Areas of Experience

Personal injury, clergy abuse, medical malpractice, construction, product liability, environmental, and governmental issues.

Professional Experience

• Chief Judge, Circuit Court for Baltimore City, 2010-2014.
• Associate Judge, Circuit Court for Baltimore City, 1992-2010. Jury Judge, 1999-2001, Court Management Committee, 1995-2006.
• Judge in Charge, Family Division/Juvenile, 1995-2006.
• Former Attorney, Baltimore City Solicitor’s Office, Baltimore City Law Department. Served as Assistant City Solicitor- Contracts Section; Chief Solicitor- Tax, Pensions and Finance Section; and Associate Solicitor/Chief of Corporate Division.
• Former Associate, Walker, Rubin and VanBavel.

Affiliations

• Recipient, Judicial College of Maryland The Charles E. Moylan, Jr. Faculty Award for Excellence in Judicial Education, 2019.
• Recipient, Maryland State Bar Association Sodaro Judicial Civility Award, 2019.
• Former Co-Director, Maryland Judiciary’s New Trial Judge Orientation.
• Former Trustee, Roland Park County School
• Former Member, Maryland Conference of Circuit Court Judges.
• Former Member, Board of Directors, Baltimore City Foundation, Inc.
• Former Member, Governor’s Task Force on Children, Youth and Families’ System Reform. Appointed by the Governor of the State of Maryland.
• Past Chairman, Maryland Judicial Conference, Committee on Juvenile Law.
• Former Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Science, Frostburg State University.
• Member, Bar Association of Baltimore City.
• Member, Monumental Bar Association.

Education

• University of Maryland School of Law, J.D.
• Frostburg State University, B.S.