- Kathy Bailey, Principal
- Michelle Bergman, Associate
- Kerry Connor, Associate
- Margaret Wood Danielski, Associate
- Josh Gerben, Associate
- Anne Harmon, Associate
- Serafina Raskin, Associate
- Nicole E. Reyes, Associate
- Kwame Acquaah, Of Counsel
- José Cáceres, Business Development Coordinator
- Hannah Samuel, Office Administrator
- Steven A. Wright, Administrative Assistant
Attorneys
Kathy Bailey, Principal
Kathy Bailey brings to her practice a depth and breadth of legal expertise that encompasses the areas of environmental law, commercial law, employment discrimination, bankruptcy, breach of contract and deceptive trade practices. She has represented both landlords and tenants in leasing matters and related litigation in jurisdictions nationwide.
In 1991, The American Lawyer named her an Outstanding Clean Air Lawyer for her expertise in clean air and environmental law and policy. Her representation includes both public and private sector clients and she has served as an Environmental Specialist for the Texas Department of Highways, a Regional Air Quality Planner for both the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and the Houston-Galveston Area Council, as In-House Counsel for the Chemical Manufacturers Association (now the American Chemistry Council), and as Senior Counsel for the American Automobile Manufacturers Association. Known as an authority in the field, she has served as Chair of the Air Quality Committee of the American Bar Association, and is a frequent speaker and writer on Clean Air related topics in the United States and abroad.
Prior to opening her own practice in 1998, Kathy represented a wide range of companies and trade associations at Chadbourne and Parke. While there, she developed comments on proposed environmental regulations and represented a variety of clients in environmental litigation actions. She has been actively involved in the preparation of advocacy materials for use with the EPA, reauthorization of Superfund, and Clean Water Act legislative proposals.
Kathy serves on the Board of Directors of Miriam’s Kitchen, a non-profit organization that provides nourishment and social services to the Washington, DC homeless community and is Co-Chair of the Lawyer’s Committee of the Shakespeare Theatre. She also serves on the Board of the International Fund for China's Environment, an organization that aims to ensure a healthy global environment and continued economic development by helping China solve its environmental problems.
Kathy is the President of the 2008 Class of Fellows of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of the FBI Citizens Academy Program. She is an AV® rated Martindale Hubbell® attorney and is recognized by the Washington DC Super Lawyers® magazine as one of DC Metro Area top lawyers for 2008 for Civil Litigation Defense.
BS, MS, Biology, the University of Houston
JD, American University Washington College of Law
Admitted to Practice: District of Columbia, New York and Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, District of Maryland, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Eastern District of New York, Southern District of New York and the Court of Claims; United States Supreme Court, Federal Circuit, District of Columbia Circuit and the 6th Circuit
EMAIL: kbailey@baileylawgroup.com
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Michelle Bergman, Associate
Michelle Bergman is an Associate in the Firm’s Litigation
Practice Group where her primary focus is on commercial
and business tort litigation. Michelle assists individual
and corporate clients on matters involving tort and contract claims, federal and state consumer protection actions, insurance coverage, and property disputes. She also represents clients
in matters dealing with state and local environmental regulation, and has worked on pro bono matters dealing with the D.C. Housing Authority and the Housing Choice Voucher Program.
In 2003, Michelle was named J. Peter Schmitz Fellow after her clerkship at the Washington University Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic. At the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic, she worked with the clinic staff and public interest clients in challenging a proposed cement plant and limestone quarry in Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri, by focusing on legal issues implicating the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Air Act. In 2004, Michelle clerked at the Oakland Regional Office of Earthjustice, where she represented clients to ensure that federal and state statutes for clean air were enforced in California’s Central Valley.
Michelle is an active member of the Maryland State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. She volunteers her time to support the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Miriam's Kitchen and the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia.
BS, Biology, University of Maryland
JD, Washington University in St. Louis
Admitted to Practice: Maryland and District of Columbia; U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
EMAIL: mbergman@baileylawgroup.com
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Kerry Connor, Associate 
Kerry Connor is an Associate practicing in the Firm's Alcoholic Beverage Licensing area. Kerry assists clients with their applications for liquor licenses and ensures ongoing compliance with local, state and federal laws.
Prior to joining Bailey Law Group, Kerry worked as a law clerk for a firm in Connecticut that specialized in bankruptcy and real estate matters. Working closely with members of the U.S. Trustee’s office, Kerry aided in the administration of over 500 individual and joint consumer bankruptcy petitions, and spearheaded the firm’s implementation of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (BAPCA) in October 2005. In addition, she assisted with the representation of both defendants and plaintiffs in bank, condominium and judgment foreclosures, represented tenants and landlords in evictions, administered small-claims actions, and handled estate planning and probate matters.
Before law school, Kerry worked as a Corporate Public Relations Manager and Director for a Fortune 1000 Atlanta-based service corporation. In 1999, she was appointed as the primary media contact for two New England ski resorts owned by American Skiing Company. Among her responsibilities, she oversaw all media relations for the 2001 ESPN Winter X-Games, drafted and implemented a resort-wide media crisis plan and was the point person for state and local government entities concerning environmental legislation initiatives affecting the ski industry. In 1996, Kerry was the primary liaison between international dignitaries and Olympic athletes as a Venue Manager for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (“ACOG”).
Kerry was a Quinnipiac University School of Law Dean Scholar in 2003 and a recipient of the Distinguished Academic Achievement Award in 2006. She is a member of the American Bar Association, Connecticut Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, Women's Bar Association and sits on the Board of Directors of the Quinnipiac University School of Law Alumni Association.BA, History and Political Science, Marquette University
JD, Quinnipiac University School of Law
Admitted to Practice: Connecticut, District of Columbia; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
EMAIL: kconnor@baileylawgroup.com
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Margaret Wood Danielski, Associate 
Margaret Wood Danielski is an associate with the Firm ’s Litigation Practice Group. Her practice focuses on civil and commercial litigation matters.
Margaret was initially involved with Bailey Law Group assisting attorneys in the representation of approximately 100 households in an environmental damage settlement with a major power company in Ohio. She served as litigation paralegal on various commercial and civil litigation matters, including a federal grand jury investigation and a successful jury trial in U.S. District Court. She also worked as a licensing paralegal, completing original and renewal applications for liquor and other business licenses for locations in over 70 jurisdictions.
Prior to joining Bailey Law Group, Margaret clerked at the Environmental Protection Agency in the Air Enforcement Division of the Office of Civil Enforcement, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, where she analyzed agency policy and participated in the spectrum of case development and resolution for non-road engine violators. During law school, Margaret participated in the Juvenile Justice section of the Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic, University of Maine School of Law, where she represented juvenile defendants in criminal matters in Maine District Court. She also successfully represented the University of Maine School of Law in the 2006 Trilateral Moot Court Competition, winning out over international competitors from Dalhousie University Law School and the University of New Brunswick Law School.
BA, American Studies, George Washington University
JD, University of Maine School of Law
Admitted to Practice: Maine; U.S. District Court for the District of Maine
EMAIL: mdanielski@baileylawgroup.com
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Josh Gerben, Associate
Josh Gerben is an Associate in the Firm’s Business Law Practice Group. Josh has represented clients ranging from large corporations to sole proprietors. His practice focuses on negotiating and drafting contracts for commercial real estate transactions, working with both landlords and tenants. In addition, Josh negotiates and prepares contracts for clients on a wide range of business related matters such as asset purchase agreements, confidentiality agreements and employment contracts. He also consults with clients in developing marketing plans to ensure their trademark rights are protected in the marketplace.
Furthermore, Josh participates in the Firm’s litigation practice. Specifically, he has worked on cases involving environmental law, insurance disputes, nuisance claims, breach of contract actions, and trademark disputes. Prior to joining Bailey Law Group, he served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Reggie B. Walton of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
In the community, Josh is active in the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Arthritis Foundation. Additionally, he volunteers time organizing a yearly fundraiser event for Miriam’s Kitchen.
BBA, Business Administration, George Washington University
JD, American University Washington College of Law, Cum Laude
Admitted to Practice: Virginia, District of Columbia
EMAIL: jgerben@baileylawgroup.com
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Anne Harmon, Associate
Anne Harmon joined Bailey Law Group as an Associate in 2003. Her practice focuses on commercial leasing in the transportation industry where she has extensive experience representing landlords and tenants in the negotiation, drafting and review of leases and related contracts for retail stores and food and beverage concessions in airports and toll roads throughout the United States and Canada.
Prior to her tenure at Bailey Law Group, Anne was in private practice in Boulder, Colorado, specializing in family law with additional practice experience in the areas of employment discrimination, landlord-tenant disputes and estate planning.
Anne graduated from Indiana University with a B.S. in Public Affairs and an emphasis in Public Sector Management after which she worked for CBS Records in New York City. She earned her J.D. from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1992 and during her time there was the recipient of a Bernard J. Seeman Scholarship, was active in the Women’s Law Caucus and held a water rights law clerkship in Denver.
Anne has volunteered extensively, doing pro bono work through Boulder County Legal Services, serving as a member and President of the Board of Directors of The Counseling Center in Boulder, teaching English as a Second Language in Boulder County and assisting in the Prince Georges County School District in Maryland. She has also volunteered for the “Shakespearience” children’s education program at the Washington Shakespeare Theatre and for Miriam’s Kitchen “100 Bowls” fundraiser for the homeless in Washington. Her current volunteer efforts focus on guiding weekly reading and writing groups for elementary school students in the Boulder Valley School District.
BS, Public Affairs, Indiana University
JD, University of Colorado School of Law
Admitted to Practice: District of Columbia, Colorado
EMAIL: aharmon@baileylawgroup.com
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Serafina Raskin, Associate 
Serafina Raskin is an Associate in the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group. Serafina has experience handling large-scale complex litigation in both state and federal courts, including multi-district litigation. Specifically, she has participated in cases involving toxic torts, breach of contract, professional malpractice and employment disputes. In conjunction with the Public Law Center, Serafina regularly takes on pro bono cases representing plaintiffs before administrative agencies.
Prior to joining Bailey Law Group, Serafina previously practiced in the Orange County office of a large law firm in its business litigation group. She also served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Alicemarie Stotler of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
In the community, Serafina serves as an adjunct professor at the University of California at Irvine. She also sits on the Board of the UC Irvine Alumni Association and Bravo!, a support group for the Orange County Performing Arts Center.
BA, Political Science, University of California, Irvine
JD, University of California, Hastings College of Law
Admitted to practice: California and Orange County; 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and the Northern District of California
EMAIL: sraskin@baileylawgroup.com
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Nicole E. Reyes, Associate
Nicole Reyes has been an Associate in the Firm’s Litigation Practice Group since 2004. Her practice focuses mostly on complex civil and commercial litigation, where she represents clients in all phases of the dispute resolution process. Nicole has extensive experience with business tort suits, contract disputes, environmental litigation, regulatory compliance, federal and state consumer protection act claims, and insurance disputes.
Prior to joining Bailey Law Group, Nicole was a Lieutenant in the Navy Judge Advocate General Corps. She was stationed at the Navy Legal Service Office in Yokosuka, Japan for approximately two years, where she worked as both a legal assistance attorney and a defense attorney. As a legal assistance attorney, Nicole provided legal advice to sailors, marines and their family members on a wide range of international and civil matters. As a defense attorney, she represented service members accused of drug distribution, drug possession and use, indecent assault, assault, conspiracy and larceny. In October 2002, Nicole was re-assigned to Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia as an Assistant Staff Judge Advocate. While acting as in-house counsel on an Admiral’s staff, Nicole was also the Regional Coordinator for the Department of Defense Victim-Witness Assistance Program. In April 2003, she deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as the Staff Judge Advocate to Commander, Amphibious Task Force East. Nicole advised on pressing legal issues including international law, rules of engagement, law of armed conflict, military justice, ethics and civil law.
Nicole earned her J.D. in May 2000 from Pace University School of Law, where she also participated in a study abroad program in London, England, and interned for a barrister who specialized in maritime law. She also interned with the New York State Grievance Committee for the 9th Judicial District where she researched and reviewed attorney misconduct complaints.
Nicole is an active member of the American Bar Association and is asked by the ABA to serve as a judge for regional and national competitions. Nicole also volunteers at the Shakespeare Theatre’s “Shakespearience” program for children and has been involved with planning “100 Bowls" for Miriam's Kitchen.
BA, International Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo
Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society
JD, Pace University School of Law
Admitted to Practice: New York, Connecticut and District of Columbia; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
EMAIL: nreyes@baileylawgroup.com
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Kwame Acquaah, Of Counsel
Kwame Acquaah is a member of the Firm’s Business Law
Practice Group. He counsels clients on a wide range of corporate, commercial, regulatory and contract issues, commercial real estate and all aspects of non-profit law.
Kwame has broad and significant experience in advising and assisting entrepreneurs, businesses and tax-exempt organizations on day-to-day matters, strategic planning, corporate organization, financing, corporate governance, contracts, joint ventures, strategic partnering and alliances, purchase and sale of businesses, workplace legal issues, and
on international transactions.
For over 30 years, Kwame has represented clients in a variety
of industries in the U.S. and also worked extensively with businesses, governmental entities and international organizations in other regions of the world on all aspects of corporate law, as well as on policy, legal, regulatory and institutional arrangements for promoting trade and investment in various sectors. He has designed and drafted legal instruments and documents for many governments. He has also trained company executives and public officials in several countries on negotiating with multinational corporations. He has worked with clients in over 65 countries.
Kwame is a member of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the American Bar Association. He serves on the ABA Advisory Panel. He has lectured and written on law, business, public policy and international affairs and is the author of International Regulation of Transnational Corporations: The New Reality. (New York: Praeger).
Kwame is a Past President of the Rotary Club of Bailey’s Crossroads, Virginia. He volunteers at the Shakespeare Theatre and Miriam’s Kitchen.Ph.D., (Management), New York University, New York
LL.M., Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
LL.B., (Hons.) University of Ghana
Admitted to Practice: New York, the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Ghana; U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Maryland, and the Eastern District of Virginia; U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Court of International Trade.
EMAIL: kacquaah@baileylawgroup.com
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Staff
José Cáceres,
Business Development Coordinator
EMAIL: jcaceres@baileylawgroup.com
V-Card: Jose Caceres
Hannah Samuel,
Office Administrator
EMAIL: hsamuel@baileylawgroup.com
V-Card: Hannah Samuel
Steven A. Wright,
Administrative Assistant
EMAIL: swright@baileylawgroup.com
V-Card: Steven Wright
