Joyce Maezeppa Baylor-Thompson

Maryland

Since 1993

Associate Judge

District Court of Maryland, District 1, Baltimore City

2014 - Current

Chief Judge

Orphans' Court, Baltimore City

2000 - 2014

Solo practitioner

-

1998 - 2014

Judge

Orphans' Court, Baltimore City

1994 - 2000

Legal specialist

State Department of Assessments and Taxation

1986 - 2000

Chief, Guardianship Unit

Office on Aging

1979 - 1986

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

J.D. (1986)

University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign

M.S.W. (1979)

Morgan State University

B.S. (1978) | social work

Honors: magna cum laude

Woman on the Move Award

Alpha Alpha Sigma Chapter, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority

2012

Maryland's Top 100 Women

Daily Record

2003

Certificate of Appreciation

Baltimore City Public Schools

1998

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Women in Government Award

Maryland Women for Responsive Government

1997

Outstanding Community Service Award

Berea Temple Seventh-Day Adventist Church

1997

Exemplary Alumnus Award

Social Work and Mental Health, Morgan State University

American Bar Association

Member

Current

Maryland State Bar Association

Member

Current

Baltimore City Bar Association

Member

Current

Activities: founding member, estates and trusts committee, 2012

Bluford Drew Jamison School

Board of Directors

2012 - Current

Alpha Alpha Sigma Chapter, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority

Member

2000 - Current

City Temple Baptist, Baltimore

Board of Trustees

1995 - Current

City Temple of Baltimore Baptist Church

Member

1974 - Current

Activities: chair, board of trustees

Conference of Orphans’ Court Judges

Chair

2011 - 2013

Activities: member, 2003-14; vice-chair, 2003-09; former co-chair

Maryland Association of the Judges of the Orphans' Courts

President

2009 - 2011

Activities: education & training committee, 1996-2003; board of directors

Judicial Ethics Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference

Member

2006 - 2009

Howard Community College

Adjunct Professor

2002 - 2007

Mental Health Board of Greater Metropolitan Baltimore

Member

1997 - 1999

Dundalk Community College

Adjunct Professor (business law)

1994 - 1994