BALTIMORE CITY CIRCUIT COURT

FORMER JUDGES


MELISSA M. PHINN, Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, January 18, 2013 to 2024.

Assistant Public Defender, District 1, Baltimore City, 1993-2002. Member, Juvenile Task Force, Office of Public Defender, 1993-95; Hiring Committee, 1999-2001. Member, Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Commission, 9th Commission District, 2003-07.

Born in Washington, DC. Towson University, B.S. (history), 1976; School of Law, University of Maryland, J.D., 1992. Law clerk to Judge Ellen L. Hollander, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 1992-93. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1993. Associate, Law Office of Stanley H. Needleman, 2002-04. Solo practitioner, 2004-13. Member, Maryland State Bar Association, 1993-; Monumental City Bar Association, 1995-98; Howard County Bar Association, 2003-10; Women's Bar Association of Maryland, 2005-09, 2012-; Baltimore City Bar Association, 2012-. Member, Maryland Criminal Defense Counsel Association, 2004-. Member, McGill Chapter, American Inns of Court, 2005-07. Board of Directors, Legal Aid Bureau, 1996. Public Defender of the Year, District 1, 1997.

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