Shirley M Watts

Judge

Court of Appeals, 6th Appellate Circuit (Baltimore City)

2013 - Current

Judge

Court of Special Appeals, 6th Appellate Circuit (Baltimore City)

2011 - 2013

Associate Judge

Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit

2002 - 2011

Hearing Office Chief Administrative Law Judge

Office of Hearings and Appeals, Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland

1999 - 2002

Federal Administrative Law Judge

Office of Hearings and Appeals, Social Security Administration, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

1998 - 1999

Federal Administrative Law Judge

Office of Hearings and Appeals, Social Security Administration, Downey, California

1997 - 1998

Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender

Office of Federal Public Defender, District of Maryland

1993 - 1997

Assistant Federal Public Defender

Office of Federal Public Defender, District of Maryland

1988 - 1993

Assistant State's Attorney

Juvenile, Misdemeanor and Felony Trial Divisions, Baltimore City

1984 - 1988

Rutgers University School of Law

J.D. (1983)

Howard University

B.A. (1980)

Maryland Leadership in Law Award

Daily Record

2011

Outstanding Leadership Award for Hearing Office Administrative Law Judges

Office of Hearings and Appeals, Social Security Administration

2000

Monumental City Bar Association

Member

Current

Baltimore City Bar Association

Member

Current

Alliance of Black Women Attorneys

Member

Current

National Association of Women Judges

Member

Current

Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America

Adjunct Professor

1993 - 1996