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ANDREA M. LEAHY, Judge, Court of Special Appeals, At Large, since March 18, 2014. Member, Legislative Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 2015-.
Associate County Attorney, Prince George's County, 1989-92 (lead counsel to department of environmental resources). Special Assistant and Environmental Policy Advisor to County Executive, Prince George's County, 1992-95.
Senior Legal Counsel and Director, Office of Legal Counsel and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Governor, 1995-99. Member, Maryland Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 1997-98.
Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, 1999-2001.
Member, State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 1997-98; Governor's Council on the Status of Girls, 2001.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland. Catholic University, B.A. (music & politics), 1983; Mozarteum Academy of Music, Salzburg, Austria, 1984 (non-degree guest student, piano performance); Washington College of Law , J.D., 1987 Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1989. Of Counsel, Business Litigation Division, Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP, 2001-06. Managing Member, Leahy & DeSmet, LLC, 2006-14. Member, American Bar Association, 1989-92, 2012-14 (public contract law section); Maryland State Bar Association (co-chair, oral history project, 2004; chair, administrative law section council, 2007, member, 1998-; construction law section, 2016-); Howard County Bar Association, 2011-; Prince George's County Bar Association, 1989-2000, 2006-13; Women's Bar Association, 1991-2002, 2007-. Member, American Society of International Law, 1986-96. Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation, 1998- (board of trustees, 2016). Board of Directors, Women's Bar Association Foundation, 2007- (chair, finding justice project, 2008-14). Member, Fundraising Committee, Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, 2003-05; J. Dudley Diggs Inns of Court, 2002-15; Wrangler's Law Club, 2015-; James McGill Inn of Court, 2016-. Board of Directors, Pallotti High School, 1994-2000; Women of Achievement in Maryland History, Inc., 1995-2003; Morton Street Dance Theater Foundation, 2001-02; St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center, 2006; Maryland National Capital Building Industry Association, 2006-10. Author, The United Nation's Role in International Regional Decision Making, Proceedings of the American Society of International Law: 1986 Summary of Panel Proceedings; How One State Enhanced Diversity on the Bench - The Merit Selection Process in Maryland, The Judge's Journal, ABA, Nov. 2009. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2005, 2007, 2013 (Circle of Excellence). Maryland's Top 40 Legal Elite, Baltimore SmartCEO Magazine, 2005, 2006. Maryland Leadership in Law Award, Daily Record, 2010. Maryland's Top 100 Women Lawyers, Super Lawyers Magazine, 2013. Maryland's Top 50 Women Lawyers, Baltimore Magazine, 2013.
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