MARCELLA A. HOLLAND, Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, since 1997. Judge in Charge of Family Division, 2001-. Member, Legislative Subcommittee, Maryland Judicial Conference. Member, Editorial Board, Justice Matters, 2000-.
Assistant State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1984-97. Member, Commission on Historical and Architectural Preservation, Baltimore City, 1988-97 (chair, 1995-97). Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 31, 1947. University of Maryland Baltimore County, B.A. (political science), 1980; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1983. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1983. Member, American, National and Baltimore City Bar Associations. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (board of governors); Monumental City Bar Association (president, 1991-92). President, Maryland Chapter, National Association of Women Judges, 2000-. Member, Alliance of Black Women Attorneys, 1984-89, 1997; National Black Prosecutors Association, 1992-97. Board member, Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum, 1982-89; Lois G. Wright Memorial Concert Series, 1988-92 (chair, 1990-92). Board of Managers, Druid Hill Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), 1989-95. Chair, Baltimore Black Achievers Program, 1990-97. Board member, Courthouse and Law Museum Foundation, 1992-. Subscribing life member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Member, Joshua Johnson Council, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1990-93; Associated Black Charities Gala Committee, 1996-97. President's Award and Founder's Award, Lillie Carroll Jackson Museum, 1986. Thurgood Marshall Founder's Award, Monumental City Bar Association, 1993. Distinguished Black Marylander Award, Towson State University, 1993. Volunteer of the Year, Druid Hill YMCA, 1996. Outstanding Professional Achievement Award, Coalition of 100 Black Women, 1997. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 1998, 2000. Member, Full Gospel Baptist Church, 1963-.
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