PATRICIA L. MITCHELL, District Administrative Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 6, Montgomery County, July 1, 2017 to November 16, 2020 (Associate Judge, December 2, 1996 to July 1, 2017, & November 16, 2020 to January 12, 2021). Retired January 12, 2021. Member, Mental Health, Alcoholism and Addiction Committee, 1997-2000, and Civil Law and Procedure Committee, 2001-03, Maryland Judicial Conference. Member, Maryland Judicial Commission on Pro Bono, 1998-2000; Commissioner Education Committee, 2001-15, and Administrative Judges Committee, 2009-11, District Court of Maryland. Member, Education Committee, 2016-17 (chair, commissioner education subcommittee, 2016-), Joint Work Group on Human Trafficking, 2016-18, and District Court Chief Judge's Committee, 2017, Judicial Council. Member, Judicial Council, 2017-20. Member, Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission, Montgomery County, 2017-20.
Member, State Board of Law Examiners, 1994-96 (assistant grader, 1986-96). Former Acting General Counsel, Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission.
Born in Washington, DC, December 24, 1953. Attended Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda, Maryland; Montgomery College, A.A., 1973; The American University, B.A., 1976; George Mason University School of Law, J.D., 1980. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1981. Member, American Bar Association; Maryland State Bar Association (administrative law section; administrative law section council, 2000-); Montgomery County Bar Association; Women's Bar Association of Maryland. Adjunct professor, University of Baltimore School of Law; Washington College of Law, The American University.
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