Baltimore City Attorneys Provide Pro Bono Legal Help for Low-Income MVLS Clients

9/18/18

Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS), the largest provider of pro bono civil legal services to low-income Marylanders, today announced that in the past 12 months, 293 Baltimore City volunteer lawyers provided free services to help Maryland residents overcome their civil legal challenges. The lawyers' names are listed below. If a volunteer accepted more than one case during the year, the number of cases is included in parentheses.

  • Jeffrey Abarbanel (3)
  • Richard L. Adams, III (6)
  • Giovanni V. Alberotanza
  • Catherine M. Allen
  • Stanley Alpert (3)
  • Marlon D. Amprey (2)
  • Robert D. Anabinder (6)
  • Terrence J. Artis (3)
  • Ilene Bailey
  • Sandra E. Baker (2)
  • Howard J. Barr (16)
  • Derek J. Baumgardner
  • Alan J. Belsky
  • Meyer E. Berman (17)
  • Eric M. Bielitz (31)
  • Kathleen A. Birrane (2)
  • Andrei Blakely (5)
  • Pouyan Bohloul (2)
  • Meredith K. Boram (8)
  • Amy Bowen
  • Amy Bowerman Freed
  • James Bragdon
  • Francina Jo Brinker (20)
  • Marc S. Broady
  • Gary M. Brooks (8)
  • Kevin G. Burke (3)
  • Michael A. Burns (2)
  • Laura E. Burrows
  • Anthony I. Butler* (15)
  • Robert C. Cain, II (2)
  • Allison J. Caplis (2)
  • Shawn Carter (26)
  • Alan C. Cason
  • Phillip E. Calker (2)
  • Brian Chappell (6)
  • Claire Chesshire
  • Sonia Cho
  • Helen T. Clark (11)
  • Jennifer M. Clark
  • Charlotte A. Clarke (8)
  • Robert D. Cole, Jr. (10)
  • Shawn Collins (4)
  • Lawrence Coppel (4)
  • Stuart Cordish
  • Mary C. Cox
  • Stephen J. Cullen
  • Jennifer L. Curry
  • Mitzi E. Dailey (14)
  • Gary A. Damico (3)
  • Kenneth Davies (15)
  • Nicole K. Daya (14)
  • Christopher P. Dean
  • G. David Dean
  • Janet E. Deboissiere (2)
  • Aaron B. DeGraffenreidt
  • Leah Del Percio
  • David Dembert (3)
  • Jessica F. Dillon
  • Linda Donhauser
  • John H. Doud, III (3)
  • Joseph Dudek (3)
  • Sheila Durant
  • Louis J. Ebert
  • Hope Efeyini (2)
  • Jonathan Elefant (19)
  • Jessica E. Emerson
  • Lon Engel (5)
  • Kristen M. Eustis (8)
  • Anthony W. Fadel (9)
  • David N. Fautsch (5)
  • Edwin G. Fee, Jr. (2)
  • Wendell Finner (4)
  • John Fox (3)
  • John B. Frisch (2)
  • Yehuda Gabaie
  • Geoffrey M. Gamble
  • Shanitta N. Garey (18)
  • Michele Gilman (4)
  • Donna M. Glover* (3)
  • Lydie E. Glynn (5)
  • Terry L. Goddard, Jr. (6)
  • Sally Gold (4)
  • Michael I. Gordon
  • Kristy N. Grace
  • Brandy J. Gray (2)
  • Valerie L. Gren (2)
  • Nicki Green Johnson
  • Joshua L. Greenberg
  • John E. Griffith, Jr. (3)
  • Robert N. Grossbart* (6)
  • David M. Grossman (3)
  • Benjamin A. Guthorn
  • Shelley A. Halstead (5)
  • Jeston Hamer, Jr.
  • Ethan D.H. Han
  • Nicole E. Harris-Crest
  • Janet R. Hartge (4)
  • Daniel Hatcher (14)
  • Carisa A. Hatfield
  • Jermaine D. Haughton
  • Donald Hecht (3)
  • Laura T.M. Heller (4)
  • Alicia Henning (13)
  • Kristin Herber
  • Mark Herman (8)
  • Sherri R. Heyman
  • Ian Michael Hitchcock (3)
  • Christine Hogan
  • John N. Hoover (6)
  • Jonathan T. Hoover (10)
  • Anna Caitlyn Horevay
  • E. David Hoskins (6)
  • Will Hudson
  • Kathryn M. Huff
  • B. Summer Hughes Niazy
  • Kathleen P. Hyland (8)
  • Keli Isaacson
  • Steven B. Isbister
  • Peter C. Ismay
  • Ronald P. Jackson, Jr.
  • Jennifer E. Jaimes (2)
  • Kelly E. James (3)
  • Owen Jarvis (3)
  • Carl S. Jean-Baptiste, Jr. (2)
  • Ogreta B. Johnson
  • Breon L. Johnson (2)
  • Kelly E. Johnson (8)
  • Lucrecia Patrice Johnson
  • Marlene Johnson
  • Pamela M. Johnson (2)
  • Pamela S. Jones
  • H.C. Jones, III (5)
  • Henry Kahn (7)
  • Joshua F. Kahn (3)
  • Karwolo S. Kamei (2)
  • Jeffrey L. Kaplan (32)
  • Louis I. Kaplan (4)
  • Adina S. Katz (2)
  • Daniel Katz (4)
  • Stephen P. Kauffman
  • Mary T. Keating (5)
  • Brian J. Kelly
  • Lisa A. Kershner
  • Ari J. Kodeck (5)
  • Jill A. Kolodner
  • Trace Krueger
  • Kumudha Nadine Kumarachandran
  • Chi Hang Kuok
  • Stephanie A. La Rue
  • Marguerite Lanaux (2)
  • Joseph Langhirt (2)
  • Daniel Lanier
  • Andrew Lapayowker (11)
  • Jon M. Laria
  • Eliot W. Larson, Jr.
  • Ronna Lazarus
  • Jennifer Lazenby
  • Phuc H. Le (3)
  • Jaime A. Lee
  • Erica LeMon
  • Robin D. Leone
  • Jennifer Lester
  • Julie A. Levi
  • Adam Levine (2)
  • Jean Lewis
  • Alicia D. Lewis (23)
  • Elliot Lewis (2)
  • James R. Logan (3)
  • Jennifer S. Lubinski (5)
  • Charisse A. Lue (7)
  • Larry J. Macklin (4)
  • Karen R. Malinowski (11)
  • Kyriakos Marudas (5)
  • Max R. Masinter
  • Snehal P. Massey (2)
  • Daniel A. Mayer (2)
  • Erika M. McClammy (3)
  • Nicole K. McConlogue (5)
  • Lindsey N. McCulley
  • Robert A. McFarland
  • Lauri A. McGuire
  • Aman M. McHugh (3)
  • M. Natalie McSherry (2)
  • Michael Mehring
  • Jason E. Miles
  • Penny Minna* (8)
  • Thomas J. Minton (2)
  • Holly E. Mirabella (11)
  • William Monaghan
  • Alexandria K. Montanio (7)
  • Christopher N. Moran (8)
  • Padraic Morton
  • Charles J. Morton, Jr.* (11)
  • James W. Motsay (4)
  • Bryan M. Mull
  • Michele L. Murphy
  • Dempsey D. Nash
  • M. Elizabeth Nowinski (2)
  • Raymond C. O'Brocki, III
  • Adetoro T. Olugbemi
  • Ira Oring (2)
  • John R. Paliga
  • Paolo Pasicolan
  • Emily M. Patterson
  • Marshall Paul
  • Lynn E. Pickens (3)
  • Thomas S. Pilkerton, III (2)
  • Carrie L. Polley (2)
  • David Portney
  • Gary S. Posner
  • Kelly Powers (4)
  • Susan T. Preston* (2)
  • Thomas Rafferty
  • Christopher R. Rahl (4)
  • Amy E. Rappole (15)
  • Sandy Raysor-Taylor (2)
  • Justin A. Redd
  • Leonard C. Redmond, III (2)
  • Todd Reinecker
  • Joel Richmond
  • Leslie Ridgway
  • E. Hutchinson Robbins, Jr.* (6)
  • Ginger Robinson
  • Emily C. Rogers (6)
  • Larry Rogers
  • Theresa A. Rosendale (13)
  • Jordan D. Rosenfeld
  • Josephia E. Rouse (3)
  • Benjamin J. Rubin
  • William Rudow (3)
  • Megan A. Rusciano
  • G. Adam Ruther (24)
  • Alexander Ruygrok (4)
  • Diana A. Saavedra (2)
  • Joy Sakamoto-Wengel (3)
  • Steven Sakamoto-Wengel (7)
  • Sheldon S. Satisky (13)
  • Charles P. Scheeler
  • Thomas Schetelich (2)
  • Amy Schrack Sheinin
  • Allen Schuldenfrei (3)
  • David W. Schult (2)
  • Robert A. Scott (2)
  • Joseph M. Selba (2)
  • Charles Shafer (3)
  • Dennis J. Shaffr (2)
  • Elizabeth Moody Shaner
  • Harry D. Shapiro (2)
  • David B. Shapiro
  • Philip H. Sheehan, Jr. (3)
  • Leland S. Shelton (2)
  • Lori Simpson
  • Norman L. Smith
  • David Sommer*(2)
  • Janel A. Southerland
  • Cynthia L. Spell (3)
  • Jamaal Willie Stafford (2)
  • Wanda R. Stansbury
  • Sarah G. Steege (2)
  • Larry I. Strauss (2)
  • Jennifer M. Sullam
  • Joshua C. Swanner
  • Julie T. Sweeney
  • James N. Tansey (58)
  • Darryl L. Tarver
  • Candy Thompson (4)
  • Elva E. Tillman (88)
  • Joseph I. Tivvis, Jr.
  • Melanie Torain (6)
  • Andrea William Trento (17)
  • Lee Tuchman
  • Thomas C. Valkenet (3)
  • James E. Van Horn
  • Maximillian F. Van Orden (4)
  • Roberto Vela Mendoza
  • Irving E. Walker (5)
  • Jaime Walker Luse
  • Thomas P.G. Webb
  • Erica S. White (2)
  • Landon M. White (3)
  • James Wiggins (7)
  • Steven Wilder (4)
  • Justin A. Williams (7)
  • Leslie John Williams
  • Alicia L. Wilson
  • Kate E. Wolfson (3)
  • David G. Write
  • K. Alice Young (5)
  • Raymond Yu
  • Edward Zamarin (8)
  • Joseph Zauner, III
  • Carl N. Ziegler (3)
  • Danielle Zoller (2)


*MVLS Board Officer or Member

MVLS’ network of volunteer attorneys provides services for estate planning, tax controversy, divorce and child custody proceedings, landlord-tenant disputes, bankruptcy, criminal record expungements, as well as many other civil legal challenges.

In the past year, 994 volunteer attorneys assisted 5,730 clients through individual representation or assistance at a clinic. MVLS volunteers closed 3,982 cases and reported 21,695 hours of donated legal services, which are valued at more than $6.5 million.

To apply online for civil legal help, please visit www.mvlslaw.org, or call MVLS at 410-547-6537 or 1-800-510-0050 Mondays through Thursdays 9 a.m. to noon. If you’re an attorney interested in volunteering, please visit the MVLS Pro Bono Portal at www.mvlslaw.org/probonoportal/ to review available cases.

About Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS)

Founded in 1981 with a mission to provide access to justice for all, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS) serves Maryland’s low-income residents by offering legal counseling and full representation for civil cases. MVLS matches clients with volunteer lawyers who represent them in a wide range of consumer, family and workforce re-entry situations, including foreclosure, bankruptcy, income tax disputes, landlord/tenant disputes, wills, estate planning, criminal record expungement, divorce/custody and deed changes. For more information about MVLS’ services, visit www.mvlslaw.org.

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