Annual Report 2025

Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service

2025 Annual Report

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Community Impact


  • icon scales
    723
    Attorneys and tax professionals on volunteer panel
  • icon user circle
    440
    Took a case
  • icon briefcase
    3,233
    Cases placed & closed by volunteers & staff lawyers
  • icon users
    6,770
    Clients & immediate family members impacted
  • icon handshake
    329
    Community outreach events
  • icon life ring
    14,997
    People reached through community outreach events

Types of Cases

  • 508 Family
  • 805 Consumer
  • 364 Housing
  • 621 Expungement
  • 52 Income Tax Controversy
  • 641 Estate Planning & Administration
  • 242 Misc.

Mission Impact Series


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Going the Extra Mile 

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Expungement by the Numbers: Unlocking Second Chances

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    10,781
    Volunteer Hours
  • icon money in hand
    $4.3M
    Value of volunteer hours
  • icon users
    108
    New volunteers joined the panel
  • icon handshake
    169
    Young professionals in CAN (Community Action Network)
  • icon carry
    22
    Volunteer Mentors
  • icon teacher near chalkboard
    16
    Volunteer trainings

Thank You to Our Volunteers


Nancy photo for annual report from the first family law cohort

 

MVLS partners with skilled volunteer attorneys, accountants, and enrolled agents to deliver full legal representation at no cost to ensure justice for Marylanders with limited means. Thank you to our volunteers who took a case from July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025.  Volunteers (listed below) who have helped multiple clients have the total number of clients they assisted in parentheses.  Thank you also to our wonderful mentors and instructors for providing support to our volunteers.

 

Volunteers 2025

Aaron B. DeGraffenreidt
Aasim Cheema (2)
Abdel-Rahman Hamed
Adam Levine
Adam M. Spence
Adetoro T. Olugbemi
Alan J. Van Luven
Alexander Ruygrok
Alexandra G Meeks (4)
Alexandria K. Montanio (16)
Alicia D. Lewis (8)
Allison J. Caplis
Allison M McFadden
Alyssa J. Domzal
Ame P Roberts
Amy Bowen
Andre L. Batson (4)
Andrea Toney-Thomas (2)
Andrew Bailey (7)
Andrew Hall (2)
Andrew D. Levy (11)
Angela J. Silverstein (3)
Ann Zinsser
Anne S. Gold-Rand (55)
Annette DeCesaris
Anthony Ashton (3)
Antonio Gioia (9)
Aretha Ector
Ari J. Kodeck (2)
Arlene Grove (7)
Ayana Johnson
Barbara Bullman
Benjamin J. Andres
Benjamin J. Rubin
Benjamin M. Wolf (10)
Beutrice H. Walker (5)
Bradley Haney
Bradley R. Stover (2)
Brenda Gruss
Brenda Nichols
Brent A. Bolea
Brian Spern
Brianne Boyle
Cameron A. Williams (2)
Candes A. W. Daniels
Cara M. Smith
Carl N. Ziegler (12)
Carrie J. Williams
Catherine M. Cook (33)
Celeste Sollod
Chad Gregory Spencer
Charlene H. Hardy
Chelsea R. Ortega (3)
Cheri P. Wendt-Taczak
Cheryl A. Jones
Chester H. Hobbs
Chika Ojiaku
Chinyere E. Orie (3)
Christian A. Gant
Christian K. Miller
Christina Taylor (4)
Christina C. Thomas (2)
Christina M. Alfonsi (12)
Christine Joyce (2)
Christine A. Malanga
Christine L. Glover
Christopher Rahl (6)
Christopher B. Rydelek (16)
Christopher N. Moran
Chukwukpee Nzegwu (2)
Colleen M. Ryf
Constance M. Hare (23)
Craig Ingram (4)
Crispian D. Kirk (2)
Crystal D. Collins (5)
Curtis B. Cooper (3)
Daniel A. Guy
Daniel A. Staeven (10)
Danielle Zoller (7)
Danielle G. Casson (15)
Danielle M. Mikoy (11)
Danielle P. Turnipseed (2)
Darren Margolis
David Dembert (5)
David Diggs
David Sommer (4)
David A. Shapiro (4)
David H. Sandler
David L. Burnstein
David L. Cahn
David M. Allen (2)
David Z. Lomke (7)
Dawn M. Taylor (2)
Deborah Engram
Diana A. Saavedra
Diana K. Pope
Donald Romano (2)
Donald S. Goldbloom
Doris Green Walker (6)
Douglas May (7)
Douglas L. Burgess (3)
Douglas T. Sachse
Ebele Ebonwu (2)
Eden O. Terenzini (2)
Edward Zamarin
Edward J. Levin
Edward L. Wender (16)
Edward S. Geldermann (4)
Eleanor C. Naiman
Eliza R. McDermott (3)
Elizabeth Pugliese-Shaw (4)
Elizabeth A. Lietz
Elizabeth A. Stamas
Elizabeth A. Tello
Elizabeth c. Pentikis
Elizabeth Hayley-Marie Johnson (8)
Ellen S. Silverstein
Ellyn R Schettino
Elodie A. Jean-Philippe (2)
Emma M. Boone (8)
Emmanuel O. Shodeinde (5)
Eric R. Orr (4)
Erika F. Slater (3)
Erin R. Tripathi
Erin S. Smyth
Esther D. Coleman (4)
Eunice Ahaghotu
Evan Marmie
Eyal Rosenstock (12)
Frank Lidinsky (5)
Frank E. Turney (12)
Frederick L. Kobb
Gary M. Brooks (3)
George Vaughan (5)
Gerald C. Ruter (3)
Geralyn R. Lawrence
Gerardine M. Delambo (5)
Gidget G. Benitez (2)
Gregory F Birney
Hannah M. Wardell
Harrison Long
Hayley E. Wolf
Heather Posey (2)
Henry Peck
Henry C. Griffin (9)
Holly Drumheller Butler
Hudson Miller (17)
Hunter J. Scott
Ilene Bailey (2)
Iris J. Kwon (2)
J. Harrison Phillips
Jacquelyn A. Kapinos
Jade D. McDuffie McClary (7)
Jaegan Williams (3)
James Ryan (2)
James D. Handley (4)
James J. Nolan, Jr. (4)
James N. Tansey (3)
James S. Francomano
Jan Berlage
Jane Santoni
Jane P Sopher (2)
Janelle Jordan (7)
Janet Bush Handy (3)
Jason Potter (3)
Jason C. Ridgell
Jay Allan Abarbanel
Jay I. Block
Jayne Touati
Jeffrey E. Badger
Jeffrey M. Dier
Jeffrey S. Greenberg
Jennifer A. Jones (16)
Jennifer C. Jackson
Jennifer E. Molina (6)
Jennifer I. Brandi
Jennifer N. Henriquez (2)
Jeremiah Jacob Chiappelli (3)
Jerry Williams (4)
Jessica E. Burgard
Jessica E. Zadjura (6)
Jessica K. Keister (12)
Jessica M. Gorsky
Jessica T. Ornsby (8)
Jetonne’ E. Ellis (2)
Jhonell O. Campbell
Joan F. Brault (2)
John Gabel (2)
John Hungerford
John Sica (2)
John A. Austin
John A. Umholtz
John B. Stolarz
John H. Doud (19)
John M. Robinson (2)
John P. Lynch (7)
John P. Roberts
John T. Mitchell (4)
Jonathan Gladstone
Jonathan D. Lane (2)
Jonathan P. Riedel (10)
Jonathan T. Hoover (2)
Jose Zachary Canto Greenfield (15)
Joseph Bencivenga
Joseph Fried (4)
Joseph E. Stolz, Jr. (6)
Joseph K. Githuku (11)
Joshua A. Moses (2)
Joy Sakamoto-Wengel (15)
Joycelyn R. Stinson (2)
Juanita Wills (6)
Judith L. Walter (5)
Julie A. Schejbal (4)
Julie G. Seidman (15)
Jung Yong Lee
Justin M. Ginsburg (17)
K. Alice Young (6)
K. Hadley Ramiah
Karen Amos
Kari H. Fawcett (2)
Karl-Henri Gauvin (6)
Kathleen D. Adcock (8)
Kathleen M. McLaughlin
Kathleen T. Gagnon
Kayla L. Wilson (3)
Keisha A. Garner (4)
Kelly L. McCrea
Kendall Kuntz
Kendrick K. McLeod
Kennedy M. Hagens
Kenneth S. Butcher
Kerri B. Cohen
Kerri L. Smith (7)
Kerrie A. Campbell-Garrett
Kerry E. Simm (9)
Kevin B. Urick
Kevin L. Beard (3)
Kim E. Stepanuk (3)
Kimberly L. Foerster-Gilreath (3)
Kiyanoush Razaghi (6)
Krishan Zaveri
Kristen N. Magiros (3)
Krystil E. Smith (6)
Laila K. Ghauri (3)
Lanet R. Brown (2)
Larry Caplan (6)
Larry J. Feldman (3)
Larry J. Macklin (9)
Laryssa Wilson
Laura Melia (2)
Laura C. Jenifer
Laura C. Opont
Lauren Pruitt (4)
Lauren E. Lake (2)
Lauren M. Macari (6)
Lawrence Adashek (6)
Lawrence Coppel (213)
Lee Snyder
Leigh Goodmark
Lelia F. Parker
Leslie A. Pladna (3)
Leta M. Jackson
Lindsey N. McCulley (2)
Louis J. Ebert
Louis J. Weinkam (3)
Lydia E. Lawless
Lynne M. Durbin (6)
Marc Appel
Marc E. Shach (4)
Marc S. Broady (2)
Margaret E. Johnson
Maria K Caruso
Marie-Yves N. Jean-Baptiste (8)
Mark Herman (2)
Mark O. Sobo
Marla Zide
Marlin Q. Parker, Sr. (10)
Marnell A. Cooper (6)
Marvin T. Barnett
Mary Ann Ferguson
Mary E. Foy (2)
MaryKay Canarte
Matthew Wilshire
Matthew D. Garcia
Matthew J. Jacinto
Matthew M. Bryant
Matthew T. Vocci
Meghan E. Young (2)
Melissa R. Rothstein (3)
Melody Lombardo (3)
Meredith Hill
Michael Katz
Michael A Fortini (3)
Michael A. Ostroff
Michael L Cochran
Michael N. Bakhama (6)
Michael Y. Goldberg
Michele A. Manculich (9)
Michelle McGeogh
Miriam A. Rhoden-Shedden (2)
Myles Lichtenberg (3)
Nakea Barksdale (10)
Nancy Paige
Natalie Jean (3)
Natalie Neill
Neil J. Ruther (5)
Nicholas G Pycha
Nicole Lemon (2)
Nicole E. Harris-Crest (2)
Nicole E. Whitecar (2)
Nicole K. McConlogue
Nicole Marie Lacoste Folks
Nina M. Crist (2)
Olivia R. Holcombe Volke (9)
Oluwatoyin Ademuwagun
Owen Jarvis
Pamela M. Johnson (2)
Paolo Pasicolan
Pascal Moleus (2)
Patience O. Moore
Patrice M Clarke (12)
Patricia Friedman (5)
Patrick Grubel (11)
Paul J. Dougherty (3)
Penny Minna (3)
Peri L. Schuster (3)
Perneita M. Farrar (9)
Peter Haukebo
Peter D. Randolph
Phuc H. Le
Rachael Krane
Rachel A. Kiefer (12)
Rachel N. Calanni
Randolph F. Ballard, Jr. (6)
Raquel White
Raymond Yu
Reba A. Letsa (4)
Rebecca L. Witt (5)
Rehana S. Wieseman (13)
Ricardo L. Piereck
Richard H. Topaz
Richard L. Adams, III (14)
Richard V. Boswell (2)
Rob M Goldman (54)
Robb A. Longman (2)
Robert Kahoe (2)
Robert D. Anbinder (11)
Robert J. Goldman (5)
Robert L. Pierson (5)
Robert M. Braland
Robert N. Daniels
Robert W. Taylor
Robin D. Leone (2)
Roger R. Munn
Rue Stewart (3)
Ruhe Yilma (4)
Saad Malik (2)
Sally Gold
Samuel C. Baldwin (6)
Sandra Gohn (6)
Sandra G Small (2)
Sandy Raysor-Taylor (3)
Sara Y. Lucas
Sarah Nadolny (11)
Sarah E. Adkisson (4)
Sarah E. Larsen
Sarah M Bordner (6)
Saul McCormick (10)
Scott A. Morrison
Scott D. Lavin
Semoun A. Awad (4)
Shadawn N. Deas
Shamia R. Watson (6)
Shannon L. Kowitz (3)
Sharity Bannerman-Cobbinah (2)
Shavina K. Mukesh
Sheereen E. McNair (27)
Sheila J. Stewart (2)
Sheldon S. Satisky (4)
Shereefat Balogun
Shou C. Chou
Shukriyah A. Satterfield (2)
Shyla M. Shirodkar
Simon Michnick
Snehal P. Massey (2)
Stacy Lacroix (5)
Stacy Volovar
Stanley Alpert (2)
Stephanie E. Scales-Sherrin (2)
Stephanie L Guevara (3)
Stephanie M. Smith (5)
Stephen D. Ruben (2)
Steven Sakamoto-Wengel
Steven B. Mudd
Steven D. Cox (2)
Stuart Cordish (2)
Susan Dumont
Susan C Scanlon
Susan D. Baker (6)
Syma A. Siddiqui
Tae Y. Yee (58)
Tamia J. Morris
Tamika E. Hopkins (6)
Tangi D. Turner
Tara Shoemaker (9)
Taylor M. McAuliffe
Terrence J. Artis (2)
Terrence M. Nolan (2)
Theresa M. Kelleher
Thomas Mulinazzi (19)
Thomas Ryan
Thomas Schetelich (3)
Thomas John Kennedy (13)
Timothy J. Chance
Timothy J. Martin
Timothy R. VanCisin
Tina J. Azarvand (3)
Todd H. Oppenheim
Todd W. McGibney
Tresa Fitch Drakeford (10)
Tyler A. Wilson (5)
Valerie Desroches (5)
Verena Meiser
Victor D. Smith
Victoria H. Devore
Vincent Mosley (11)
Virginia J. Yeoman
Visa R. Ferrell
Walter D. Ty (16)
Wayne Goddard
Wilbur Bolton
William Monaghan (2)
William Selle (4)
William Bradley Bauhof (3)
William J. Selle
Yinuo Li
Yladrea Drummond
Yollette Atkinson (10)
Yoshika M. Watford (3)
Zachary Phillips
Zachary Seidel (2)
Zachary A. Kowalski (13)

Mentors 2025

Allison M McFadden Esq.
Anne S. Gold-Rand Esq.
Annette DeCesaris Esq.
Catherine M. Cook Esq.
Christopher Rahl Esq.
Curtis B. Cooper Esq.
Danielle G. Casson Esq.
Edwin G. Fee Jr. Esq.
Gregory F Birney Esq.
Heather Posey EA
James N. Tansey Esq.
Jeffrey N. Markowicz Esq.
Jessica E. Zadjura Esq.
K. Alice Young Esq.
Kathleen L. DeNobile Esq.
Kathryn McDonough Esq.
Patrice M Clarke Esq.
Sheila J. Stewart Esq.
Thomas Mulinazzi Esq.
Wendy Meadows Esq.

Thank You to Our Donors


Chris and Maura for Annual Report from CPB 2024

MVLS is grateful to the donors who have supported us during the past fiscal year. With your support, Maryland families had access to free civil legal help when they needed it the most. On behalf of our board of directors, clients, volunteers, and staff we extend our deepest gratitude to the individuals, law firms, corporations, agencies, and foundations who invested in our work between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Every effort was made to ensure the accuracy of this listing. If we have inadvertently omitted your name or listed it incorrectly, please accept our apologies and notify us of the error by email or 443-451-4090. 

Foundations and Grants

Anonymous
The Abell Foundation
Administrative Office of the Courts
Baltimore Bar Foundation, Inc.
Baltimore City Department of Housing & Community Development
Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Employment Development
Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement
Comptroller of Maryland
David and Barbara B. Hirschhorn Foundation
Enterprise Community Partners
The Fund for Change, Inc.
Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth and Victim Services
Greater Baltimore Medical Center
The Helen J. Serini Foundation
Hoffberger Family Philanthropies
Internal Revenue Service
The John J. Leidy Foundation, Inc.
Leonard & Helen R. Stulman Charitable Foundation
LifeBridge Health – West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation
Maryland Bar Foundation
Maryland Department of Education
Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development
Maryland Department of Human Services
Maryland Department of Service and Civic Innovation
Maryland Legal Services Corporation
PNC Foundation
South Asian Bar Association DC
US Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime
TD Charitable Foundation
The Venable Foundation
Wells Fargo Foundation
The Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund

Event Sponsorship and Corporate Support

Association of Corporate Counsel – Baltimore
Atwater’s*
Azarvand Tax Law
Baker Donelson
Rignal and Mary Baldwin
Ballard Spahr LLP
Baltimore County Bar Association *
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra*
Bankruptcy Bar Association for the District of Maryland
Baxter Baker
Alan L. Billian, P.A.
Blades & Rosenfeld, PA
Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP
Brown, Goldstein & Levy, LLP*
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Class Act Catering, Inc. by Jim Britton*
Law Offices of Kerri Cohen, LLC
Rich Costella*
The Daily Record*
DLA Piper US LLP
Dugan, Babij, Tolley & Kohler LLC
Erickson Senior Living, LLC
Exelon
Frost Law
Gallagher LLP
Gallagher LLP*
Goodell, DeVries, Leech & Dann, LLP
Gordon Feinblatt LLC
Gorfine, Schiller & Gardyn
Gross, Mendelsohn & Associates
Rosenberg Martin Greenberg
The Hirschel Group, P.C.
Hoffman, Comfort, Offutt, Scott & Halstad, LLP
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Hyatt & Weber, P.A.
Hylton & Gonzales, LLC
Iliff, Meredith, Wildberger & Brennan PC
JLL
Johns Hopkins University
Klima, Peters & Daly P.A.
Kramon & Graham, P.A.
Law Offices of Julie Ellen Landau
Levy, Mann, Caplan, Hermann, Schwartzberg & Polashuk, LLP
Brendan Lough*
Maryland State Bar Association*
Maryland Association for Justice Foundation, Inc.
Maryland Society of Accounting and Tax Professionals
Anthony May*
McGuireWoods LLP
Mera Kitchen Collective*
MECU Credit Union, Inc.
Miles & Stockbridge, P.C.
Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company
Mona’s Super Noodle*
Mulinazzi Law Office
Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl
Offit Kurman, Attorneys at Law
PNC
Potter Law LLC
Rosenberg Martin Greenberg, LLP
Royston, Mueller, McLean & Reid, LLP
Santoni, Vocci & Ortega, LLC
Saul Ewing LLP
Schochor, Staton, Goldberg, and Cardea, P.A.
TRCK Law
Tydings & Rosenberg LLP
Tydings & Rosenberg LLP*
Troy and Rita Walters*
Warnken, LLC
Wasserman White Family Law, LLC
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Wine Source*
WJZ TV*
The Yost Legal Group
Zeffert & Gold Catering and Event Planning*
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

* Notes an In-kind gift

Partner's Club

Anonymous (19)
Burton Amernick
Payal Amin
Kendall Anthony
Art Connection in the Capital Region*
Tyree Ayers
George and Christine Bachrach
Stanley W. Balis
Shereefat Balogun
Michael and Mary Baxter
Michael and Rebecca Beattie
Dianne K. Beauchamp
Leonard N. Bebchick
John W. Beckley
Hon. Robert M. Bell (Ret.)
Juliana Bell and Lynn Poshepny
BlackRock
Bruce and Mindee Block
Winnie and Neal Borden
Nicolle Bougas
Kathleen W. Bratton
Stephan Y. Brennan
Bob Brennen
Anthony J. Breschi
Charles J. Brown
Mary Catherine Bunting
Hon. J. Norris and Ginny Byrnes (Ret.)
Law Offices of Kathleen Cahill, LLC
Patrick K. Cameron
Jhonell Campbell
Prostatis Financial Advisors Group
Jose Z. Canto
Ingrid and Charles Castronovo In Memory Of Samantha Castronovo
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Cole, Jr.
Catherine “Kate” Cook
Lawrence D. Coppel
Michael Cordes
Rich Costella
Tom Cullen
Ken Davies
M.G. Diamond
Mary Malloy Dimaio
James Dolan
Grace Anne Dorney Koppel
Saul Ehrenpreis
Michael E. Field
Cecil E. Flamer
Jonathan M. Genn
David D. Gilliss
Antonio Gioia
Lawrence S. Greenwald
Ned and Cindy Halle
Helga Heiman
Lorainne Hench
Elizabeth S. and William L. Henn Jr.
Mark and Ruthie Herman
Charles S. Hirsch and Mary D. Miller
S. Craig Holden
Felicia Hulit
Elizabeth Huttar
James S. Jacobs
Ronald H. Jarashow
Shawn and Jennifer Joseph
Henry D. Kahn and Marlene Trestman
Lawrence J. Keen, III
Lauren Kelly-Washington
Hon. James A. Kenney and Hon. Karen H. Abrams
Stanard T. Klinefelter
Benjamin Klubes and Risa Bender
Alison Kohler
Nicole M. Lacoste Folks
Joseph H. Langhirt
LaVerna Hahn Charitable Trust
Lydia Lawless
Robin D. Leone
Lerch Early Brewer
Dr. Richard M. Katz and Martha Lessman Katz
Reba Letsa
Terry L. Lierman
David Lynn
John P. Machen
Mallon LLC
Mary Jo Putney
Kevin McAnaney and Catherine McCabe
Sherrilyn McCullin
Kathleen McDermott
Michelle McGeogh
Lisa J. McGrath
Kathleen Howard Meredith
Craig B. and Paula Krahn Merkle
Kimberly A. Millender
Pat and Tom Montanio
Alex Montanio
Cindy Motsko
William Murphy
Kip J. Naugle
Lori A. Nicolle
Paul S. Novak
James C. Oliver
Chelsea Ortega
Susan Parks
Kathleen Pontone
Susan T. Preston
Chris and Libby Rahl
Paul D. Raschke
Stasia and Patrick Reynolds, Esq.
Melissa Rhea
Jonathan Rivlin
Valerie and Hutch Robbins
George Roche
Dorene Rothmann
Angela Russell
D. Lee and Catherine Rutland
Joy and Steve Sakamoto-Wengel
Laura and Bill Salganik
Sanford D. Schreiber
Anne Heesters Schroth
Brooke Schumm III, Levin Gann P.A.
William Shaughnessy, Jr.
Mark Shelnitz
Rebecca J. Sheppard
Syma Ahmad Siddiqui
Michael Smith
Norman Smith
Hon. Carol E. Smith
Scott and Patricia Soffen
Howard L. Sollins
David G. Sommer
Susan L. Spence
Nancy S. Spritz
Paul and Karen Sugar
Dr. Jordan Nahas-Vigon and Jamie N. Tansey
Ann Teaff In memory of Donald P. McPherson, III
Sanford Teplitzky
Elva E. Tillman, Esquire
Aileen McShea Tinney
Steve Toomey
Raymond G. Truitt and Mary K. Tilghman
Laura and David Urban
Judith Waranch
Richard Wasserman
D. L. Webster
Christopher R. West
Emily Wilson
Priscilla Wilson-Milton
Roger and Karen Winston
Jefferson and Denise Wright
K. Alice and Jennifer Young

Champions for Justice

Anonymous (6)
Anne-Therese Bechamps
Brent A. Bolea
Michelle Bougas
Kathryn Bradley
Francina Brinker
Deborah Diehl and Jonathan Claiborne
Debora Clovis
William Conrad
Alex Cordes
Barbara Cornman
Christina Cuglovici Abrao
Gislin Dagnelie
Billy Daly
Gerardine M. ( Jeri) Delambo
Joe Dugan
Susan DuMont
Amanda Dunlap
Ebele U. Ebonwu
Alice Francis
Barbara Hull Francis
Susan Francis and Sandy Daniels
Brian A. Gordon
Jill Green
Nancy B. Grimm
Candace J. Groudine
Olivia Holcombe-Volke
Edward Houff
Dr. Ann Irvine
Kathleen Jascewsky
Mary Elizabeth Kaslick and William Buckley
Linda Koban
Kyndryl
Jaime Lee
Saad Malik
Naema Mallick
Meghan Marek
Anthony J. May
Susan Mays
Sara McCabe
Eliza McDermott
M. Natalie McSherry
Amanda Mencik
Penny J. Minna
Joyce T. Mitchell
Angela Chinwe Nwadiogbu
Lelia F. Parker
Sandy Parlett and Dan Phillips
Robin J. Pecora
Heather Posey
Marie H. Razulis
Lorrianne Rice
Neil J. Ruther
Cara Schaefer and Wilson Taliaferro
Daniel V. Schmitt, LLC
Jeff Scholnick
Dennis Shaffer
Allison Baker Shealy
Anna S. Sholl
Gerard St. Ours
Sheila J. Stewart
Nancy Yvonne Stone
Katie Sutton and Scott Skrivan
Todd Troester
Conrad Varner
Kimberly and Brian Weiner
Olivia Zug

Annual Fund

Anonymous (67)
Adams Family
Renee Bronfein Ades
Brett Campbell Alcarese Welch
Bonnie and Dave Allan
James W. Almand
Shara Mervis Alpert
Ragina Amin
Robert D. Anbinder
Jose F. Anderson
Karen Anderson-Scott
Neilson P. Andrews
John C. M. Angelos
R. Kelvin Antill
Gregory Ashe
Marc Atas
AtlaGas
Jeffrey E. Attix
Susan Austin Baetjer
Kerby Baden
Rob Bader
Janet F. Badger
Dr. Raymond D. Bahr
Cynthia L. Spell and Andrew Baida
The Honorable Sherrie R. Bailey
Susan D. Baker
Richard and Kimberly Barnes
Zoa D. Barnes
Howard J. Barr
Hon. Earl W. Bartgis
Carol Ann Barthel
Rhonda Barton
Monica Basche
W. Bradley Bauhof
Howell S. Baum
Sarah Baum
John G. Bay
Jessica Beaver
Hon. Louis A. Becker III
M. Ramsay Bell
Catherine H. Bellinger
Joan Bellistri
David Bennett
Dr. Pamela R. Bennett
William T. Bennett
Scott Bergmann
Cynthia Berman
Samuel Berman
Kevin Lee Bickel
Michael Biondi
Dana L. Bius
Courtney Blair
Catherine A. Bledsoe
Richard Bloch
Randi Bocanegra
Ada L. Bohorfoush
David P. Bokow
Wilbur W. Bolton
Gale Bonanno
Frank C. Bonaventure
Hon. and Mrs. James A. Bonifant
Cynthia and Robert Bonsib
Renee Boston
Wilma S. Braun
Donna Brennan
Sherry Brett-Major
John Britton
Stephen Broadhead
Clifton L. Brown, Jr.
Hon. Pamila J. Brown
L. Tracy Brown
John S. Brzostowski
Tim Burch
Henry and Sara Burden
Sherry Burke
Ann-Marie Butera
Daniel W. Cagan
Walter R. Calvert
Nicole L. Campbell
Virginia T. Campbell
Charlton Campbell-Hughes
Virginia Canter
James D. Cardea
Gregory Carmean
Rudolph A. Carrico, Jr.
Meghan K. Casey
Colin Casler
Danielle Casson
Timothy J. Chance
Aasim Cheema
Anthony F. Christhilf
Telemac N. Chryssikos
Ciena Cares
John M. Clarkson III
Nancy C. Cobb
Michael Cochran
Carl C. Coe, Jr.
Vincent Colatriano
Frank D. Coleman
Sean L. Coleman
Colleen Collins
Leight D. Collins
Jack Condliffe
John J. Connolly
Curtis B. Cooper
Marjorie A. Corwin
Cheryl Countess
Liz and Ned Courtemanche
Brian Craig
Kenneth Crawford
Thomas Crowe
Page Croyder
Robert Cummings, Jr.
Roseanne Matricciani and Robert Curran
Charles M. Curtis
Paul Cygnarowicz
Sarah Czapski
Hopewell H. Darneille III
Natasha Dartigue
Garber Davidson
Julie Day
Janet Dery
Richard B. Desser
David Diggs
Kelechi Dike
Neil J. Dilloff
Lauren DiMartino
Joanne M. Dix
Kevin Docherty
Joseph Donovan
Deborah and Mark C. Dopkin
Jim Doub
John H. Doud, III
Maria-Kate Dowling
Kirk C. Downey
Deborah J. Drucker
Robert H. Drummer
Paula Goodgal Dube
Charles T. Dubin, Jr.
Thomas E. Dunigan
Wallace and Noreen Duszynski
Julie Dyer
Dyson Family Fund
Hon. Angela M. Eaves
John C. Eidleman
Eric Eisen
Hon. Judith C. Ensor
Equitable Foundation
Hon. Ted and Sallye Eschenburg, Sr. (Ret.)
Hon. John Fader, II and Kathryn K. Fader
Morton A. Faller
George H. Falter, III
Janet and Steve Fedder
Judith Feldt
Patty First
David A. Fisher
Elizabeth M. Foley
Frances Sutton Friedman and Sidney Stafford Friedman
Gordon D. Fronk
Gerry Gaeng
Nathan Gardner-Andrews
Alan F. M. & Lisa Garten
Edward Geldermann
Manuel Geraldo
Raymond Gibbs
Carol A. Gilbert
Joseph K. Githuku, Esq.
Jeffrey W. Gluck, Ph.D.
Robert Glushakow
Sally B. Gold
Avrum S. Goldberg
Rob M. Goldman
Sharon Goldsmith
Barry Goldstein and Carol Zuckerman
Louisa H Goldstein
Ezra S. Gollogly
Charles P. Goodell
Andrew Gordon
Jay Richard Gordon
Andrew Jay Graham
Tamar J. Gray
Edwin Dennis Green
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Madeleine Greene AFC
John & Beverly Griffith
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Alan and Barbara Grochal
Charles Gross
Michael E. Gross
James M. Grosser
Arlene M. Grove
Elizabeth L. Grove
Teri M. Guarnaccia
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Susan H. Hamburg
Calvin I. Hamburger
Lamont Handy
Hon. Edward Hargadon (ret.)
Joy Y. Hatchette
Franzella Hayward Starkey
H. Victoria Hedian
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Margaret Henn and Gian M. Bonetti
Jess Herrera
Christine Hill
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Ronald R. Holden
Hon. Ellen L. Hollander
Lorenzo Holloway
Gary Honick
Thomas S. Hood
Junwei W. Hou
Jessica Hughes
Michael H. Hughes
John D. Hungerford
Marian Tuminelli Hwang
Ima Ibidapo
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Mike Innocenzo
Kamil Ismail
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Harry Sterling Johnson
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William Kahn
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Karas & Bradford
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Samay Kindra
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Evelyn F. Knolle
Frederick L. Kobb
Frederick Singley Koontz
Ibrahim Koroma
Eric G. Korphage
Jerry Kraisinger
Mary J. Kretschmer
Hon. Warren Krug
Raj Kudchadkar
David N. Kuryk
Lawrence S. Lanahan, Jr.
Jim and Ann Lano
Andrew Lapayowker and Sarah McCafferty
Erika Latchis
Richard Lebovitz
Jack D. Lebowitz
Stephen Lee
Stephen M. LeGendre
Lawrence Lerman
Edward and Cheri Wyron Levin
Jason Levine
Lauren Levy
Pamela Lew
Barbara Poklis Lewis
John R. Lewis
Jennifer L. Lewis-David
William C. Lieblich
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Barbara A. Lingg
David J. Lipinski
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Cristina Lopez Juarez
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Tom Lynch
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Andrew MacDonald
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Lynne Malone
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Lisa Manning
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June Marshall
Kyriakos Marudas
Maryland Charity Campaign
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Trish Maskew
Hilary Matzinger
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Lora McCray
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Hudson Miller
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Thomas Monahan
Nicholas Mongelluzzo
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Jonathan Edward Montgomery
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John F. Morkan
Robert R. Morrow
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Kevin Murphy
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Matthew D. Osnos
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Grover C. Outland III
Robert Owings
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Leo F. Partridge
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Wendy M. Pellow
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Anne S. Perkins
Thomas G. Peter
Amy Petkovsek
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Larry Polen
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Hanifa Pressley
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Leslie Pujo
Rosemary Pye
Aaron P. Rapoport, MD
Thomas Reardon
Dana Reed
LaVonda N. Reed
Thomas J. Renner
Christopher J. Reynolds
Douglas and Eileen Riley
Sandra Humphries Riviears
Lydia S. Robinson
Marc W. Rock
Stephen Randall Rourke
Kathryn M. Rowe
Brian K. Roy
Michael S. Rubenstein
Benjamin Rubin
Sharon S. Rubin
Nancy H. Russell-Forrester
Laure Ruth
James Ryan
Regina M. Ryan
Fred Ryland
Antonio Salazar
Rachel Samakow
Ingrid E. Sampson
David Sandler
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Diana Savit
Jerome C. Schaefer
Jerry Schaefer
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Schlaich & Thompson, Chartered
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Michael and Susan Schrock
Vicki Schultz
Ira Schwartz
David Scull
Hon. Mark F. Scurti
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Paul Sevigny
Lawrence A. Shulman
Catherine M. Shultz
Brian P. Siegel
Dennis G. Silverman
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Betsy D. Simon, M.S., CHES
Adonia R. Simpson
Andrew N. Sindler
Mary Christine Sinelli
Jana B. Singer and Larry R. Sidman
Gregory R. Singleton
Michelle Siri
Robert M. Skelton
Darlene A. Skinner
Thomas G. Slater
Bob and Jackie Smelkinson
Christopher P Smith
Jonathan D. Smith
Valerie Johnston Smith
Mary Alice Smolarek
Lee M. Snyder
Michael Sonnenfeld
Lloyd Spivak
John Stabile
Jamaal Stafford
Meg Staines
Joyce Hatcher Stanley
David J. Staudt
Nevett Steele, Jr.
William Steinwedel
Karen and Craig Sterner
Ferrier Stillman
Robert Stockman
Pamela J. Stone
Walter R. Stone
Alexis P. Storey
Eric Stravitz
Diane Sullivan
Robert A. Suls
Cecil Sutherland
Courtney Swears
George and Pamela Swegman
Rebecca T. Simmons
Randi Tannenbaum
Linda Tanton
Vanita M. Taylor
Eden Terenzini
Joseph B. Tetrault
Shree Thaker
James Thomas
Susan Beth Thomas
Diane April Thompson
Lt. Col. Paul G. Thomson
Jerrold Thrope
Jennifer Tosky
Jayne Touati
Brian Tretick
Hon. Keith R. Truffer
Allan and Kumiko Urgent
Katie Vaeth
Emily Vainieri
Derek van de Walle
Tim VanCisin
Steven W. Vanderbosch
Lauren Vaughan
Gerard Vetter
Armand J. Volta, Jr.
Lawrence I. Wachtel
O.T. Walker
Jourdan Wallace
Anne Wallerstedt
Michele Bresnick Walsh
Troy and Rita Walters
Beth and David Wanger
Hon. Shirley M. Watts
J.W. Thompson Webb
Hon. Brian Weeks
Cameron Weiffenbach
Lauren Weirauch
Leesa N. Weiss
Christine Wells
Edward L. Wender
Cheri Wendt-Taczak
Kathleen Michele Werner
Diane Wessel
Anne Marie Westerbaan-Klein
Anne M. Wheeler
Eugene White
Hon. Pamela J. White (ret.)
James Wilkins
Andrea D. Williams
Lauren H. Williams
Jane A. Wilson
Michelle Winbush
Gloria Worch
Tracy Yaffe
Yumkas, Vidmar, Sweeney & Mulrenin, LLC

Tributes

In Honor of Elanna Bellofatto | David Kammarman
In Honor of Richard Costella | Margaret Costella (2)
In Honor of John Higgins | Rosemary Pye
In Honor of Steven Kappen | Hilary Shaw Matzinger
In Honor of Heather Posey | Frost Law
In Honor of Jamie Tansey | Elizabeth D. Courtemanche
In Honor of D’Sean Williams-Brown | David G. Sommer
In Honor of Emily Wilson | The Venable Foundation

In Memory of Samantha Castronovo | Ingrid Castronovo
In Memory of James Willard Davis | Michael N Schleupner Jr.,
In Memory of Henry Eigles | Norma Eigles
In Memory of Timothy Fizer | Lorainne Hench
In Memory of John Geraldo | Manuel R. Geraldo
In Memory of Ken Kirk | Nathan Gardner-Andrews
In Memory of Ron Landsman | Luke McQueen
In Memory of Don McPherson III | Ann Mary Teaff, Katie Gugler
In Memory of Kirk Osborn | Terrence Michael Nolan
In Memory of Margaret Weekes Reynolds | Christopher John Reynolds
In Memory of Judge David Ross | Dorene Rothmann
In Memory of Ed Rudetsky | Nancy W. Berman (2)
In Memory of James F. Schneider | Brooke Schumm III
In Memory of Michael G. Wolff | Jeffrey Orenstein

Legacy Society

Members of the legacy society have notified MVLS of their plans to leave a bequest that supports justice for all.

Lawrence D. Coppel
Susan Francis and Sandy Daniels
Mary T. Keating
Alex Montanio
Susan T. Preston
Richard J. Shaker

You can learn more about planned giving here or simply email ttroester@mvlslaw.org.

Fiscal Year 2025 | July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025

*Financials as of 10/1/2025

 

 

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