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J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General
Maureen M. Dove, Deputy Attorney General
Donna Hill Staton, Deputy Attorney General
200 St. Paul Place
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 576-6300
1-888-743-0023 (toll free, Maryland)
e-mail:
oag@oag.state.md.us
fax: (410) 576-6404
tdd: (410) 576-6372
web:
www.oag.state.md.us/
200 St. Paul Place, Baltimore, Maryland, January 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
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Marlene Trestman, Special Assistant (410) 576-7219
Carolyn A. Quattrocki, Special Assistant (410) 576-7299
OPINIONS, ADVICE, & LEGISLATION DIVISION
Assistant Attorneys General: Judith A. Armold; William R. Varga.
FISCAL & PERSONNEL OFFICE
LIBRARY
MAIL SERVICES & COPY CENTER
SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION
Alan M. Barr, Deputy Chief (410) 576-6470
Assistant Attorneys General: Meredyth Smith Andrus; Gary Honick; David Lapp; John R. Tennis; one vacancy.
Michael D. Berman, Deputy Chief (410) 576-6345
Assistant Attorneys General: Elizabeth M. Borinsky; William F. Brockman; Teresa M. Elguezabal; Cynthia Peltzman; Kimberly S. Ward; Melissa S. Whipkey.
Assistant Attorney General: Glenn W. Bell; Phillip Pickus.
Assistant Attorneys General: V. Scott Bailey; Rebecca G. Bowman; Lauren R. Calia; Paula M. Carmody; Jeston Hamer, Jr.; Ellen L. Kuhn; Philip D. Ziperman.
Appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent to 6-year terms:
Ex officio: William Leibovici, Chief, Division of Consumer Protection
HEALTH CLUB REGISTRATION UNIT
HEALTH EDUCATION & ADVOCACY UNIT
HOME BUILDER REGISTRATION UNIT
INVESTIGATIVE UNIT
MEDIATION UNIT
Mary Ann Ince, Deputy Chief (410) 576-6970
Ann N. Bosse, Senior Counsel, Federal Habeas Corpus Litigation (410) 576-6419
Assistant Attorneys General: Shannon E. Avery; Michelle Cole; Gregory D'Alesandro; Celia A. Davis; Steven L. Holcomb; Diane E. Keller; Edward J. Kelley; Brian Kleinbord; Jeremy M. McCoy; Sarah E. Pritzlaff; Devy Patterson Russell.
Mary Catherine (Kate) O'Donnell, Deputy Chief (410) 576-7901
FIREARMS TRAFFICKING UNIT
HEALTH CARE FRAUD UNIT
INSURANCE FRAUD UNIT
SPECIAL CRIMES UNIT
Richard Bardos, Deputy Director (410) 576-6533
Assistant Attorneys General: Eileen McInerney; Catherine Schuster Pascale; Jason Weinstock.
Assistant Attorney General: Bruce Benshoof
Department of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation
Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services
Division of Pretrial Detention & Services
Police & Correctional Training Commissions
Department of Veterans Affairs
Office of Administrative Hearings
State Board of Elections
Maryland Energy Administration
Maryland Insurance Administration
Uninsured Employers Fund
Douglas Carrey-Beaver, Deputy Chief (410) 576-6983
Assistant Attorneys General: David P. Chaisson; Kerry B. Fisher; Jennifer L. Forrence; Leigh S. Halsted; Laurie A. Lyte; Joel H. Oleinik; Joy K. Sakellaris; Stanley T. Turk.
EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION
Dawna M. Cobb, Deputy Chief (410) 576-7650
Assistant Attorneys General: Steven R. Brown; Jessica V. Carter; Maureen Walsh David; Thomas Faulk; Susan A. Griisser; Deborah S. Howard; Elena Langrill; Jill McCullough; Mary Anne O'Donnell; Carolyn W. Skolinik; Sara Slaff; Sally L. Swann.
Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (410) 706-8531
Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission
Assistant Attorneys General: Sandra J. Cohen; Bonnie A. Kirkland; Kathryn M. Rowe.
PEOPLE'S INSURANCE COUNSEL DIVISION
PUBLIC FINANCE
Assistant Attorneys General: Kelvin M. Blake; T. Webster Brenner; Lucy A. Cardwell; Timothy Cox; Julie L. Tewey; Katherine Weiskittel.
Department of Agriculture
Department of Business & Economic Development
State Department of Education
Department of General Services
Department of Housing & Community Development
Department of Juvenile Services
Department of Natural Resources
Department of Planning
Department of Transportation
Maryland Port Administration
Maryland Transportation Authority
Maryland Transit Administration
Motor Vehicle Administration
State Highway Administration
State Department of Assessments & Taxation
Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund
Office for Children, Youth, & Families
Comptroller of Maryland
Maryland Food Center Authority
State Lottery Agency
Board of Public Works
State Retirement & Pension System
Maryland Stadium Authority
State Treasurer
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PRO BONO PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Robert N. McDonald, Chair (410) 576-6327MEDIA RELATIONS
Kevin Enright, Public Information Officer (410) 576-6357
e-mail:
kenright@oag.state.md.usHEALTH POLICY DEVELOPMENT
Jack Schwartz, Director (410) 576-6327
e-mail: jschwartz@oag.state.md.us
fax: (410) 576-7003
web:
www.oag.state.md.us/Healthpol/index.htm
Robert N. McDonald, Chief Counsel (410) 576-6327
e-mail: bmcdonald@oag.state.md.us
fax: (410) 576-7036
web:
www.oag.state.md.us/Opinions/index.htm
DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL
Maureen M. Dove, Deputy Attorney General (410) 576-6330
e-mail: mdove@oag.state.md.us
IN-HOUSE EDUCATION
Elisabeth A. Sachs, Director (410) 576-6431ADMINISTRATION
Beverly M. Pivec, Director (410) 576-6442
e-mail: bpivec@oag.state.md.usCENTRAL FILES
Denise Gardner, Manager (410) 576-6491
Beverly M. Pivec, Fiscal & Personnel Director (410) 576-6442
Beverly G. Rubenstein, Chief Librarian (410) 576-6400
Donna Brooks, Supervisor (410) 576-6526
Janet Stratton, Manager (410) 576-6587ANTITRUST DIVISION
(C81C0006, formerly 22.03.00.06)
FY2005 appropriation: $936,554
FY2005 authorized positions: 9
Ellen S. Cooper, Chief (410) 576-6470
e-mail: ecooper@oag.state.md.us
CIVIL LITIGATION DIVISION
(C81C0014, formerly 22.03.00.14)
FY2005 appropriation: $1,769,362
FY2005 authorized positions: 18
Margaret Ann Nolan, Chief of Litigation (410) 576-7291
e-mail: mnolan@oag.state.md.us
Steven M. Sullivan, Solicitor General, Appellate Litigation (410) 576-6441
Samuel P. Piazza, Supervising Attorney, Tort Claims (410) 576-6965
Kimberly S. Ward, State Workers' Compensation Commission (410) 576-6319
CORRECTIONAL LITIGATION UNIT
(C81C0018, formerly 22.03.00.18)
FY2005 appropriation: $468,295
FY2005 authorized positions: 6
Stephanie Lane-Weber, Counsel (410) 576-6340
David P. Kennedy, Deputy Counsel (410) 576-6424
DIVISION OF CONSUMER PROTECTION
(C81C0005, formerly 22.03.00.05)
FY2005 appropriation: $3,702,840
FY2005 authorized positions: 54.5
William Leibovici, Chief (410) 576-6557
William D. Gruhn, Deputy Chief (410) 576-6556
Steven Sakamoto-Wengel, Deputy Chief (410) 576-6307
(410) 528-8662 (consumer complaints hotline)
(410) 576-6550 (consumer information)
e-mail: consumer@oag.state.md.us
web:
www.oag.state.md.us/Consumer/index.htm
CONSUMER COUNCIL
Contact: Melody Sebeck (410) 576-6591
Frank A. Porter, Chair (chosen by Council in May, 1-year term), 2008
Edward J. Frankovic, 2004; Barbara B. Gregg, 2006; Blanca Picazo, 2006; James Y. Shin, 2006; Donald D. Ellis, 2008; Norman Goldstein, Esq., 2008; Donna M. Horvath, 2010; James H. West, 2010.
EDUCATION UNIT
Jamie St. Onge, Director (410) 576-6578
Vacancy, Director (410) 576-6350
web: www.oag.state.md.us/healthclub/
Ellen L. Kuhn, Director (410) 576-6363
web: www.oag.state.md.us/Consumer/HEAU.htm
Jeston Hamer, Jr., Director (410) 576-6573
1-877-259-4525 (toll free)
e-mail: homebuilder@oag.state.md.us
web:
www.oag.state.md.us/homebuilder/
Christopher M. Waldt, Director (410) 576-6569
Rebecca G. Bowman, Director (410) 576-6553CRIMINAL APPEALS DIVISION
(C81C0015, formerly 22.03.00.15)
FY2005 appropriation: $1,854,821
FY2005 authorized positions: 20
Kathryn Grill Graeff, Chief (410) 576-6423
e-mail: kgraeff@oag.state.md.us
e-mail: mince@oag.state.md.us
Annabelle L. Lisic, Senior Counsel, Capital Litigation (410) 576-6419
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION
(C81C0016, formerly 22.03.00.16)
FY2005 appropriation: $1,213,200
FY2005 authorized positions: 17
Carolyn H. Henneman, Chief (410) 576-6380
e-mail: chenneman@oag.state.md.us
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES UNIT
Hans B. Miller, Supervising Attorney (410) 537-3333
Assistant Attorneys General: Sharon Stanley Street; one vacancy.
Clarence E. Goetz, Assistant Attorney General (410) 576-6381
Mary Catherine (Kate) O'Donnell, Supervising Attorney (410) 576-7901
Emmet C. Davitt, Supervising Attorney (410) 230-4229
Assistant Attorneys General: Richard S. Bernhardt; Bernard T. Taylor.
Assistant Attorneys General: Paul E. Budlow; Belinda Reed (410) 576-6418MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL UNIT
(C81C0009, formerly 22.03.00.09)
FY2005 appropriation: $2,084,814
FY2005 authorized positions: 23
Michael J. Travieso, Director (410) 576-6521
e-mail: mtravieso@oag.state.md.us
OFFICE OF COURTS & JUDICIAL AFFAIRS
Gloria Wilson Shelton, Counsel (410) 576-6326
e-mail: gshelton@oag.state.md.us
ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL WITH STATE AGENCIES
Department of Budget & Management
Bruce P. Martin, Counsel (410) 260-7202
Michael Scott Friedman, Deputy Counsel (410) 767-1239
Assistant Attorneys General: Sherry Lynn Burke; James G. Davis; Namsoo Dunbar; Kristine L. Hoffman; Beverly F. Hughes; Alan W. Kempske.Department of the Environment
M. Rosewin Sweeney, Counsel (410) 537-3049
Kathy M. Kinsey, Deputy Counsel (410) 537-3954
Senior Counsel: Adam Snyder; Jennifer Wazenski.
Assistant Attorneys General: Helen E. Akparanta; Lynn R. Angotti; Andrea Saum Baker; Terrilyn Brooks; Ellen W. Cohill; Robert Field; Michael V. Forlini; Jean Y. Kim; Colleen A. Lamont; Sheila Lundy-Moreau; Susan Martielli; Jacqueline Russell; Debra Smith; Stephanie Cobb Williams; Nancy W. Young; Matthew S. Zimmerman.Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Daniel J. O'Brien, Jr., Counsel (410) 767-1861
Timothy P. Paulus, Deputy Counsel, Boards & Commissions (410) 767-5829
Assistant Attorneys General: James Anagnos; Paul J. Ballard; Lisa A. Barkan; Linda Bethman; Brett J. Bierer; Richard Bloom; Helen E. (Jenny) Bowlus; Janet K. Brown; Kimberly Cammarata; Barbara Hull Francis; Grant D. Gerber; Robert J. Gilbert; Roberta L. Gill; Sherrai V. Hamm; Alice D. Ike; Thomas W. Keech; Daniel Malone; Lorie Mayorga; David Moore; David R. Morgan; John S. Nugent; Sarah E. Pendley; Victoria H. Pepper; Jane E. Pilliod; Erin R. Reilly; Dawn L. Rubin; C. Frederick Ryland; Delia Schadt; Amanda Scott; Nancy Speck; Catherine Talbott; Alice Tayman; Nancy P. Tennis; Joel L. Tornari; Suellen Wideman.State Health Services Cost Review Commission
Stanley Lustman, Counsel (410) 764-2572
Assistant Attorney General: Leslie C. SchulmanDepartment of Human Resources
Catherine M. Shultz, Counsel (410) 767-7726
David E. Beller, Deputy Counsel (410) 767-7726
Millicent Edwards Gordon, Division Director for Baltimore City Dept. of Social Services (410) 767-8683
Assistant Attorneys General: Sandra I. Barnes; Kathy Crosby; Cathy A. Dryden; Nancy C. Hopkins; Steven D. Keller; Elise Song Kurlander; Stephanie Lewis; Carole J. Messerschmidt; Amaza Scott Reid; Turhan E. Robinson; Carol Ann Smith; Joseph B. Spillman, Jr.; Barbara T. Strong.
Elizabeth Hartley Trimble, Counsel (410) 230-6110
Jonathan R. Krasnoff, Deputy Counsel (410) 230-6123
Susan M. Cherry, Chief of Litigation (410) 230-6116
Assistant Attorneys General: Jenny Baker; Catherine H. Bellinger; David P. Bird; Matthew W. Boyle; Katherine S. Davis; Thomas L. Gounaris; Sarah P. Harlan; Joel A. Jacobson; Jessica B. Kaufman; Kris M. King; Sloane Fried Kinstler; Matthew Lawrence; Philip H. Lohrey, Jr.; Peter Martin; Alyce E. Rojugbokan; Gina M. Serra; Gaston J. Sigur III; Bruce C. Spizler; Julie E. Squire; Milena Y. Trust; Alanna A. Wilkinson; Paulette T. Wirsching.
Stuart M. Nathan, Counsel (410) 585-3070
Alan D. Eason, Deputy Counsel (410) 585-3071
Assistant Attorneys General: Susan Howe Baron; Steven G. Hildenbrand; Holly Knepper; Michele J. McDonald.Division of Correction
Michael O. Doyle, Supervising Attorney (410) 585-3073
Assistant Attorneys General: Scott S. Oakley; Karl A. Pothier.
Assistant Attorneys General: Judith Barr; Glenn T. Marrow (410) 585-3414
Assistant Attorney General: Holly Knepper (410) 750-6520Department of State Police
Betty A. Stemley, Counsel (410) 653-4224
Sharon B. Benzil, Deputy Counsel (410) 653-4293
Assistant Attorneys General: Mark H. Bowen; H. Scott Curtis; Donald E. Hoffman.
Assistant Attorney General: Steven G. Hildenbrand (410) 585-3070
Assistant Attorney General: Kathleen J. Masterton (410) 576-7293
Judith A. Armold, Counsel (410) 576-6356
M. Brent Hare, Counsel (410) 260-7743
Assistant Attorney General: Ransom E. (Ted) Davis
Kathleen A. Birrane, Counsel (410) 468-2030
J. VanLear Dorsey, Deputy Counsel (410) 468-2023
Assistant Attorneys General: Susan Cohen; Erik J. Delfosse; Aretha J. Ector; Lisa B. Hall; Lisa M. Kulishek; Melinda A. O'Malley.Subsequent Injury Fund
Sophia L. Swope, Counsel (410) 321-2940
Assistant Attorneys General: Ellen M. Dunn; Edward W. Goldsmith; Theodore R. McKeldin, Jr.; Barbara S. Zerolnick.
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
e-mail: dstaton@oag.state.md.us
CONTRACT LITIGATION DIVISION
(C81C0020, formerly 22.03.00.20)
FY2005 appropriation (reimbursable): $1,763,977
FY2005 authorized positions: 16
Dana A. Reed, Chief (410) 576-6983
e-mail: dreed@oag.state.md.us
(C81C0017, formerly 22.03.00.17)
FY2005 appropriation: $589,821
FY2005 authorized positions: 7
JoAnn G. Goedert, Chief (410) 576-6454
e-mail: jgoedert@oag.state.md.us
Anne L. Donahue, Senior Counsel, Advice (410) 576-7644
Mark J. Davis, Senior Counsel, Litigation (410) 576-7053
Alexander C. Short, Senior Counsel, Transactions (410) 576-6967
Maryland Higher Education Commission (410) 260-4505
Assistant Attorney General: Pace J. McConkie
Assistant Attorneys General: E. Fremont Magee; Sarah E. Sette.
Andrew H. Levine, General Counsel (410) 581-4024
Assistant Attorney General: Susan F. MeoniLEGISLATIVE OFFICE
Robert A. Zarnoch, Counsel (410) 946-5600
e-mail: rzarnoch@senate.state.md.us
fax: (410) 946-5601
Vacancy, People's Insurance Counsel (appointed by Attorney General with Senate advice & consent)
(410) 576-6300
Elizabeth S. (Betsy) Roese, Director (410) 576-6339DIVISION OF SECURITIES
(C81C0004, formerly 22.03.00.04)
FY2005 appropriation: $2,295,732
FY2005 authorized positions: 30
Melanie Senter Lubin, Securities Commissioner (410) 576-6365
Dale E. Cantone, Deputy Commissioner (410) 576-6368
e-mail:
securities@oag.state.md.us
web:
www.oag.state.md.us/Securities/index.htm
ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL WITH STATE AGENCIES
Department of Aging
Jeffrey H. Myers, Counsel (410) 576-6343
Assistant Attorney General: George E. Hughes III
Craig A. Nielsen, Counsel (410) 841-5882
Assistant Attorney General: Thomas F. Filbert
Laila K. Atallah, Counsel (410) 767-6446
Barbara G. Swain, Deputy Counsel (410) 767-6447
Assistant Attorneys General: James G. Davis; Ilene S. Garten; Barbara Curnin Kountz; Maxine M. Meade; David M. Porter; W. David Rawle; Ira Schwartz; Cyd Beth Wolf.
Valerie V. Cloutier, Counsel (410) 576-6465
Dana H. Murray, Deputy Counsel (410) 576-6456
Assistant Attorneys General: Valerie L. Green; Lori Pierre Hopkins; Elizabeth M. Kameen; Jacqueline C. LaFiandra; Elliott L. Schoen.
Julia P. Davis, Counsel (410) 767-4990
Vacancy, Deputy Counsel
Assistant Attorneys General: Robert S. Abrahams; Martha A. Delea; Jyoti A. Kumta; Sally A. Lowe; Nancy H. Russell-Forrester.
Anthony J. Mohan, Counsel (410) 514-7800
Philip J. Deters, Deputy Counsel (410) 514-7800
Assistant Attorneys General: Honora W. Bender; David E. Bokeno; Jan M. Bryant; Julie A. Hallam; Michael T. Kersten; Kevin J. Leonard; Judy K. Maistrellis; Ann W. Marculewicz; Mark S. Petrauskas; Arnold A. Sheetz.
Robert T. Fontaine, Counsel (410) 230-3135
Shelly E. Mintz, Deputy Counsel (410) 230-3135
Assistant Attorneys General: Kendra Y. Ausby; Antonia V. Rivera.
Joseph P. Gill, Counsel (410) 260-8350
Marianne D. Mason, Deputy Counsel (410) 260-8351
Assistant Attorneys General: Shara Mervis Alpert; Stuart G. Buppert II; Saundra K. Canedo; Paul J. Cucuzzella; Rachel Eisenhauer; Shaun P. K. Fenlon; Roger H. Medoff.
Shelley S. Wasserman, Counsel (410) 767-4500
Denise Ferguson, Counsel (410) 865-1105
Thomas G. Peter, Deputy Counsel (410) 865-1107
Assistant Attorneys General: John C. Bell; Judith Finn Plymer; Kermit A. Welch.Maryland Aviation Administration
Louisa H. Goldstein, Counsel (410) 859-7066
Assistant Attorneys General: Joy Sakamoto-Wengel; Janice G. Salzman.
M. Catherine Orleman, Counsel (410) 385-4432
Assistant Attorneys General: Robert L. Munroe; T. Byron Smith; Peter W. Taliaferro.
Deborah A. Donohue, Counsel (410) 537-1007
Assistant Attorneys General: Sandra E. Clifford; Karen J. Kruger; Gisele M. Mathews.
Callista M. Freedman, Counsel (410) 767-3872
Assistant Attorneys General: Crystal Patterson; Jack Sturgill.
Jonathan W. Acton II, Counsel (410) 768-7416
Valerie J. Smith, Deputy Counsel (410) 768-7415
Assistant Attorneys General: Robert C. Cain II; Leight D. Collins; Dore J. Lebowitz.
Edward S. Harris, Counsel (410) 545-0050
Linda D. Strozyk, Deputy Counsel (410) 545-0070
Janet Bush Handy, Deputy Counsel (410) 545-0060
Assistant Attorneys General: James R. Avnet; Richard T. Brice IV; Carolyn M. Frank; Laurie Hanig; Michael Kenney; Scott D. Morrell; Libby C. Rappaport; William K. Reynolds.
Special Counsel: Sidney S. Campen, Jr.; Robert L. Gray; Nancy L. Miller; George H. White.State Archives
Bonnie A. Kirkland, Counsel (410) 946-5600, (301) 970-5600
David M. Lyon, Counsel (410) 767-1280
Assistant Attorneys General: Jeffrey G. Comen; William K. Hammond.
Mark D. McCurdy, Counsel (410) 269-8626
Assistant Attorney General: Victoria M. Burgess
Vacancy, Counsel (410) 767-6220
Gerald I. Langbaum, Counsel (410) 260-7808
John K. Barry, Senior Counsel, Supplemental Retirement Plan (410) 260-7808Compliance Division
Leslie M. Romine, Deputy Counsel (410) 767-1561
Assistant Attorney General: Cristina A. Milnor; Renee Nacrelli.Maryland Environmental Service
Sean L. Coleman, Counsel (410) 729-8240
Assistant Attorney General: Crystal R. Chissel
Sandra J. Cohen, Counsel (410) 946-5600
Andrea D. Johnson, Counsel (410) 230-8780
Assistant Attorneys General: James B. Butler; Laura S. D. Tilley.
Donna Hill Staton, Deputy Attorney General (410) 576-7051
Deborah B. Bacharach, Counsel (410) 625-5670
Robert D. Feinstein, Deputy Counsel (410) 625-5682
Assistant Attorneys General: Rachel S. Cohen; Carla Goldman Katzenberg; Jill R. Leiner.
Assistant Attorney General: one vacancy
Laura C. McWeeney, Counsel (410) 260-7927
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