2025 Judicial Conference Program

Plenary Bios

Empowering the Bench: A Judicial Conference on Essential AI Tools and Their Application in the Courtroom HONORABLE JONATHAN BIRAN SUPREME COURT OF MARYLAND 361 ROWE BOULEVARD | ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND 21401

JONATHAN BIRAN, Justice , Supreme Court of Maryland, 5th Appellate Judicial Circuit (Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles & St. Mary’s Counties), since December 16, 2019 (prior to Dec. 14, 2022, the Supreme Court of Maryland was named Court of Appeals). Judge, Court of Appeals, December 16, 2019 to December 13, 2022. Chair, Artificial Intelligence Work Group, Special Projects Committee, Judicial Council, 2023-. Chair, Library Committee, Thurgood Marshall State Law Library, 2022-. Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Connecticut, 2000-2006; Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland, 2006-2013 (appellate chief, 2010-2013). Founding coordinator, Maryland Mortgage Fraud Task Force, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, 2009-2010. Staff Counsel, Office of Independent Counsel, 1995-1996. Trial Attorney, Public Integrity Section, U.S. Department of Justice, 1996-2000. Private practice, 2013-2019.

De-escalation Strategies for Judges in High-Stress Courtroom Situation HONORABLE STEPHANIE DOMITROVICH (RET.), PHD 4036 WEST LAKE ROAD | ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA 16505

DR. STEPHANIE DOMITROVICH is a senior general jurisdiction state trial judge in PA having served as an elected judge for over 32 years and being elected four times in Erie, PA. In May of 2006, she also became the first graduate to earn a PhD, degree of Doctor in Philosophy in Judicial Studies, from University of Nevada, Reno. Senior Judge Domitrovich is an Executive Committee Board member on the National Conference of State Trial Judges (NCSTJ) as well as Program Chair. She serves as Vice-Chair of the Technology in the Courts Committee of Judicial Division/ American Bar Assoc. She is past Co-Chair of The Judges’ Journal Editorial Board and currently serves as Special Issues Editor. She is Past Chair of the Forensic Science Committee of ABA’s Judicial Division. She is a life member of the National Association of Women Judges, having served in the past as an officer. She served as Treasurer as well as a Board member for Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (IOLTA) for Pennsylvania. She is currently the Vice Chair for the PA Bar Assoc. Civil

MARYLAND JUDICIARY

14