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Christopher A. Banks, Esq., is a Maryland barred attorney practicing Personal Injury, Worker's Compsenation, Bankruptcy, and Criminal Defense Law. Mr. Banks is of counsel to the Law Offices of Michael D. Herman, Esq. & Associates. He graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, and from Howard University School of Law and Howard University School of Business with dual Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degrees. He is a native of the Washington metro area. Mr. Banks is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, the Prince George's County Bar Association, and the J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association.

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Elsa L. Clausen is affiliated with Michael D. Herman, Esq. & Associates in an Of Counsel position. This affiliation began in 2015. She has 5 years of experience working in Labor & Employment law. She also has experience in Immigration Law, Consumer Protection, Civil Litigation, and she speaks Spanish. Elsa most recently worked in the legal department of the Service Employees International Union in Washington, D.C. While there, she worked on cases arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act. She also worked as legal counsel on a state-wide union election in California, and had the opportunity to work on the U.S. Senate's immigration reform bill of 2013. Elsa received a B.A. from the University of Maryland College Park, and a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in Baltimore. While in law school, Elsa worked for 3 organizations doing wage and hour law on behalf of low wage workers, the majority of who were farm workers. Elsa participated in an international and comparative law clinic in Zacatecas, Mexico, where she worked on transnational workers' rights and assisted with a multiple-plaintiff federal wage and hour litigation brought on behalf of guest workers from Mexico. Elsa also worked as a law clerk at the federal Immigration Court in Baltimore, Maryland and interned with the Pennsylvania Immigrant Resource Center, where she provided legal assistance to the detained immigrant population at York County Prison. Elsa is a member of the Maryland Bar.

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• Devaser Is a Partner With the Firm. Her Main Focuses Are Civil Litigation Wills, Trusts and Estates and Business

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• Family Law, Employment Law, Personal Injury

Biography Judith L. Walter has been practicing law, primarily as a litigation attorney, for over three decades . In 1970, Ms. Walter... Judith L. Walter has been practicing law, primarily as a litigation attorney, for over three decades . In 1970, Ms. Walter earned her B.A. degree, cum laude, from Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri. She graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1980 with a Juris Doctor degree and was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar the same year. She was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1987 and now practices in both jurisdictions. Early in her career, Ms. Walter worked for the U.S. Railway Association on highly complex litigation arising from the bankruptcies of several Northeast railroads and the formation of Conrail. Ms. Walter affiliated with Michael D. Herman, Esq. & Associates as an Of Counsel attorney in 2015. Prior to that, Ms. Walter had her offices in Takoma Park, Maryland. Previously, she was associated with the firm of Vecchia & Wolfer where she practiced alongside Judith A. Wolfer, who now heads the legal program for the House of Ruth in the central Maryland and Baltimore areas. During her tenure with Vecchia & Wolfer, Ms. Walter successfully concluded several complex employment discrimination matters. Ms. Walter's practice currently focuses primarily on family law, including divorce, child custody, support, domestic violence, guardianships, and wills. Ms. Walter also maintains a general practice representing clients in connection with consumer issues, credit corrections, contract disputes, real estate litigation, landlord & tenant (landlord side) and employment law. In addition to her admission to the District of Columbia and Maryland Bars, Ms. Walter is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columba, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

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Biography Michael D. Herman has been a practicing attorney since 1992. Michael has held numerous legal and political positions during his career. He... Michael D. Herman has been a practicing attorney since 1992. Michael has held numerous legal and political positions during his career. He previously served as an associate attorney in a large Washington, D.C. legislative law practice, working with Congressional committees, staff and clients to maintain an effective Washington presence for large international and domestic corporations. He later served eight years as an Assistant State's Attorney in Prince George's County before becoming Chief of Staff to the Prince George's County Executive. As a prosecutor, Michael spent most of his career prosecuting felonies and vehicular homicides. He tried numerous cases of first impression in Maryland and nationally. He has tried more than 500 cases and has conducted more than 100 jury trials. As Chief of Staff, he oversaw several county agencies, and developed an appreciation and keen understanding of legislative processes in the state and county, as well as administrative and regulatory processes, including land use and zoning. He served as supervisor over the County Office of Law, which employed more than 40 attorneys. He also oversaw the entire federal, state, and county government relations and legislative practice. He later acted as Prince George's County's principal lobbyist to the Maryland General Assembly after leaving county government in 2009. Michael opened his own law firm in 2010, where he specializes in business law, litigation, land use/zoning, personal injury, and government relations. His clients range from small to mid-sized businesses, non-profit organizations, as well as individuals. The firm has since expanded to include other attorneys and practice areas. Michael has also published articles and lectured on legal and political issues at several local colleges and universities, as well as before business groups here in the Washington, D.C. area and across the country. He was the principal author of the American Bar Association's Dispute Resolution Handbook for State and Local Bar Associations. Education University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. In addition to his legal work, Michael is a former elected official, where he served four terms on the Town Council, and one term as Mayor of the Town of Riverdale Park, where he currently resides. He has always been actively engaged in community service. He was a Big Brother, founder and former President of the Riverdale Boys and Girls Club, and is a current and former board member of numerous organizations in the Washington, D.C. area. He currently serves on the board of the Alice Ferguson Foundation and had previously served as president. The Alice Ferguson Foundation is a regional environmental education organization based in Accokeek, Maryland. He also serves on the Board of Joe's Movement Emporium, a dance and performance non-profit in Mount Rainier, Maryland.

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Biography Rex B. Wingerter has been an attorney almost 30 years, focusing on immigration law, criminal defense, and family law. He accepted his... Rex B. Wingerter has been an attorney almost 30 years, focusing on immigration law, criminal defense, and family law. He accepted his first immigration case in 1986 and has litigated many hundreds of cases before the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the Department of Homeland Security. His practice emphasized immigration litigation and defense of removal, including waivers of inadmissibility, cancellation of removal, and political asylum and Convention Against Torture relief, as well as non-immigrant student and business visas, family and business based adjustment of status applications family, and naturalization. Prior to receiving his law degree, he was an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado where he taught "Middle East Politics and the International System." Rex was an adjunct professor at The Washington College of Law, The American University, Washington, D.C. where he taught "Refugee and Asylum Law." He is a former chair for the Washington, D.C. chapter of the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild. Rex has lectured and written extensively on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. He spoke on this topic before judicial conferences, public defender offices and the private, criminal defense bars in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, and seminars at the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He testified as an expert in the immigration consequences of criminal convictions in courts in Maryland and Connecticut. He wrote "Consequences of Criminal Convictions" for the Maryland Bar Journal and Mr. Wingerter's in-depth writings for Immigration Briefings, published by West Law, include "Challenges to Removal Based on Criminal Convictions: Post-Conviction Relief and Immigration Proceedings" and "Defenses to Removal Based on Criminal Convictions: INA Waivers." His criminal defense practice includes traffic, misdemeanors, and felonies. He has an extensive experience in seeking to vacate convictions or modify sentences for his clients through either the post-conviction statue or common law corum nobis petitions. His domestic relations practice includes divorce, child custody, child support, and domestic violence and protective orders. He often consults with family attorneys on immigration-related issues and his article Immigration Basics and Family Law appeared in the Prince George's County Bar Association Newsletter. Education Boston University, Boston, MA University of Denver, Graduate School of International Studies, Denver, CO Antioch School of Law, Washington, D.C.