Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Nancy L. Davis-Loomis
MSA SC 3520-12408

Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland District 7, Anne Arundel County, 1996-2000
Associate Judge, Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, 2000-2013

Born in Akron, Ohio, March 30, 1948.  Attended Buchtel High School, Akron, Ohio; University of Akron, B.A., 1969, M.A., 1976; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1982.  Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1982.

Circuit Administrative Judge, 5th Judicial Circuit (Anne Arundel, Carroll & Howard counties), November 5, 2011 to December 31, 2013. County Administrative Judge, Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit, May 24, 2007 to December 31, 2013 (Associate Judge, August 4, 2000 to December 31, 2013). Retired December 31, 2013. Member, Juvenile Law Committee, 1996-98, 2000-01, Family Law Committee, 2001-09, 2012-13 (chair, 2003-06), and Judicial Compensation Committee, 2009-13, Maryland Judicial Conference. Member, Executive Committee, Conference of Circuit Judges, 2008-13 (circuit representative, 5th judicial circuit, 2008-11). Member, Judicial Council, 2008-13; Family Law Committee, 2012-13, Maryland Judicial Conference. Member, Task Force on Military Service Members, Veterans, and the Courts, 2012-13.

Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 7, Anne Arundel County, July 9, 1996 to August 3, 2000. Member, Juvenile Law Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1996-99. Past member, Committee on Civil Procedures, and Commission Education Committee, District Court of Maryland.

Assistant County Solicitor, Office of Law, Anne Arundel County, 1983-86. Inquiry Committee, Attorney Grievance Commission, 1988-94. Member, Commission for Women, Anne Arundel County, 1993- (legal services advisory board, 1988-92). Master in Chancery, Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, 1994-96; Character Committee, 5th Judicial Circuit, 1994-96. Member, Service Integration Committee, Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, Anne Arundel County. Member, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, Anne Arundel County, 2007-.

Partner, Cohen, Bennett, Greene & Davis-Loomis, 1986-94. Member, American Bar Association; Maryland State Bar Association (board of governors, 2002-); Anne Arundel County Bar Association (treasurer, 1994-95; president, 2000-01; board of trustees, 2003-); Women's Bar Association of Maryland; National Association of Women Judges. Board of Trustees, Chrysalis House, 1991-96 (chair, children's committee). Board of Directors, Anne Arundel County Bar Foundation, 2004-05, 2010-. Member, Women's Law Center of Maryland (past chair, education committee); American Academy of Adoption Attorneys. Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation. Fannie Lou Hamer Award, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Awards Committee, 2005.

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Sources:
Maryland Manual on-line (http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/31cc/former/html/msa12408.html).
"Judge Davis-Loomis named to Circuit Court," The Capital, 6 July 2000.

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