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The Prince George's County Circuit Court

Photo of the Honorable Michele D. Hotten The Honorable
Michele D. Hotten


7th Judicial Circuit
Associate Judge
Circuit Court for Prince George's County, MD

Associate Judge, 1995 to present

District Court of Maryland
Prince George's County, MD
Associate Judge, 1994 to 1995
Second African American woman to serve on the District Court for Prince George's County, Maryland
Private Practice Associate, Farrington, Smallwood, Wells & Wyrough, 1989 to 1992, specializing in civil and criminal litigation
Sole practitioner, 1992 to 1994 specializing in litigation
Special Counsel to the Human Relations Commission
Hearing Examiner for the Prince George's County Board of Education
Deputy, People's Zoning Counsel
Examiner in Chancery
State's Attorney's Office
Prince George's County, MD
Assistant State's Attorney, 1985 to 1989
Law School JD, Howard University School of Law, 1979
Howard Law Journal
Undergraduate BA, University of South Florida, New College, 1975
Memberships/Acknowledgements

Member, Maryland State Bar Association
Member and Past President, Prince George's County Bar Association
Member, District of Columbia Bar Association
Member, Women's Bar Association
Member, Goldstein Inns of Court (Past President)
Past-President, J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association