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Representatives of organizations selected by Attorney General: Stanton Ades, P.D.; Robert H. Bass, M.D.; Teresa M. Bianco, R.N.; Alisa Billington, P.D.; Ed Bordin, M.D., J.D.; Father Timothy Brown, J.D.; Stephen C. Buckingham, Esq.; Rev. James J. Conn, J.D., J.C.D.; Ann Marie Doory; Virginia A. Dulany, M.D.; Thomas Finucane, M.D.; Janet H. Forlini, J.D.; Moises Fraiman, M.D.; F. Michael Gloth III, M.D.; Patricia Grimm, Ph.D., R.N.; Stuart Grossman, M.D.; Kathryn Hall; Diane E. Hoffman, Esq.; Paula C. Hollinger; Marion Keenan; Steven A. Levenson, M.D.; Sandra Martin, R.N.; Camilla O. McRory, Esq.; Joseph A. Mead, Jr., M.D.; Leonardo Ortega; Robert G. Rosenberg, M.D.; William Russell; Robert J. Ryan, Esq.; Clyde R. Shallenberger, D.D.; Henry Silverman, M.D.; George Smith; James Springrose, M.D.; Peter Staats, M.D.; Claudia L. Thomas, M.D.; Sue Vaeth; Janet Will, R.N.; Cheryl E. Winchell, M.D.; Jack M. Zimmerman, M.D.
Contacts: Jack Schwartz, Office of Attorney General (410) 576-6344
Ruth Gaare, Bioethics Institute, The Johns Hopkins University (410) 614-4188
Assistant Attorneys General: Mary O. Lunden; Kimberly S. Ward.
Assistant Attorneys General: R. Hartman Roemer; Meredyth S. Andrus; John R. Tennis.
Assistant Attorneys General: John B. Howard, Jr.; Kathleen A. Morse; Elisabeth A. Sachs; Steven M. Sullivan.
Assistant Attorneys General: Glenn W. Bell; David Kennedy; Gloria Wilson Shelton.
Assistant Attorney General: Susan Whiteford
e-mail:
consumer@oag.state.md.us
Assistant Attorneys General: Rebecca G. Bowman; Jennifer S. Pressman; Steven Sakamoto-Wengel; Philip D. Ziperman.
Cheryl L. Hystad, 1998; Juan F. Mercado, 1998; Edna D. Butcher, 2002; J. Kirby Fowler, Jr., Esq., 2002; Frank A. Porter, 2002; Anne B. Powell, 2006; A. Kimbrough Sherman, Ph.D., 2006; Mark Silbergeld, Esq., 2006.
Ex officio: William Leibovici, Chief, Division of Consumer Protection
EDUCATION UNIT
HEALTH CLUB REGISTRATION UNIT
HEALTH EDUCATION & ADVOCACY UNIT
INVESTIGATIVE UNIT
MEDIATION UNIT
Assistant Attorneys General: Thomas K. Clancy; Celia A. Davis; Emmet Davitt; Kathryn Grill Graeff; Mary Ann Ince; Rachel Kamins; Diane E. Keller; M. Jennifer Landis; Regina H. Lewis; Annabelle L. Lisic; Devy Patterson Russell.
Assistant Attorneys General: H. Scott Lewis; Eileen McInerney.
Assistant Attorneys General: Catherine Schuster Pascale; one vacancy.
Assistant Attorneys General: David E. Beller; Douglas Carrey-Beaver; Julia P. Davis; Jennifer L. Forrence; Leigh S. Halstad; Stanley Turk.
Assistant Attorneys General: Maureen W. David; Anne C. Love Donahue; Thomas Faulk; Vicki Gaul; Susan A. Griisser; Carolyn Kone; Elena Langrill; Jacqueline W. Mintz; Susan M. Somerville-Hawes; Sara Slaff; Sally Swann.
Assistant Attorneys General: Sandra J. Cohen; Richard E. Israel; Kathryn M. Rowe.
Assistant Attorneys General: T. Webster Brenner; Dale Cantone; Lucy Cardwell; Timothy Cox; Julie L. Tewey.
COMPLAINT HANDLING UNIT
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ADMINISTRATION
Beverly M. Pivec, Director (410) 576-6442CENTRAL FILES, COPY CENTER, & MAIL SERVICES
Frances Thurlow, Records Manager (410) 576-6490FISCAL & PERSONNEL OFFICE
Beverly M. Pivec, Fiscal & Personnel Officer (410) 576-6442LIBRARY
Beverly G. Rubenstein, Librarian (410) 576-6400SECRETARIAL MANAGEMENT
Karen Taylor Gibson, Manager (410) 576-6432SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION
Nancy C. Pinn, Administrator (410) 576-6580ANTITRUST DIVISION
(C81C0006, formerly 22.03.00.06)
FY1998 appropriation: $780,995
FY1998 authorized positions: 11
Ellen S. Cooper, Counsel (410) 576-6470
Alan M. Barr, Deputy Counsel (410) 576-6470
CIVIL LITIGATION DIVISION
(C81C0014, formerly 22.03.00.14)
FY1998 appropriation: $1,334,644
FY1998 authorized positions: 19
Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill, Chief of Litigation (410) 576-6345
Maureen M. Dove, Deputy Chief of Litigation (410) 576-6330
Andrew H. Baida, Senior Counsel, Appellate Litigation (410) 576-6318
Laura C. McWeeney, Supervising Attorney, Tort Claims (410) 576-6965
CORRECTIONAL LITIGATION UNIT
(C81C0018, formerly 22.03.00.18)
FY1998 appropriation: $355,157
FY1998 authorized positions: 6
Stephanie Lane-Weber, Counsel (410) 576-6340
OFFICE OF COURTS & JUDICIAL AFFAIRS
Julia M. Freit, Counsel (410) 576-7292
DIVISION OF CONSUMER PROTECTION
(C81C0005, formerly 22.03.00.05)
FY1998 appropriation: $2,298,807
FY1998 authorized positions: 39.5
William Leibovici, Counsel (410) 576-6557
William D. Gruhn, Deputy Counsel (410) 576-6556
John H. Nethercut, Deputy Counsel (410) 476-6556
World Wide Web:
http://www.oag.state.md.us/Consumer/index.htm
CONSUMER COUNCIL
Appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent:
Nancy T. Perry, Chair, 1998 (410) 576-6573
ARBITRATION UNIT
Malcolm Ringel, Director (410) 576-6591
Jackie Ward, Director (410) 576-6578
Sidney Francois, Administrator (410) 576-6587
Kevin M. Simpson, Director (410) 576-7216
Christopher M. Waldt, Director (410) 576-6569
Rebecca G. Bowman, Director (410) 576-6553CRIMINAL APPEALS DIVISION
(C81C0015, formerly 22.03.00.15)
FY1998 appropriation: $1,362,287
FY1998 authorized positions: 20
Gary E. Bair, Chief (410) 576-6422
Vacancy, Deputy Chief (410) 576-6421
Gwynn X. Kinsey, Jr., Senior Counsel, Capital Litigation (410) 576-6426
Ann N. Bosse, Senior Counsel, Federal Habeas Corpus Litigation (410) 576-6419
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION
(C81C0016, formerly 22.03.00.16)
FY1998 appropriation: $838,793
FY1998 authorized positions: 12
Carolyn H. Henneman, Chief (410) 576-6380
Vacancy, Deputy Chief (410) 576-6380
HEALTH CARE FRAUD UNIT
Sidney Rocke, Supervising Attorney (410) 576-6394MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL UNIT
(C81C0009, formerly 22.03.00.09)
FY1998 appropriation: $1,382,979
FY1998 authorized positions: 20
Carolyn J. McElroy, Director (410) 576-6521
Timothy U. Sharp, Deputy Director (410) 576-6521
ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL WITH STATE AGENCIES
Department of Budget & Management
Cecilia Januszkiewicz, Counsel (410) 576-6316
David R. Durfee, Jr., Deputy Counsel (410) 767-4725
Assistant Attorneys General: Geoffrey J. C. Boyd; Michael S. Friedman; Beverley Hughes.Department of the Environment
Denise Ferguson-Southard, Counsel (410) 631-3053
Christina G. Beusch, Deputy Counsel (410) 631-3048
M. Rosewin Sweeney, Deputy Counsel (410) 631-3502
Assistant Attorneys General: Jean K. Belt; David R. Burke; Ellen W. Cohill; J. Van Lear Dorsey; Robert Fields; Vickie L. Gaul; Kathy M. Kinsey; Kenneth W. Long, Jr.; Susan F. Martielli; Valerie J. Smith; Elaine R. Wilford; Stephanie C. Williams; Jennifer Wurzbacher; Nancy W. Young.Environmental Crimes Unit
Howard P. Nicholson, Counsel (410) 631-3025
Assistant Attorney General: John R. LillyDepartment of Health & Mental Hygiene
Daniel J. O'Brien, Jr., Counsel (410) 767-1860
Timothy P. Paulus, Deputy Counsel, Boards & Commissions (410) 767-5829
Margaret Ann Nolan, Deputy Counsel (410) 767-1867
Assistant Attorneys General: Adina N. Amith; Paul J. Ballard; Richard Bardos; Lisa A. Barkan; Jean Baron; Helen E. Bowlus; Janet K. Brown; Barbara A. Francis; Robert J. Gilbert; Roberta L. Gill; Sherrai V. Hamm; Alice D. Ike; Elizabeth M. Kameen; Thomas W. Keech; Wendy A. Kronmiller; John F. Lessner; David R. Morgan; Kathleen A. Morse; Cynthia G. Peltzman; Victoria H. Pepper; Jane E. Pilliod; Erin R. Reilly; Dawn L. Rubin; C. Frederick Ryland; Susan B. Steinberg; Catherine B. Tackney; Nancy P. Tennis; Joel L. Tornari; Anthony K. Waters; Suellen Wideman.State Health Services Cost Review Commission
Stanley Lustman, Counsel (410) 764-2576
Assistant Attorney General: Leslie C. SchulmanDepartment of Human Resources
Catherine M. Shultz, Counsel (410) 767-7726
Millicent Edwards Gordon, Deputy Counsel (410) 767-7726
Darcy R. Massof, Chief Counsel for Baltimore City Dept. of Social Services (410) 361-2338
Assistant Attorneys General: Sandra I. Barnes; Danielle Donner; Cathy A. Dryden; Angela Eaves; Judith L. Fitzgerald; Wendy J. Greenberg; Steven D. Keller; Carole J. Messerschmidt; Shelley E. Mintz; Turhand E. Robinson; Joseph B. Spillman, Jr.Department of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation
Elizabeth Hartley Trimble, Counsel (410) 333-6450
Jonathan R. Krasnoff, Deputy Counsel (410) 333-4317
Susan M. Cherry, Chief of Litigation (410) 333-4315
Assistant Attorneys General: Andrew D. Auerbach; Jean Baker; David P. Bird; Sherrie T. Black; Jessica Carter; Thomas Gournaris; Joel A. Jacobson; Lynn Jaeger; Kris M. King; Sloane Fried Kinstler; Philip H. Lohrey, Jr.; Peter Martin; Carolyn Resnick-Camras; Gaston J. Sigur III; Bruce C. Spizler; Milena Trust; Carolyn B. Wescott; Alanna A. Wilkinson.Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services
Stuart M. Nathan, Counsel (410) 764-4070
Richard B. Rosenblatt, Deputy Counsel (410) 764-4071
Assistant Attorneys General: Steven G. Hildenbrand; Susan Howe Baron; Michele J. McDonald.Division of Correction
Alan D. Eason, Counsel (410) 764-4191
Assistant Attorneys General: Michael O. Doyle; Scott S. Oakley; Karl A. Pothier.Division of Pretrial Detention & Services
Assistant Attorney General: Glenn T. Marrow (410) 209-4286Department of State Police
Betty S. Sconion, Counsel (410) 653-4223
Assistant Attorneys General: Mark H. Bowen; Donald E. Hoffman; Richard Kastendieck; Kimberly E. Rice.Office of Administrative Hearings
Assistant Attorney General: Julia M. Freit (410) 576-7292State Administrative Board of Election Laws
Kathleen Hoke Dachille, Counsel (410) 576-7902Maryland Energy Administration
Michael Brent Hare, Counsel (410) 974-3751Maryland Insurance Administration
Dennis W. Carroll, Jr., Counsel (410) 468-2030
John R. Hargrove, Jr., Deputy Counsel
Assistant Attorneys General: Gary Alexander; Elizabeth Buechner; Erik Delfosse; Ren Tundermann; Dorothy Wilson.Insurance Fraud Unit
Michael DiPietro, Counsel (410) 468-2403
Assistant Attorney General: Nathan BravermanSubsequent Injury Fund
Sophia L. Swope, Counsel (410) 321-2940
Assistant Attorneys General: George E. Barrett, Jr.; Ellen M. Dunn; David R. Jones; Irving B. Klitzner; Theodore R. McKeldin, Jr.; Barbara S. Zerolnick.Uninsured Employers Fund
James W. Himes, Counsel (410) 321-4137
Assistant Attorneys General: Esther H. Goldring; James P. A. O'Conor, Jr.DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
Donna Hill Staton, Deputy Attorney General (410) 576-7051
CONTRACT LITIGATION DIVISION
(C81C0020, formerly 22.03.00.20)
FY1998 appropriation (reimbursable): $1,242,497
FY1998 authorized positions: 16
William A. Kahn, Counsel (410) 576-6991
Dana A. Reed, Deputy Counsel (410) 576-6991
EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION
(C81C0017, formerly 22.03.00.17)
FY1998 appropriation: $462,082
FY1998 authorized positions: 9
John K. Anderson, Counsel (410) 576-6450
Dawna Cobb, Deputy Counsel (410) 576-7650
Vacancy, Senior Counsel, Advice (410) 576-6457
Mark J. Davis, Senior Counsel, Litigation (410) 576-7053
Rachel E. Zelkind, Senior Counsel, Transactions (410) 576-6462
Maryland Higher Education Commission (410) 974-2519
Assistant Attorney General: Pace J. McConkieMaryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (410) 706-8514
Assistant Attorneys General: Sarah E. Sette; one vacancyMaryland Public Broadcasting Commission
George E. Hughes III, Counsel (410) 581-4028
Assistant Attorney General: Susan F. MeoniLEGISLATIVE OFFICE
Robert A. Zarnoch, Counsel (410) 841-3889
DIVISION OF SECURITIES
(C81C0004, formerly 22.03.00.04)
FY1998 appropriation: $1,629,993
FY1998 authorized positions: 28
Robert N. McDonald, Securities Commissioner (410) 576-6362
Melanie S. Lubin, Deputy Commissioner
(410) 576-6365
e-mail:
securities@oag.state.md.us
World Wide Web:
http://www.oag.state.md.us/Securities/index.htm
ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL WITH STATE AGENCIES
Department of Agriculture
Craig A. Nielsen, Counsel (410) 841-5883
Assistant Attorney General: Thomas F. FilbertDepartment of Business & Economic Development
Laila K. Atallah, Counsel (410) 767-6446
Barbara G. Swain, Deputy Counsel (410) 767-6447
Assistant Attorneys General: James G. Davis; Susan Dubin; Ilene S. Garten; Mark K. Harrison; Barbara Curnin Kountz; W. David Rawle; Ira Schwartz; William Single III.State Department of Education
Valerie V. Cloutier, Counsel (410) 576-6465
JoAnn G. Goedert, Deputy Counsel (410) 576-6453
Assistant Attorneys General: Laurie Burton-Graham; Dana H. Murray; Gwen B. Tromley.Department of General Services
Vacancy, Counsel (410) 767-4992
Assistant Attorney General: John H. ThorntonDepartment of Housing & Community Development
William N. Fitzpatrick, Jr., Counsel (410) 514-7800
Philip J. Deters, Deputy Counsel (410) 514-7800
Assistant Attorneys General: Athena K. Alexandrides; Jan B. Bryant; Teresa Drakopulos; Hans Froehlicher IV; Judy K. Maistrellis; Anthony J. Mohan; David M. Porter; Arnold A. Sheetz; Honora W. Sutor.Department of Juvenile Justice
Bruce P. Martin, Counsel (410) 780-7820
Romaine N. Williams, Deputy Counsel (410) 780-7820
Assistant Attorney General: Robert T. FontaineDepartment of Natural Resources
Joseph P. Gill, Counsel (410) 260-8350
Marianne D. Mason, Deputy Counsel (410) 260-8351
Assistant Attorneys General: Pamela D. Andersen; Stuart G. Buppert II; Beverly J. Cihan; Shaun Fenlon; Christine K. McSherry; Pamela P. Quinn; Rachel E. Pappafotis.Department of Transportation
Edward R. K. Hargadon, Counsel (410) 865-1105
Thomas G. Peter, Deputy Counsel (410) 865-1107
Assistant Attorneys General: Deborah A. Donohue; Anita E. Hilson; one vacancy.Maryland Aviation Administration
Louisa H. Goldstein, Counsel (410) 859-7067
Assistant Attorneys General: Joy Sakamoto-Wengel; Janice G. Salzman.Maryland Port Administration
M. Catherine Orleman, Counsel (410) 385-4432
Assistant Attorneys General: Donald A. Krach; Deborah M. Levine.Maryland Transportation Authority
Steven W. Vanderbosch, Counsel (410) 288-8426
Assistant Attorneys General: Karen Kruger; Gisele M. Mathews.Mass Transit Administration
Irwin M. Brown, Counsel (410) 767-3871
Assistant Attorneys General: Kathleen J. Masterton; Jack R. Sturgill.Motor Vehicle Administration
Jonathan W. Acton II, Counsel (410) 768-7440
Brian G. Kim, Deputy Counsel (410) 768-7415
Assistant Attorneys General: Leight D. Collins; Sheila E. Lundy-Moreau; Dore J. Lebowitz.State Highway Administration
Edward S. Harris, Counsel (410) 545-0050
Pamila J. Brown, Deputy Counsel (410) 545-0070
Janet Bush Handy, Deputy Counsel (410) 545-0060
Assistant Attorneys General: James R. Avnet; Richard T. Brice IV; Michael Kenney; Robert C. Loskot; Scot D. Morrell; Libby C. Reimer; Kevin Reynolds; Linda D. Strozyk; Frank W. Wilson.
Special Counsel: Sidney S. Campen, Jr.; Robert L. Gray; Nancy L. Miller; Peyton Paul Phillips; George H. White.Office on Aging
Jeffrey H. Myers, Counsel (410) 767-1110State Archives
Richard E. Israel, Counsel (410) 841-3889State Department of Assessments & Taxation
David M. Lyon, Counsel (410) 767-1283
Assistant Attorneys General: Jeffrey G. Comen; William K. Hammond.Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
Mark D. McCurdy, Counsel (410) 269-8626
Assistant Attorney General: Victoria M. BurgessComptroller of the Treasury
Gerald I. Langbaum, Counsel (410) 974-2808
John K. Barry, Senior Counsel, Supplemental Retirement Board (410) 974-2808Compliance Division
Deborah B. Bacharach, Counsel (410) 767-1561
Assistant Attorneys General: Sheldon H. Laskin; Renee Nacrelli.Maryland Environmental Service
Sean L. Coleman, Counsel (410) 974-7224
Assistant Attorney General: Robert L. MunroeMaryland Food Center Authority
Sandra J. Cohen, Counsel (410) 841-3889State Lottery Agency
Andrea D. Johnson, Counsel (410) 318-6386
Assistant Attorney General: Michele Levister; Laura F. Davies Tilley.Office of Planning
Shelley S. Wasserman, Counsel (410) 767-4500State Retirement & Pension System
Harriet B. Granet, Counsel (410) 767-4036
Assistant Attorneys General: Robert D. Feinstein; Carla Goldman Katzenberg.Maryland Stadium Authority
Alison L. Asti, Counsel (410) 333-1560State Treasurer
Elizabeth S. Roese, Counsel (410) 974-5927
Laura C. McWeeney, Deputy Counsel
DEFUNCT UNITS
ARBITRATION UNIT
Under Division of Consumer Protection, merged with Complaint Handling Unit to form Mediation Unit in 1997.
Under Division of Consumer Protection, merged with Arbitration Unit to form Mediation Unit in 1997.
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