Michele D Hotten

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

Since 1991

Maryland

Since 1985

U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Since 1985

Judge

Maryland Court of Special Appeals, 4th Appellate Judicial Circuit

2010 - Current

Civil Coordinating Judge

Prince George's County Circuit Court

2006 - 2010

Associate Judge

Prince George's County Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit

1995 - 2010

Deputy Coordinating Judge, Criminal Division

Prince George's County Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit

2004 - 2006

Juvenile Coordinating Judge

Prince George's County Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit

1997 - 1999

Deputy Family Coordinating Judge

Prince George's County Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit

1995 - 1996

Associate Judge

District Court of Maryland, District 5, Prince George's County

1994 - 1995

Deputy People's Zoning Counsel

Prince George's County

1989 - 1994

Howard University School of Law

J.D. (1979)

New College - University of South Florida

B.A. (1975) | Political Science

Maryland's Top 100 Women

Daily Record

2014

Gertrude E. Rush Award

National Bar Association

2014

Legacy Award

Alliance of Black Women Attorneys

2014

Leadership Award

Prince George's County Harlem Remembrance Foundation

2014

James H. Taylor Award

Prince George's County Bar Association

2012

Maryland Leadership in Law Award

Daily Record

2008

American Bar Association

Member

Current

Activities: cabinet, judicial division, 2012-; communication committee, judicial division, 2012-; co-chair, editorial board, judges' journal, judicial division, 2012-

District of Columbia Bar Association

Member

Current

Maryland State Bar Association

Member

Current

Activities: board of governors, 1997-98, 2002-04; executive committee, 1999-2000, 2003-04; civil pattern jury instruction subcommittee, 2007-11

Alan G. Goldstein Inn of Court

Former member

Current

Activities: president, 1998-99

Judicial Compensation Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference

Member

2011 - Current

Judicial Compensation Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference

Member

2011 - Current

Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Center (ASTAR), Inc.

Fellow

2005 - Current

Prince George's County Bar Association

Member

1985 - Current

Activities: president, 2001-02

J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association

Member

1985 - Current

Activities: president, 1993-94; chair, judicial selections committee, 1989-91; chair, long-range planning committee, 1992-93; chair, continuing legal education committee, 2006-11

Women's Bar Association of Maryland

Member

1985 - Current

Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure

2007 - 2010

Judicial Ethics Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference

Member

1996 - 2006

Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Judicial Process

2002 - 2004

Council on Jury Use and Management

Member

1999 - 2000

Activities: chair, jury pool & summoning process subcommittee, 1999-2000

Prince George's County Circuit Court

Examiner in Chancery

1993 - 1994

Maryland Legal Services Corp.

Board of Directors

1993 - 1994

Character Committee of Court of Appeals for 7th Judicial Circuit

Member

1992 - 1994

Inquiry Committee, Attorney Grievance Commission

1992 - 1994

Board of Education, Prince George's County

Hearing Examiner

1990 - 1994