Honorable Lynne A. Battaglia | |
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Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals | |
In office January 26, 2001 –April 14, 2016 | |
Nominated by | Parris Glendening |
Preceded by | Lawrence F. Rodowsky |
Succeeded by | Joseph M. Getty |
United States Attorney for the District of Maryland | |
In office 1993–2001 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Richard D. Bennett |
Succeeded by | Thomas M. DiBiagio |
Personal details | |
Born | Buffalo,New York,U.S. | April 14,1946
Residence | Georgetown University |
Alma mater | American University (BA,MA) University of Maryland School of Law (JD) |
Committees | Public Awareness Committee,2001-04,Maryland Judicial Conference. Chair,Professionalism Task Force,2002-03. Chair,Court Commission on Professionalism,2004-06. Chair,Commission on Professionalism,2009-Present. |
Lynne Ann Battaglia (born April 14,1946) is an American lawyer and former jurist from Howard County,Maryland. From 2001 to 2016 she served as an associate judge on the Maryland Court of Appeals.
Lynne Ann Battaglia [1] was born on April 14,1946,in Buffalo,New York. She graduated from American University with a Bachelor of Arts in international relations in 1967 and a Master of Arts in Latin American studies in 1968. She attended Georgetown University to study the American government and later graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 1974. She was admitted to the bar that same year. Battaglia was appointed as an associate judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals,the state's highest appellate court,by governor Parris Glendening. She served from 2001 to 2016,when she reached her 70th birthday and mandatorily retired. Formerly,she served as United States Attorney for the District of Maryland and as Chief of Staff to Senator Barbara A. Mikulski. Judge Battaglia chairs the Maryland Professionalism Commission,the Women Lawyers in Maryland project and is an associate professor at the University of Maryland and the University of Baltimore School of Law. [2]