After 12 years of small firm practice Mark F. Scurti has joined as a member of the firm:

Hodes, Pessin & Katz, P.A.
901 Dulaney Valley Road
Suite 400
Towson, MD 21204

Offices in Columbia, Belair, and Cambridge
Mark will continue to focus on Same Sex Legal Issues, Bankruptcy, and General Litigation.

Phone: 410.938.8800
Direct: 410.938.8718

Email: mscurti@hpklegal.com
URL: www.hpklegal.com

Please contact Mark at the above number effective 12/1/2007.

Alyson Dodi Meiselman
Attorney at Law
14400 Lake Winds Way
North Potomac, MD 20878
301 412-3133

Practice Areas: Appellate; Civil & Human Rights; Family; Gender & Sexuality, Transgender, Intersexed Law. Child’s Best Interest, Advocate, and Privilege Certified Attorney.

Bar Admissions: 1980, Georgia; 1981, Maryland; U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1993,U.S. Supreme Court.

Education: B.A., 1973; J.D., 1979.

Member: American Bar Assoc. (Member: Family Law, Individuals Rights & Responsibilities Sections, and the Judicial Division’s Lawyer’s Conference.); State Bar of Georgia; Maryland State Bar Assoc.; World Professional Association for Transgender Health, Inc.; and, the National Assoc. of Women Lawyers.

Reported Cases: In the Matter of R.W. Heilig, 372 Md. 692, 816 A.2d 68 (Md. 2003). Nnoli v. Nnoli, 101 Md. App. 243 (1994). Nnoli v. Nnoli, 333 Md. 244 (1994). Sensabaugh v. Gorday, 90 Md. App. 379 (1992). McNaughton v. McNaughton, 74 Md. App. 490 (1988).

Awarded the 2007 Trinity Award for Community Service from the International Foundation for Gender Education.

E-Mail: ameiselman@admlaw.net

Janice Bledsoe has opened her own firm with former SMB attorney Sandra Goldthorpe:

Bledsoe and Goldthorpe P.A.
10 Light Street, Suite 3103
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
(410) 244-0772 (office)
(410) 685-1801 (fax)
(1-410) 671-7519 (paralegal Cheryl Fruhling)
(1-410) 671-7516 (paralegal fax)
E-Mail: jan@bledsoeesq.com
E-Mail: sandra@goldthorpeesq.com

Janice's practice areas are Criminal Defense (felony/misdemeanor/motor vehicle), Criminal Appeals, Post Convictions, Personal Injury, Worker's Compensation, and Bankruptcy.

Janice holds a BA from Loyola College, and received her JD from the University of Baltimore. She is admitted to the Maryland Bar and the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Sandra's practice areas are Estate Planning (Wills, Advance Directives, Trusts, Probate, Guardianships), civil litigation, LGB concerns (including domestic separations), and Motor Vehicle defense.

Sandra holds a BA from the University of Arizona, a Masters from the University of Maryland, College Park, and received her JD from the University of Baltimore. She is admitted to the Maryland Bar and the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.