Pamela L. North biography

Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Pamela L. North
MSA SC 3520-12372

Associate Judge, Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit, 1995-2007
Chief Judge, Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit, 2007-14

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 12, 1952. Attended University of Maryland Baltimore County, B.A. (philosophy), 1978; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1982. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1983; Federal Bar, 1986.

Chief Judge, Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit, November 2, 2007 to September 1, 2014. Associate Judge, Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit, November 6, 1995 to November 2, 2007. Presiding Judge, Juvenile Drug Court Program, February 6, 2002 to September 1, 2014. Retired September 1, 2014. Vice-Chair, Foster Care Court-Improvement Implementation Committee, 1997-2007 (chair, child in need of assistance subcommittee, 1997-2006; legislative subcommittee, 2006-07). Member, Executive Committee, 1996-2000, Juvenile Law Committee, 1998-2000, and Criminal Law and Procedure Committee, 2006-07, Maryland Judicial Conference. Chair, Criminal Law and Procedure Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 2008-. Assistant Public Defender, Anne Arundel County, 1982-91.

Trial attorney. Partner, North & Wachs, P.A., 1991-95. Member, Anne Arundel County Bar Association. Board of Directors, Annapolis Youth Services Bureau, 1994-97. Outstanding Service Award, Anne Arundel County Bar Association. Morris H. Blum Humanitarian Award, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Committee, 1996. Award of Honor, State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, 2005. Law Award, Respect, Inc., 2005.

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Source:
Maryland Manual on-line (http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/31cc/former/html/msa12372.html)

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