Lynne A. Battaglia
Maryland Court of Appeals
LYNNE A. BATTAGLIA, Judge, Court of Appeals, 3rd Appellate Judicial Circuit (Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Howard & Washington counties), since January 26, 2001. Member, Public Awareness Committee, 2001-04, Maryland Judicial Conference. Chair, Professionalism Task Force, 2002-03. Chair, Court Commission on Professionalism, 2004-06. Chair, Commission on Professionalism, 2009-12. Chair, Board of Directors, Maryland Professionalism Center, 2012-. Member, Education Committee, 2015- (chair, professionalism subcommittee, 2015-), and Retired and Recalled Judges Committee, 2015-, Judicial Council.
Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland, 1978-82. Senior Trial Attorney, Office of Special Litigation, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1984-88. Chief, Criminal Investigations Division, Office of Attorney General, 1988-91. Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, 1991-93. U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland, 1993-2001. Board of Visitors, University of Maryland School of Law, 1993-. Member, Task Force on Sentencing and Intermediate Sanctions, 1995-96; Maryland Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission, 1998-2000. Co-Chair, Women's Health Promotion Council, 1999-2001. Member, Safe Schools Interagency Steering Committee, 1999-2001. Vice-Chair, Maryland Commission for Women, 2000-01. Member, Advisory Board, University of Baltimore School of Law, 2004-. Adjunct faculty, University of Maryland School of Law, 1983-. Adjunct faculty, University of Baltimore School of Law, 2008-.
Born in Buffalo, New York. The American University, B.A. (international relations), 1967, M.A., 1968; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1974. Order of the Coif (law school honorary society). Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1974. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (gender equality committee; civility task force; chair, judicial administration council, 2006-08; chair, planning committee, 2007-).
- Adjunct faculty
- University Of Baltimore School Of Law
- - Current
- Justice
- Maryland Court of Appeals
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- 3rd Appellate Judicial Circuit, Member, Public Awareness Committee, 2001-04, Maryland Judicial Conference. Chair, Professionalism Task Force, 2002-03. Chair, Court Commission on Professionalism, 2004-06. Chair, Commission on Professionalism, 2009-12. Chair, Board of Directors, Maryland Professionalism Center, 2012-. Member, Education Committee, 2015- (chair, professionalism subcommittee, 2015-), and Retired and Recalled Judges Committee, 2015-, Judicial Council.
- Adjunct faculty
- University of Maryland School of Law
- - Current
- U.S. Attorney
- District of Maryland
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- Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski
- U.S. Senate
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- Chief
- Criminal Investigations Division, Office of Attorney General
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- Senior Trial Attorney
- Office of Special Litigation, U.S. Dept. of Justice
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- Assistant U.S. Attorney
- District of Maryland
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- University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
- J.D. (1974) | Law
- Honors: Order of the Coif
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- American University
- M.A. (1968)
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- American University
- B.A. (1967) | International Relations
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- Howard County Women's Hall of Fame
- Howard County Women's Hall of Fame
- Rita C. Davidson Award
- Women's Bar Association of Maryland
- Conwell R. Sapp Award
- Howard County Chapter, Women's Bar Association
- Charles Hamilton Houston Lifetime Achievement Award in Litigation
- University of Baltimore School of Law
- Legal Excellence Award for the Advancement of Professional Competence
- Maryland Bar Foundation
- Maryland State Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Activities: gender equality committee; civility task force; chair, judicial administration council, 2006-08; chair, planning committee, 2007-)
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- Baltimore City Bar Association
- Member
- Current
- Activities: (former chair, gender issues subcommittee; former chair, judicial administration committee)
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- Howard County Bar Association; Women's Bar Association of Maryland
- Member
- Current
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- University of Baltimore School of Law
- Member, Advisory Board
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- University of Maryland School of Law
- Board of Visitors
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- Howard County Chapter, James MacGill American Inns of Court
- Chair
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- Maryland Commission for Women
- Vice-Chair
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- Women's Health Promotion Council
- Co-Chair
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- Safe Schools Interagency Steering Committee
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- Maryland Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission
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- Task Force on Sentencing and Intermediate Sanctions
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- "Investing in the Future of Maryland Women"
- Maryland Law Journal
- " 'Where is Justice?' An Exploration of Beginnings"
- University of Baltimore Law Forum
- " 'Property and Law Are Born and Must Die Together': The Honorable Dale R. Cathell's Philosophy of Individual Property Rights and the Government in the Court of Appeals and the Court of Special Appeals, 1987-2006"
- Baltimore Law Review
- "Obeisance to the Separation of Powers, and Protection of Individuals' Rights and Liberties: The Honorable John C. Eldridge's Approach to Constitutional Analysis in the Court of Appeals of Maryland, 1974-2003"
- Maryland Law Review
