2025 Judicial Conference Program

Burned Out: How Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma Are Impacting You, Your Courtroom, and Your Colleagues

HONORABLE CARA Y. LEWIS DISTRICT COURT IN CARROLL COUNTY 101 N. COURT STREET | WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND 21157

CARA Y. LEWIS, Associate Judge , District Court of Maryland, District 10, Carroll County, since November 4, 2021. Senior Assistant State’s Attorney, Carroll County, 2015-2021; Assistant State’s Attorney, Baltimore City, 2012-2015. Attended North Carroll High School, Hampstead, Maryland; University of Maryland, College Park, B.A. (English), 2007; Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Maryland, J.D., 2010. Admitted to Maryland Bar. Associate, Tydings & Rosenberg LLP, 2010-2011. Law clerk to Judge Robert E. Cahill Jr., Baltimore County Circuit Court, 2011-2012.

Diminution Credits and Sentence Calculation HONORABLE MARIA L. OESTERREICHER CIRCUIT COURT FOR CARROLL COUNTY 55 N. COURT STREET | WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND 21157

MARIA L. OESTERREICHER has been an Associate Judge for Carroll County Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit since December 6, 2018. Member of the following Judicial Committees/Workgroups: Judicial Conference Workgroup (2023 - ; Child Support Workgroup (2023 - ); Judicial Selections Workgroup (2022 - 2024 ); Domestic Violence Subcommittee (2019 2021) (2023 - ) (Chair 2025 - ; Executive Committee, Maryland Circuit Court Judge’s Association (2024 - ) Member, Maryland State Council for Adult Offender Supervision (2023 - ); Expungement Brochure Workgroup (2022); Problem Solving Courts Subcommittee (2019-2021); Senior Assistant State’s Attorney, Carroll County, 2001-2015; Division Director, Program Development, Department of Human Services Child Support Administration, 2016-2018. Member, Commission for Women, Howard County, 1993-1995 (legislative committee). Born in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. Howard Community College, A.A. (general studies), 1992; University of Baltimore, B.A. (jurisprudence), 1994; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1997. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1998. Associate, Kremer & Udoff, P.C., 1998-2000; Silverstein & Ostovitz, LLC, 2000-01. Maryland State Bar Association, 1997-; Carroll County Bar Association, 2004-; Women’s Bar Association, Baltimore Carroll Chapter 2011- (board of directors, 2011- 12, 2014-) (President 2024 - ). Member, American Association for Justice, 1997- 2025; Maryland State’s Attorneys’ Association, 2001 15 (past chair, domestic violence subcommittee; past member, legislative committee). Certificate of Outstanding Support for “Achievement Counts”, Maryland Business Roundtable for Education, 2003; Carroll County State’s Attorney’s Office Award for Outstanding Service to Victims of Crime (2015); Sheriff’s Salute for Outstanding Service to Citizens of Carroll County (2015).

2025 JUDICIAL CONFERENCE

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