Our Team

Gary Greenwald

Gary Greenwald has practiced law in Maryland for more than 40 years. His offices are located in Howard County, Prince George’s County and St. Mary’s County. His practice focuses primarily on estate planning, wills, trusts, trust settlement, probate and business law. In addition, he belongs to the Estates and Trusts Section of the Maryland State Bar Association.

For six years, he served on the Board of Directors of the Estate Planning Council of Suburban Maryland. He also served two years as its President.

Mr. Greenwald also holds an active membership in the National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys. He holds a license to practice in both the state and federal courts of Maryland and the District of Columbia. Over the years, he has spoken frequently to professional and civic groups about estate planning.

Mr. Greenwald graduated with honors from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1977. Later, in 1989, he earned a Master of Law degree in taxation from the George Washington University School of Law.

Community Involvement & Recognition

Mr. Greenwald is an active member of the Columbia Town Center Chapter of Rotary International. The organization recently honored him as a Paul Harris Fellow. He serves on its Board of Directors and has twice served as its President. In 1993, he chaired the United Way Campaign of Prince George’s County.

Beyond Rotary, he has volunteered as a curator of the Babe Ruth Museum and Birthplace. He also mentored students through the Howard County Public Schools Gifted and Talented Program. He also served the Family Service Foundation as a Board member, Vice President and President. For over ten years, he sat on the Board of Directors of Patuxent Widowed Services, Inc. He also chaired the Planned Giving Committee of Doctor’s Community Hospital in Lanham, Maryland.

Mr. Greenwald belongs to WealthCounsel and the National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys. Both are nationally known professional organizations for estate planning practitioners. In 2020, Maryland Super Lawyers recognized him as a Super Lawyer in the field of estate planning.

Mr. Greenwald is a former adjunct professor of Business Law at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland.

He is married to his wife, Donna, and they have three children, Jodi, Danny and Rebecca. They also have three grandchildren, Noah, Amanda and Eric.

In addition, Mr. Greenwald frequently attends performances of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. He is also an avid sports fan and collector of sports memorabilia. In fact, Donna has sung the National Anthem at the stadiums of every Major League Baseball team.

Jodi S. Satin

Jodi Satin has worked in the legal industry for over 20 years in many different capacities. She has worked as a legal assistant, paralegal, and office manager in law firms located in Raleigh, North Carolina; Columbia, Maryland; and Portland, Maine. She has a vast array of experience. In particular, she has taken many continuing legal education courses relative to estate planning, family law, and corporate law.

Jodi has worked as an office manager and paralegal for the Law Offices of Gary Greenwald since July, 2003 and continues to remotely provide assistance from her new home in Maine. Jodi has extensive experience drafting living trusts, wills, powers of attorney, health care documents, trust accountings, trust inventories, deeds, and other related trust based estate planning documents. In addition, she is well versed in preparing Petitions for Probate, Inventories, Accountings, and other related documents associated with Probate.

In her capacity of corporate paralegal, Jodi has prepared corporate documents such as Articles of Incorporation, minutes and bylaws, Articles of Organization, and Operating Agreements for Limited Liability Companies, as well as preparing contracts, Buy-Sell Agreements, Bills of Sale and other business related documents

In August, 2015, Jodi and her family moved to Westbrook, Maine; and, she continues her legal career as an estate planning paralegal.

Jodi is happily married to her high school sweetheart, Elliot, and they have three children, Noah, Amanda, and Eric. Also, their dog, Neptune, is of the belief he is one of their children, too!

Pauline M. Haynes

Pauline M. Haynes (Polly) joined The Law Offices of Gary Greenwald in the summer of 2019 with a great deal of relevant estate planning experience.

As a Deputy Estate Administrator for the Register of Wills for Frederick County, Maryland, for almost five years, Polly assisted members of the public with opening estates, reviewing and assisting with the filings necessary to open an estate such as Petitions for Probate, Lists of Interested Persons, surety bonds, Information Reports, Inventories and Notices to Creditors for publication in local newspapers, and reviewed wills submitted for probate.

In addition, Polly has 10 years of experience as a legal assistant and office administrator for estate planning attorneys in private practice. In that regard, Polly has had extensive experience drafting deeds and seeing to their recordation at the courthouse, preparing trust and probate accountings and inventories, coordinating attorneys’ appointment and court calendars, conducting will signings, and serving as office liaison among staff counsel, clients and the Court.

Polly is married to her husband, Doug. Furthermore, she has four sons, Jonathan, James, Michael and Daniel, and four grandchildren, Brayden, Logan, Hunter and Devan.

Rebecca Greenwald

Rebecca Greenwald is a life-long resident of Howard County, Maryland. A graduate of Atholton High School, she went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree from West Virginia University. Her areas of study in Mountaineer Country included a minor concentration in Communications. While a full time undergraduate student, Rebecca worked in a local Boys and Girls Club office with two hundred members. Specifically, her job responsibilities included managing the office’s front desk, planning and organizing member activities, preparing the necessary paperwork for member registration, and carrying out other general administrative duties.

Rebecca is a proud graduate of the Disney Leadership Training Program in Orlando, Florida. As a program graduate, Rebecca learned the “Disney Way” approach to leadership, business insight, employee engagement and customer service. The Disney Leadership Training Program is very selective in its enrollment policies and Rebecca feels very fortunate to have earned a spot in the program.

As a part time staff member of the Firm, Rebecca assists with various administrative duties such as the preparation of office files, correspondence and filing. In addition, she lends her unique talents to special office projects. When she is not in the office, Rebecca is continuing her education as a student at Howard Community College, designing custom tie dyed clothing, tickling the ivory on her Kawai piano, and answering to the every beck and call of her dog, Juneau.