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LYNNE A. BATTAGLIA, Judge, Court of Appeals, 3rd Appellate Circuit (Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Howard & Washington counties), since January 26, 2001. Member, Public Awareness Committee, 2001-, Maryland Judicial Conference.
Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland, 1978-82. Senior Trial Attorney, Office of Special Litigation, U.S. Dept. of Justice, 1984-88. Chief, Criminal Investigations Division, Office of Attorney General, 1988-91. Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, 1991-93. U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland, 1993-2001. Member, Task Force on Sentencing and Intermediate Sanctions, 1995-96; Maryland Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission, 1998-2000. Co-Chair, Women's Health Promotion Council, 1999-2001. Member, Safe Schools Interagency Steering Committee, 1999-. Chair, Professionalism Task Force, 2002-. Vice-Chair, Maryland Commission for Women, 2000-01. Member, Board of Visitors, University of Maryland School of Law. Born in Buffalo, New York, April 14, 1946. American University, B.A. (international relations), 1967, M.A., 1968; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1974. Order of the Coif (law school honorary society). Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1974. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (gender equality committee; civility task force); Baltimore City Bar Association (chair, gender issues subcommittee; former chair, judicial administration committee); Howard County Bar Association. Associate, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes 1974-78. Adjunct faculty, University of Maryland School of Law, 1983. Board of Directors, Traditional Acupuncture Institute. Dorothy Beatty Memorial Award, Women's Law Center of Maryland, 1994. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 1996, 1999, 2001 (Circle of Excellence). Distinguished Women Award, Girl Scouts of Central Maryland, 1997. Distinguished Graduate Award, University of Maryland School of Law, 1998. Honorary J.D., University of Baltimore School of Law, 2001. Margaret Brent-Juanita Jackson Mitchell Award, 2002-03.
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