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LAURA L. MARTIN
State's Attorney (Republican), 2007-19
State's Attorney, Calvert County, January 1, 2007 to January 7, 2019.
Assistant State's Attorney, Prince George's County, 1989-98 (assistant chief, homicide division, 1994-98). Deputy State's Attorney, Calvert County, September 1998 to December 2005.
Member, State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 2005-19; State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, 2006-08; State Board of Victim Services, 2009-15; State's Attorneys' Coordination Council, 2012-19; Task Force to Study Erroneous Conviction and Imprisonment, 2017-18; Justice Reinvestment Oversight Board, 2017-18.
Born in Princeton, New Jersey, 1963. Lehigh University, B.A. (english), 1985; Washington College of Law, The American University, J.D., 1988. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1989; Federal Bar, 2006. Attorney. Staff attorney, Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, 2006. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (criminal law & practice section); Calvert County Bar Association. Member, National College of District Attorneys, 1999-2018. President, Maryland State's Attorneys' Association, 2017-18 (member, 2007-18; vice-president, 2011; vice-president, training, 2015-17). Member, Republican Women Leaders of Calvert; League of Women Voters. Instructor, Southern Maryland Criminal Justice Academy. Outstanding Achievement in Advocacy Award, Commission for Women, Calvert County, 2002. Law Enforcement Award, Optimist Clubs of Calvert County, 2003. Sheriff's Salute Award, Sheriff's Office, Calvert County, 2006.
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