2025 Judicial Conference Program

Workshop Bios

Judicial Disabilities & Judicial Ethics HONORABLE ANNE K. ALBRIGHT APPELLATE COURT OF MARYLAND 361 ROWE BOULEVARD | ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND 21401

ANNE K. ALBRIGHT was appointed to the Appellate Court of Maryland on April 20, 2022. Before serving in her current role, she was an Associate Judge of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland, from January 2012 to April 2022. She is also Chair of Maryland’s Commission on Judicial Disabilities. Prior to becoming a judge, Judge Albright was a founding member of Albright & Rhodes, LLC, where she handled primarily family and criminal cases and was an assistant public defender. She clerked for the Honorable Norman P. Ramsey in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. She graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1987 and Dartmouth College in 1983.

Judicial Disabilities & Judicial Ethics TANYA C. BERNSTEIN, ESQ. COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL DISABILITIES P. O. BOX 340 | LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MARYLAND 21090

TANYA C. BERNSTEIN, ESQ. is the Director/Investigative Counsel for the Commission on Judicial Disabilities. She previously served as Deputy Assistant Investigative Counsel before her appointment to her current position. Prior to joining the Commission in 2014, Ms. Bernstein was in private practice with the law firm of Furey, Doolan & Abell, LLP in Chevy Chase, Maryland, from 1999 to 2010. Ms. Bernstein’s practice concentrated on estate and trust litigation, estate planning, probate and trust administration, and government affairs. After leaving private practice, Ms. Bernstein was the owner and operator of a catering business from 2010 to 2014. Ms. Bernstein also served as a law clerk to Senior Judge Patrick L. Woodward from 1998 to 1999 during his tenure on the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. Ms. Bernstein received her Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law in 1998 and a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Marquette University in 1995. She is licensed to practice law in the State of Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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