Andrea M Leahy

Maryland

Since 1989

Judge

Maryland Court of Special Appeals

2014 - Current

Of Counsel

Business Litigation Division, Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP

2001 - 2006

Assistant U.S. Attorney

District of Maryland

1999 - 2001

Senior Legal Counsel and Director

Office of Legal Counsel and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Governor

1995 - 1999

Special Assistant and Environmental Policy Advisor

County Executive, Prince George's County

1992 - 1995

Associate County Attorney

Prince George's County

1989 - 1992

lead counsel to department of environmental resources

music & politics

J.D. (1987)

Catholic University

B.A. (1983) | music & politics

Maryland's Top 100 Women Lawyers

Super Lawyers Magazine

2013

Maryland's Top 50 Women Lawyers

Baltimore Magazine

2013

Leadership in Law Award

Daily Record

2010

Maryland's Top 100 Women

Daily Record

2005, 2007, 2013 (Circle of Excellence)

Maryland State Bar Association

Member

Current

Activities: co-chair, oral history project, 2004; chair, administrative law section council, 2007

American Bar Association (public contract law section)

2012 - Current

co-chair, oral history project, 2004; chair, administrative law section council, 2007

Member

2011 - Current

Women's Bar Association

Member

2007 - Current

Activities: Member, 991-2002

Women's Bar Association Foundation

Director

2007 - Current

Activities: chair, finding justice project, 2008-14

J. Dudley Diggs Inns of Court

Member

2002 - Current

Maryland Bar Foundation

Fellow

1998 - Current

Leahy & DeSmet, LLC

Managing Member

2006 - 2014

State Ethics Commission

Member

2011 - 2013

Prince George's County Bar Association

Member

2006 - 2013

Prince George's County Hospital Authoriy

Member

2008 - 2010

Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Commission, 13th Commission District, Prince George's County

Member

2007 - 2010

Statewide Advisory Committee, Business and Technology Case Management Program, Maryland Judiciary

Member

2004 - 2007

Fundraising Committee, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service

Member

2003 - 2005

Governor's Council on the Status of Girls

Member

2001 - 2001

Prince George's County Bar Association

Member

1989 - 2000

Maryland Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy

Member

1997 - 1998

American Society of International Law

Member

1989 - 1996

American Bar Association

Member

1989 - 1992

The United Nation's Role in International Regional Decision Making, Proceedings of the American Society of International Law: 1986 Summary of Panel Proceedings

How One State Enhanced Diversity on the Bench - The Merit Selection Process in Maryland

The Judge's Journal, ABA

November, 2009