Elissa D. Levan

Elissa Levan is a member of Funk & Bolton, P.A., in the firm's Baltimore office, and she is a member of the firm's Local Government Practice Area.

Ms. Levan has been representing governmental clients since 1992, when, after a few years at other firms, she joined Levan, Schimel, Belman & Abramson, P.A. in Howard County (later, a regional office of Miles & Stockbridge, P.A.) Since then, Ms. Levan has provided advice and counsel to a diverse group of Maryland municipalities, currently including the Cities of Bowie and Westminster and the Towns of Church Hill and Chesapeake Beach. She also spent a year in the Office of the Attorney General, representing the twenty-four Maryland sheriffs and their sworn deputies.

Ms. Levan has also provided general representation to private sector businesses, including several not-for-profit entities, such as the Corridor Transportation Corporation.

Ms. Levan has been active for many years in the Maryland Municipal Attorney's Association and served, among other capacities, for several years as its liaison to the Maryland Municipal League's Legislative Committee. She has also been a member of both the Maryland State Bar Association's Local Government and Administrative Law Sections, for both of which sections she has served on the governing Councils. She is a Fellow of the Maryland Bar Foundation. Ms. Levan was previously a member of the Board of Directors of the Baltimore-Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce and for several years chaired its Public Affairs Group, which undertook legislative education and advocacy functions for the Chamber.