2023 Judicial Conference Program

HONORABLE FRED S. HECKER CIRCUIT COURT FOR CARROLL COUNTY 55 NORTH COURT STREET | WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND 21157

FRED S. HECKER, Circuit Administrative Judge, 5th Judicial Circuit (Anne Arundel, Carroll and Howard counties), since January 11, 2021. County Administrative Judge, Carroll County Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit, since February 1, 2019. (Associate Judge, from January 3, 2014 to February 1, 2019). Presiding Judge, Carroll County Adult Drug Treatment Court, December 2015-. Member, Carroll County Opioid Senior Policy Group. Member, Judicial Council, April 1, 2022 - , Member, Domestic Law Committee, 2016-19, and Joint Work Group on Human Trafficking, 2016-2020, Judicial Council. Chair, Court Technology Committee, 2019- (member, 2016-); Member, Major Projects Committee, 2019- ), Judicial Council Member, Executive Committee, Conference of Circuit Judges, 2021-., Vice-Chair, Conference of Circuit Court Judges, January 1, 2023 - ; Member, Family Law Bench Book Update Work group, Domestic Relations Forms Work group, Domestic Relations Legislative Work group; Guardianship Monitor Work group 2019-. , Maryland Judiciary Representative to the Maryland Cybersecurity Council 2022 - , Faculty, Judicial College, Family Law University, New Law Clerk Orientation. Member, Judicial College Family Law University Steering Committee March 2021-. Gettysburg College, B.A. (political science), 1982; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1987. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1987. Partner, MacDonald and Hecker, P.A., 1994-2003; Miller and Truhe, LLC, 2004-05; Miller and Hecker, LLC, 2005-13. Member, Maryland State Bar Association, 1987-; Baltimore City Bar Association, 1987-93; Carroll County Bar Association, 1995- . Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation, 2003-. Member and Past President, Board of Directors, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, 2005-2016. HONORABLE ANA D. HERNANDEZ DISTRICT COURT IN BALTIMORE CITY 1400 E. NORTH AVENUE | BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21213 ANA D. HERNANDEZ, Associate Judge , District Court of Maryland, District 1, Baltimore City, since March 23, 2022. Former Assistant Public Defender (2013-2023), Baltimore City. Public Defender Service of Washington, D.C. Legal Corps Fellow (2012). Born in Caracas, Venezuela. Florida International University, A.A. 2000; University of Florida, B.A, 2002.; School of Law, University of Miami, J.D., 2011. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 2014; District of Columbia Bar 2013; Florida Bar 2012; United States Supreme Court, 2016. Member, LGBTQ Bar Association of Maryland, the Maryland Hispanic Bar Association-Board Member, International Association of LGBTQ+ Judges (2022). Maryland Youth and the Law Volunteer moot court judge and coach (2020-2022). Committees: Member, Court Access Committee; Member, Accessibility and Accommodations Subcommittee; Member, Language Access Subcommittee. Maryland State Bar Legal Academy Class of 2019; Outstanding Achievement Award-Maryland Hispanic Bar Association, 2022. Committees: Member, Court Access Committee; Accessibility and Accommodations Subcommittee; Language Access Subcommittee. Maryland State Bar Legal Academy Class of 2019; Outstanding Achievement Award-Maryland Hispanic Bar Association, 2022.

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