Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 6, Montgomery County, August 24, 2012 to November 15, 2016. Member, Court Access and Community Relations Committee, Judicial Council, 2015-16.
Member, Public Defender Regional Advisory Board no. 4, Office of Public Defender, 2009. Board of Trustees, Office of Public Defender, 2011-12. Member, Charter Review Commission, Montgomery County, 2011-12. Member, Character Committee, 7th Appellate Circuit, Court of Appeals, 2012.
Assistant State's Attorney, Montgomery County, 1994-96, 2000-04. Assistant State's Attorney, Howard County, 1996-2000.
Born in Pa Joo, South Korea, September 16, 1966. University of Maryland, College Park, B.A. (english), 1989; Loyola University School of Law, J.D., 1992. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1993; District of Columbia Bar, 1994; U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 2005; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2005. Associate, Law Office of Simon Osnos, 1993-94. Shareholder, Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A., 2004-08. Partner, Hall & Cho, P.C., 2008-12. Member, Maryland State Bar Association, 1993- (leadership academy fellow, 1996-97; special committee on korean bar, 1996-; leadership academy advisory board, 1997-99; committee on judicial appointments, 1997-; leadership academy committee, 1999-2006; criminal law & practice section council, 2008-; secretary-treasurer, 2010-11, vice-chair, 2011-; chair, asian-american bar, 2011-); Montgomery County Bar Association, 1993- (outreach committee, 1994-95; administration of justice committee, 1995-96; executive committee, 2002-04, 2007-09; co-chair, criminal law section, 2005-06; member, diversity committee, 2008-15); Howard County Bar Association, 1996-97; Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Maryland, 2002- (vice-president, membership, 2007-08). Member, Maryland State's Attorneys' Association, 1996-2004; Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association, 2004-. Member, Montgomery County Inns of Court, 1994-95, 2004-07, 2009-; Marlborough Inn of Court, 2006-08. Board of Directors, Montgomery County Bar Foundation, 2005-15. Member, Korean-American Women's Chamber of Commerce, 2011-12. Maryland Citizen Award, Howard County, 2000. Community Service Award for Outstanding Leadership as General Counsel, The League of Korean Americans of Maryland, 2006. Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition, U.S. Representative Christopher Van Hollen, Jr., 2006. Community Service Award, Diversity Committee, Montgomery County Bar Association, 2011. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2015.
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