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MICHAEL WILSON REED, Judge, Appellate Court of Maryland, 6th Appellate Judicial Circuit (Baltimore City), since March 18, 2014 (prior to Dec. 14, 2022, Appellate Court of Maryland was named Court of Special Appeals). Judge, Court of Special Appeals, 6th Appellate Judicial Circuit (Baltimore City), March 18, 2014 to December 13, 2022. Member, Court Operations Committee, Judicial Council, 2015-16. Chair, Commission on Judicial Disabilities, 2017- (member, 2017-).
Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, October 20, 2011 to March 18, 2014.
Legislative Counsel, Department of Legislative Reference, 1986-88. Assistant State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1988-99. Senior Counsel and Assistant Attorney General, Health Occupations Prosecution and Litigation Division, Office of Attorney General, 2007-11.
Legislative assistant for U.S. Representative Steny H. Hoyer, 5th Congressional District, Maryland, 1985-86.
Born in Washington, DC. College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, B.A. (political science), with honors, 1982; The National Law Center, George Washington University, J.D., 1985. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1987; U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1988; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2007. Associate, Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, 1999-2007; Law Offices of Peter T. Nicholl, 2011. Member, American Bar Association, Judicial Division, 2012; Maryland State Bar Association, 2001-; Baltimore City Bar Association, 2001- (chair, legislation committee, 2003-11, member, 2002-11; executive council, 2003-; judicial selections committee, 2005-11; nominating committee, 2007-09; secretary, 2010; treasurer, 2011; president-elect, 2013; president, 2014-). Member, Baltimore County Bar Association, 2001-07; Monumental City Bar Association, 2001-07. Fellow, Baltimore Bar Foundation, 2007- (board of trustees, 2008-). Trustee, The Bar Insurance Trust, 2008-11. Author, "The Contribution of Charles Hamilton Houston to American Jurisprudence", vol. 30, Howard Law Journal, 1095 (1987).
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