Division of Public Interest Litigation Staff Attorneys

James C. Savage, Division Chief

Received B.A. degree in English from Seton Hall University (1968); J.D. from Seton Hall University (1973). Admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1981; joined the County Attorney's Office in 2000. Also admitted to practice in New Jersey (1973), D.C. (1979), Third and Fourth Circuit Courts, Circuit Court for the District of Columbia, and United States Supreme Court. Previously employed as Assistant County Prosecutor, Newark, New Jersey (1973 to1977); trial attorney for the Criminal Divison of the United States Department of Justice (1977 to 1982); Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore (1982 to 1987); criminal defense attorney, specializing in federal criminal defense. Areas of concentration include debt collection, code enforcement, and subrogation.

Terrilyn Brooks, Associate County Attorney

Received B.A. from The American University (1984); J.D. from Villanova University School of Law (1987). Admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1997; joined the County Attorney's Office in 2007. Also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for Maryland (2000), Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. Member of the Maryland State Bar Association. Previous employment includes Assistant City Solicitor for the City of Philadelphia (Commercial Litigation Division and Code Enforcement Division) and Assistant Attorney General for The Maryland Department of the Environment. Civil litigation experience includes commercial litigation, regulatory enforcement actions for lead poisoning violations, solid waste laws, and other environmental matters. Currently assigned to the Division of Public Safety and is agency counsel to the Division of Solid Waste Services.

Nowelle A. Ghahhari, Assistant County Attorney

Received B.A. in International Relations and Political Science, minor in French, from Lehigh University (1997); J. D., Heuisler Honor Society, magna cum laude, from the University of Baltimore (2005). Admitted to the Maryland Bar in 2006; joined the County Attorney's Office in 2007. Member of the Montgomery County Bar Association. Served as Clerk for the Honorable Lynne A. Battaglia, Maryland Court of Appeals. Staff Editor, Law Review; Labor and Employment Moot Court Team. Member of the Division of Public Safety.

Kathryn Lloyd, Assistant County Attorney

Received B.A., with honors, from the University of Florida (1999); J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law (2005). Admitted to the Maryland Bar in 2005; joined the County Attorney's Office in 2006. Member of the Maryland Bar Association. Served as Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Michael D. Mason, Circuit Court for Montgomery County. Associate Editor, Maryland Law Reivew (2004-2005). Member of the Division of Public Safety.

Jerome Allen Nicholas, Jr., Assistant County Attorney

Received B.A. from Morehouse College (1975); J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law (1978). Admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1978; joined the County Attorney's Office in 2001. Also admitted to practice in Florida (1979), United States Supreme Court (1984), Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals (1984), and United States District Court (1978). Member of the Maryland State Bar Association. Retired from the Baltimore City Solicitor's Office after 22 years. Previously employed as Chief Counsel for the Baltimore City Police Department and the Baltimore City Public Schools; former chief of the contracts unit, Department of Public Works, and litigation division; private contract and construction practice.

William A. Snoddy, Associate County Attorney

Received B.A. degree in Journalism from Howard University (1987); J.D. from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1995). Admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1995; joined the County Attorney's Office in 2005. Also admitted to practice in Court of Appeals of Maryland (1995), U. S. District Court for the District of Maryland (1998), and U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (2000). Member of the J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association (President, 2005) and Prince George's County Bar Association (Director, 2002-present). Maryland State Bar Association Leadership Academy Fellow (2001). Previously employed by Prince George's County Office of Law, Litigation Section. Counsel to the Montgomery County Police Department.

Malcolm F. Spicer, Jr., Assistant County Attorney

Received B.A. from the University of Maryland (1969); J.D. with honors from the University of Maryland School of Law (1974). Admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1974; joined the County Attorney's Office in 2000. Also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for Maryland (1975), the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Member of the Maryland and Baltimore County Bar Associations. Former County Attorney for Baltimore County (1983-1987). Areas of concentration are zoning, building, and land use. Agency counsel to the Department of Permitting Services.

Walter E. Wilson, Associate County Attorney

Received B.A. from Morgan State University (1980); M.P.A. from University of Baltimore (1987), and J.D. from University of Maryland (1991). Admitted to the Maryland Bar in 1991; joined the County Attorney's Office in 1999. Also a member of the Pennsylvania Bar (1992), District of Columbia Bar (1993), and admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for Maryland (1992), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (1992), and the United States Supreme Court (2000). Previously Senior Associate Counsel for the International Municipal Lawyers Association. Areas of concentration are environmental law, procurement, administrative law, consumer protection, and community association law. Agency counsel to the Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Recreation, Office of Consumer Protection, and Commission on Common Ownership Communities.