Memberships
Membership
Professional Activities
•AV Peer Review Rated: Martindale-Hubbell
•American Arbitration Association Roster of Neutrals, 2013
•Named in Best Lawyers in America, 2013, Commercial Litigation
•Listed in Baltimore's Legal Elite in Baltimore SmartCEO Magazine, 2010, 2011
•Listed as a Rising Star in Maryland Super Lawyers, 2009 - present
•Co-Chair: Maryland State Bar Association Judicial Appointments Committee, 2011 to date
•Member: Committee to develop Suggested Protocol for Discovery of Electronically Stored Information for United States District Court for the District of Maryland
•Vice Chair: Baltimore County Sitting Judges Slate, 2011 to date
Executive Committee, 2008 to date
•Adjunct Professor: University of Baltimore School of Law, 2007 to date
•Volunteer: Maryland Volunteer Legal Service
Professional Memberships
•Member: American Bar Association
•Member: Baltimore County Bar Association
•Member: Bar Association of Baltimore City
•Member: Defense Research Institute, Publications Chair, Complex Commercial Litigation Specialized Litigation Group
•Member: Maryland Defense Counsel
Civic and Community Involvement
•President: Perry Hall Improvement Association, 2010 to date
•Board Member: Baltimore County Public Schools Education Foundation, 2011 to date
•Member: Essex Middle River White Marsh Chamber of Commerce
•Member: Perry Hall White Marsh Business Association
•Member: Loyola Blakefield Alumni Association
•Member: Saint Michael the Archangel School Advisory Council, 2001-2009
Chair, 2003-2006
•Volunteer: Guiding Eyes for the Blind
•Volunteer: Believe in Tomorrow Children's Foundation
Presentations on Legal Issues
•Navigating Discovery Obligations: It's Not Just For Litigators Anymore, Lexwork International, Business Law Group, October 17, 2008
•Navigating the Discovery of Electronically Stored Information in U.S. Federal Courts, Northern Virginia Bankruptcy Bar Association, January 15, 2009
•Appeared before the Maryland Court of Appeals on behalf of the Maryland Defense Counsel and Lawyers for Civil Justice to advocate the organizations' position regarding proposed changes to the Maryland Rules of Civil Procedure governing the discovery of electronically stored information, December 3, 2007
•Electronically Stored Information: What You Don't Know Might Hurt You, Association of Corporation Counsel, Maryland Chapter, December 13, 2006
•Perry Hall/White Marsh Business Association's Jumpstart Your Business Symposium, January 19, 2010
Articles regarding Legal Issues
• Dealing with the Inevitable: Practical Considerations in Defending Merger Objection Lawsuits, For the Defense, October 2013
•Class Action SLG: Supreme Court Extinguishes Effort to Avoid CAFA Jurisdiction in Standard Fire, DRI: The Voice of the Defense Bar, Volume 16, Issue 4, May 3, 2013
•Are Your Employees Properly Classified?, Lexology, January 15, 2010
•Managing Your Business Records, Perry Hall/White Marsh Business Association Newsletter, March 2007
•Protecting the Intangible, Perry Hall/White Marsh Business Association Newsletter, April 2007
•Copyrights: They're not just for mimes, Perry Hall/White Marsh Business Association Newsletter, May 2007
•Making Your Mark: Understanding Trademarks, Perry Hall/White Marsh Business Association Newsletter, June 2007
•Handing Over the Family Business, Perry Hall/White Marsh Business Association Newsletter, July 2007