The Baltimore City Circuit Court & Baltimore Bar Library Art Collection in Connection with the Maryland State Archives MSA SC 5590 |
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Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse
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Hon. Mabel H. Hubbard (1936--2006)
Simmie Knox (1936- ) Oil on canvas, 1992 37" H x 37" W Presented, Term of Court Ceremony March 13, 2013 Donor, Purchased by the Baltimore Couthouse and Law Museum Foundation, 2013 Owner, Baltimore Couthouse and Law Museum Foundation Private Career: Teacher and Vice Principal Philadelphia and Pittsburgh School Systems Admitted to the bar, 1977 Public Service: Assistant City Solicitor, Baltimore City, 1977-1978 Master in Chancery for Juevinile Cases, Baltimore City 1978-1981 Associate Judge, Baltimore City District Court, District 1, 1981-1985 Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, 1985-1999 (retired August 31, 1999) Comments: Appointed as the first African-American woman to serve as Master-In-Chancery for Baltimore City. The first African-American woman to serve on the District Court of Maryland and, four years later, she was appointed as the first African-American woman associate judge on the Circuit Court for Baltimore. Judge Hubbard helped advance the role of African-American women in the Maryland judiciary. In 2002 Hubbard was one of four honored with induction into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame. |
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