COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS


[photo, Michael W. Reed, Court of Special Appeals Judge] MICHAEL WILSON REED, Judge, Court of Special Appeals, 6th Appellate Judicial Circuit (Baltimore City) since March 18, 2014. Member, Court Operations Committee, Judicial Council, 2015-16. Chair, Commission on Judicial Disabilities, 2017- (member, 2017-).

Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, October 20, 2011 to March 18, 2014.

Legislative Counsel, Department of Legislative Reference, 1986-88. Assistant State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1988-99. Senior Counsel and Assistant Attorney General, Health Occupations Prosecution and Litigation Division, Office of Attorney General, 2007-11.


Legislative assistant for U.S. Representative Steny H. Hoyer, 5th Congressional District, Maryland, 1985-86.

Born in Washington, DC. College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, B.A. (political science), with honors, 1982; The National Law Center, George Washington University, J.D., 1985. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1987; U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1988; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2007. Associate, Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, 1999-2007; Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl, 2011. Member, American Bar Association, Judicial Division, 2012; Maryland State Bar Association, 2001-; Baltimore City Bar Association, 2001- (chair, legislation committee, 2003-11, member, 2002-11; executive council, 2003-; judicial selections committee, 2005-11; nominating committee, 2007-09; secretary, 2010; treasurer, 2011; president-elect, 2013; president, 2014-). Member, Baltimore County Bar Association, 2001-07; Monumental City Bar Association, 2001-07. Fellow, Baltimore Bar Foundation, 2007- (board of trustees, 2008-). Trustee, The Bar Insurance Trust, 2008-11. Author, "The Contribution of Charles Hamilton Houston to American Jurisprudence", vol. 30, Howard Law Journal, 1095 (1987).
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