MARTHA F. RASIN, Chief Judge, District Court of Maryland, since September 17, 1996. Chair, Administrative Judges Committee, District Court of Maryland, 1996-. Member, Executive Committee (legislative subcommittee) and Judicial Compensation Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1996-; Committee on Criminal and Motor Vehicle Matters, District Court of Maryland, 1996-; Maryland Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission, 1998-; Technology Oversight Board, 1999-. Public Trust and Confidence Implementation Committee, 2000-. Past member, Board of Directors, Judicial Institute of Maryland.
District Administrative Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 7 (Anne Arundel County), 1995-96 (Associate Judge, 1989-95). Chair, Judicial Education Committee, District Court of Maryland, 1992. Chair, Mental Health, Alcoholism and Addiction Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1992. Member, Committee to Implement Domestic Violence Law, 1992. Member, Family Violence Council, 1996-. Born in Chestertown, Maryland, June 25, 1947. Attended St. Margaret's School, Tappahannock, Virginia; Mary Baldwin College, B.A. (political science), 1969; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1981. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1981. Associate Attorney, Bereano and Resnick, P.A., 1981-87. Sole practitioner, 1987-89. Member, Maryland State and Women's Bar Associations; Anne Arundel County Bar Association (board of trustees, 1991-93). Member, Women's Law Center; American Inns of Court; National Association of Women Judges; Heuisler Honor Society. Board of Governors, St. Margaret's School, Tappahannock, Virginia. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 1998. Special Achievement Award, Family Violence Council, 1998.
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