, J.D. '83
Jason Klitenic, J.D. '93
F. Kirk Kolodner, J.D. '79
Ellen L. S. Koplow, J.D. '83
Matthew P. Kraeuter, J.D. '09
Floyd and Debra Kratz
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Mark T. Krause, J.D. '87
Alan Kreshtool, J.D. '74
Robert J. Kresslein, J.D. '80
Evan J. Krometis
Robert A. Krug, J.D. '77
Janet Kusterer and Thomas Kusterer
Jerome H. Lacheen, J.D. '65
Sandra L. Lamparello, J.D. '96
Philip M Lane
Edward J. Lang, J.D. '73
Daniel R. Lanier, J.D. '85
Ronna K. Lazarus, J.D. '93
Sarah A. Lehr, J.D. '09 , and Michael Lehr, J.D. '09
Anne C. Leitess, J.D. '88
Cheri Levin*
Paul M. Levin, J.D. '54
Law Office of Jason D. Levy
Jason D. Levy, J.D. '06
Edward J. Leyden, J.D. '91
Frank G. Lidinsky, J.D. '76
Emily Limarzi
Steven D. Link, J.D. '09
Wendelin I. Lipp, J.D. '78
Stephen W. Little, J.D. '96
Valerie S. Little, J.D. '93
YaoHui Liu, LL.M. '11
Lawrence W. Livoti, J.D. '74
Lucy A. Loux, J.D. '75
Donald M. Lowman, J.D. '68
Amalia Lucas
Martin P. Maarbjerg, J.D. '09
Blair W. MacDermid, LL.M. '11
Lynne B. Malone, J.D. '81
Cynthia A. Mancini, J.D. '87
Michael H. Mannes, J.D. '70
Robert D. Marchant, J.D. '74
John P. Markus Jr., J.D. '86
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Marylen T. Bartlett, Attorney At Law
Maslan, Maslan & Rothwell, P.A.
Gary R. Maslan, J.D. '74
Jacob Matz, J.D. '51
Elaine F. Maxeiner
James R. Maxeiner*
William J. McCarthy Jr., J.D. '87, LL.M. '92,
Saul McCormick, J.D. '79
T. Wray McCurdy, J.D. '84
Anastasia L. McCusker, J.D. '10
McDonald's Corporation
Robert D. McDorman Jr., J.D. '77
Thomas B. McGee, J.D. '71
Sean McGraw
Gregory McGuirk, J.D. '84, LL.M. '92,
Patricia C. McMullen, J.D. '86
Denise McQuighan and Thomas P. McQuighan
Reema Mehra, J.D. '04
John L. Miles Jr., J.D. '77
Kimberly A. Millender, J.D. '95
Sherri N. Miller and Brett H. Miller
Burke Miller, J.D. '11
Michael J. Millios, J.D. '06
Cynthia S. Miraglia, J.D. '83
Joyce T. Mitchell, J.D. '79
Susan H. Mitchell, LL.M. '06
David G. Mock, LL.B. '55
Mary Molofsky and James Molofsky
James R. Moore III, J.D. '81
Judith B. Moran, J.D. '95 , and Edmond J. Moran Jr.
William H. Morgan, J.D. '97
Juliet K. Morrison, LL.M. '12
Albert Moseley, J.D. '12
Andrew Moss, J.D. '10
Frank J. Mucha Jr., LL.B. '66
Bryan M. Mull, J.D. '13
Stan Muroff and Barbara Muroff
Brendan C. Murphy, J.D. '11
Erin H. Murphy, J.D. '94
Kevin P. Murphy, J.D. '78
Michael T. Murphy, J.D. '83
Thomas A. Murphy, J.D. '75
Nicole E. Musgrave-Burdette, J.D. '02
Rebecca D. Myers, J.D. '93
Dorothy M. Nazelrod Kerwin
Richard D. Neidig, J.D. '75
Janice J. Neil, B.S. '72 , J.D. '82 , and Benjamin A. Neil, B.A. '73 , J.D. '78
C. Philip Nichols Jr., J.D. '73
Saundra A. Nickols, J.D. '87 , M.P.A. '87
Denice R. Norris, J.D. '92
Walter C. Novak**, Certificate '63
Lieutenant Angela A. Novy, J.D. '07
Alice D. O'Brien, J.D. '01
John F. X. O'Brien, LL.B. '64
Edgar A. Ocampo, M.S. '96
Herbert R. O'Conor III, J.D. '74
Lisa A. Olivieri, J.D. '01
Leandra L. Ollie, J.D. '97
Barry A. O'Neill, LL.B. '65
Judith D. O'Neill, J.D. '75
Edward R. Oppel, LL.B. '67
Kathleen Osore
George M. Oswinkle, J.D. '75
Raymond J. Otlowski, J.D. '74
Ronald C. Owens, J.D. '73
Wendy J. Owens, J.D. '86
Megan B. Owings, J.D. '04
P.K. Hammar Legal, P.C.
Eva Palmer Lee
Michael S. Pappafotis, J.D. '73
Anna Z. Pappas and Harry P. Pappas
Thomas C. Perrone, J.D. '77
Kristen B. Perry, J.D. '00
Ian A. Pesetsky, J.D. '95
Nancy M. Petersen
Jaia P. Lent and Douglas Peterson Lent
Loreto R. Pettini, J.D. '81
Philip A. Petty, J.D. '80
J. Harrison Phillips, J.D. '65
Jean-Claude Pierre Jr., J.D. '95
Michael D. Pintzuk, LL.B. '63
Heather L. Pitz, B.A. '95 , J.D. '05
Stephen R. Poirier, J.D. '01
Robert E. Polack, J.D. '75
Paul M. Polansky, J.D. '77
Mary L. Ponticelli, J.D. '79
Grant A. Posner, J.D. '09
Jason R. Potter, J.D. '05
Sylvia S. Powell, J.D. '02 , and Barry W. Powell, M.P.A. '95 , J.D. '03
T. Michael Preston, J.D. '82
Brenda Piskor Prevas, M.A. '90 , and Peter A. Prevas, J.D. '85
Sandra Quick, J.D. '96
Mary E. Quillen, J.D. '93
H. Mark Rabin, J.D. '77
Lawrence R. Rachuba
William S. Ramsey, J.D. '94
Kelley P. Regan, J.D. '12
Theresa M. Regner, J.D. '03
William R. Reid, J.D. '00
Ernest M. Reitz, B.S. '94 , J.D. '98
Michele Renda
Richard K. Renn, J.D. '76
Richard M. Rinaudot, J.D. '69
Janet Robey and James Robey
Ria P. Rochvarg and Arnold Rochvarg, J.D. '92
Robert J. Romadka, LL.B. '53
Donald H. Romano, J.D. '84
Janice Romley and Vic Romley
Ronald R. Roos, J.D. '76
Jason C. Rose, J.D. '98
Joshua Roseman, J.D. '56
Paul W. Rosenbaum, J.D. '73
David Ross
Joel D. Rozner, J.D. '76
Robert J. Rubinson*
John P. Rue II, J.D. '74
Deborah Rush and Jonathan Rush
G. Darrell Russell Jr., J.D. '67
Edward B. Rybczynski, J.D. '52
Elizabeth J. Samuels* and Ira A. Burnim
David R. Sanders, J.D. '81
John P. Sanderson, J.D. '79
Peter S. Saucier, J.D. '80
Gerald P. Scala, LL.B. '69
Alexander L. Scarola, J.D. '99
Steven L. Schaeffer, J.D. '83
Stuart J. Schatz, J.D. '75
Gerald Scheinker, J.D. '67
Ronald D. Schiff, J.D. '71
Linda J. Schmidt and Edwin Schmidt
Joseph M. Schnitzer, J.D. '85
Matthew N. Schoenfeld, J.D. '02
Nancy M. Schuster
Walter D. Schwidetzky*
Jennifer R. Scott, J.D. '05
Alvin Sellman, LL.B. '54
William H. Sewell, LL.B. '69
Scott A. Shail, J.D. '99
David B. Shapiro, J.D. '84
David C. Sharman, J.D. '73
John R. Sheridan, J.D. '72 , and Barbara Sheridan
Mary K. Shock, J.D. '93
Raymond C. Shockley, J.D. '70
Cynthia A. Shreaves, J.D. '84, LL.M. '89,
David J. Shuster, J.D. '94
John W. Sieverts
Dennis G. Silverman, J.D. '74
John B. Sinclair, J.D. '79
John M. Skrocki, J.D. '86
John F. Slade III, LL.B. '69
Joshua F. Slater, J.D. '95 , and Erika D. Slater
Christopher J. Smith, J.D. '94
Nancy A. Smith, J.D. '94
Lee M. Snyder, LL.B. '66
Michael B. Snyder, J.D. '00
Richard H. Sothoron Jr., J.D. '69
Lisa D. Sparks, B.A. '05 , J.D. '07
Robert M. Stahl IV, B.S. '83 , J.D. '88
Catherine E. Stavely, J.D. '88
John W. Steele III, LL.B. '61
Melvin A. Steinberg, J.D. '55
Lawrence F. Stevenson, J.D. '72
Lisa D. Stevenson, D.P.M., J.D. '08
Mark R. Stromberg
Victor A. Sulin, J.D. '72
Gustava E. Taler, J.D. '94
Curtis E. Tatum, J.D. '09
Franz T. Tedrowe, J.D. '90
Adrian G. Teel, J.D. '70
Debra A. Thomas, J.D. '94 , and Anthony W. Thomas, J.D. '95
Mary G. Thomas and James A. Thomas
Barbara M. Tilghman, J.D. '82
W. Scott Tinney, J.D. '99
Hope Tipton
Leonard Tober, J.D. '81
Thomas L. Totten, J.D. '87 , and Sally Ann Wingo
Gwen B. Tromley, J.D. '90
Stanley Turk, J.D. '91
James H. Tuvin
Rene E. B. Tywang, J.D. '08
University of Baltimore Women's Bar Association
Jill M. Valenstein, J.D. '95
Daniel P. Vavonese, J.D. '95
Michael F. Vitt, J.D. '99
Katherine A. Voss, B.A. '09 , J.D. '13
Kemp Vye, J.D. '77
Mark E. Wallerson, J.D. '05
André S. Walters, J.D. '05
James K. Warrington Jr., J.D. '78
Susan B. Watson, J.D. '76
Barbara B. Waxman, J.D. '80
Winslow B. Waxter, J.D. '91 , and Dixon G. Waxter, J.D. '93
Lori B. Weiman, J.D. '94
Sidney Weiman, LL.B. '62
Suzanne K. Welch, J.D. '81
John B. Weld, J.D. '78
Drucilla L. Wells, J.D. '77
Barbara Ann White*
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“WHY I GIVE: I feel it is important to give back to the University of Baltimore School of Law because I want aspiring law students to have the same opportunity I had to receive an excellent legal education. [UB] provided me with a pragmatic education which has served as an exceptional foundation for the practice of law. In hiring new attorneys for the firm, I have always been impressed with the attitude, caliber and quality of the graduates of the University of Baltimore School of Law and continue to be proud of my association with the school.
Evan Thalenberg, J.D. ’85 The Law Offices of Evan K. Thalenberg, PA
Stanley R. White, J.D. '78
Susan P. Whiteford, J.D. '85
John S. Whiteside, J.D. '65
Kristina B. Whittaker, J.D. '81
Frank R. Wieczynski, LL.B. '68
Gary W. Wiessner, J.D. '78
Kenneth A. Wilcox, J.D. '62
Justin D. Wilde, J.D. '08
Mark T. Willen, B.S. '67 , J.D. '73
Samuel D. Williamowsky, J.D. '75
Wilmer Hale
Theresa J. Withers-Williams, J.D. '96, LL.M. '98,
Robert H. Wolf, J.D. '74
John S. Wood, J.D. '69
Thomas M. Wood IV, J.D. '80
Stephen G. Yeonas Jr.
Charles E. Yocum, J.D. '80
Up to $99Katherine Michelle Adams
Alexandra H. Adkins, J.D. '12
Abe and Faye Adler
Joi H. Akuche, J.D. '13
Penny Alafassos, J.D. '98
William F. Alcarese, J.D. '10
Mark J. Alderman, J.D. '11
Thomas E. Alessi, J.D. '77
Rita Allard
David N. Allen, J.D. '10
Michael R. Alokones, J.D. '98
Paul E. Alpert, LL.B. '57
Victor A. Amada, J.D. '88
Robert D. Anbinder, J.D. '92
Kevin S. Anderson, J.D. '87
Robert P. Anderson, J.D. '70
Charles J. Andres, J.D. '84, LL.M. '91
John M. Andrews Jr., LL.B. '58, J.D. '87
Anonymous
Morgan P. Appel
Frank J. Aquino, J.D. '91
Roxanne J. Arneaud, J.D. '06
Joseph B. Axelman, J.D. '51
Arden Baker, LL.B. '63
Phyllis A. Baker, J.D. '98
Walter F. Balint, J.D. '72
Stuart A. Ball, J.D. '95
Paul J. Ballard, J.D. '86
Carla L. Banister, B.A. '88 and David G. Banister, J.D. '89
Samuel and Cheryl Baraf
Curtis W. Baranyk, J.D. '12
Lee N. Barnstein, J.D. '66
Mary A. Barone, J.D. '87
Justin A. Batoff, J.D. '10
William C. Bausman, J.D. '64
Derek A. Bayne, J.D. '10
Christopher L. Beard, J.D. '76
Allyson B. Beauchamp, J.D. '12
Raymond E. Beck Sr., LL.B. '67
Diana Bedoya, J.D. '03
Edward A. Bellafiore III, J.D. '09
L. Steven Benda, J.D. '73
Graham Bennie
Lisa M. Bergstrom, J.D. '07
Joseph F. Berk, J.D. '84
Kenneth and Beth Berman
Samuel Berman, B.S. '80, J.D.'01, LL.M. '04
Alan N. Bernstein, J.D. '72
Linda M. Bethman, J.D. '98
Joseph J. Bishow, LL.B. '64
Eugene L. Blanck, J.D. '42, LL.M. '48
Matthew I. Blaustein, J.D. '12
Ronald D. Bondroff, J.D. '69
Laurie R. Bortz, J.D. '78
Richard H. Boucher Jr., J.D. '85
Beth R. Brady, J.D. '08
Rose C. Breidenbaugh, J.D. '96
Eric A. Brichto, J.D. '12
Tanisha D. Brickhouse
Michael C. Brody, J.D. '94
Catherine M. Brooks, J.D. '12
Shelby W. Brown, J.D. '95
W. Hayes Brown III, LL.B. '68
John W. Bryant, J.D. '71
Clayton E. Bunting, J.D. '76
Herbert M. Burk Jr., J.D. '77
Arthur and Nancy Burns
John Carroll Byrnes
John V. Calabrese, J.D. '58
Kimberly S. Cammarata, J.D. '93
Bradford G. Y. Carney, J.D. '77
Dennis W. and Ann G. Carroll
Frederick J. Carter, J.D. '68
Joel I. Carter, J.D. '08
Mary C. Cashour, J.D. '76, Certificate '83
Sara A. Chaconas, J.D. '08
Amy M. Chapper, J.D. '80
Sally M. Charnovitz, LL.M. '08
Arthur S. Cheslock, J.D. '69
Felicia A. Ciesla, J.D. '92
John R. Clapp, J.D. '79
Dwight W. Clark, J.D. '84
Kevin C. Clark, J.D. '02
Martin J. Clarke, J.D. '86
Patrice M. Clarke, J.D. '12
Bryan Randall Coates, J.D. '75
Heather Cobbett*
Barry A. Cohen, J.D. '76
Hyman K. Cohen, J.D. '54
Michael S. Cohen, J.D. '92
Alberta Cooperman
Howard J. and Ellen Cooperman
James F. Corrigan, B.S. '72, J.D. '77
Amy Beth Costanzo, J.D. '08, M.S. '09
Johanna G. Cote, J.D. '80
Clyde I. Coughenour, J.D. '69
John H. Cousins III, J.D. '04
Michael C. Cranston, J.D. '90
Joseph L. Curran, J.D. '70
Edward Czaczkes, J.D. '76
Candes A. W. Daniels, J.D. '07
Soroush Dastan, J.D. '10
Michael V. Davis, J.D. '70
Robert A. and Wendy S. Davis
Theodore De Bois
Avanti Deangelis, LL.B. '56
Rieyn DeLony, J.D. '93
Steven DelVecchio
Carole S. Demilio, J.D. '74
Diana B. Denrich, J.D. '04
Brian C. Dent, J.D. '02
Derek E. Dittner, J.D. '95
Lauren M. Dodrill, J.D. '08
Judy J. Donegan, J.D. '93
Kara A. Dorr, J.D. '13
Deborah J. Drucker, J.D. '92
Jack Dunlap, LL.B. '64
Thomas E. Dunlap, J.D. '08
James R. Durkin Jr., J.D. '80
Ayodeji O. Durojaiye, LL.M. '06
Derrick H. Dye, J.D. '06
David M. Edwards Sr., J.D. '73
John J. Eller, J.D. '84
Charles M. Elliott, LL.B. '65
Maia J. Ellis, J.D. '08
Nikki Epsilantis
Philip M. Ermer, J.D. '83
Carlos A. Espinosa, J.D. '01
Martina D. Evans, B.S. '90, M.B.A. '94, J.D. '94
John B. Evermann, J.D. '11
Marie B. Exner, LL.B. '68
Madeleine W. Fagan, J.D. '85
Christina Feehan
Michael Feiereisel, J.D. '01
Melanie D. Fenwick Thompson, J.D. '99
David L. and Barbara Fisher
Lois I. Fisher, J.D. '79
Michael J. and Katherine C. Flaherty
Renee L. C. Fleisher, J.D. '85
Christopher B. Flynn, J.D. '07
Stephan W. Fogleman Jr., J.D. '94
Alan S. Forman, J.D. '77
James R. Forrester, J.D. '98
Jerold M. Forsberg, J.D. '75
Carlendra A. Frank, J.D. '09
Lindsey N. Frank, J.D. '12
Scott Freiman
Richard A. Froehlinger III, B.S. '85, B.S. '87, J.D. '91
Donna J. Fudge, J.D. '00
Richard L. Funk, LL.B. '68
Susan R. Gainen, J.D. '84
Roland M. Gardner, J.D. '77
Leete A. Garten, J.D. '09
Wallace and Leslie Gernt
Joseph M. Giannullo Jr., J.D. '88
Louis J. Gicale Jr., J.D. '75
Karen L. Gilbert, J.D. '93
Robert J. Gilbert, J.D. '81
Mark L. Gitomer, J.D. '83
Harold and Sherill Glickman
Samuel S. Gold, LL.B. '61
Richard H. Goldner, B.S. '86, J.D. '90
Kenneth J. Goldsmith, J.D. '93
Seymour R. Goldstein, A.A. '54, J.D. '60
Ellis H. Goodman, J.D. '65
Mark I. Goodman, J.D. '91
Victoria L. Grace, J.D. '03
Kevin B. Gracie, J.D. '10
Samuel M. Grant, J.D. '81
Clifton R. Gray, J.D. '03 and Brandy J. Gray
James T. Gray, LL.B. '55
Joshua M. Greenfeld, J.D. '12
Michael Greenspun
Lynne K. Griffith
Mark Houston Grimes, J.D. '00
Gross, Mendelsohn & Associates, P.A.
Steven P. Grossman*
Walter Gutowski, J.D. '89
Dorothy M. Guy, J.D. '96
Misha A. Guy, J.D. '13
Sharon R. Guzejko, J.D. '04
Edward Haenftling Jr., J.D. '99
J. Teigen Hall, J.D. '08
Elizabeth A. Hambrick-Stowe, J.D. '83
Jeston Hamer, J.D. '93
Robert S. Handzo, J.D. '84
Nancy A. Harford, J.D. '85
Capt. David M. Harrison, J.D. '91
William P. Harrison, J.D. '87
Jan T. Hartman, J.D. '99
Tracey A. Harvin, J.D. '00, LL.M. '00
Nancy L. Haslinger, J.D. '86
Daniel L. Hatcher*
Craig R. Haughton, J.D. '06
Dennis R. Hayden, J.D. '81
Richard S. Haynes, J.D. '75
Robert L. Hebb, J.D. '93
Steven M. Heinl Jr., B.A. '07, J.D. '12
Steven H. Heisler, J.D. '88
Mark S. Henckel, J.D. '79
Ryan A. Hendricks, J.D. '01
Rena W. Heneghan, J.D. '92
Steven J. Hild, J.D. '06
Bruce C. Hill, J.D. '75
Adam M. Himelfarb, J.D. '97
Keith O. Hinder, J.D. '09
Lisa K. Hoffman, J.D. '87
Barbara Hogg
Donna K. Hollen, B.A. '86, J.D. '89
Niki Holmes
Adam M. Holmwood, J.D. '08
Charles M. Honeyman, J.D. '81
Joseph B. Hoofnagle, J.D. '63
John D. Hooks, J.D. '03 and Keegan M. Hooks
David and Marjorie Hovde
Howard County Department of Recreation & Parks
Matthew P. Howard, J.D. '05
Sherrie T. Howell, M.S. '85, J.D. '92
Mark W. Howes, J.D. '91
J. Steven Huffines, J.D. '73 and Joy Huffines
Christopher M. Huza, J.D. '07
Kevin D. Hyer, J.D. '07
Christina Hymes, M.B.A. '13
Kelley M. Inman, J.D. '11
Michael L. Jeffers, J.D. '85
Imtiaz M. Jindani, J.D. '07
Ellery A. Johannessen, J.D. '13
Gregory J. Jones, J.D. '89 and Carol T. Jones
John H. Jones, J.D. '79
Jamie Joshua, J.D. '10
Conrad W. Judy III, J.D. '11
Ilene A. Kahn, J.D. '82
Lesley H. Kamenshine, J.D. '10
Milton Kaplan, LL.B. '56
Rosemary Keffler, J.D. '00
Hope Keller*
Colin M. Kelly, J.D. '03
Elizabeth Kenderdine, J.D. '10
Eden Kidane
Fekadeselassie F. Kidanemariam, LL.M. '09
Raymond M. Kight, J.D. '70
Rima A. Kikani
William F. Kiniry III, J.D. '12
Louis Klaitman, LL.B. '64
Diane Kleinman
Thomas E. Klug, J.D. '70
Richard E. Knapp, J.D. '65
W. Roland Knapp Sr., LL.B. '67
Mary A. Konstant
William P. Konstas, J.D. '88
Peter J. Korzenewski, J.D. '02
George J. Kougioulis
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Amy M. Kouznetsov, J.D. '06
Sarah Kratz
Stanley Krostar, LL.B. '58
David N. Kuryk, J.D. '72
Richard J. Kutchey, J.D. '01
Ronald D. La Martina, J.D. '77
Susan J. Land, J.D. '92
Ashley E. Latney, J.D. '07
Law Offices of Peter T. McDowell, P.A.
Aida M. Lebbos, J.D. '00 and John K. Peterson
Mark S. Ledford, J.D. '88
James Leith, J.D. '89 and Rachel L. Leith
Kenneth S. Lemberg, J.D. '11
Daniel W. Lenehan, J.D. '77
Sheldon H. Levitt, J.D. '74
Elliot N. Lewis, J.D. '76
Myles L. Lichtenberg, J.D. '86, M.B.A. '86
Vernon and Doris Lidtke
Steven A. Long, J.D. '10
Elizabeth M. Lutz, J.D. '92, M.P.A. '92,
Charles A. Madden, J.D. '07
Carol Madow
John B. Maier, J.D. '63
Fredricka R. Maister
Antonina Manfreda
George N. Manis**, J.D. '63
Carl W. Mantz, J.D. '80
Djenny-Ann Marcelin
David G. and Emily M. Marcus
Frank A. Marino, J.D. '80
Thomas J. Maronick, J.D. '80
Gilbert D. Marsiglia Sr., LL.B. '65
Travis Martz, J.D. '07
Connie Lynn Godfrey Marvel, J.D. '87
Joanne R. Marvin, J.D. '79
Michelle J. Marzullo, J.D. '98
Latane J. Mason, J.D. '05
K. H. Matney, J.D. '74
Philip I. Matz, B.S.'60, LL.B. '67
Philip Maynard, LL.B. '54
Ellen Mays Kutzer, J.D. '12
Erin T. McCarthy, J.D. '07
John F. McClellan, LL.B. '68
Peter T. McDowell, J.D. '90
William T. McFaul, J.D. '60
Kimberley A. McGee, J.D. '90
Maeve L. McGrath-Malott, J.D. '05
Desmond T. McIlwain, J.D. '95
Laurie McKinnon, J.D. '86
Shelley J. McVicker, J.D. '87
E. Thomas Merryweather, J.D. '69
Kimberly Ann Metcalf, J.D. '03
Emily S. Mikles
Beverly L. Miller
Daniel J. Miller, J.D. '07
Richard L. Miller, J.D. '85
Shawn A. Millet, J.D. '94
William F. Monaghan II, J.D. '82
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* UB faculty or staff ** Donor is deceased
Kathleen O. Moon, J.D. '81
Shelby A. D. Moore, J.D. '83
Andrea M. Moses, J.D. '95, M.B.A. '95
Kimberly A. Connaughton, J.D. '95 and Stephan M. Moylan, J.D. '92
Richard J. Muffoletto Sr., LL.B. '50
Timothy B. Mullen, J.D. '83
William M. Mullen, J.D. '80
Carl A. Muly Jr., J.D. '62
Norma M. Mund-Axel, A.A. '63
Jane Cairns Murray, J.D. '87
Cory L. Myers, J.D. '06
Michael R. Naccarato, B.S.'91, M.B.A. '95, J.D. '08
Susan A. Nachman, J.D. '87 and Michael V. Jankowski, J.D. '85
Michael S. Nagy, J.D. '95
Brian A. Neil, J.D. '09, M.B.A. '09
Thomas C. Newbrough Jr., B.A. '81, J.D. '83
Joyce O. Newcomb, LL.B. '53
Dorothy B. Newhoff
Delores M. Newsome, M.S. '81, J.D. '93
Gregory M. Nicholson, J.D. '87
Harry J. Noonan, J.D. '78
Rachel Novak
Robert Wayne Nuckles, LL.M. '00
Kristin M. Nuss
Thomas F. Offutt, J.D. '73
Loretta O. Orndorff, J.D. '80
Stanley G. Oshinsky, J.D. '79
Thomas P. Ott, J.D. '88
Eugene O. Palazzo, J.D. '77
Cassia W. Parson, J.D. '91, M.B.A. '91
Christopher M. Patterson, J.D. '78
Richard D. Paugh, J.D. '76
Donna S. Pettersen, J.D. '05
Brian C. Philipp, J.D. '77
Daniel D. Phillips, J.D. '10
Kristina G. Pierce, J.D. '09
Robert A. Pinkner, LL.B. '65
Nick E. Plakotoris
Bernard I. Pollock, J.D. '81
Spencer S. Pollock, J.D. '12
Albert B. Polovoy, LL.B. '53
James A. Poulos III, J.D. '84
Mel D. Powell, J.D. '65
James A. Powers, J.D. '87
Donna J. B. Price, J.D. '87
J. Frederick Price, J.D. '80
Mary E. Quillen, J.D. '93
David L. Quinn, J.D. '99
Ines M. Quintana, J.D. '12
Russell M. Radziak
Frank J. Ragione, J.D. '73
Rosemary M. Ranier, J.D. '77
Gene M. Ransom III, J.D. '96
Lauri F. Rasnick, J.D. '95
Ernest A. Renda
Raymond L. Rhine, J.D. '54
Barbara W. Rice, J.D. '77 and Herbert L. Rice Jr., B.S. '80
Louis S. and Gail A. Richards
Michele Riechlin, J.D. '09
Barbara Risby
J. Edward Roberts, J.D. '72
Matthew B. Rogers, J.D. '11
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“WHY I GIVE: I give to the University of Baltimore because it is the gift that keeps on giving! By that I mean that there isn’t a day that has gone by since I first attended the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1989 that I have not reaped the rewards of the relationships I developed while I attended law school. In addition to donating to the law school, I also share my time and experience.
The Hon. Cynthia Holly Jones, J.D. ’92 Circuit Court for Baltimore City
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FRED S. HECKER, J.D. ’87, was appointed to a Carroll County Circuit Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. A longtime Carroll County attorney, Hecker practiced criminal and family law.
JOHN P. MORRISSEY, J.D. ’89, was named chief judge of the District Court of Maryland by Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera. He was previously a District Court judge in Prince George’s County.
WENDY G. ROTHSTEIN, J.D. ’82, a partner with Fox Rothschild, was elected to serve as secretary of the Montgomery Bar Association.
DEBRA GAE SCHUBERT, J.D. ’87, whose law practice is based in Towson, was installed as the 121st president of the Maryland State Bar Association at the MSBA’s annual meeting.
DAVID J. SMITH, J.D. ’85, was the editor of Peacebuilding in Community Colleges: A Teaching Resource (U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2013), which was designed to support community college professionals advance conflict resolution and peacebuilding education.
1990sELIZABETH ADAMS, J.D. ’99, was named to The Daily Record’s 2014 VIP List, which recognizes Maryland leaders based on accomplishments achieved before or at age 40.
DAVID BRIAN ALDOUBY, J.D. ’92, was appointed to a Baltimore City District Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. Previously, Aldouby spent 21 years as a public defender in Baltimore City.
SHANNON AVERY, J.D. ’92, was appointed to a Baltimore City Circuit Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. She previously served on the District Court for Baltimore City.
BARBARA BECHBERGER, J.D. ’97, was awarded the Judge Robert M. Bell Award by the Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service. The award is given to an individual who has gone above and beyond the average pro bono commitment for at least five years. Bechberger is a principal with The Law Office of Barbara Bechberger in Newburg, Md.
MELISSA KAYE COPELAND, J.D. ’98, was appointed to a Baltimore City Circuit Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. She previously served on the District Court for Baltimore City.
JULIE GLASS, J.D. ’97, was appointed to a Baltimore County Circuit Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. She previously worked as a division chief with the State’s Attorney’s Office for Baltimore City.
RONALD HOLINSKY, J.D. ’96, was appointed vice president and chief compliance officer at Lincoln Financial Group, which is based in Radnor, Pa.
CYNTHIA HOLLY JONES, J.D. ’92, was appointed to a Baltimore City Circuit Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. She previously served as assistant commissioner of enforcement and consumer services in the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation’s Office of Financial Regulation.
RACHEL MCGUCKIAN, J.D. ’93, a principal at Miles & Stockbridge in Rockville, was appointed to the State Ethics Commission by Gov. Martin O’Malley in July.
RYAN CHARLES (CHUCK) MCLEAN, J.D. ’99, was selected as a public utility law judge by the Maryland Public Service Commission. He joined the commission’s staff counsel division in 2008 and became deputy staff counsel in 2011.
STEPHAN M. MOYLAN, J.D. ’92, was appointed to a Garrett County District Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. Previously, Moylan worked as a public defender in Garrett County.
FLYNN MARCUS OWENS, J.D. ’92, was appointed to a Baltimore City District Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. Owens previously maintained a solo practice as a criminal defense attorney.
ADAM T. SAMPSON, J.D. ’97, was hired at Adelberg, Rudow, Dorf & Hendler LLC as special counsel to the firm.
alumni
1970sPAMILA BROWN, J.D. ’79, a Maryland District Court judge in Howard County, was installed as president-elect of the Maryland State Bar Association at the MSBA’s annual meeting in June.
JOHN COALE, J.D. ’72, was appointed to the Chesapeake Conservation Corps Program board by Gov. Martin O’Malley in July. Coale retired in 2006 from his private practice, which focused on tort law representing plaintiffs in environmental cases.
JOHN F. GOSSART JR., J.D. ’74, a U.S. immigration judge and an adjunct professor at the UB School of Law, retired after more than 40 years of practicing law. He was featured in a judicial profile in the Federal Bar Association’s magazine, The Federal Lawyer, which was co-authored by SaMee Burrage and NICOLE WHITAKER, J.D. ’14.
ANDREW NORMAN, J.D. ’78, is now of counsel at Silverman | Thompson | Slutkin | White in Baltimore, where he focuses on federal and state criminal defense.
JAMES SHERBIN, J.D. ’70, who retired in February as a Circuit Court judge in Garrett County, received the Judge Anselm Sodaro Judicial Civility Award at the Maryland State Bar Association’s annual meeting.
BETTY A. SPRINGATE, J.D. ’79, has been named a District Court judge in Kentucky’s 53rd Judicial District. She previously served as assistant county attorney and county attorney for Anderson County, Ky.
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HARRY STORM, J.D. ’79, a corporate attorney and litigator at Lerch, Early & Brewer in Bethesda, was installed as secretary of the Maryland State Bar Association at the MSBA’s annual meeting.
1980sDAVID E. CAREY, J.D. ’89, was appointed to a Harford County District Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. The judge, a longtime lawyer, is a former mayor of Bel Air.
MARK S. CHANDLEE, J.D. ’87, was appointed to a Calvert County Circuit Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. Chandlee was previously in private practice in Prince George’s County.
AUDREY CREIGHTON, J.D. ’86, was appointed to a Montgomery County Circuit Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. She previously served on the District Court for Montgomery County.
MICHAEL ANTHONY DIPIETRO, J.D. ’85, was appointed to a Baltimore City Circuit Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. DiPietro previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland’s Civil Division.
MICHAEL DUFF, J.D. ’85, was elected president of the Delaware Valley chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel. He is the senior vice president and general counsel for Penske Truck Leasing Co. in Reading, Pa.
PAUL JOSEPH HANLEY, J.D. ’82, was appointed to a Baltimore County Circuit Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. Hanley was previously a master in juvenile matters at the Circuit Court for Baltimore County.
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DIANA A.E. SMITH, J.D. ’98, was appointed to a Baltimore City District Court judgeship by Gov. Martin O’Malley. She was previously with the State’s Attorney’s Office for Baltimore City.
TIMOTHY STRAUCH, J.D. ’91, and his law partner won one of the largest jury awards in Montana history—$52 million in compensatory and punitive damages—for their client, Masters Group International Inc., an office supply manufacturer that sued its former bank, Comerica.
BARBARA BAER WAXMAN, J.D. ’90, was appointed administrative judge of the District Court for Baltimore City by Maryland Court of Appeals Chief Judge Mary Ellen Barbera.
2000sKATRINA DENNIS, J.D. ’04, was appointed to the Maryland Transportation Authority by Gov. Martin O’Malley in July. A principal with Kramon & Graham, Dennis specializes in employment law, personal injury matters and contract disputes. She also was named to The Daily Record’s 2014 VIP List, which recognizes Maryland leaders based on accomplishments achieved before or at age 40.
STEPHEN W. ERHART, J.D. ’07, joined Wilson & Parlett, in Upper Marlboro, where he represents injury victims.
THOMAS B. GIANNINI, J.D. ’00, developed Ampslam.com, a free Web platform designed for musicians, fans and venue owners. The site, launched in January 2014, is an affiliate of Baltimore’s Emerging Technology Center.
CRAIG HAUGHTON, J.D. ’06, was named to The Daily Record’s 2014 VIP List, which recognizes Maryland leaders based on accomplishments achieved before or at age 40.
CYLIA LOWE, J.D. ’03, was installed as president-elect of the Junior League of Baltimore. She is the first African-American to hold the position since the organization was founded more than a century ago.
THOMAS MARONICK, J.D. ’06, was named to The Daily Record’s 2014 VIP List, which recognizes Maryland leaders based on accomplishments achieved before or at age 40.
PATRICIA M. MUHAMMAD, J.D. ’00, published “The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade: A Legacy Establishing a Case for International Reparations,” 3 Columbia Journal of Race and Law 147 (2013).
JASON PENN, J.D. ’06, was invited to join the National Trial Lawyers’ “Top 40 Under 40” organization. Penn litigates medical malpractice cases with Janet, Jenner & Suggs in Baltimore.
MAMATA POCH, J.D. ’05, was appointed to the State Open Meetings Law Compliance Board by Gov. Martin O’Malley in July. Poch is an offset and industrial trade manager for Northrop Grumman Corp.
BYRON B. WARNKEN, J.D. ’04, was named to the 2014 Fastcase 50 list, which recognizes legal innovators and leaders. Warnken, owner of 27Legal, created the Injury Lawyer Database by collecting and analyzing millions of Maryland judicial opinions and then using the findings to evaluate the effectiveness of the lawyer in each case.
LAURIE WASSERMAN, J.D. ’04, was named to The Daily Record’s 2014 VIP List, which recognizes Maryland leaders based on accomplishments achieved before or at age 40.
2010sEMILY CHIARIZIA, J.D. ’11, was named to The Daily Record’s 2014 VIP List, which recognizes Maryland leaders based on accomplishments achieved before or at age 40.
Baltimore-based BRIAN HAMMOCK, J.D. ’10, was named vice president of Maryland and Delaware state government affairs at CSX Corp.
With Richard Neuworth, GREGG H. MOSSON, J.D. ’12, published “ERISA—The Changing Landscape for Disability Benefit Claims,” Maryland Bar Journal
Articles, Chapters & ReportsPROFESSOR BARBARA BABBBabb co-wrote, with David B. Wexler, a chapter on therapeutic jurisprudence for the Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice (Springer, 2013).
Babb’s article “Maryland’s Family Divisions: Sensible Justice for Families and Children” appeared in 72 Maryland Law Review 1124 (2013).
Babb contributed a chapter, “Unified Family Courts: An Interdisciplinary Framework and a Problem-Solving Approach,” to Problem Solving Courts: Social Science and Legal Perspectives, Richard L. Wiener and Eve M. Brank, eds. (Springer, 2013).
PROFESSOR JOHN BESSLERProfessor Bessler published “The Death Penalty in Decline: From Colonial America to the Present,” 50 Criminal Law Bulletin 245 (2014).
Bessler contributed a chapter, “The American Enlightenment: Eliminating Capital Punishment in the United States,” in Lill Scherdin, ed., Capital Punishment: A Hazard to a Sustainable Criminal Justice System? (Ashgate, 2014).
Bessler published “The Anomaly of Executions: The Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause in the 21st Century,” 2 British Journal of American Legal Studies 297 (2013).
PROFESSOR KIMBERLY BROWNProfessor Brown published “Anonymity, Faceprints, and the Constitution,” 21 George Mason Law Review 409 (2014).
PROFESSOR GILDA DANIELSProfessor Daniels was among five legal scholars who wrote an American Constitution Society for Law and Policy issue brief titled “The Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2014: A Constitutional Response to Shelby County.”
PROFESSOR ERIC EASTONProfessor Easton wrote the copyright chapter in Patent, Copyright, Trade Secret, Right of Publicity, Trademark Handbook for Maryland Business
(November/December 2013).
JEFFREY W. PEYTON, J.D. ’12, was hired as an associate in the finance group at Ober | Kaler’s Baltimore office.
DALENE A. RADCLIFFE, J.D. ’13, was hired as an associate in the litigation department of Niles, Barton & Wilmer LLP in Baltimore.
MICHAEL STONE, J.D. ’13, a 2014 Equal Justice Works fellow, is pursuing a project hosted by the Homeless Persons Representation Project in partnership with Hogan Lovells and the Lockheed Martin Corp. Stone is working to reduce veteran homelessness in rural Maryland by providing legal assistance and help in obtaining Veterans Administration benefits.
TIMOTHY R. WAGNER, J.D. ’13, was hired as an associate at Ober | Kaler’s Baltimore office, where he works with the tax and business groups.
faculty publications
BooksPROFESSOR JOHN BESSLERThe Birth of American Law: An Italian Philosopher and the American Revolution (Carolina Academic Press, 2014).
PROFESSOR ROBERT LANDEIn early May, Professor Lande published a fourth edition of his textbook Torts: Theory and Practice (Lexis/Nexis, 2014).
ASSOCIATE DEAN AMY SLOANResearching the Law: Finding What You Need When You Need It (Aspen Publishers, 2014).
PROFESSOR BYRON WARNKEN, J.D. ’77Professor Warnken’s work Maryland Criminal Procedure: A Treatise was published in October 2013. Warnken says he designed the three-volume treatise as “one-stop shopping” for Maryland’s judges, prosecutors, defense counsel and law students. This spring, Warnken contributed the first annual supplement to the treatise.
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notesand Litigation Lawyers, Jim Astrachan, ed. (Maryland State Bar Association, 2013).
PROFESSOR WENDY GERZOGProfessor Gerzog published “Van Alen: A Reasonable Consistency,” 142 Tax Notes 223 (Jan. 13, 2014).
Gerzog’s article “Graev: Conditional Facade Easement” appeared in 140 Tax Notes 1607 (Sept. 30, 2013).
PROFESSOR MICHELE GILMANProfessor Gilman published “The Return of the Welfare Queen,” 22 Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law 247 (2014).
PROFESSOR NIENKE GROSSMANProfessor Grossman published “The Normative Legitimacy of International Courts,” 86 Temple Law Review 61 (2013).
PROFESSOR DANIEL HATCHERProfessor Hatcher published “Forgotten Fathers,” 93 Boston University Law Review 897 (2013).
PROFESSOR WILLIAM HUBBARDProfessor Hubbard published “The Competitive Advantage of Weak Patents,” 54 Boston College Law Review 1909 (2013).
PROFESSOR DAVID JAROSProfessor Jaros published “Flawed Coalitions and the Politics of Crime,” 99 Iowa Law Review 1473 (2014).
PROFESSOR MARGARET JOHNSONProfessor Johnson published “A Home with Dignity: Domestic Violence and Property Rights,” 4 BYU Law Review (2014).
PROFESSOR ROBERT LANDEProfessor Lande published “Should Section 5 Guidelines Focus on Economic Efficiency or Consumer Choice?” 3 Competition Policy International Antitrust Chronicle 1 (May 14, 2014) and “The Proposed Damages Directive: The Real Lessons From the United States,” 3 Competition Policy International Antitrust Chronicle 2 (March 26, 2014).
Lande co-authored, with Joshua P. Davis, “Defying Conventional Wisdom: The Case for Private Antitrust Enforcement,” 48 Georgia Law Review 1 (2013).
Lande co-wrote, with Thomas J. Horton, “Should the Internet Exempt the Media Sector From the Antitrust Laws?” 65 Florida Law Review 1521 (2013).
PROFESSOR KENNETH LASSONProfessor Lasson contributed a chapter about amicus briefs to the fourth edition of Appellate Practice for the Maryland Lawyer: State and Federal, Andrew Levy and Paul Mark Sandler, eds. (Maryland State Bar Association, 2014).
Lasson published “It’s Not Just Name-Calling,” 5 Journal for the Study of Antisemitism 129 (2013).
PROFESSOR JAIME LEEProfessor Lee’s article “Can You Hear Me Now?” appeared in 7 Harvard Law & Policy Review 405 (2013).
PROFESSOR JIM MAXEINERProfessor Maxeiner is the author of a chapter, “Building a Government of Laws: Adams and Jefferson 1776-1779,” in Legal Doctrines of the Rule of Law and the Legal State, James R. Silkenat, James E. Hickey Jr. and Peter D. Barenboim, eds. (Springer, 2014).
PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER PETERSProfessor Peters published “What Lies Beneath: Interpretive Methodology, Constitutional Authority, and the Case of Originalism,” 2013 BYU Law Review 1251 (March 2014).
Peters is the editor of Precedent in the United States Supreme Court (Springer, 2014), published as an e-book and in hard copy.
PROFESSOR MORTIMER SELLERSProfessor Sellers contributed a chapter, “What Is the Rule of Law and Why Is It So Important?” to The Legal Doctrines of the Rule of Law and the Legal State, James R. Silkenat, James E. Hickey Jr. and Peter D. Barenboim, eds. (Springer, 2014).
Sellers was the author of “Republicanism: Philosophical Aspects,” which appeared in the second edition of The
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Elsevier, 2014).
Sellers contributed “What Useful Role Could Legal Positivism Play in the Advancement of International Law?” to the Proceedings of the 106th Annual Meeting (American Society of International Law, 2013).
PROFESSOR STEPHEN SHAPIROProfessor Shapiro published “The Referendum Process in Maryland: Balancing Respect for Representative Government with the Right to Direct Democracy,” 44 University of Baltimore Law Forum 1 (Fall 2013).
PROFESSOR COLIN STARGERA video “article” by Professor Starger was published in spring 2014 in the Federal Courts Law Review, which is peer reviewed by U.S. magistrate judges and law professors. The seven-minute video explains Supreme Court doctrine relating to civil pleading standards. Starger collaborated on the piece with Scott Dodson from the UC Hastings College of Law.
Starger contributed a chapter, “The Dialectic of Stare Decisis,” to Professor Christopher Peters’ book Precedent in the United States Supreme Court.
Starger published two works about United States v. Windsor. The first, which employed maps, was “A Visual Guide to United States v. Windsor: Doctrinal Origins of Justice Kennedy’s Majority Opinion,” 108 Northwestern Law Review Colloquy 130 (2013). The second article was “The Virtue of Obscurity,” 59 Villanova Law Review Tolle Lege 17 (2013).
PROFESSOR DONALD STONEStone published “The Dangers of Psychotropic Medication for Mentally Ill Children: Where Is the Child’s Voice in Consenting to Medication? An Empirical Study,” 23 Temple Political and Civil Rights Law Review 121 (Fall 2013).
Stone’s article “Confine Is Fine: Have the Non-Dangerous Mentally Ill Lost Their Right to Liberty? An Empirical Study to Unravel the Psychiatrist’s Crystal Ball” appeared in 20 Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law 323 (Winter 2012).
PROFESSOR BYRON WARNKEN, J.D. ’77Professor Warnken published a chapter titled “Preservation” in the fourth edition of Appellate Practice for the Maryland Lawyer: State and Federal, Andrew Levy and Paul Mark Sandler, eds. (Maryland State Bar Association, 2014).
faculty activities
PROFESSOR BARBARA BABB, the director of the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts, was the keynote speaker at the Maine State Bar Association 2014 Access to Justice Symposium and annual meeting on Jan. 31.
PROFESSOR JOHN BESSLER spoke about the death penalty at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in Minneapolis on March 1. The keynote speakers were the Dalai Lama and Sister Helen Prejean.
PROFESSOR FRED BROWN helped to organize and moderated a March 24 panel discussion at the spring 2014 tax symposium co-sponsored by the Maryland State Bar Association’s Tax Section and the University of Baltimore School of Law’s graduate tax program.
PROFESSOR DANIELLE COVER presented a talk titled “Good Grief: Loss, Grief, and Engaged Non-Attachment” at AALS’ 37th Annual Conference on Clinical Legal Education, held in Chicago in late April.
PROFESSOR GILDA DANIELS was among 30 women honored for Women’s History Month 2014 in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.
Daniels was inducted into the National Black Law Students Association Hall of Fame at the NBLSA convention, held in March in Milwaukee.
PROFESSOR J. AMY DILLARD presented a talk titled “The Child Welfare System’s Response to LGBT Persons” at Symposium 2014: Emerging Issues in Child Welfare, sponsored by Washington and Lee University School of Law on Feb. 28.
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PROFESSOR GREGORY DOLIN took part in a “Supreme Court Series” held by American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. Dolin spoke April 28 about Nautilus Inc. v. Biosig Instruments Inc.
PROFESSOR GARRETT EPPS’ book American Epic: Reading the U.S. Constitution was named a finalist for the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Book award.
PROFESSOR WENDY GERZOG organized the 17th annual Critical
Tax Theory Conference, which was held at the UB School of Law on April 4-5.
PROFESSOR MICHELE GILMAN spoke Dec. 12 at the New America Foundation. The program—“In Poverty, Under Surveillance”—examined the experiences of families and individuals in the public benefits system, which requires people to provide extensive personal and financial information as well as to submit to unannounced visits, fingerprinting and drug testing.
On May 15, Gilman presented a talk titled “Learning the Nuts
and Bolts of Maryland’s New Lien for Unpaid Wages” at the Maryland Partners for Justice Conference, which was held May 15 in Baltimore.
PROFESSOR NIENKE GROSSMAN was named a legal adviser to the government of Chile in a dispute between Chile and Bolivia pending in the International Court of Justice. This is her second time advising Chile in a case before the court; she was a legal adviser in the Peru v. Chile case, which was decided last winter.
Grossman was elected co-chair
of the International Courts and Tribunals Interest Group of the American Society of International Law for the 2014-17 period.
Grossman presented a paper—“Why so few women on international courts?”—at the Junior International Law Scholars Association meeting at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in January.
PROFESSOR MICHAEL HIGGINBOTHAM has been named the Dean Joseph Curtis Professor of Law. Curtis served as dean of the UB School of Law from 1969 to 1978.
PHILLIP CLOSIUS and STEVEN SILVERMAN, J.D. ’91
Alumnus Steven Silverman, J.D. ’91, and Pro-fessor Phillip Closius have filed a class-ac-tion complaint on behalf of more than 750 former NFL players. The lawsuit, which has sparked considerable media interest, claims that players were illegally provided painkill-ers without prescriptions or proper supervi-sion in order to keep them on the field during important games. The NFL has denied the charges. Closius and Silverman appeared on NBC's TODAY show June 18 with former Chi-cago Bears quarterback Jim McMahon, who said he and other NFL players were misled by the league about the painkillers he said were used to keep them playing despite injuries.
DANIEL HATCHER
Professor Hatcher published an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun on Oct. 14, 2013. Titled “How Maryland robs its most vulnerable children,” the article focused on the Maryland Depart-ment of Human Resources’ practice of appro-priating foster children’s assets. In particular, Hatcher discussed the state’s hiring of a private company to obtain additional Social Security disability and survivor benefits from foster children for use as government revenue. The op-ed prompted a letter to the editor from the department’s secretary, Ted Dallas, who wrote that “every dime” taken from a foster child goes to help that child. Hatcher responded on Oct. 23 with a letter titled “Sorry, but DHR is robbing foster
children.” Wrote Hatcher: “Children see zero benefit when the agency takes their funds to reimburse costs for services the state is already federally required to provide—and for which children have no debt obligation.”
CASSANDRA HAVARD
Professor Havard contributed an op-ed to The Baltimore Sun on March 13, 2014. In “Bank-ing on those who don’t,” Havard discussed the need for affordable banking services for low-income consumers, who often don’t have a relationship with a bank and must rely on alternative—and expensive—providers such as check-cashing services. Havard wrote that a report by the U.S. Postal Service’s inspector general indicated the agency could make $9 billion a year by providing banking services that would be more affordable than those offered by the alternative market.
MICHAEL HIGGINBOTHAM
Professor Higginbotham published an op-ed in The New York Times’ online edition on April 27, 2014, after the Supreme Court upheld a Michigan constitutional amendment that banned affirmative action at that state’s pub-lic universities. In “Race-based Affirmative Action Is Still Needed,” Higginbotham wrote: “[R]ace-based preference is still vital in the United States given the country’s history of slavery and its continuing, pervasive racial discrimination. To think otherwise is selec-tive memory loss.”
ELIZABETH KEYES
Professor Keyes and the Immigrant Rights Clinic were the focus of an Aug. 1, 2014, Daily Record story that was picked up by The Associated Press and published in The Washington Post under the headline “Clinic on the front lines of immigration battle.” The story, about the clinic’s work with young Cen-tral American migrants, also was translated into Spanish and appeared in La Jornada, a Mexican newspaper. Said Keyes: “Why are we putting so many resources to bear to send these kids back to places where they could be harmed?”
HUGH MCCLEAN
On Aug. 14, 2014, The Daily Record published a story about the new Bob Parsons Veter-ans Advocacy Clinic, which seeks to help veterans access their disability benefits, among other goals. The story was picked up by The Associated Press and appeared in The Washington Post. “As veterans return from Iraq and Afghanistan, more veterans are filing claims than they’ve done in previous wars, so there’s a real need to have a clinic like this in the community,” said McClean, the clinic’s director.
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Higginbotham delivered three endowed lectures in fall 2013. The first, on Sept. 11—the Nellie Nugent Sommerville Lecture on Politics and Public Affairs at Delta State University in Mississippi—was titled “Saving the Dream for All.” On Sept. 17, Higginbotham was the keynote speaker at Ohio’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law’s Constitution Day, with “Ending Racism in Post-Racial America.” Higginbotham also gave the University of Notre Dame Diversity Lecture on Nov. 14, “Hopeful Dreams and Post-Racial Realities.”
PROFESSOR WILLIAM HUBBARD gave several lectures in fall 2013, including “The Debilitating Effect of Strong Patents,” which he delivered in November at the George Washington School of Law and at the University of New Hampshire Intellectual Property Roundtable. Earlier, Hubbard presented “Intellectual Property and X-Inefficiency” at the Mid-Atlantic Patent Works-in-Progress Conference and at the Intellectual Property Scholars Conference.
Hubbard took part in a “Supreme Court Series” held by American University Washington College of Law’s Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property. Hubbard spoke April 30 about Limelight Networks v. Akami Technologies.
In March, PROFESSOR DAVID JAROS presented “Rogue DNA Databases and the Police” at the Criminal Justice Scholarship Conference at American University Washington College of Law.
PROFESSOR MARGARET JOHNSON served as the chair of the planning committee for the 2014 AALS Conference on Clinical Education, held in late April in Chicago. The preeminent national conference for clinicians, the event drew more than 700 people, the largest turnout ever for an AALS clinical conference.
Along with clinic fellow JENNIFER KIM, Johnson supervised students in the Bronfein Family Law Clinic who worked on legal research and oral and written testimony in support of legislation that sought to ease the burden on domestic violence victims seeking protective orders. The bill was signed into law by Gov. Martin O’Malley on April 14.
PROFESSOR ELIZABETH KEYES moderated a panel titled “Unwanted, Unaccompanied and Unrepresented: How State and Federal Laws Provide Hope for Noncitizen Children in the United States” at the 2014 Maryland Partners for Justice Conference, held May 15 in Baltimore.
Keyes was named to the board of the Maryland Immigrant Rights Coalition.
On April 2, PROFESSOR PARAG RAJENDRA KHANDHAR spoke at the 2014 Symposium of the American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, whose theme was “Poverty in the New Gilded Age: Inequality in America.” Khandhar helped deliver a presentation about collective strategies to combat poverty in communities of color, with a specific focus on worker ownership of cooperative enterprises.
On Oct. 5, PROFESSOR ROBERT LANDE gave a talk in Florence, Italy, titled “The U.S. Experience With Private Antitrust Enforcement.” The address was given at a workshop on private antitrust enforcement held by the European University Institute.
Lande and Joshua P. Davis, of the University of San Francisco School of Law, won an Antitrust Writing Award in the private enforcement category for their article “Defying Conventional Wisdom: The Case for Private Antitrust Enforcement.”
On Feb. 28, Lande testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, which held a hearing titled “The FTC at 100: Views From the Academic Experts.”
PROFESSOR JAIME LEE and PROFESSOR NANCY MODESITT
were recognized as Teachers of the Year for the University of Baltimore School of Law at January’s annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools in New York.
PROFESSOR AUDREY MCFARLANE was named to the 2014 “Top 100 Women” list by The Daily Record, which selects winners based on professional accomplishment, dedication to community and mentoring.
McFarlane was named to Lawyers of Color’s “50 Under 50 list,” a national catalogue of minority professors who are making an impact in legal education.
PROFESSOR MICHAEL MEYERSON’s book Endowed by Our Creator: The Birth of Religious Freedom in America was quoted by the Supreme Court in its May decision in Town of Greece v. Galloway, in which a majority of the court held that sectarian prayers at government meetings are allowed under the Constitution. However, in a May 10 interview with The Baltimore Sun, Meyerson said that the majority opinion misread the point of his 2012 work and that the Framers of the Constitution “deliberately did not use sectarian language.”
PROFESSOR JANE MURPHY has been named the Laurence M. Katz Professor of Law, after the dean of the UB School of Law who stepped down in 1992 after 14 years in the position.
In December, Professors Murphy and ROBERT RUBINSON presented a paper, “Legal Education, Low Income Communities and Informal Justice,” at Jindal Global Law School in India at the annual conference of the Global Alliance for Justice Education. They were among delegates representing 60 countries and more than 100 law schools.
PROFESSOR ODEANA NEAL organized the Mid-Atlantic People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference 2014, which was held at the Angelos Law Center. The focus was an examination and critique of President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society program on its 50th anniversary. Former U.S. Rep. Ronald Dellums was the keynote speaker.
PROFESSOR MAX OPPENHEIMER represented the inventor of a vaccine designed to prevent and/or treat cancer and certain infections, which, after a five-year effort, received a patent from the U.S. Patent Office on Nov. 26 (U.S. Patent 8,592,391). The vaccine is in clinical trials in the United States, at The Johns Hopkins University and at the Medical University of South Carolina, and in Canada.
PROFESSOR CHRISTOPHER PETERS delivered a paper, “Legal Formalism, Procedural Principles, and Judicial Constraint,” as part of a panel titled “General Principles and the Judiciary: Legal Theory and Courts’ Interaction” at the annual conference of the European-American Consortium on Legal Education, which was held in late May in Parma, Italy.
PROFESSOR NATALIE RAM was named to Super Lawyers’ 2014 Rising Stars list, which recognizes lawyers who are 40 years old or younger or who have been in practice for a maximum of 10 years.
PROFESSOR ELIZABETH SAMUELS testified about an adoption law bill at a hearing of the New York State Assembly Committee on Health on Jan. 31 in New York City.
Samuels accepted an invitation to meet March 13 with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s health and civil rights counsels to discuss adoption legislation pending in the state.
In March, Samuels spoke at a national conference of the interdisciplinary Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture held at Florida State University. She discussed the role of Jean Paton, the “mother of adoption law reform.”
PROFESSOR WALTER SCHWIDETZKY delivered a talk titled “Integrating Subchapters K and S” at the UB School of Law’s 17th annual Critical Tax Theory Conference, held April 4-5.
Schwidetzky spoke at the Chapman Law Review Business Tax Symposium in Orange, Calif., on March 14. The title of his talk was “Integrating Subchapters K and S: The Beat Goes On.”
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PROFESSOR MORTIMER SELLERS was selected by the University System of Maryland Board of Regents as a recipient of a 2014 USM Regents’ Faculty Award for Mentoring.
In November, Sellers delivered “The Fundamental Requirements of the Rule of Law” at the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation in St. Petersburg at the invitation of the American Bar Association and the Russian Federation Society of Advocates.
Sellers moderated a panel titled “The Role of the Judge and General Principles in Selected Issues and Case Studies” at the annual conference of the European-American Consortium on Legal Education, which was held in late May in Parma, Italy.
On Nov. 13, JUDGE FREDERIC SMALKIN presented the School of Law’s inaugural Stephen L. Snyder Lecture on Litigation. His talk was titled “A Brief History of the Jury Trial From About 1250 to the Present.”
Judge Smalkin directed an annual moot court program for McDonogh School seniors, who brief and argue a matter that is pending argument in the Supreme Court. The topic was the warrantless search of cell phones seized in an arrest.
In late May, Judge Smalkin delivered a paper, “Just Results in the Common Law System in Historical Perspective,” as part of a panel titled “General Principles and the Judiciary: Legal Systems and Domestic Frameworks” at the annual conference of the European-American Consortium on Legal Education, held in Parma, Italy.
PROFESSOR COLIN STARGER was part of a team that secured the exoneration of a Texas man who served more than 12 years in prison for a rape he did not commit. Starger helped the Dallas district attorney’s Conviction Integrity Unit review previously untested DNA evidence, which in Michael Phillips’ case proved he did not commit the 1990 rape for which he was convicted. Phillips was officially exonerated on July 25.
Starger was named to the 2014 Fastcase 50 list, which recognizes legal innovators and leaders, for his work on the SCOTUS Mapping Project.
Starger was granted an Experiential Learning Lab Fellowship at New York University School of Law to work with Professor Peggy Cooper Davis, whose course looks at evolving civil rights doctrine in the United States. The two used Starger’s mapping software as a pedagogical tool in experiential learning.
In February, PROFESSOR BYRON WARNKEN, J.D. ’77, argued Raynor v. State in the Court of Appeals of Maryland, addressing whether a free citizen, who told the police he would not provide a DNA sample, has a Fourth Amendment reasonable expectation of privacy in his genetic material when police take the DNA without his permission and without a warrant.
On Nov. 21, DEAN RONALD WEICH took part in a panel discussion on federal sentencing at the University of New Hampshire School of Law’s Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Policy.
In January, Weich was named an “Influential Marylander” by The Daily Record.
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ADJUNCT PROFESSOR NEIL DILLOFF’s article “Law School Training: Bridging the Gap Between Legal Education and the Practice of Law” won a 2014 Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing. The award is given to 30 authors from entries submitted by the nation’s 1,000 largest law firms.
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR JOHN GOSSART JR., J.D. ’74, who retired last year as a judge on the U.S. Immigration Court in Baltimore, met with members of Congress and their staffs on April 29 to discuss and advocate for immigration reform
and legislation. He appeared on behalf of the National Association of Immigration Judges and with members of CAMBIO (Campaign for Accountable, Moral and Balanced Immigration Overhaul).
ADJUNCT PROFESSOR MARIE VASBINDER was named to The Daily Record’s “Top 100 Women” list, which selects winners based on professional accomplishment, dedication to community and mentoring.
staffCLAUDIA DIAMOND, J.D. ’95, director of academic success, has been appointed by Judge Lynne Battaglia to a task force that is examining all aspects of admission to the bar in Maryland.
CATHERINE MOORE joined the law school in January 2014 as the coordinator of international law programs after completing a master’s in law at the University of Virginia. She received a master’s in international and European laws from the Université de Paris Ouest Nanterre and graduated magna cum laude with an LL.B. in English and French law from the University of Essex in England. Moore received her undergraduate degree in Romance languages from the University of Georgia in 2005.
Moore was recognized by the University of Virginia for her involvement in organizing and participating in the school’s first team to compete in the Jean Pictet Competition in International Humanitarian Law. Moore mentored and coached last year’s team, which won the competition in March.
MILLICENT NEWHOUSE joined the law school as the director of externships in March. Newhouse received a J.D. from the Howard University School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Michigan. Previously, Newhouse worked at Columbia Legal Services in Seattle.
in memoriamJohn F. Baker II, J.D. ’03
Mary Elizabeth Benedict, J.D. ’00
The Hon. John H. Briscoe, J.D. ’60
John R. Brown, LL.B. ’68
The Hon. Luke K. Burns Jr., J.D. ’64
Elizabeth T. Clark, LL.B. ’67
Robert L. Creighton, LL.B. ’66
Franklin S. Dail, LL.B. ’61
Lillian V. Dailey, J.D. ’70
Professor Eugene J. Davidson
Jerry R. Engelman, J.D. ’67
Joel J. Finkelstein, J.D. ’55
Louis J. Foudos, J.D. ’65
Stanford H. Franklin, J.D. ’56
James T. Gibbons Jr., J.D. ’75
Stanley B. Grempler, LL.B. ’59
Alonzo P. Hairston, J.D. ’70
Ronald R. Hogg, J.D. ’77, LL.M. ’89
William H. Hurst, J.D. ’51
James O. Hutchinson, J.D. ’76
William L. Jones, J.D. ’58
Nicholas J. Kiladis, J.D. ’64
Charles E. Kountz Jr., J.D. ’70
Herbert Matz, LL.B. ’36
The Hon. John M. McLoughlin, J.D. ’65
Earl Ivory McMillan Jr., LL.B. ’57
Edward J. McNeal, LL.B. ’63
John J. Moran, J.D. ’72
The Hon. Vernon L. Neilson, LL.B. ’51
The Hon. Anthony M. Nolan, J.D. ’88
Walter T. Price Jr., J.D. ’69
Janis A. Riker, J.D. ’79
The Hon. Bishop L. Robinson Sr., Honorary LL.D. ’86
Edward J. Schmidt Jr., J.D. ’67
Louis E. Schmidt, LL.B. ’54
George S. Schulmeyer, LL.B. ’68
Robert V. Sloan, LL.B. ’63
Charles W. Stills, LL.B. ’67
The Hon. Basil A. Thomas, LL.B. ’35
Timothy T. Williams, J.D. ’74
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in closing By John Bessler
ohn Adams, representing British
soldiers accused of murder after
the Boston Massacre, passion-
ately quoted from a book written
by a 26-year-old Italian philoso-
pher, Cesare Beccaria. Now little
remembered in America, Beccaria
was tremendously influential with
the Founding Fathers. This year
marks the 250th anniversary of the 1764
publication of his treatise Dei delitti e delle
pene, which was translated into English in
1767 as On Crimes and Punishments. The
book argued against torture and was the first
Enlightenment text to make a comprehensive
case against capital punishment.
“I am for the prisoners at the bar,” Adams
said in his courtroom statement, delivered
in 1770, “and shall apologize for it only in
the words of the Marquis Beccaria: ‘If by
supporting the rights of mankind, and of
invincible truth, I shall contribute to save
from the agonies of death one unfortunate
victim of tyranny, or ignorance, equally fatal,
his blessings and tears of transport shall be
sufficient consolation to me for the contempt
of all mankind.’” John Quincy Adams later
remarked on the “electrical effect” Beccaria’s
words—as spoken by his father—had on
jurors.
For more than 20 years, I have sought
the death penalty’s abolition. America’s
physicians consider it unethical to partic-
ipate in executions, but the American Bar
Association—the nation’s leading member-
ship organization for lawyers—has not yet
squarely condemned the practice. With the
latest series of botched executions in Ohio,
Oklahoma and Arizona, it seems only fitting
for the legal profession to reassess its own
willingness to involve itself in state-sanc-
tioned killing.
In the late 1700s, America’s founders
avidly read and were inspired by Beccaria’s
treatise. George Washington and Thomas
Jefferson bought copies, with Jefferson tran-
scribing more than two dozen extracts from
On Crimes and Punishments into his com-
monplace book. After penning the Declara-
tion of Independence, Jefferson drafted a bill
in Virginia in the 1770s to make punishments
more proportionate to crimes. He cited Bec-
caria’s treatise multiple times, with the bill
seeking to eliminate the death penalty for all
crimes except murder and treason.
The wide-ranging influence of Beccaria’s
book on American law can be gleaned from
a 1786 letter that William Bradford, then
Pennsylvania’s attorney general, sent to Luigi
Castiglioni, an Italian botanist who toured
America in the mid-1780s. In his letter,
Bradford—a close friend of James Madison
from their college days at Princeton—heaped
praise upon Beccaria’s treatise. “Long before
the recent Revolution,” Bradford wrote, “this
book was common among lettered persons
of Pennsylvania, who admired its principles
without daring to hope that they could be
adopted in legislation, since we copied the
laws of England, to whose laws we were
subject.”
During the founders’ time, the death pen-
alty—often described as cruel, even then—
was the mandatory, or usual, punishment
for murder and other crimes. In those days,
executions were thought to be necessary,
especially since state and federal prisons did
not exist to hold violent offenders indefi-
nitely. Indeed, America’s first penitentia-
ry—Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Prison—did
not open until after the U.S. Constitution’s
ratification.
In the last 15 years, the number of death
sentences and executions has declined dra-
matically, with life-without-parole sentences
becoming increasingly popular. Each of the
last four years saw fewer than 50 executions.
On May 2, 2013, Maryland—after a lengthy
fight—joined the growing chorus of states
choosing to abolish capital punishment. On
hand that day: Kirk Bloodsworth, a former
Maryland death-row inmate who was exoner-
ated through DNA evidence.
In tracing Beccaria’s influence on Amer-
ican law for my latest book, I recount how
men like Washington, Madison and Jefferson
were themselves not so gung-ho about
capital punishment. Jefferson wrote in the
1820s that “Beccaria and other writers on
crimes and punishments had satisfied the
reasonable world of the unrightfulness and
inefficacy of the punishment of crimes by
death.”
America’s penal system has already aban-
doned nonlethal corporal punishments such
as whipping and ear cropping. With the ready
availability of maximum-security prisons,
coupled with the now-widespread use of
life-without-parole sentences, Americans
need to consider whether America’s death
penalty should go the way of the pillory
and the whipping post. While approximate-
ly 50,000 U.S. inmates are now serving
life-without-parole sentences, the country
has fewer than 3,100 death-row inmates.
That makes executions—considered cruel by
Beccaria and his disciples, and now mainly in
use in the Deep South—a particularly unusu-
al punishment, too.
JOHN BESSLER is a professor
at the School of Law. He is the author of
six books, including Death in the Dark:
Midnight Executions in America and Cruel
and Unusual: The American Death Penalty
and the Founders’ Eighth Amendment. His
latest book is The Birth of American Law:
An Italian Philosopher and the American
Revolution, published by Carolina Academic
Press in August.
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The University of Baltimore School of Law welcomes four new faculty members
HUGH McCLEAN Director of The Bob Parsons Veterans Advocacy Clinic
A U.S. Air Force major, McClean recently served as special counsel in the Air Force’s Office of the General Counsel at the Pentagon. McClean, who taught law at the U.S. Air Force Academy from 2007 to 2010, earned a master of laws from George Washington University, a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University and a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Miami University.
ADEEN POSTAR Director of the law library
Postar comes to UB from American Univer-sity, where she served as the deputy director of the Pence Law Library. As an adjunct professor, she also taught Advanced Legal Research. Postar holds a master’s degree in library science from the Catholic University of America School of Library and Information Science, as well as a J.D. and a bachelor’s de-gree in history from Washington University.
MATIANGAI SIRLEAF Assistant professor of law
Sirleaf graduated from Yale Law School in 2008 after earning a master’s degree in international affairs from the University of Ghana and a bachelor’s in political science from NYU. From 2009 to 2010, she clerked for the chief justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. Sirleaf comes to UB from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she taught international human rights law and transitional justice.
NATALIE RAM Assistant professor of law
A 2008 graduate of Yale Law School, Ram specializes in the intersection of bioethics and the law. Ram, who clerked for Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer and for Judge Guido Calabresi of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, comes to UB from Morrison & Foerster LLP in Washington. She graduated from Princeton University with a bachelor’s degree in public and international affairs.
We are proud to introduce you to four new colleagues who bring a wealth of experience and diverse perspectives to the law school.
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