Mary Ellen Barbera
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Mary Ellen Barbera is a Judge on the Maryland Court of Appeals, 7th Appellate Circuit (Montgomery County). She was appointed to the Court on August 7, 2008[1] and took office on September 2, 2008.[2]
Education
Judge Barbera is a graduate of Towson State College, cum laude, 1975. She worked as a teacher in the Baltimore City Public School System from 1975-84 before earning her Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1984.[2]
Legal career
Judge Barbera served as a judge for the Court of Special Appeals, at Large, between January 4, 2002 and September 2, 2008. She has chaired the Criminal Law and Procedure Committee, 2006- (member, 2002-), and is a member of the Judicial Ethics Committee, 2007-, Maryland Judicial Conference.
Judge Barbera was a law clerk to Judge Robert L. Karwacki, Court of Special Appeals from 1984-85. She served as an Assistant Attorney General, 1985-89, and Deputy Chief, Criminal Appeals Division, 1989-98, in the Office of the Attorney General. She was Legal Counsel in the Office of the Governor, 1999-2002 (and was deputy legal counsel from 1998-99).[2]
Associations
- Member, Maryland State Bar Association
- Women's Bar Association of Maryland
- Member, Serjeants' Inn Law Club
- Wranglers Law Club
- Adjunct faculty (criminal procedure), Washington College of Law, The American University, 1993-.
- Former adjunct faculty (appellate advocacy & legal writing), University of Baltimore School of Law.
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