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MICHELE D. HOTTEN, Judge, Court of Special Appeals, 4th Appellate Circuit (Prince George's County) since August 17, 2010.
Associate Judge, Prince George's County Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit, December 1, 1995 to August 16, 2010. Civil Coordinating Judge, Prince George's County Circuit Court, 2006-10 (deputy family coordinating judge, 1995-96; juvenile coordinating judge, 1997-99; deputy coordinating judge, criminal division, 2004-06). Member, Judicial Ethics Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1996-2006. Member, Council on Jury Use and Management, 1999-2000 (chair, jury pool & summoning process subcommittee, 1999-2000); Commission on Racial and Ethnic Fairness in the Judicial Process, 2002-04; Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 2007-.
Deputy People's Zoning Counsel, Prince George's County, 1989-94. Hearing Examiner, Board of Education, Prince George's County, 1990-94. Member, Character Committee of Court of Appeals for 7th Judicial Circuit, 1992-94; Inquiry Committee, Attorney Grievance Commission, 1992-94. Examiner in Chancery, Prince George's County Circuit Court, 1993-94.
New College - University of South Florida, B.A. (political science), 1975; Howard University School of Law, J.D., 1979. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1985; District of Columbia Bar, 1991. Member, District of Columbia Bar Association; Maryland State Bar Association (board of governors, 1997-98, 2002-04; executive committee, 1999, 2003-04; civil pattern jury instruction subcommittee, 2007-); Prince George's County Bar Association (president, 2001-02); J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association (president, 1993-94; chair, continuing legal education committee); Women's Bar Association of Maryland. Board of Directors, Maryland Legal Services Corp., 1993-94. Former member, Alan G. Goldstein Inn of Court (president, 1998-99); Daniel O'Connell Law Society. Fellow, Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Center (ASTAR), Inc., 2005-. Maryland Leadership in Law Award, Daily Record, 2008. James H. Taylor Award, Prince George's County Bar Association, 2012.
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