The Daily Record and the Maryland State Bar Association are proud to honor Maryland’s legal leaders. These awards pay tribute to the ways in which legal professionals are serving businesses, clients and individuals across Maryland and making our businesses and communities stronger.
Awards Celebration
April 25, 2024
Hilton Baltimore BWI Airport
1739 W. Nursery Road, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090
4:30 p.m. – Food Stations, Drinks and Networking
5:30 p.m. – Awards Celebration
6:30 p.m. – Dessert Reception, Drinks and Networking
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CATEGORIES
LEGAL EDUCATOR: Honors law professors, administrators or instructors who demonstrate excellence and a deep commitment to teaching, preparing students for the always evolving legal profession and representing the highest ideals of the profession.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Honors lawyers whose careers have helped shape the legal landscape in Maryland and who have shown longstanding commitment to the community.
LEADERSHIP IN LAW: Honors attorneys and judges who have shown tremendous dedication to the legal profession and selfless, tireless commitment to the community.
GENERATION J.D.: Honors attorneys who have been admitted to the bar for 10 years or less and demonstrate professional accomplishment, community service and a strong commitment to the legal profession early in their careers.
IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: Honors companies’ in-house counsel for the critical role they play in making their companies successful.
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Honors attorneys and others in our community who excel at alternative dispute resolution and are able to help parties avoid costly litigation.
JUSTICE CHAMPION: Honors attorneys with policy roles fighting for access to justice.
PARALEGAL: Honors paralegals who do outstanding work to help their law firms succeed.
LAW FIRM SUPPORT STAFF: Honors Law Firm COOs, Administrators, Law Marketing/Communication Directors, etc. who do outstanding work to help their law firms succeed.
LAW FIRM INNOVATION: Honors law firms that have taken innovative steps to move forward and stay ahead of trends in what clients are looking for from their legal representation.
CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES: Honors attorneys from area civil legal services.
DEALMAKERS: Honors corporate and transactional attorneys who get the deals done.
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2024 Honorees
2024 Top Leader in Law
Erek L. Barron
United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland
Lifetime Achievement Honorees
Meryl D. Burgin
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Hon. Amy D. Lorenzini
Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County
Benjamin Rosenberg
Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP
Leadership in Law Honorees
Erek L. Barron
United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland
Stephan Y. Brennan
Iliff, Meredith, Wildberger & Brennan P.C.
Jacqueline Brooks
Duane Morris LLP
Hon. Wayne A. Brooks
Howard County District Court
Renita L. Collins
Baltimore City Law Department
Philip C. Federico
Baird Mandalas Brockstedt and Federico
Debbie Feinstein
Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office
Molly E. G. Ferraioli
Miles & Stockbridge
Rebecca A. Fleming, Esq.
Turnbull, Nicholson & Sanders
Douglas Gansler
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
George Hermina
Hermina Law Group
Kate McDonough
McDonough Law
Christopher S. Norman
Wais, Vogelstein, Forman, Koch & Norman LLC
Amy M. Orsi
Law Offices of Markey & Orsi
Thomas K. Prevas
Saul Ewing
Hon. Diana Elise Smith
District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City
Hon. Shaem C.P. Spencer
Anne Arundel County District Court
H. Mark Stichel
RKW LLC
Lucas F. Webster
Davis, Agnor, Rapaport & Skalny LLC
Robert Wells
Baker Donelson
Nicole A. Williams, Esq.
Rees Broome P.C.
Generation J.D. Honorees
Jamie L. Alvarado-Taylor
Stein, Sperling Bennett DeJong Driscoll P.C.
Susan DuMont
Miles & Stockbridge
Joyce Roldan King
Frederick County State’s Attorney’s Office
Samantha A. Miller
Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
Derek Van De Walle
Baltimore City Law Department
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Hon. James R. Eyler (Ret.)
Eyler Dispute Resolution
In-House Counsel
Taren Butcher
Allegis Group Inc.
I. DeAndrei Drummond
TEKsystems Inc.
David Oestreicher
T. Rowe Price
Ira Schwartz
TEDCO-Office of the Attorney General
Sky Woodward
Helping Up Mission Inc.
Law Firm Support Staff
Onica D. Barnes
City of Baltimore Law Department
Valerie Lohr, CLM
Schochor, Staton, Goldberg and Cardea P.A.
Philisa Rogers
Disability Rights Maryland Inc.
Paralegal
Tia M. Robinson
Seventh Judicial Circuit/Circuit Court for Prince George’s County
Kerrie Thomas
Schochor, Staton, Goldberg and Cardea P.A.
Past Honorees
2023 Honorees
2022 Honorees
2021 Honorees
2020 Honorees
2019 Honorees
2018 Honorees
2017 Honorees
Click here to see a database of past honorees.
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Thank you so much. What a fantastic event! It was such an honor to receive one of the Generation JD awards.
I am thankful to you and the Daily Record team. It was very clear to me and everyone else in attendance just how much work went into coordinating and executing the event.
— Jonathan A. Havens (Generation J.D. winner)
Thank you and the Editor, the Publisher and staff of the Daily Record for the lovely reception and dinner event last night at the Hotel at Arundel Preserve for the Leadership in Law Awards ceremony. The new hotel was a great new venue and beautiful in a clean modern way. It was also fun to meet and greet so many friends and bar leaders from around the state. The award recipients were truly honored and the ceremony and the food was excellent. You are all to be congratulated.
– James L. Thompson (Leadership in Law Winner, Leadership in Law judge)
You put together an extraordinary event. I am totally impressed with your efforts, as was everyone at my table. GOOD JOB!!
– Julie
We thought Leadership in Law was well done. We had never been to a function at that hotel and we were very impressed with the food and quality. The program was short enough and did not drag on. The video presentation was very good also. We had a full table and our guests were also impressed with the event. Good job.
– Gary R. Alexander, Esq., Alexander & Cleaver P.A. (Leadership in Law Winner)