BALTIMORE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE


RUTH A. JAKUBOWSKI, Circuit Administrative Judge and Chief Judge, 3rd Judicial Circuit (Baltimore County & Harford County), December 19, 2020 to June 19, 2023. County Administrative Judge, Baltimore County Circuit Court, since December 19, 2020 (Associate Judge, Baltimore County Circuit Court, May 20, 2002 to Dec. 19, 2020). Member, Public Awareness Committee, 2004-10, 2012-14, Maryland Judicial Conference. Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Judicial Council, 2015-17. Member, Judicial Council, 2020-, Maryland Judicial Conference. Member, Conference of Circuit Judges, 2020-. Chair, Family Mediation and Abuse Screening Work Group of Domestic Law Committee, 2022, Judicial Council.

Born in Watertown, New York, 1953. William Smith College, B.A., cum laude, 1975; Maxwell School of Public Administration, Syracuse University, M.P.A., 1978; Syracuse University College of Law, J.D., 1978. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1978. Associate Attorney, Law Offices of Fred Kolodner, Esq., 1978-79; Law Offices of Edward Feldman, Esq., 1979-80; Law Offices of Gilbert H. Robinette, Esq., 1980-81. Partner, Robinette, Dugan & Jakubowski, P.A., 1981-98; Dugan, Jakubowski, Babij & Spector, LLC, 1998-2002. Member, Maryland State Bar Association, 1978- (judicial administration section; committee on resolution of fee disputes, 2001-02; committee on public awareness, 2001-02; chair, alternative dispute resolution committee, 1984-85; chair, judicial administration council, 2008-); Baltimore City Bar Association, 1978-; Baltimore County Bar Association, 2000- (chair, 2004-, and vice-chair, 2003-04, professionalism committee; vice-chair, alternative dispute resolution committee, 2012-); Women's Bar Association of Maryland, 1978- (program chair, 1980-81; public relations chair, 1981-82; membership chair, judicial selections committee, 1984-85, 2001-02). Member, Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1980-2002; Maryland Trial Lawyers Association, 1981-2002 (co-chair, education committee, 2000-02; board of governors, 2000-02); Women's Law Center of Maryland, 2000-.

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