As a multi-disciplinary attorney in the Firm’s Real Estate Department, Ms. Vassallo focuses much of her practice on Land Use and Zoning, and the myriad aspects of this area of Administrative Law. Along with her legal background, Ms. Vassallo is a trained planner and was one of the architects of the student-lead “Vision for Eggerts Crossing” which won New Jersey’s 2003 B. Budd Chavooshian State Planning Student Project Award. During Ms. Vassallo’s tenure as a member of Rutgers’ Law Journal she published a note addressing New Jersey’s takeover of the City of Camden’s municipal governance. She serves on Montgomery County Charter Review Commission, tasked with reviewing and recommending changes to the County Charter, which provided the governance structure for Montgomery County. Ms. Vassallo is a certified gymnastics judge and officiates at competitions from beginner to NCAA-level throughout Maryland and the East Coast.
Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Vassallo was a Judicial Clerk for the Honorable John A. Sweeney, Assignment Judge of the Superior Court, Burlington County, New Jersey. She then served as a Judicial Clerk for the Honorable Dale R. Cathell, of the Court of Appeals of Maryland.
Publications
- Comparative Standards: Carrots, Sticks and Other Roughage of Green Building Laws, IMLA 2009
- Solving Camden's Crisis: Makeover or Takeover? 33 Rutgers L.J. 185 (2001)
Professional & Community Affiliations
- Maryland State Bar Association, Member, Administrative Law Section, Real Estate Section
- Bar Association of Montgomery County, Member, Real Estate Section
- Bethesda-Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce
- Urban Land Institute
- American Planning Association Planning & Law Division, Daniel J. Curtin Fellowship Committee
- Montgomery County Charter Review Commissioner 2007 - 2010)
- Coach, University of Maryland Club Gymnastics Team
- John Carroll Society of Greater Washington