HOWARD COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

STEPHANIE PICARD PORTER, Associate Judge, Howard County Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit, since January 14 2022. Member, Education Committee, 2018- (magistrate education subcommittee, 2017-); Juvenile Justice Subcommittee of Juvenile Law Committee, 2018-; Access and Fairness Subcommittee of Equal Justice Committee, 2020-, Judicial Council. Member, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council [local behavioral health advisory board], Howard County, 2020-. Member, Child Support Work Group of Domestic Law Committee, 2021- (chair, projects & outreach sub-work group); Joint Subcommittee on Post-COVID Judicial Operations, 2021-, Judicial Council.

Family Magistrate, Circuit Court, Howard County, 2015-22.

Assistant State's Attorney, Baltimore County, 2001-15.

Born in Burlington, Vermont, 1972. University of Vermont, B.A., 1993; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2000. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 2000. Law clerk to Judge Kathleen G. Cox, Baltimore County Circuit Court, 2000-01. Member, Maryland State Bar Association; Howard County Bar Association; Women's Bar Association of Maryland. Past member, Baltimore County Bar Association. President, James MacGill American Inns of Court, 2021-22 (board of directors, 2017-). Member, Crossover Youth Practice Model Implementation Team, Howard County, 2017-. Leadership Howard County, 2019.

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