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.

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Sean Caine, Special Assistant (410) 576-6357
Kathleen Hoke Dachille, Special Assistant (410) 576-7902
Carolyn A. Quattrocki, Special Assistant (410) 576-7299

PRO BONO PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Jack Schwartz, Chair (410) 576-6327

MEDIA RELATIONS
Sean Caine, Chief Public Information Officer (410) 576-6357
e-mail: scaine@oag.state.md.us

HEALTH 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

OPINIONS, ADVICE, & LEGISLATION DIVISION
Robert N. McDonald, Chief Counsel (410) 576-6327
e-mail: bmcdonald@oag.state.md.us
fax: (410) 576-7003
web: www.oag.state.md.us/Opinions/index.htm

Assistant Attorneys General: Judith A. Armold; William Varga.

DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

IN-HOUSE EDUCATION
Elisabeth A. Sachs, Director (410) 576-6431

ADMINISTRATION
Beverly M. Pivec, Director (410) 576-6442
e-mail: bpivec@oag.state.md.us

CENTRAL FILES
Denise Manuli, Manager (410) 576-6491

FISCAL & PERSONNEL OFFICE
Beverly M. Pivec, Fiscal & Personnel Director (410) 576-6442

LIBRARY
Beverly G. Rubenstein, Chief Librarian (410) 576-6400

MAIL SERVICES & COPY CENTER
Donna Brooks, Supervisor (410) 576-6526

SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION
Janet Stratton, Manager (410) 576-6580

ANTITRUST DIVISION
(C81C0006, formerly 22.03.00.06)
FY2003 appropriation: $901,964
FY2003 authorized positions: 9
Ellen S. Cooper, Chief (410) 576-6470
e-mail: ecooper@oag.state.md.us

Alan M. Barr, Deputy Chief (410) 576-6470

Assistant Attorneys General: Meredyth Smith Andrus; Gary Honick; John R. Tennis.

CIVIL LITIGATION DIVISION
(C81C0014, formerly 22.03.00.14)
FY2003 appropriation: $1,740,180
FY2003 authorized positions: 20
Maureen M. Dove, Chief of Litigation (410) 576-6441
e-mail: mdove@oag.state.md.us

Michael D. Berman, Deputy Chief (410) 576-6325
Andrew H. Baida, Senior Counsel, Appellate Litigation (410) 576-6441
Laura C. McWeeney, Supervising Attorney, Tort Claims (410) 576-6572
Valerie Smalkin, State Workers' Compensation Commission (410) 576-7219

Assistant Attorneys General: Debra Levine; Frank W. Mann; Kathleen A. Morse; Randolph S. Sergent; Steven M. Sullivan; Kimberly S. Ward.

CORRECTIONAL LITIGATION UNIT
(C81C0018, formerly 22.03.00.18)
FY2003 appropriation: $456,725
FY2003 authorized positions: 6
Stephanie Lane-Weber, Counsel (410) 576-6340
David P. Kennedy, Deputy Counsel (410) 576-6424

Assistant Attorneys General: Glenn W. Bell; Gloria Wilson Shelton; Sharon Stanley Street.

OFFICE OF COURTS & JUDICIAL AFFAIRS
Julia M. Andrew, Counsel (410) 576-7292

Assistant Attorney General: Susan P. Whiteford

DIVISION OF CONSUMER PROTECTION
(C81C0005, formerly 22.03.00.05)
FY2003 appropriation: $3,714,184
FY2003 authorized positions: 60.5
William Leibovici, Chief (410) 576-6557
William D. Gruhn, Deputy Chief (410) 576-6556
John H. Nethercut, Deputy Chief (410) 576-6556
(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

Assistant Attorneys General: V. Scott Bailey; Carol Beyers; Rebecca G. Bowman; Jeston Hamer, Jr.; Jennifer S. Pressman; Steven Sakamoto-Wengel; Philip D. Ziperman.

CONSUMER COUNCIL
Contact: Steven Sakamoto-Wengel (410) 576-6307

Appointed by Governor with Senate advice & consent to 6-year terms:
Vacancy, Chair (chosen by Council in May, 1-year term)
Ronald D. Curry, 2004; Edward J. Frankovic, 2004; Francine M. Schaffer, 2004; Barbara B. Gregg, 2006; Blanca Picazo, 2006; Sarah Bloom Raskin, Esq., 2006; Donald D. Ellis, 2008; Norman Goldstein, Esq., 2008; Frank A. Porter, 2008.

Ex officio: William Leibovici, Chief, Division of Consumer Protection

ARBITRATION UNIT
Malcolm Ringel, Director (410) 576-6591

EDUCATION UNIT
Jamie St. Onge, Director (410) 576-6578

HEALTH CLUB REGISTRATION UNIT
Sidney Francois, Administrator (410) 576-6587

HEALTH EDUCATION & ADVOCACY UNIT
Kevin M. Simpson, Director (410) 576-7216
e-mail: ksimpson@oag.state.md.us
web: www.oag.state.md.us/Consumer/HEAU.htm

INVESTIGATIVE UNIT
Christopher M. Waldt, Director (410) 576-6569

MEDIATION UNIT
Rebecca G. Bowman, Director (410) 576-6553

CRIMINAL APPEALS DIVISION
(C81C0015, formerly 22.03.00.15)
FY2003 appropriation: $1,751,785
FY2003 authorized positions: 20
Kathryn Grill Graeff, Acting Chief (410) 576-6957
e-mail: kgraeff@oag.state.md.us

Kathryn Grill Graeff, Deputy Chief (410) 576-6957
Annabelle L. Lisic, Senior Counsel, Capital Litigation (410) 576-6413
Ann N. Bosse, Senior Counsel, Federal Habeas Corpus Litigation (410) 576-6413

Assistant Attorneys General: Shannon E. Avery; Celia A. Davis; Zoe Gillen; Leigh S. Halstad; Steven L. Holcomb; Mary Ann Ince; Rachel M. Kamins; Diane E. Keller; M. Jennifer Landis; Sarah E. Pritzlaff; Devy Patterson Russell.

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION
(C81C0016, formerly 22.03.00.16)
FY2003 appropriation: $1,277,045
FY2003 authorized positions: 16
Carolyn H. Henneman, Chief (410) 576-6380
e-mail: chenneman@oag.state.md.us

Howard N. Nicholson, Deputy Chief (410) 576-6380

ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES UNIT
Hans B. Miller, Supervising Attorney (410) 631-3025
Assistant Attorneys General: John R. Lilly; Kathleen C. Murphy.

HEALTH CARE FRAUD UNIT
Mary Catherine (Kate) O'Donnell, Supervising Attorney (410) 576-6380

INSURANCE FRAUD UNIT
Emmet C. Davitt, Supervising Attorney (410) 230-4225
Assistant Attorneys General: Richard S. Bernhardt; Bernard T. Taylor.

SPECIAL CRIMES UNIT
Eileen McInerney, Supervising Attorney (410) 576-6380
Assistant Attorneys General: Brian DeLeonardo; Ruth M. D. Jacobs.

MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL UNIT
(C81C0009, formerly 22.03.00.09)
FY2003 appropriation: $2,003,543
FY2003 authorized positions: 21
David P. Lunden, Director (410) 576-6521
e-mail: dlunden@oag.state.md.us

Richard Bardos, Deputy Director (410) 576-6533

Assistant Attorneys General: James Butler; Catherine Schuster Pascale; Jason Weinstock.

ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL WITH STATE AGENCIES

Department of Budget & Management
Cecilia Januszkiewicz, Counsel (410) 260-7202
David R. Durfee, Jr., Deputy Counsel (410) 767-4722
Michael Scott Friedman, Senior Counsel, Creditors' Rights
Assistant Attorneys General: Geoffrey J. C. Boyd; Sean P. Carven; Beverly F. Hughes.

Department of the Environment
M. Rosewin Sweeney, Counsel (410) 631-3053
Kathy M. Kinsey, Deputy Counsel (410) 631-3043
Senior Counsel: J. Van Lear Dorsey; Judith Singleton; Adam Snyder; Jennifer Wazenski.
Assistant Attorneys General: Lynn R. Angotti; Andrea Saum Baker; Jean K. Belt; Terrilyn Brooks; David R. Burke; Ellen W. Cohill; Robert Field; Lorraine Herson-Jones; Frank Levi; Kenneth Pack; Jacqueline Russell; Debra Smith; Stephanie Cobb Williams; Nancy W. Young.

Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Daniel J. O'Brien, Jr., Counsel (410) 767-1861
Margaret Ann Nolan, Deputy Counsel (410) 767-1867
Timothy P. Paulus, Deputy Counsel, Boards & Commissions (410) 767-5885
Assistant Attorneys General: James Anagnos; Paul J. Ballard; Lisa A. Barkan; Jean Baron; Richard Bloom; Helen E. (Jenny) Bowlus; Janet K. Brown; Kimberly Cammarata; L. Chris Cashiola; Barbara A. Francis; Robert J. Gilbert; Roberta L. Gill; Sherrai V. Hamm; Alice D. Ike; Elizabeth M. Kameen; Thomas W. Keech; Wendy A. Kronmiller; Heidi Moylon; David R. Morgan; Cynthia G. Peltzman; Sarah E. Pendley; Victoria H. Pepper; Jane E. Pilliod; Erin R. Reilly; Dawn L. Rubin; C. Frederick Ryland; Delia Schadt; Amanda Scott; Susan R. Steinberg; Catherine Talbott; Nancy P. Tennis; Joel L. Tornari; Suellen Wideman.

State Health Services Cost Review Commission
Stanley Lustman, Counsel (410) 764-2576
Assistant Attorney General: Leslie C. Schulman

Department 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) 767-8657
Assistant Attorneys General: Sandra I. Barnes; Cathy A. Dryden; Nancy C. Hopkins; Steven D. Keller; Elise Song Kurlander; Carole J. Messerschmidt; Shelley E. Mintz; Mary C. Murphy; Turhand E. Robinson; Carol Ann Smith; Joseph B. Spillman, Jr.

Department of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation
Elizabeth Hartley Trimble, Counsel (410) 230-6111
Jonathan R. Krasnoff, Deputy Counsel (410) 230-6124
Susan M. Cherry, Chief of Litigation (410) 230-6127
Assistant Attorneys General: Jenny Baker; Catherine H. Bellinger; David P. Bird; Sherrie T. Black; Matthew W. Boyle; Thomas L. Gounaris; Sarah P. Harlan; Joel A. Jacobson; Kris M. King; Sloane Fried Kinstler; Matthew Lawrence; Philip H. Lohrey, Jr.; Peter Martin; Gina M. Serra; Gaston J. Sigur III; Bruce C. Spizler; Julie E. Squire; Milena Y. Trust; Alanna A. Wilkinson; Paulette T. Wirsching.

Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services
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.

Division of Pretrial Detention & Services
Assistant Attorney General: Glenn T. Marrow (410) 209-4286

Police & Correctional Training Commissions
Assistant Attorney General: Holly Knepper (410) 750-6520

Department of State Police
Betty Stemley Sconion, Counsel (410) 653-4223
Sharon B. Benzil, Deputy Counsel (410) 653-4293
Assistant Attorneys General: Mark H. Bowen; H. Scott Curtis; Donald E. Hoffman; Richard M. Kastendieck.

Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Attorney General: Steven G. Hildenbrand (410) 585-3070

Office of Administrative Hearings
Assistant Attorney General: Julia M. Freit (410) 576-7292

State Board of Elections
Judith A. Armold, Counsel (410) 576-6356

Maryland Energy Administration
M. Brent Hare, Counsel (410) 260-7743

Maryland Insurance Administration
Christina G. Beusch, Counsel (410) 468-2030
Assistant Attorneys General: Gary L. Alexander; Susan Cohen; Erik J. Delfosse; Aretha J. Ector; Lisa B. Hall; Robert Veloso.

Subsequent Injury Fund
Sophia L. Swope, Counsel (410) 321-2940
Assistant Attorneys General: George E. Barrett, Jr.; Ellen M. Dunn; 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

CONTRACT LITIGATION DIVISION
(C81C0020, formerly 22.03.00.20)
FY2003 appropriation (reimbursable): $1,759,711
FY2003 authorized positions: 16
William A. Kahn, Chief (410) 576-6985
e-mail: wkahn@oag.state.md.us

Dana A. Reed, Deputy Chief (410) 576-6985

Assistant Attorneys General: Douglas Carrey-Beaver; David P. Chaisson; Julia P. Davis; Jennifer L. Forrence; Dale Gallimore; Laurie A. Lyte; Steven L. Tiedemann; Stanley T. Turk.

EDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION
(C81C0017, formerly 22.03.00.17)
FY2003 appropriation: $635,492
FY2003 authorized positions: 9
John K. Anderson, Chief (410) 576-6450
e-mail: janderson@oag.state.md.us

Dawna M. Cobb, Deputy Chief (410) 576-7650
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

Assistant Attorneys General: Louise M. Bailey; David E. Beller; Jessica V. Carter; Maureen Walsh David; Thomas Faulk; Susan A. Griisser; Carolyn W. Kone; Elena Langrill; Jacqueline W. Mintz; Sara Slaff; Sally L. Swann.

Maryland Higher Education Commission (410) 260-4505
Assistant Attorney General: Pace J. McConkie

Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (410) 706-8531
Assistant Attorneys General: E. Fremont Magee; Sarah E. Sette.

Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission
George E. Hughes III, Counsel (410) 581-4024
Assistant Attorney General: Susan F. Meoni

LEGISLATIVE OFFICE
Robert A. Zarnoch, Counsel (410) 946-5600
e-mail: rzarnoch@senate.state.md.us
fax: (410) 946-5601

Assistant Attorneys General: Sandra J. Cohen; Richard E. Israel; Kathryn M. Rowe.

PUBLIC FINANCE
Elizabeth S. (Betsy) Roese, Director (410) 576-6339

DIVISION OF SECURITIES
(C81C0004, formerly 22.03.00.04)
FY2003 appropriation: $2,080,070
FY2003 authorized positions: 27
Melanie Senter Lubin, Securities Commissioner (410) 576-6368
Dale E. Cantone, Deputy Commissioner (410) 576-6365
e-mail: securities@oag.state.md.us
web: www.oag.state.md.us/Securities/index.htm

Assistant Attorneys General: Kelvin M. Blake; T. Webster Brenner; Lucy A. Cardwell; Timothy Cox; Julie L. Tewey.

ASSISTANT ATTORNEYS GENERAL WITH STATE AGENCIES

Department of Aging
Jeffrey H. Myers, Counsel (410) 767-1110
Assistant Attorney General: Rachel S. Cohen

Department of Agriculture
Craig A. Nielsen, Counsel (410) 841-5883
Assistant Attorney General: Thomas F. Filbert

Department of Business & Economic Development
Laila K. Atallah, Counsel (410) 767-6442
Barbara G. Swain, Deputy Counsel (410) 767-6442
Assistant Attorneys General: James G. Davis; Ilene S. Garten; Barbara Curnin Kountz; Maxine M. Meade; David M. Porter; W. David Rawle; Ira Schwartz; William Single III.

State Department of Education
Valerie V. Cloutier, Counsel (410) 576-6465
Dana H. Murray, Deputy Counsel (410) 576-6456
Assistant Attorneys General: Barbara Strong Goss; Lori Pierre Hopkins; Elliott L. Schoen.

Department of General Services
Vacancy, Counsel (410) 767-4992
Assistant Attorneys General: Robert S. Abrahams; Martha A. Delea; Sally A. Lowe; John H. Thornton.

Department of Housing & Community Development
Anthony J. Mohan, Counsel (410) 514-7800
Philip J. Deters, Deputy Counsel (410) 514-7800
Assistant Attorneys General: Athena K. Alexandrides; Jan M. Bryant; Hans Froehlicher IV; Kevin J. Leonard; Judy K. Maistrellis; Mark S. Petrauskas; Arnold A. Sheetz; Alan T. L. Sun; Honora W. Sutor.

Department of Juvenile Justice
Bruce P. Martin, Counsel (410) 230-3135
Robert T. Fontaine, Deputy Counsel (410) 230-3135
Assistant Attorney General: John Shavers, Jr.

Department of Natural Resources
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; Shaun P. K. Fenlon; Christine K. McSherry; Roger H. Medoff; Rachel E. Pappafotis.

Department of Planning
Shelley S. Wasserman, Counsel (410) 767-4500

Department of Transportation
Vacancy, Counsel (410) 865-1105
Thomas G. Peter, Deputy Counsel (410) 865-1105
Assistant Attorneys General: John C. Bell; L. Kristine Hoffman; Kermit A. Welch.

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) 385-4434
Assistant Attorneys General: Robert L. Munroe; Morenike E. Oyenusi.

Maryland Transportation Authority
Deborah A. Donohue, Counsel (410) 288-8426
Assistant Attorneys General: Karen J. Kruger; Gisele M. Mathews.

Mass Transit Administration
Irwin M. Brown, Counsel (410) 767-3873
Assistant Attorney General: Kathleen J. Masterton

Motor Vehicle Administration
Jonathan W. Acton II, Counsel (410) 768-7416
Valerie J. Smith, Deputy Counsel (410) 768-7415
Assistant Attorneys General: Leight D. Collins; Dore J. Lebowitz; Sheila E. Lundy-Moreau.

State Highway Administration
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; Lauri McGuire; Scott D. Morrell; Libby C. Rappaport.
Special Counsel: Sidney S. Campen, Jr.; Robert L. Gray; Nancy L. Miller; Peyton Paul Phillips; George H. White.

State Archives
Richard E. Israel, Counsel (410) 946-5600, (301) 970-5600

State Department of Assessments & Taxation
David M. Lyon, Counsel (410) 767-1280
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. Burgess

Office for Children, Youth, & Families
JoAnn G. Goedert, Counsel (410) 767-6220

Comptroller of Maryland
Gerald I. Langbaum, Counsel (410) 260-7808
John K. Barry, Senior Counsel, Supplemental Retirement Plan (410) 260-7808

Compliance Division
Deborah B. Bacharach, Deputy Counsel (410) 767-1561
Assistant Attorneys General: Pamela S. Foresman; Renee Nacrelli; Brian L. Oliner.

Maryland Environmental Service
Sean L. Coleman, Counsel (410) 974-7224
Assistant Attorney General: one vacancy

Maryland Food Center Authority
Sandra J. Cohen, Counsel (410) 946-5600

State Lottery Agency
Andrea D. Johnson, Counsel (410) 318-6386
Assistant Attorneys General: Anita E. Hilson; Laura Davies Tilley.

Board of Public Works
Mary Jo Childs, Counsel (410) 260-7335

State Retirement & Pension System
Vacancy, Counsel (410) 625-5670
Assistant Attorneys General: Robert D. Feinstein; Carla Goldman Katzenberg; Jill R. Leiner.

Maryland Stadium Authority
Alison L. Asti, Counsel (410) 333-1560
Assistant Attorney General: John F. Samorajczyk

State Treasurer
Steven W. Vanderbosch, Counsel (410) 260-7927
Laura C. McWeeney, Deputy Counsel (410) 260-7929

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