2023 Judicial Conference Program

HONORABLE DOROTHY J. WILSON DISTRICT COURT IN BALTIMORE COUNTY 8914 KELSO DR. | ESSEX, MARYLAND 21221

DOROTHY J. WILSON, District Administrative Judge , District Court of Maryland, District 8, Baltimore County, since August 1, 2016 (Associate Judge since August 30, 2001). Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, District Court of Maryland, 2005-15 (member, 2003-15). Member, Advisory Board, Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office, 2006-14; Public Trust and Confidence Implementation Committee, 2009-14. Board of Directors, Judicial Institute of Maryland, 2013-15. Member, Domestic Law Committee, 2015-16, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 2015-17 (chair, district court alternative dispute resolution subcommittee, 2015-16), District Court Chief Judge’s Committee, 2016-, and Education Committee, 2016- (chair, mentoring subcommittee, 2017-), Judicial Council. Member, Judicial Council, Maryland Judicial Conference, 2018-. Member, Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 2018-. Member, Equal Justice Committee, 2020-, Judicial Council. Staff attorney, Baltimore City Department of Social Services. Attorney, Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund. Deputy Counsel and Chief of Litigation, Maryland Insurance Administration (assistant attorney general, 1997-2001). Duke University, B.A., 1984; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1990. Law clerk to Judge Clifton J. Gordy, Baltimore City Circuit Court. Former Litigation Associate, Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger and Hollander. Member, Baltimore County Planning Committee; Minority Recruitment Task Force, University of Maryland School of Law. Former member, Dorothy Height Educational Foundation, National Council of Negro Women. Maryland Public Policy Conflict Resolution Fellow, Center for Dispute Resolution, University of Maryland School of Law, 2012. Maryland’s Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2011.

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