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A DECADE OF
GROWTH
Celebrating 10 years since Maryland Carey Law 
received the transformative $30M gift from the W. P. 
Carey Foundation.
LAND OF
OPPORTUNITY
Building on leadership in immigration law, the Chacón 
Center for Immigrant Justice offers students increased 
opportunities to prepare for careers as immigration lawyers.
LEGAL LEGACY:
TAUNYA BANKS
Maryland Carey Law honors Taunya Banks, Jacob A. 
France Professor of Equality Jurisprudence, whose legacy 
includes foundational scholarship in critical race theory and 
44 years of teaching. 
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Faculty Publications &
Presentations
Perspectives
• Paula Monopoli
• Maneka Sinha
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FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
&
PRESENTATIONS
Maryland Carey Law 
faculty members are thought 
leaders whose scholarship is 
consistently published by top 
journals and presses. What 
follows is just a sampling of 
scholarly work from fall 2020 
through summer 2021.
Chaz Arnett
“Race, Surveillance, Resistance,” 
81 Ohio State Law Journal 1103 
(2021).
Andrew Blair-Stanek
“Contractual Tax Reform,” 61 
William & Mary Law Review 
1537 (2020) (with Michael 
Abramowicz).
Richard Boldt
“Constitutional Structure, 
Institutional Relationships and 
Text: Revisiting Charles Black’s 
White Lectures,” 54 Loyola of Los 
Angeles Law Review 675 (2021).
Anne-Marie Carstens
Intersections in International 
Cultural Heritage Law (Oxford 
University Press: 2020) (co-edited 
with Elizabeth Varner).
Douglas Colbert
“‘With a Little Help from My 
Friends’: Counsel at Bail and 
Enhanced Pretrial Justice Becomes 
the New Reality,” 55 Wake Forest 
Law Review 795 (2020).
Karen Czapanskiy
“Tax Policy, Structured Settlements 
and Factoring: Making 
Exploitation Easy and Profitable,” 
97 University of Detroit Mercy 
Law Review 455 (2020).
Peter Danchin
“The Pandemic Paradox in 
International Law,” 114 American 
Journal of International Law 598 
(2020) (with Jeremy Farrall, Shruti 
Rana, and Imogen Saunders). 
Deborah Eisenberg
“Beyond Settlement: 
Reconceptualizing ADR as 
‘Conflict Process Strategy,’” 35 
Ohio State Journal on Dispute 
Resolution 705 (2020).
Martha Ertman
Contract Law: An Integrated 
Approach (Foundation Press: 
2020) (with William K. Sjostrom, 
Jr. & Debora L. Threedy).
Donald Gifford
“A Torts Festshcrift In Memory of 
Oscar Gray,” 80 Maryland Law 
Review 283 (2021).
Virtual Constitutional Law and Economics Workshop builds a community of international scholars
During the pandemic, Professor Max Stearns launched an online workshop for legal scholars whose work 
overlaps constitutional law and economics. Stearns invited top thinkers from institutions including the University 
of Chicago, University of Virginia, Stanford, and Columbia to submit papers. With a core group of around 10 
participants, word spread internationally, and the workshop began drawing scholars from India, Israel, Germany, 
Italy, and Canada.
Stearns is gratified that his efforts have resulted in a vibrant scholarly community for which no travel is required. 
“I enjoy getting a bunch of smart and curious people together,” he says. “That’s when the magic happens.” 
Stearns, the Venable, Baetjer & Howard Professor of Law, is on research leave this fall. The workshop will resume 
in spring 2022.
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Daniel Goldberg
“‘Partnership Revaluations: Book-
ups are your Friends (Usually)’ – 
Planning with Revaluations and 
their Interplay with Section 704(c),” 
74 Tax Lawyer 345 (2021).
Leigh Goodmark
“Reimagining VAWA: Why 
Criminalization Is a Failed Policy 
and What a Non-Carceral VAWA 
Could Look Like,” 27 Violence 
Against Women 84 (2020).
Mark Graber
American Constitutionalism (Vol 
II: Civil Rights and Liberties) (3d 
ed., Oxford University Press: 2021) 
(with Howard Gillman and Keith E. 
Whittington).
David Gray
American Criminal Procedure: 
Cases and Commentary: 2020 
Supplement (11th ed., West 
Academic Press: 2020) (with Daniel 
J. Capra & Stephen A. Salzburg).
Leslie Henry
“For Now, It’s Unethical to Use 
Human Challenge Studies 
for SARS-CoV2 Vaccine 
Development,” 117 Proceedings of 
the National Academy of Sciences 
28,538 (2020) (with Jeff Kahn, 
Anna Mastroianni, Wilbur Chen, 
and Ruth Macklin).
Diane Hoffmann
“A National Survey of Challenges 
Faced by Hospices during the 
Opioid Crisis: Estimates of Pain 
Medication Shortages, Missing 
Medications, and Opioids Left in 
the Home Post-Death,” 10 Journal 
of Pain and Symptom Management 
(2021) (with John Cagle, Mary 
Lynn McPherson, Jodi J. Frey, Paul 
Sacco, Orrin D. Ware, and Jack M. 
Guralnik).
Kathleen Hoke ’92
“State Efforts to Create an Inclusive 
Marijuana Industry in the Shadow 
of the Unjust War on Drugs,” 12 
Journal of Business & Technology 
Law 235 (2020) (with Mathew 
Swinburne). 
Seema Kakade
“Detecting Corporate Environmental 
Cheating,” 47 Ecology Law 
Quarterly 771 (2020) (with M. 
Haber).
Russell McClain ’95
Presented “Implicit Bias” as the 
Diversity Week Lecture at BYU J. 
Reuben Clark Law School, 2021.
Paula Monopoli
“Women, Democracy, and the 
Nineteenth Amendment,” 100 
Boston University Law Review 1727 
(2020).
William Moon
“Delaware’s Global 
Competitiveness,” 106 Iowa Law 
Review 1683 (2021).
Michael Pappas
“Climate Changes Property: 
Disasters, Decommodification, 
and Retreat,” 82 Ohio State Law 
Journal 331 (2021) (with Victor B. 
Flatt).
Robert Percival
“The EPA as a Catalyst for 
the Development of Global 
Environmental Law,” 70 Case 
Western Reserve Law Review 1151 
(2020).
Amanda Pustilnik
“Neurodisability: A Criminal 
Doctrine that Is Not Pure Insanity,” 
Neurodisability and the Criminal 
Justice System: Comparative and 
Therapeutic Responses (Gaye T. 
Landsdell, Bernadette J. Saunders, 
and Anna Eriksson eds., Edward 
Elgar: 2021).
Natalie Ram
“Regulating Forensic Genetic 
Genealogy,” 373 Science 1444 
(2021) (with Erin E. Murphy and 
Sonia M. Suter). 
Maneka Sinha
“Junk Science at Sentencing,” 89 
George Washington Law Review 52 
(2021).
Matiangai Sirleaf
“Racial Valuation of Diseases,” 67 
UCLA Law Review 1820 (2021).
Maxwell Stearns
“Modeling Narrowest Grounds,” 89 
George Washington Law Review 
461 (2021).
Maureen Sweeney
Presented “Intersections of 
Criminal and Immigration Law” at 
the William & Mary Journal of 
Race, Gender, and Social Justice 
symposium Justice Along Borders: 
Social Justice and Its Intersection 
with Law, Immigration, and Human 
Rights, 2021.
Kevin Tu
“Blockchain Stock Ledgers,” 96 
Indiana Law Journal 223 (2020).
Michael Van Alstine
“The Unified Field Solution to the 
Battle of the Forms under the UN 
Sales Convention,” 62 William & 
Mary Law Review 213 (2020).
Marley Weiss
“Ricci v. DeStefano, 557 U.S. 557 
(2009): Judgment,” Feminist 
Judgments: Rewritten Employment 
Discrimination Opinions 401 (Anne 
C. McGinley and Nicole Buonocore 
Porter eds., Cambridge University 
Press: 2020). 
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Nackenoff, Carol

What Makes an American Constitutional Revolution, and Are We Having One?

Corbett, Terry L.

Operationalizing the Health Care Benefit Corporation

Cross, Emma

The Future of Electronic Waste: Placing Electronic Waste Back in the Hands of the Manufacturers

Warkentin, Spencer

Price Gouging in the Time of COVID-19: How U.S. Anti-Price Gouging Laws Fail Consumers

Rubis, Sabrina

\u3cem\u3eLittle Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania\u3c/em\u3e: The Not So Little Effect of Interfering with the ACA\u27s Contraceptive Mandate

with a global pandemic, assaults on our democratic 
institutions, and horrifying examples of racism and 
hate across the nation—the Maryland Carey Law 
community persevered together with compassion 
and resilience. Our law school community grew 
stronger than ever as we adapted to online learning 
and grappled with tumultuous events and ideas. We 
have developed a deeper sense of empathy for our 
clients and for each other. And we have a reinvigorated 
passion for ensuring that our work has a positive 
impact in the world.  
 
The pages of this magazine represent a celebration of 
progress in spite of, and, at times fueled by, adversity.  
 
The cover story explores the strides the law school 
has made in the past decade thanks to a generous gift 
from the W. P. Carey Foundation, which has enabled 
us to significantly expand opportunities for students. 
You will also learn about Maryland Carey Law’s new 
Chacón Center for Immigrant Justice. With an enlarged 
Immigration Clinic, increased chances for students 
to practice legislative advocacy, scholarships, and a 
new Federal Appellate Clinic, the center is a shining 
example of how, charged by our values, we are moving 
forward.  
 
Against the backdrop of a national conversation about 
race, we pay tribute to Professor Emerita Taunya 
Banks, a foundational thought leader in the Critical 
Race Theory movement who retired from our faculty 
this year. Additionally, this issue highlights some of 
last year’s important initiatives, including the Eviction 
Prevention Project, a clinic collaboration that offered 
legal services to people in danger of losing their 
homes. 
 
I am deeply proud of Maryland Carey Law’s work and 
growth and treasure the opportunity in this magazine 
to step back and celebrate our progress, leading up to 
this moment, and that which we know will manifest as 
we move into the future. ■
Donald B. Tobin
Dean and Professor of Law
CELEBRATING PROGRESS
AS MOST OF YOU KNOW AND CAN read about on page 5, I have decided that this will be my final year as dean. Leading Maryland Carey Law has been a great privilege and one of the most 
rewarding experiences of my life. That is because 
of the extraordinary community of students, faculty, 
staff, and alumni with whom I have had the honor of 
working these past seven years. It feels fitting then that 
this magazine issue captures the wonderful spirit and 
community at Maryland Carey Law and celebrates 
achievements that we have accomplished together.  
Although this past year was challenging—fraught 
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William Sammons ’70 was 
honored by the Bar Association 
of Baltimore City for 50 years of 
service to the legal profession and 
community and was named to the 
“Best Lawyer” list by The Best 
Lawyers in America.
Paul Bekman ’71 was recognized 
by Continental Who’s Who.
The Hon. Frederic Smalkin 
’71 was named to the Maryland 
Environmental Service board as 
secretary by Gov. Larry Hogan.
*deceased
Ann Hoffman ’72 was elected 
to the executive board of the 
Metropolitan DC AFL-CIO 
and was sworn in as the labor-
designated commissioner on 
the board of the DC Housing 
Authority.
David Irwin ’73 was named to 
the “Best Lawyer” list by The 
Best Lawyers in America.
Robert Curran ’74 was listed in 
Chambers USA.
M. Natalie McSherry ’74 was 
sworn in as the 125th MSBA 
president; the Girl Scouts of 
Central Maryland honored her 
with the Distinguished Women’s 
Award; and she was named 
“Highly Recommended” by 
Benchmark Litigation 2021 and 
to the “Best Lawyer” list by The 
Best Lawyers in America.
Randall Morgan ’74 was named 
to the “Best Lawyer” list by The 
Best Lawyers in America.
Lee Ogburn ’75 was named 
“Highly Recommended” by 
Benchmark Litigation 2021.
Evelyn Darden ’76 was named a 
Daily Record Icon Awards 2020 
winner.
Mark Treanor ’76 won the 
Colby Award for his book about 
service in the Vietnam War and its 
aftermath.
Alan Grochal ’77 was named 
to the “Best Lawyer” list by The 
Best Lawyers in America.
John Isbister ’77 was named to 
the “Best Lawyer” list by The 
Best Lawyers in America.
Raymond Burke ’78 of Baker 
Donelson earned certification as 
a mediator under Title 17 of the 
Maryland Rules.
Emerson Dorsey, Jr. ’79 was 
named to the “Best Lawyer” list 
by The Best Lawyers in America.
Caroline Harris ’79 was 
recognized by Chambers USA as 
a leader in Real Estate: Zoning/
Land Use. 
Harry Johnson ’79 was 
recognized as a Benchmark 
Litigation Star.
Thomas Ries ’79 was awarded 
the 2020 Maryland State Bar 
Association, Family & Juvenile 
Law Section Beverly Ann 
Groner Award.
David Cordish ’63 was honored 
at the 2021 Baltimore Jewish Hall 
of Fame ceremony.
Stuart Arthur Goldstein ’65 
was honored by the Florida Bar 
for being in good standing as a 
member for 50 years.
Mark Dopkin ’67 was named 
to the “Best Lawyer” list by The 
Best Lawyers in America.
*The Hon. Thomas “Mike” 
Miller, Jr. ’67 was named the J. 
Joseph Curran, Jr. Public Service 
Award winner by the Maryland 
Bar Foundation.
Barry Schreiber ’67 was honored 
by the Florida Bar for being in 
good standing as a member for 50 
years.
Richard Dunn ’69 was appointed 
to the Government Contracts 
Advisory Council of the George 
Washington University Law 
School.
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1960s
STANFORD 
GANN ’55
Stanford Gann ’55 was 
named a Daily Record 
Icon Awards 2020 
winner.
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ALUMNI RECOGNIZED
Eleven Maryland Carey Law alumni were named to 
the 2021 Daily Record Leadership in Law list, 
including C. Quince Hopkins ’89, director of the 
Levitas Initiative for Sexual Assault Prevention at 
Maryland Carey Law. 
The Hon. Jonathan H. 
Rosenbluth ’80 was appointed 
to the Joint Municipal Court, 
serving the Borough of Madison, 
Borough of Chatham, Township 
of Chatham, Township of Harding 
and the Township of Morris.
Andrew Levy ’81 was recognized 
by Chambers USA for his work in 
Litigation: General Commercial 
in Maryland.
The Hon. Jeffrey Margolis ’81 
joined the California Office of 
Tax Appeals as a supervising 
administrative law judge.
William Shaughnessy, Jr. ’81 
will serve as in-house counsel at 
SunMed Growers.
Alan Rifkin ’82 was named a 
Daily Record Icon Awards 2020 
winner.
William Carrier, III ’83 
was named a “legal lion” in 
connection to his defense of Best 
Buy in Law360 and to the “Best 
Lawyer” list by The Best Lawyers 
in America.
Diane D’Aiutolo Collins ’83 
was named managing partner at 
Tydings & Rosenberg, LLP.
1980s Donald Judges ’83 retired as vice provost for distance education at the University of Arkansas. 
 
David McManus, Jr. ’83 was 
recognized as a 2021 Super 
Lawyer.
J. C. Sullivan’s ’83 comedy heist 
novel Shark and Octopus was 
published by Adelaide Books.
The Hon. Mary Ellen Barbera 
’84 was named the Maryland Bar 
Foundation’s 2021 H. Vernon 
Eney Endowment Award recipient 
and a Daily Record Icon Awards 
2020 winner.
Dr. Arthur Appleton ’84 was 
interviewed by BBC Radio.
Daryl Sidle ’85 was recognized 
as a 2021 Super Lawyer.
The Hon. Alphonso Andrews ’86 
was nominated for a seat on the 
Virgin Islands Superior Court.
Kathleen Birrane ’86 was named 
in The Daily Record Power 30 
Health Care list.
Gardner Duvall ’86 was listed in 
Chambers USA.
Ava Lias-Booker ’86 was 
welcomed to the University of 
Maryland St. Joseph Medical 
Center’s operating board.
Brian Gibbons ’87 was named to 
The Daily Record 2021 Influential 
Marylanders list.
A. Tonya Ellington Odom ’87 
was named assistant director 
of the FBI Office of Equal 
Employment Opportunity Affairs.
Brian Balenson ’88 was named 
to the “Best Lawyer” list by The 
Best Lawyers in America.
P. Matthew Darby ’88 was 
recognized by Continental Who’s 
Who.
Don Hubbard, Jr. ’89 joined 
Excelerate Energy’s development 
team as vice president of gas and 
power.
Henry Talavera ’89 was named 
to the D Magazine 2021 Best 
Lawyers in Dallas List.
The Hon. Daneeka Varner 
Cotton ’91 and her sister (the 
Hon. Donnaka Varner Lewis 
’02) made history as the first 
sisters to serve on the state bench 
simultaneously; Judge Cotton was 
also chosen for The Daily Record 
2021 Maryland’s Top 100 Women 
list.
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Carrie Ricci-Smith ’96 was 
announced by the U.S. Army 
as a member of a panel for an 
independent review at Fort Hood. 
James Fisher ’97 was appointed 
deputy city attorney of Denver.
The Hon. Karen “Chaya” 
Friedman ’97 was honored at the 
2021 Baltimore Jewish Hall of 
Fame ceremony. 
Nancy Whiteman Greene ’97 
is now CEO, the first woman in 
the role, at Miles & Stockbridge; 
she was listed on the Baltimore 
Sun 25 Women to Watch 2020 and 
on the first Baltimore Business 
Journal Enterprising Women of 
Excellence list.
The Hon. Stacy Mayer ’97 was 
elevated to the Baltimore County 
Circuit Court by Gov. Larry 
Hogan.
Catherine Stavlas ’97 will 
succeed Felicia C. Cannon as 
clerk of court at the United 
States District Court District of 
Maryland.
Eric DeVito ’98 was appointed to 
the Greenberg Gibbons board of 
directors.
Ericka Downie ’98 joined Nelson 
Mullins.
David Lapp ’98 was appointed 
People’s Counsel of Maryland by 
Attorney General Brian Frosh.
Kraig Long ’98 is a winner of the 
Baltimore Business Journal 2021 
Leaders Diversity Award.
Gilda Claudine “Dini” 
McCullough ’98 joined Maryland 
Legal Aid as the new chief 
attorney in the Montgomery 
County office.
K. Nichole Nesbitt ’99 was 
named managing partner of 
Goodell DeVries.
Shanna Ramirez ’99 was 
appointed interim chief legal and 
ethics officer, general counsel, and 
board secretary at CPS Energy.
Mojdeh Bahar ’00 was chosen for 
The Daily Record 2021 Maryland’s 
Top 100 Women list.
David Goldman ’00 was 
appointed general counsel and 
director of corporate development 
of Associated Capital Group.
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David Fischer ’91 joined Keller 
& Heckman LLP.
Sarah Lenz Lock ’91 is senior 
vice president for policy in 
AARP’s Policy, Research and 
International Affairs.
Sharonne Robinson Bonardi 
’92 was named the 2021 
recipient of the Federation of 
Tax Administrators’ Harley T. 
Duncan Award for Leadership and 
Service.
Caroline Ciraolo ’93 was named 
president of the American College 
of Tax Counsel.
The Hon. Sherri Koch ’93 was 
named district administrative 
judge for Montgomery County. 
Jeffrey Gordon ’94 joined 
O’Melveny in Washington, DC.
Brett Ingerman ’94 was named 
to the inaugural Daily Record 
Power 100 list and to the 
Baltimore Business Journal 2021 
Who’s Who in Law list.
The Hon. Michael Studdard ’94 
began the 2020-2021 term on the 
Monumental City Bar Association 
Executive Board.
Assoc. Dean Russell McClain 
’95 published The Guide to 
Belonging in Law School (West 
Academic Press).
Angela Alsobrooks ’96 and Joy 
Arnold Russell ’96 were featured 
in “The county where Black 
women hold power — a few miles 
from the White House” in The 
Washington Post. Alsobrooks was 
chosen for The Daily Record 2021 
Maryland’s Top 100 Women list.
William “Bill” Mathias ’96 
was named co-chair of the Baker 
Ober Health Law Group at Baker 
Donelson.
DAVID HODNETT ’07
David Hodnett ’07 was 
appointed director of 
diversity, equity and 
inclusion at Brown 
Advisory. 
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The Hon. Elizabeth Morris ’02 
was chosen for The Daily Record 
2021 Maryland’s Top 100 Women 
list.
J. Manuel “Manny” Ocasio ’02 
is the new Luminis Health chief 
human resources officer.
Stephanie Kaye Baron ’03 was 
chosen for The Daily Record 2021 
Maryland’s Top 100 Women list.
Anirban Basu ’03 was named 
chief economist of Maryland 
Bankers Association.
Christina Bolmarcich ’03 joined 
Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP.
Laura Bouyea ’03 was elected to 
firm partnership at Venable.
Lindsey Erdmann ’03 was 
promoted to principal of McNamee 
Hosea.
Jonathan Herbst ’03 joined 
Steinberg Sports & Entertainment.
Brandon Maslan ’03 joined “Get 
Yourself the Job” as co-host.
Jason Morrissey ’03 was 
appointed legal counsel for 
Southwestern Vermont Health 
Care.
Brian Southard ’03 was named to 
the “Best Lawyer” list by The Best 
Lawyers in America.
Emily Wein ’03 became vice 
president and general counsel at 
University of Maryland Medical 
Center.
Dondrae Maiden ’04 was selected 
as director, Indian Trust Litigation, 
at the Office of the Solicitor, U.S. 
Department of the Interior.
Alexis Burrell Rohde ’04 was 
appointed register of wills for 
the Orphans’ Court for Baltimore 
County.
Amanda Costley ’05 and Shante 
Willis ’05 released a children’s 
book, Oakley and Ivan and the 
All-Nighter.
Joseph Mack ’05 received the 
Florida bar president’s Pro Bono 
Service Award.
Erica Schwartz ’05 was elected to 
the board of directors of Aveanna.
Gabrielle Shirley ’05 joined 
Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP.
THAILA 
SUNDARESAN ’08
Thaila Sundaresan ’08 joined Davis Wright Tremaine’s 
San Francisco office as a partner in the technology 
and communications practice, and was selected as a 
2020-2021 Leadership Advancement Program Fellow 
by the National Asian Pacific Bar Association. 
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Anthony Matricciani ’00 joined 
Hartog, Baer & Hand as a senior 
associate.
Peter Newsham ’00, DC police 
chief, was hired by Prince William 
County Police.
Lou Patalano ’00 is now senior 
corporate vice president and chief 
legal officer at Sentara Healthcare.
Andréa Wilson ’00 was named 
chief legal officer with Amatus 
Health.
Christopher Steer ’01 is now a 
partner at Sessa & Dorsey LLC.
Suja Varghese ’01 was appointed 
chief counsel in the Office of the 
Superintendent for St. Mary’s 
County Public Schools.
Thomas Herndon, Jr. ’02 joined 
Scarinci Hollenbeck’s New York 
City office as partner.
The Hon. Donnaka Varner 
Lewis ’02 and her sister (the 
Hon. Daneeka Varner Cotton 
’91) made history as the first 
sisters to serve on the state bench 
simultaneously.
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Catherine Toppin ’06 joined 
Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery’s 
Chicago office as partner.
Shaan Chima ’07 was named vice 
president and associate general 
counsel, workout and recovery, at 
BankUnited, N.A.
Dorcas Gilmore ’07 was 
appointed to the Global Boatworks 
Holdings, Inc. board of directors.
The Hon. Krystin Jane 
Richardson ’07 was appointed 
to the Baltimore County District 
Court by Gov. Larry Hogan.
Reena Shah ’07 was chosen for 
The Daily Record 2021 Maryland’s 
Top 100 Women list.
David Sharfstein ’07 was elected 
partner at Hogan Lovells.
Fred Smalkin, Jr. ’07 joined 
Evisort.
Alicia Wilson ’07 was appointed 
to Kennedy Krieger Institute’s 
board of directors, named to the 
Black Enterprise 40 Under 40 
list, and featured in Baltimore 
Magazine’S “She’s Got Next.”
Jeffrey Greenberg ’08 joined 
Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP.
MARCUS 
WANG ’08
Marcus Wang ’08 was 
named to Maryland’s 
Asian American Hate 
Crimes Workgroup by 
Gov. Larry Hogan along 
with Jaymi Sterling ’06.
Samantha Kravitz ’08 was 
elevated to principal of Markham 
Law Firm.
Meaghan McDermott ’08 
is the new chief attorney of 
Maryland Legal Aid’s Community 
Lawyering Initiative.
Michelle Mendez ’08 was 
nominated for The Elevate Prize.
Cara Murray ’08 was named to 
the Benchmark Litigation 40 & 
Under Hotlist.
Rita Piel ’08 joined Rifkin Weiner 
Livingston LLC as a partner.
Steve Gottheim ’09 was promoted 
to general counsel of the American 
Land Title Association. 
Radiance Harris ’09 published 
Trademark Like a Boss.
Robert Maddox ’09 was elected 
counsel at Richards, Layton & 
Finger.
Joseph Selba ’09 was elected 
secretary on the Maryland 
Bankruptcy Bar Association board 
of directors. 
John Sunder ’09 was elected to 
firm partnership at Venable.
Robert Bacon ’06 is now director 
of client experience at Green 
Arrow Financial.
Melissa Boone ’06 joined the 
Haymarket Media Inc. board of 
directors.
Lee Carpenter ’06 joined the law 
firm of Niles, Barton & Wilmer.
Aaron Casagrande ’06 was 
named to the Benchmark 
Litigation 40 & Under Hotlist 
and recognized as a Benchmark 
Litigation Star.
Jennifer Curry ’06 received 
Baker Donelson’s Work-Life 
Warrior Award.
Lynnette Espy-Williams ’06 
was named a 2021 Diversity 
in Business Honoree at Cozen 
O’Connor.
James Heinen, Jr. ’06 was 
named practice group leader for 
the Intellectual Property Practice 
Group at Armstrong Teasdale.
Delora Ifekauche ’06 was named 
a 2020 Top Lobbyist by the 
National Institute for Lobbying & 
Ethics.
Anastasia Thomas Nardangeli 
’06 joined the Dover Motorsports, 
Inc. board of directors.
Amy Petkovsek ’06 was promoted 
to deputy chief counsel for 
Maryland Legal Aid.
Indira Sharma ’06 was chosen 
for The Daily Record 2021 
Maryland’s Top 100 Women list.
Jaymi Sterling ’06 was appointed 
to the Asian American Hate 
Crimes Workgroup by Gov. Larry 
Hogan and was chosen for The 
Daily Record 2021 Maryland’s Top 
100 Women list.
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Chelsea Ortega ’12 was named to 
The Daily Record Leading Women 
2020 list.
Justin Redd ’12 was named to the 
“Best Lawyer: Ones to Watch” list 
by The Best Lawyers in America.
Jhanelle Graham Caldwell ’13 
was elected partner at Goodell 
DeVries.
Chelsea Jones Crawford ’13 
began the 2020-2021 term on the 
Monumental City Bar Association 
executive board.
Hannah Levinson Cross ’13 
made partner at Nelson Mullins 
Riley & Scarborough LLP.
Letam Duson ’13 was sworn in as 
the 37th president of the Alliance 
of Black Women Attorneys of 
Maryland, Inc.
Will Harrington ’13 was named 
to the “Best Lawyer: Ones to 
Watch” list by The Best Lawyers in 
America. 
 
Anya Anton Marino ’12
Anya Anton Marino ’12 was named Harvard Law 
School’s LGBTQ+ advocacy clinical instructor. She 
is one of the first two transgender women of color to 
teach at Harvard Law School.
Louis Malick ’11 was elected 
principal at Kramon & Graham 
and was named to the “Best 
Lawyer: Ones to Watch” list by 
The Best Lawyers in America.
Natasha Mehu ’11 was appointed 
director of Mayor Brandon M. 
Scott’s Office of Government 
Relations.
Juan Rossi ’11 was elected 
shareholder at Polsinelli for 2021.
Hillary Scholten ’11 joined Miller 
Johnson as senior counsel.
Tony Torain, II ’11 joined 
Polsinelli’s Washington, D.C. 
office and was named a fellow of 
the American Bar Foundation.
Aaron DeGraffenreidt ’12 is the 
2021 Maryland Bar Foundation’s 
Edward F. Shea Jr. Professionalism 
Award recipient.
Tattiana Goluskin ’12 joined 
the Maryland Center for Legal 
Assistance.
Summer Hughes Niazy ’12 was 
named to the “Best Lawyer: Ones 
to Watch” list by The Best Lawyers 
in America.
 
Kali Book ’10 joined Nelson 
Mullins.
Ricardo Johnson ’10 was named 
by the Baltimore Business Journal 
as a Leader in Health Care.
Nicole McConlogue ’10 joined 
the faculty at the West Virginia 
University College of Law as 
an associate professor and clinic 
director.
Danielle Torain ’10 was chosen 
for The Daily Record 2021 
Maryland’s Top 100 Women list.
Jamar Brown ’11 was promoted 
to partner at Rosenberg Martin 
Greenberg, LLP and named to the 
Baltimore Business Journal 40 
Under 40 Class of 2020 list.
Brent Ceryes ’11 was made a 
partner at Schochor, Federico and 
Staton. 
Eric Lee ’11 was hired as athletic 
director at Greens Farms Academy.
 
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Derrick Milburn ’13 began 
the 2020-2021 term on the 
Monumental City Bar Association 
executive board.
Gregory Reeves ’13 accepted 
a principal position in Ernst 
& Young LLP’s National Tax 
Practice.
Brad Rifkin ’13 was elected 
partner at Rifkin Weiner 
Livingston LLC.
Laura Dunn ’14, founding 
partner, L.L. Dunn Law Firm, 
expanded the firm to a second 
office in Alexandria, Virginia.
Victoria Eagles ’14 was named to 
the Baltimore Business Journal 40 
Under 40 Class of 2020 list.
Akeel St. Jean ’14 was elected 
to lead the St. Croix Chamber of 
Commerce.
Mehreen Imtiaz ’15 joined Cohen 
Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman 
PC.
Arnold Abraham ’16 was named 
to the 2021 edition of Maryland 
Super Lawyers Rising Stars.
Alexandria Montanio ’16 was 
named to the Baltimore Business 
Journal 40 Under 40 Class of 2020 
list.
Michael Vinluan ’16 was elected 
to a three-year term as a governor 
for the American College of Legal 
Medicine.
Rachel Cooper ’17 joined 
McKesson Corporation as cyber 
security counsel.
Ryan Cullen ’17 joined Nelson 
Mullins.
Vanessa Destime ’17 was honored 
by the National Bar Association.
Hannah Bondurant ’18 joined 
Tydings as an associate.
Andrea Marcin ’18 is Maryland 
Volunteer Lawyers Service’s new 
Equal Justice Works fellow in the 
Elder Justice Program.
Gabrielle Phillips ’18 joined 
Blank Rome LLP’s Washington, 
DC, office as an associate.
Robert Berman ’19 joined 
Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP.
Suhani Chitalia ’19 joined Public 
Policy Partners.
Meredith Storm ’19 joined Pessin 
Katz Law as an associate.
Timothy VanCisin ’19 joined 
Tydings as an associate.
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