Experts

Need some words from a legal expert for your story? Whether it’s housing, foreclosure, consumer/bankruptcy, family, public benefits, children’s rights or elder law, Legal Aid has an expert who can fill your needs. For an interview, call  one of the experts listed below. Keep in mind that lawyers, like reporters, are deadline-driven and often in court.

Family Law:

Margaret Maupin, senior attorney, Southern Maryland office (Hughesville): 301/932-6661

Anita Bailey, chief attorney, Anne Arundel Co. office (Annapolis): 410/269-0846

Cynthia Fenimore, chief attorney, Western Maryland office (Cumberland): 301/777-7474

Nina Shore, chief attorney, Midwestern Maryland office (Frederick): 301/694-7414

Janine Scott, supervising attorney, Baltimore office: 410/951-7735

Ann Lembo,  chief attorney, Baltimore County office (Towson): 410/296-6705, ext. 33

Arlene Callender, chief attorney, Northeastern Maryland (Harford and Cecil counties): 410/879-3906

Housing:

Greg Countess, Assistant Director of Advocacy (Baltimore): 410/951-7687

Joe Rohr, chief attorney, Baltimore: 410/951-7669

Teresa Cooke, senior staff attorney, Metropolitan Maryland office (DC Metro): 301/560-2140

Susan Tannenbaum, senior staff attorney, Baltimore County (Towson): 410/296-6705, ext. 24

Consumer/Bankruptcy:

Louise Carwell, senior staff attorney, Baltimore: 410/951-7786

Robert McCaig, chief attorney, Lower Eastern Shore (Salisbury): 410/5465511

Cheryl Hystad, Director of Advocacy (Baltimore):410/951-7813

Foreclosure:

 

Louise Carwell, senior staff attorney, Baltimore: 410/951-7786

Public Benefits:

Frank Natale, assistant director of advocacy for income security, Baltimore: 443/451-2812

William Leahy, chief attorney, Upper Eastern Shore office (Easton): 410/763-9676

Victoria Robinson, senior staff attorney, Baltimore: 410/951-7671

Elder Law:

Mary Aquino, senior staff attorney, Baltimore County office (Towson): 410/296-6705, ext. 20

Abused and Neglected Children:

Joan Little, chief attorney of Child Advocacy Unit, Baltimore office: 410/951-7625

Seri Wilpone, chief attorney, Southern Maryland office (Hughesville): 301/932-6661

Patricia Waldman, supervising attorney, Metropolitan Maryland office (DC Metro): 301/560-2133

Migrant Farmworkers

Nathaniel Norton, supervising attorney, Baltimore office: 410/951-7815