Good deeds done here

July 1, 2008

Two notable examples of philanthropy last week from the Maryland legal community:

  • Golf Fore Heart 2008 raised more than $51,000 for the Society for Heart Attack and Prevention Education (SHAPE) on Wednesday. JoAnne Zawitoski, the event’s co-chair, said more than 100 golfers teed it up at Mountain Branch Golf Club in Joppa. Zawitoski, a principal at Semmes, Bowen & Semmes in Baltimore, started the event last year in honor of her late husband, Guy Fernandez, an avid golfer who passed away suddenly of a heart attack in four years ago. Zawitoski is also a board member of SHAPE.
  • The Baltimore County Bar Association donated $10,000 to the Family Crisis Center of Baltimore County Inc. during its Stated Meeting on Thursday. The donation came out of funds remaining from a settlement in Taylor v. Savings First Mortgage LLC, a predatory-lending class action that originated in Baltimore. Savings First repaid $1.1 million to approximately 2,400 customers; as part of the settlement agreement, the crisis center was one of several charities designated to receive money not claimed by consumers. Richard S. Gordon, Kieron F. Quinn of Quinn Gordon & Wolf Chtd. in Towson and Benjamin H. Carney of the Holland Law Firm P.C. in Annapolis were lead counsel in the case.

DANNY JACOBS, Legal Affairs Writer

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Posted by Jackie Sauter | Filed Under charity, law 

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