WebElizabeth F. Harris, Chief Deputy Attorney General (410) 576-7051 Thiruvendran Vignarajah, Deputy Attorney General (410) 576-7035 CHIEF DEPUTY ATTORNEY bruce.edwards@maryland.gov Ronald M. Levitan, Principal Counsel (410) 653-4224; e-mail: mchester@oag.state.md.us Attorneys General web: www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Pages/Courts/default.aspx Later, in a voting session on other bills, the committee voted 8-3, along party lines, to recommend approval of Senate Bill 290, which would allow the Attorney Generals Independent Investigations Division to prosecute police-involved deaths or to decide to request a local states attorney to do so. D'Arcy Byrnes Talley, Chief (410) 537-3333 matthew.breault@maryland.gov DIVISION OF SECURITIES Assistant Attorney General: one vacancy (410) 339-7346; fax: (410) 764-5366 Shelly E. Mintz, Deputy Counsel (410) 230-3135 FY2020 appropriation: $3,901,437; authorized positions: Jeffrey H. Myers, Principal Counsel (410) 767-1110; e-mail: Michelle G. Weisfeld, Social Services Attorney (410) 951-8097; e-mail: Kathleen E. Wherthey, Deputy Counsel (410) 625-5670; e-mail: kwherthey@oag.state.md.us Andrea Saum Baker, Principal Counsel (410) 537-3055; e-mail: Assistant Attorneys General: Teresa B. Carnell; Jigita A. Patel. akhoury@oag.state.md.us Catherine M. (Cate) Allen, Legal Division Director (410) 260-7927; e-mail: callen@treasurer.state.md.us Office of Administrative Hearings thomas.filbert@maryland.gov FY2020 appropriation: $370,409; authorized positions: aturner@oag.state.md.us Vacancy, Supervising Attorney (410) 576-6952 jyuzuik@oag.state.md.us Assistant Attorney General: Leslie R. Cohen-Schulman. Sharon S. Street, Counsel (410) 547-7378; e-mail: sstreet@oag.state.md.us Assistant Attorneys General: Justin P. Hayes; Cynthia D. Spirt. Assistant Attorneys General: Matthew P. Clagett; Ellen W. Cohill; Christopher S. Corzine; Andrew Gaudreau; Jeanie Ismay; Roberta R. James; Gayarti Mastaghini; Laura Mayberry; Jeaneen M. Maxwell; Jonathan E. C. May; Anand N. Parikh; Jean K. Pope; Rebecca B. Reske; Mary R. Sheppard-Walker; Matthew D. Standeven; Michael F. Strande; Lawrence A. Thrower; Patricia V. Tipon; Cynthia Weisz; Matthew S. Zimmerman. Jeremy M. McCoy, Counsel (410) 946-5600, (301) 970-5600; e-mail: jmccoy@oag.state.md.us Carroll County Office of Child Support Laila K. Atallah, Principal Counsel (410) 767-6446; e-mail: Department of Disabilities Steven M. Talson, Counsel (410) 537-4088; e-mail: stalson@oag.state.md.us Christopher M. Franzoni, Assistant Attorney General (410) 576-7219; e-mail: cfranzoni@oag.state.md.us Mary C. Murphy, Social Services Attorney Supervisor (301) 316-3328; e-mail: web: www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Pages/CPD/default.aspx e-mail: of Social Services Susan E. Parks, Social Services Attorney Supervisor (410) 561-8435; e-mail: Wicomico County Dept. Beverly M. Pivec, Fiscal & Personnel Director (410) 576-6442 Andrea M. Khoury, Social Services Attorney (301) 392-6358; e-mail: State Retirement & Pension System Office of Child Care EASTERN SHORE OFFICE The filing deadline was April 15, 2022. Department of State Police neeta.kataria@maryland.gov matthew.breault@maryland.gov tpoole@oag.state.md.us mmurphy@oag.state.md.us, Queen Anne's County Dept. WebThe Attorney General must be a citizen of the State and a qualified voter who has resided and practiced law in Maryland for at least ten years prior to election. Carrie J. Williams, Director (410) 576-7837; e-mail: cwilliams@oag.state.md.us FY2020 appropriation: $3,901,437; authorized positions: web: www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Pages/IdentityTheft/default.aspx Benjamin A. Harris, Deputy Counsel (410) 576-7294; e-mail: bharris@oag.state.md.us jyuzuik@oag.state.md.us tony.mohan@maryland.gov e-mail: inathan@oag.state.md.us Search the Manual Maryland Technology Development Corporation of Social Services Linda A. Holmes, Social Services Attorney (410) 386-3494; e-mail: Hossein Parvizian, Social Services Attorney (410) 767-7281, Caroline County Dept. e-mail: poconnor@oag.state.md.us Howard J. Barr, Principal Counsel (410) 767-4724; e-mail: hbarr@oag.state.md.us State Board of Nursing David P. Chaisson, Principal Counsel (410) 260-7248; e-mail: dchaisson@oag.state.md.us Assistant Attorneys General: Michael Fox; Benjamin M. Grossman; Donald K. Krohn. Assistant Attorneys General: Sandra I. Barnes; Hubert K. Chang; Simon T. Cornberg; Cathy A. Dryden; Aretha J. Ector; Janet F. Hartge; Kelly E. James; Elise Song Kurlander; Stephanie A. Lewis; Hilma J. Munson; Leslie K. Ridgway; Karen H. Rohrbaugh; Carol Ann Smith; Jennifer M. Sullam; Ann D. Ware. Assistant Attorneys General: Jerry E. Jones; Timothy S. Lake. ldix@oag.state.md.us e-mail: poconnor@oag.state.md.us State Board of Nursing e-mail: nellis@oag.state.md.us, MAIL SERVICES & COPY CENTER Vacancy, Administrator (301) 791-4780 Maryland Public Broadcasting Commission www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Pages/PIC/default.aspx State Retirement & Pension System Lynn E. Pickens, Social Services Attorney (301) 951-8023; e-mail: Baltimore City Dept. Secretary of State Emalu G. Myer, Consumer Affairs Supervisor (410) 713-3620 Mark S. Petrauskas, Deputy Counsel (410) 429-7487 gtzanakis@oag.state.md.us Maryland at a Glance Department of Natural Resources Jessica M. Whitney, Social Services Attorney (410) 951-8041; e-mail: web: www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Pages/IdentityTheft/default.aspx of Social Services Department of Agriculture Amy R. Fusting, Social Services Attorney (301) 610-4512; e-mail: HEALTH OCCUPATIONS PROSECUTION & LITIGATION DIVISION Kathleen C. Murphy, Chief (410) 576-6553; e-mail: kmurphy@oag.state.md.us Michael J. Salem, Senior Counsel (410) 260-7658 Cheryl A. Brown-Whitfield, Principal Counsel (410) 865-1109; e-mail: cbrownwhitfield@mdot.state.md.us Strider L. Dickson, Director (410) 576-6418; e-mail: sdickson@oag.state.md.us Assistant Attorneys General: Francis (Frank) Curnutte; Nichole C. Gatewood; Teresa M. Kelly; Ari J. Kodeck. Department of Transportation Search the Manual Joy R. Sakamoto-Wengel, Chair (410) 576-7041, COMMUNICATIONS Elizabeth F. Harris, Chief Deputy Attorney General (410) 576-7051; e-mail: eharris@oag.state.md.us Department of Planning (C81C0010) Maryland Department of Labor tpoole@oag.state.md.us Assistant Attorneys General: Bruce L. Benshoof; Amy K. Mataban. Department of State Police [The attorney general] cannot represent both us and prosecute civil rights. Lynn R. Angotti, Deputy Counsel (410) 537-3054; e-mail: David E. Beller, Principal Counsel (410) 767-7578; e-mail: Vacancy, Deputy Counsel (410) 767-3872 Projected winner. web: www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Pages/MFCU/default.aspx Assistant Attorneys General: Hanna Abrams; Lauren R. Calia; Brian T. Edmunds; Robert E. Frey; William T. Lawrie, Jr.; Christopher J. Madaio; Patrick H. McCormally; Elizabeth J. Stern; Sara Tonnesen. FY2020 appropriation: $7,770,297; authorized positions: Maryland Counties Millicent B. Maloney, Social Services Attorney (410) 819-4534; e-mail: james.ruffin@maryland.gov Motor Vehicle Administration ; Joseph L. Haskins, Jr.; Trudy Henson, J.D. Three Assistant Department of Housing & Community Development Donna D. Brooks, Manager (410) 576-6526 Barbara Curnin Kountz, Deputy Counsel (410) 767-6456 CONTRACT LITIGATION DIVISION Stuart M. Nathan, Counsel (410) 339-7569; e-mail: Anne Arundel County Office of Child Support Lynn R. Angotti, Deputy Counsel (410) 537-3054; e-mail: amy.fitzgerald@maryland.gov Division of Correction wmckee@oag.state.md.us Barbara S. Bond, Director of Victim Services (410) 576-6405; e-mail: bbond@oag.state.md.us tpoole@oag.state.md.us, Wicomico County Dept. Assistant Attorneys General: Shara M. Alpert; Christian J. Dabb; Talley H. Kovacs; Sally A. Lowe; Roger H. Medoff; Janice M. Setren; Julia G. Solomon; Emily A. Vainieri; Roger L. Wolfe, Jr. Department of Planning (C81C0018, formerly 22.03.00.18) Katherine A. Dorian, Chief (410) 576-6458 Steven Kroll, coordinator for the Maryland States Attorneys Association, and Howard County States Attorney Rich Gibson (D) addressed the issue with the committee. W. Paul Martin District Court/Multi-Service Center 44 North Potomac St., Suite 104, Hagerstown, MD 21740 Jennifer L. Wazenski, Principal Counsel (410) 260-8350; e-mail: ckunz@oag.state.md.us Maryland Departments David E. Beller, Principal Counsel (410) 767-7578; e-mail: Lucy A. Cardwell, Special Assistant Attorney General (410) 576-6337; e-mail: lcardwell@oag.state.md.us e-mail: cquattrocki@oag.state.md.us. Maryland 529 Board George E. Tzanakis, Social Services Attorney (410) 996-0104; e-mail: Search the Manual jennifer.wazenski@maryland.gov Assistant Attorney General: Niknaz M. McCormally Maryland held an election for attorney general on November 8, 2022. Washington County Dept. Assistant Attorneys General: Jason T. Sayers; John B. Phillip Ziperman, Deputy Counsel (410) 576-6417; e-mail: pziperman@oag.state.md.us WESTERN MARYLAND OFFICE Assistant Attorney General: Rajni K. Sekhri OPINIONS & ADVICE DIVISION Department of Human Services State Lottery & Gaming Control Agency Department of Planning Baltimore County Dept. Robin Markush, Social Services Attorney (410) 872-8769; e-mail: He served for eight years as the lieutenant governor from 2007 to 2015 under former Gov. web: www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/Pages/ECU/default.aspx Anita G. Turner, Social Services Attorney (301) 392-6870; e-mail: The measure would allow the attorney general to investigate discrimination on matters such as mortgage lending, check-cashing and fraudulent business practices. (410) 576-6550 (consumer information) Gray; Ioannis A. Laskaris; Mary C. Nevius; Phoebe M. Pappas; Phillip M. Pierson; Emily A. Shrift. thomas.filbert@maryland.gov Cynthia M. Hahn, Counsel (410) 576-6319; e-mail: chahn@oag.state.md.us jfinley@oag.state.md.us ahorn@oag.state.md.us Jeffrey H. Myers, Principal Counsel (410) 767-1110; e-mail: IDENTITY THEFT UNIT Travis W. Poole, Social Services Attorney (240) 420-3266; e-mail: e-mail: PEOPLE'S INSURANCE COUNSEL DIVISION Department of Aging Kimberly Smith Ward, Deputy Counsel, Litigation (410) 230-6123; e-mail: Neeta Kataria, Deputy Counsel (410) 767-4148; e-mail: jeberly@oag.state.md.us Campaign for rooftop solar goes to school, Maryland attorney general says he would in good faith defend law to lift statute of limitations on sexual abuse claims, Lawmakers, advocates push for changes in youth juvenile justice system, Wind and whales: No evidence links projects to deaths, Opinion: Harnessing the power of EmPOWER from energy efficiency to greenhouse gas reductions, Biden student debt relief plan met with skepticism from U.S. Supreme Court conservatives, Moores controversial nominee for the Public Service Commission withdraws, Families are taking a hit as pandemic aid ends, inflation continues, Brown pursues a more expansive scope for attorney generals office with civil rights, pattern-or-practice legislation, Proposed legislation would allow Maryland municipalities to create police accountability boards, Moore announces Roland Butler Jr. as nominee to lead the Maryland State Police, Gun rights supporters, opponents return to Annapolis as Judiciary Committee considers bill to adjust concealed carry laws after SCOTUS decision. FY2019 appropriation: $464,085; authorized positions: 5 Roberta G. Siskind, Counsel (410) 468-3960 Maryland Technology Development Corporation Charles County Dept. The Maryland Attorney Generals Offices four-year-long investigation into the Archdiocese of Baltimores history of child sexual abuse at the hands of Catholic priests is almost finished. Maryland Departments As a reminder, you can always reach us by email heau@oag.state.md.us (health care/insurance billing) or consumer@oag.state.md.us (business complaints), or file a complaint through our website by clicking on the red button above, at the top left of the page.