Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 1, Baltimore City, August 3, 2006 to January 4, 2013. Member, Court Interpreters Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 2008-11. Board of Directors, Judicial Institute of Maryland, 2008-15. Member, Judicial Education Committee, District Court of Maryland, 2009-13.
District Court Commissioner, Baltimore County, 1981-85. Special Master, Family Division, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, 1999-2006. Member, Custody Subcommittee, Committee on Family Law, Maryland Judicial Conference, 2000-.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 6, 1958. Attended Dulaney High School, Baltimore County; University of Maryland, College Park, B.A. (behavioral & social sciences), 1980; University of Baltimore, M.A. (legal studies), 1984. University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1989. Law clerk to Judge Kathleen O'Ferrall Friedman, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, 1988-89. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1990. Law clerk and associate, Turnbull, Wase & Lyons, P.A., 1989-91. Associate, Klemkowski & Klemkowski, P.A., 1991-95. Partner, Klemkowski & Panos, P.A., 1995-99. Member, Maryland State Bar Association, 1990- (standing committee on professionalism, 2000-; family & juvenile law section council, 2003-05; special committee on anti-discrimination matters, 2005-); Baltimore City Bar Association, 1990- (chair, family law committee, 2000-02; member, executive council, 2002-05; judicial administration committee, 2004-05; co-chair, bench & bar committee, 2017-); Baltimore County Bar Association, 1999-2000. Member, Maryland Trial Lawyers Association, 1990-95. Volunteer lawyer, Maryland Volunteer Lawyer Service, 1993-99. Board of Directors, Chase Brexton Health Services, Inc., 1996-2001 (volunteer attorney, 1995-99; advisory council, 2002-). Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation. Life Fellow, Baltimore City Bar Foundation.
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