Council Members Set for 2023-2024

By Frank Johnson
Deputy City Attorney, City of Gaithersburg

Council members serve the Section primarily through their work on committees, including the Programs, Communications, Legislative, and Membership / Nominations Committees. Their work includes creating the annual State and Local Government Law Institute and other networking programs during the year, helping to maintain the section blog, and continuing to provide newsletters and other information.

Section Council members for this year include:

Section Chair
Elizabeth L. Adams
Principal Counsel, Howard County Office of Law;

Vice Chair and Newsletter Editor
Frank Johnson
Deputy City Attorney, Gaithersburg;

Section Treasurer
Robert A. McFarland
Assistant Attorney General (Department of Natural Resources);

Members
John Mattingly
County Attorney, Calvert County;

Christopher J. Mincher
McAllister, DeTar, Showalter & Walker, LLC;

Jerome Spencer
General Counsel, Charles County Sheriff’s Office;

Talley H-S. Kovacs
Assistant Attorney General (Dept. of Natural Resources);

Elissa Levan
Partner, Levan Ruff LLC;

Kathleen Chapman,
Administrative Law Judge,
Office of Administrative Hearings;

Roscoe Leslie
County Attorney, Worcester County;

Tom Mitchell
Assistant County Attorney, Anne Arundel County;

Neil Murphy
Associate General Counsel, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission;

Kirstin Lustila
Assistant Attorney General (State Treasurer);

Tom Yeager
Law Office of Thomas N. Yeager;

Sonia Cho
Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals.