HARFORD COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

CIRCUIT ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE


YOLANDA L. CURTIN, Circuit Administrative Judge, 3rd Judicial Circuit (Baltimore County & Harford County) since June 19, 2023. County Administrative Judge, Harford County Circuit Court, 3rd Judicial Circuit, since March 23, 2022 (Associate Judge, November 15, 2013 to March 23, 2022). Member, Court Access and Community Relations Committee, 2015-16, and Court Technology Committee, 2015-16, Judicial Council. Member, Equal Justice Committee, 2020-24 (operations subcommittee, 2023-24), and Education Committee, 2023- (chair, diversity & inclusion education subcommittee, 2020-24), Judicial Council. Member, Executive Committee, 3rd Judicial Circuit, Conference of Circuit Judges, 2023- (circuit representative, 2019-20). Member, Task Force to Ensure the Safety of Judicial Facilities, 2023-. Vice-Chair, Executive Committee, Conference of Circuit Judges, 2025-. Member, Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, Supreme Court of Maryland, 2025-.

Assistant State's Attorney, Harford County, 1994-2004. Administrative Law Judge, Office of Administrative Hearings, 2004-13.

Born in Havana, Cuba. Rutgers University, B.A. (economics & english), 1989; Rutgers University School of Law, J.D., 1992; Georgetown University Law Center, M.L. (securities regulation), 1993. Admitted to New Jersey Bar, 1992; Maryland Bar, 1993. Volunteer lawyer for pro bono assignments, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, 1994-2002. Member, Harford County Bar Association, 1994- (executive council, 2011-13; secretary, 2013-); Women's Bar Association, 2007- (mentor, 2008-11); Maryland Hispanic Bar Association, 2008- (law student mentor, 2008-; board of directors, 2009-11; co-chair, mentorship committee & student affairs, 2009-; montgomery county summer scholars pipeline program, 2010-). Adjunct professor, Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Maryland, 2002-. Member, National Association of Women Judges, 2007-10; Maryland Association of Administrative Law Judiciary, 2012-. Honorary member, Phi Delta Phi, International Legal Fraternity, 2006-. Member, Harford County Women's Giving Circle, 2012-. Den leader, Cub Scout Pack no. 875, 2002-07. Recognition Award, Harford County Drug Task Force, 2004. Member, St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, Forest Hill, Maryland, 1994-99; St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Hydes, Maryland, 1999-.

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