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LYNNE A. BATTAGLIA, Judge, Court of Appeals, 3rd Appellate Judicial Circuit (Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Garrett, Howard & Washington counties), since January 26, 2001. Member, Public Awareness Committee, 2001-04, Maryland Judicial Conference. Chair, Professionalism Task Force, 2002-03. Chair, Court Commission on Professionalism, 2004-06. Chair, Commission on Professionalism, 2009-12. Chair, Board of Directors, Maryland Professionalism Center, 2012-.
Born in Buffalo, New York. The 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; chair, judicial administration council, 2006-08; chair, planning committee, 2007-); Baltimore City Bar Association (former chair, gender issues subcommittee; former chair, judicial administration committee); Howard County Bar Association; Women's Bar Association of Maryland. Chair, Howard County Chapter, James MacGill American Inns of Court, 2004-05. Author, "Obeisance to the Separation of Powers, and Protection of Individuals' Rights and Liberties: The Honorable John C. Eldridge's Approach to Constitutional Analysis in the Court of Appeals of Maryland, 1974-2003", Maryland Law Review, 62: 387 (2003). " 'Property and Law Are Born and Must Die Together': The Honorable Dale R. Cathell's Philosophy of Individual Property Rights and the Government in the Court of Appeals and the Court of Special Appeals, 1987-2006", University of Baltimore Law Review, 36:195 (2007); " 'Where is Justice?' An Exploration of Beginnings", University of Baltimore Law Forum, 42:1 (2011). Co-author, "Investing in the Future of Maryland Women", Maryland Law Journal, (July 2011). Board of Directors, Traditional Acupuncture Institute, 1981-2005. Elected to American Law Institute, 2007. 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. Maryland Leadership in Law Award, Daily Record, 2003. Professional Legal Excellence Award for the Advancement of Professional Competence, Maryland Bar Foundation, 2004. Charles Hamilton Houston Lifetime Achievement Award in Litigation, University of Baltimore School of Law, 2006. Conwell R. Sapp Award, Howard County Chapter, Women's Bar Association, 2007. Rita C. Davidson Award, Women's Bar Association of Maryland, 2008. Inducted into Howard County Women's Hall of Fame, 2010.
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