SHIRLEY M. WATTS, Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, since February 5, 2002.
Assistant State's Attorney, Juvenile, Misdemeanor and Felony Trial Divisions, Baltimore City, 1984-88. Assistant Public Defender, 1990-94, and Supervisory Assistant Public Defender, 1994-97, Office of Federal Public Defender, District of Maryland, 1988-97. Federal Administrative Law Judge, Downey, California, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1997-99. Chief Administrative Law Judge, Office of Hearings and Appeals, Social Security Administration, 1999-2002. Born in Baltimore, Maryland. Howard University, B.A., cum laude, 1980; Rutgers University School of Law, J.D., 1983. Member, American, Baltimore City, Federal and Monumental Bar Associations. Member, Alliance of Black Women Attorneys; National Association of Women Judges. Chair, Administrative Law Section, National Bar Association, 2000. Chair, History Committee, Baltimore Chapter, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Member, Slavery Awareness Advisory Council. Adjunct professor, Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America, 1993-96. Outstanding Leadership Award for Hearing Office Administrative Law Judges, Office of Hearings and Appeals, Social Security Administration, 2000.
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