ATTORNEY PROFILES

Areas of Practice

• Civil Litigation
• Employment/Labor Law
• Municipal Law
• Zoning Law
• Planning and Land Use
• Government

Bar Admissions

• Maryland, 1980
• U.S. District Court District of Maryland, 1983
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1999
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 2006

Education

• The College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1980
  J.D.
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Order of Barristers
  
  
• Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, 1977
  B.A.
  Honors: Magna Cum Laude
  
  

Published Works

• "The Family and Medical Leave Act at Work: Getting Employees to Value Families" (Co-Author), 4 Virginia Journal of Social Policy & the Law 225, 1996
• "For Employers, the Paper Trail Starts with a Written Personnel Policy", 12 The Law Clerk 2, 1997
• "Can't Buy Me Leave: Looking for Effective FMLA Remedies", Maryland Trial Lawyers Association Reporter, 2007

Representative Cases

• Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene v. Phoebus, 319 Md. 710 ( 1990)
• Zazanis v. Gold Coast Mall, Inc., 63 Md. App. 364 ( 1985)
• Knussman v. State of Maryland, 935 F. Supp. 659 (D Md) ( 1996)
• Knussman v. State of Maryland, 16 F. Supp. 2d 601 (D Md) ( 1998)
• Knussman v. State of Maryland, 65 F. Supp. 2d. 353 (D Md) ( 1999)
• Smack v. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 134 Md. App. 412 ( 2000)
• Smack v. Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, 378 Md 298, 835 A.2d 1175 ( 2003)
• Andy's Ice Cream, Inc. v. City of Salisbury, 125 Md, App. 125, 724 A.2d 717 ( 1999)
• Knussman v. State of Maryland, 272 F. 3d 625, C.A. 4 (Md.) ( 2001)
• Montgomery v. State of Maryland, 266 F.3d 334, C.A.4 (Md.) ( 2001)
• Montgomery v. State of Maryland, 377 Md. 615, 835 A.2d 1224 ( 2003)
• Montgomery v. State of Maryland, 374 Md. 358, 822 A.2d 1224 ( 2003)
• Walker v. City of Salisbury, 170 F Supp 2d 541 (D. Md) ( 2001)
• Ford v. Dept. of Corrections, 149 Md. App. 488 ( 2001)
• Marsha A. Lewis v. Board of Education of Talbot County, et al., 262 F. Supp. 2d 608, 177 Ed. Law Rep. 1069 (D.Md.) ( 2003)
• Purnell v. State of Maryland, 330 F. Supp. 2d 551 (D.Md.) ( 2004)
• Heller v. State of Maryland, 391 Md 148 ( 2005)
• Heller v. DNR, 161 Md App. 299 ( 2005)
• Dorothy Houlihan v. Sussex Technical School District, et al, 2006 WL 3349534, 461 F. Supp 2d. 252 ( 2006)

Representative Clients

• City of Crisfield (1992-Present)
• Somerset County Sanitary District Commission (2005)
• Wor-Wic Community College (1984-2006)
• Wicomico County Housing Authority (1994-Present)

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Employment Rights for Cancer Survivors, Wellness Community of Dermania, 2009 - Present
• First Amendment Issues: Scope of an Employee's Right to Speak, MICPEL
• Americans with Disabilities Act CADA for Employers and Tax Incentives, Salisbury University Center for Professional Development / Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce, 2001 - Present

Honors and Awards

• Bouton Visiting Legal Scholar, Princeton University 1988, 1991
• Maryland ACLU Pro Bono Attorney Award, 1999 - Present
• The Daily Record Leadership in Law Award, 2004 - Present

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Wor-Wick Foundation, 1986 - 1990
  Member, Board of Trustees
  
  
• Wor-Wick Foundation, 1987 - 1990
  Chairman
  
  
• Salisbury City Council, 1986 - 1994
  Member
  
  
• Salisbury City Council, 1988 - 1994
  President
  
  
• Wicomico County Parks and Recreation Commission, 1987 - 1988
  Member
  
  
• Wicomico County Airport Commission, 1989 - 1992
  Member
  
  
• City of Salisbury Housing Task Force, 1987
  Chairman
  
  
• City of Salisbury Traffic Advisory Committee, 1994 - Present
  Chairman
  
  
• Wicomico County
  Member
  
  
• Wicomico County, 1985 - 1987
  Treasurer
  
  
• City of Salisbury Landlord Licensing Committee, 2003 - Present
  Member
  
  

Pro Bono Activities

• Life Crisis Center

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Beta Kappa

Birth Information

• February 25, 1955, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America