VICKI BALLOU-WATTS, Associate Judge, Baltimore County Circuit Court, 3rd Judicial Circuit, since May 29, 2002.
Panel attorney, Public Defender's Office, Baltimore City, 1988-99. Inquiry Panel, Attorney Grievance Commission, 1998-99. Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 8, Baltimore County, February 22, 1999 to May 28, 2002. Member, Judicial Education Committee, 2001-02, District Court of Maryland. Member, Armed Services Academy Nomination Panel, 2nd Congressional District, 2003-. Born in Montgomery, Alabama. Howard University, B.A. (journalism), with honors, 1980. University of North Carolina School of Law, J.D., 1983. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1984. Associate, Gerald A. Smith & Associates, 1984-87. Sole practitioner, 1987-99. Maryland State Bar Association Professionalism Course Instructor. Member, Baltimore County Bar Association (chair, continuing legal education committee, 2001-02). Member, Maryland Trial Lawyers' Association (board of governors, 1996-99). Board of Directors, Maryland Chapter, National Association of Women Judges, 2003-. Member, Baltimore County Advisory Board for Family and Children's Services of Central Maryland; Jack and Jill of America, Inc., for Baltimore County; Baltimore County Alumni Chapter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2004. Trustee Board, First Baptist Church of Guilford.
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