The Prince George's County Circuit Court
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The Honorable
Steven I. Platt
7th Judicial Circuit
Associate Judge |
| Circuit Court for Prince George's County, MD |
Associate
Judge, May 1990 to present
Coordinating Judge, Criminal Operations
Chair, Strategic Planning Committee
Past First Coordinating Judge for the Family Division
Past management responsibility for the administration
of all ?complex Non-family civil? litigation in the Circuit
Court's Differentiated Case Management System
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| District Court for Prince
George's County, MD |
Administrative Judge, January
1988 to May 1990
Associate Judge, August 1986 to January 1988 |
| Orphan's Court for Prince
George's County, MD |
Chief Judge, Orphan's Court,
1985 to 1986
Associate Judge, 1978 to 1985 |
| Legal
Experience |
Administrative assignment
to State Senator/Congressman Steny H. Hoyer
Law Clerk to former Chief Judge of the Seventh Circuit,
Ernest A. Loveless, Jr.
Chair, Prince George's County Human Relations Comm. Full-time
law practice, ten and one-half years |
| Law School |
JD, American University
Washington College of Law, 1973 |
| Undergraduate |
BA, Government and Public
Administration University of Virginia, 1969 |
| Memberships/Acknowledgements |
Member, Past President,
Prince George's County Bar Association
Member and Past Board of Governors, Maryland State Bar
Association
Life Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation and Charter Fellow
of the Law Foundation of Prince George's County
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Delta Theta Phi National Legal Fraternity
Past President, Marlborough Inn of Court
Past Vice-Chair, Business/Technology Case Management
Program for Circuit Courts
Chair, Business Technology Case Management Program Implementation
Committee
Attendee, National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada National
Center for State Courts, and Institute for Court Management
Faculty, University of Maryland and Prince George's Community
College
Chair, Special Committee to Study Methods of Initiating
Criminal Process in Maryland
Consultant to Rules Committee on General Administration
and ADR
Awards and certificates of appreciation and recognition
From the Business and Professional Women's Association,
the Lions Club and the Kiwanis Club
Recipient, Conflict Resolution Award, National Conference
(of Christians and Jews)
Recipient, Distinguished Alumnus Award from the American
University Washington College of Law
Recognized as one of the best judges in the Washington
Metropolitan area in the Washingtonian Magazine
Recipient, Distinguished Service to the Judiciary Award,
Philippine Lawyer's Association of Metropolitan Washington,
DC
Appeared in Who's Who in Washington and Who's Who in
The Law |
| Publications |
Published articles include
Drug Court Experiment: Policy Choice - Political Decision;
Managing Maryland's Judges; The Court's Futuristic Direction;
Family Court Concept Suffers from Legislative-Judicial
Clash; The Role of the Judiciary in the Crisis of Drugs
and Violence; Commentary ? Women Accused of Homicide:
The Use of Expert Testimony On the Effect of Battering
on Women ? A Trial Judge's Perspective; The Victim's
Rights Amendment: A Prosecutor's and Surprisingly a Defense
Attorney's Support in Sentencing ? Reinventing Maryland's
Nisi Prius Courts for the Twenty-first century. |
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