2021 Judicial Conference Program

T hank you to the 2021 Judicial Conference

During her first term, Delegate Atterbeary was appointed Deputy Majority Whip by Speaker Michael Busch, served on the Judiciary Committee and was Chair of the Family Law Sub-Committee in the Maryland General Assembly. She is a member of the Women’s Caucus and the Black Caucus. Delegate Atterbeary was appointed by Speaker of the House Michael Busch, to serve on the Public Safety and Policing Work Group during the 2015 interim. She was also appointed to represent the State of Maryland on the National Conference of State Legislators Law, Criminal Justice and Public Safety committees; the Maryland General Assembly on the Three Branch Institute to Improve Child Safety and Prevent Child Fatalities; and the Governor’s Workforce Investment Board, among many others. She is a 1993 graduate of Atholton High School, a 1997 graduate of the College of William and Mary, with a B.A. degree in Government and a 2000 graduate from Villanova University School of Law. She resides in Fulton with her family and is a loving mother to her three young children, Grayson, Holden and Victoria. Work Group Me bers for ll of your hard work and effort on this year’s co ference! — The Maryland Judiciary Hon. Yolanda L. Curtin Circuit urt for Harford County

Hon. Jeannie J. Hong Circuit Court for Balti

HONORABLE WILLIAM V. TUCKER Circuit Court for Howard County Howard County Circuit Courthouse | 8360 Court Avenue | Ellicott City, MD 21043 WILLIAM V. TUCKER is a county administrative judge for Howard County Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit since September 30, 2018. He served as a member of the Judicial Ethics Committee, from 2010-2011. He is currently a member of the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council of Howard County; Juvenile Law Committee; Equal Justice Committee, Judicial Council; and chair, Mentor Subcommittee, Education Committee, Judicial Council. CIRCUIT COURT

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Judge Tucker was a member of the Task Force to Study Maryland’s Criminal Gang Statutes from 2018-2020. Judge Tucker earned his J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1991 and was admitted to the Maryland Bar the same year. He was a law clerk to Judge James B. Dudley, Howard County Circuit Court, from 1991-1992. Judge Tucker was an assistant state’s attorney for Howard County from 1992-1998 and was chief of the juvenile division from 1995 to 1998. He was an attorney with Shapiro & Tucker, P.A., from 1998-2001, and was a sole practitioner from 2001-2004. He was master in chancery for the Howard County Circuit Court from 2004 until his appointment as associate judge for the Circuit Court for Howard County on Dec. 29, 2011. Hon. LaTina B. Greene Baltimore City Hon. Karen Friedman Baltimore City Hon. Michael J. Stamm St. Mary’s County

Hon. Micha Baltimore

HONORABLE ZUBERI BAKARI WILLIAMS District Court in Montgomery County | 191 East Jefferson Street | Rockville, Maryland 20850 Zuberi Bakari Williams was appointed to the District Court of Maryland by Governor Martin O’Malley and was invested on January 6, 2015, in Montgomery County. At the age of 36, he became one of the youngest judges in the history of the Maryland judiciary.

Judge Williams earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing from Texas Christian University (TCU) and received his J.D. /M.B.A. joint degree from American University’s Washington College of Law (WCL) and Kogod School of Business, respectively. After graduating from WCL, he served as law clerk to Chief Judge Robert M. Bell, Maryland Court of Appeals. After his clerkship, he joined Venable LLP’s D.C. office in its white-collar crime practice group. He left Venable and pursued a federal clerkship with United States District Court Judge Gerald Bruce Lee, Eastern District of Virginia (the Rocket Docket), where he worked on high-profile cases involving terrorism, bank robbery, illegal drugs, illicit gang activity, corporate fraud, employment discrimination, and securities violations. Later, Judge Williams served as an Assistant Attorney General for the District of Columbia, where he tried cases involving employment discrimination, personal injury, false arrest, police assault, inmate assaults, and whistleblower claims. Judge Williams is currently the Chair of the ADR District Court ADR Subcommittee, serving since 2016. Recently, Judge Williams was named by the Maryland Daily Record to its Top 40 Under 40 VIP List, the National Bar Association’s Best Advocates Under 40, and the Leadership Center of Excellence’s Top 40 Under 40 Trailblazers in the Washington DC Region. Hon. Zuberi B. Williams Montgomery County

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