Alison Asti
Alison Asti is a judge on the Fifth Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County in Maryland. She was elected to the court on November 2, 2010, to a full fifteen-year term, ending in 2025. Asti was sworn in on December 20, 2010.[1][2]
Education
Asti received her undergraduate degree in economics and political science from Duke University in 1975, her master's degree in public finance from Duke University in 1976, and her J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1979.[3]
Career
- 2010-Present: Judge, Fifth Circuit Court, Anne Arundel County
- 2008-2010: President, Asti Strategic Advisors
- 2004-2007: Executive Director, Maryland Stadium Authority
- 1990-2004: General Counsel & Director of Development, Maryland Stadium Authority
- 1986-1990: Partner, Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, L.L.C.
- 1979-1986: Associate, Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, L.L.C.
- 1979: Admitted to the Maryland Bar[3]
Awards and associations
Awards
- 2009: Women Business Leaders of Maryland, Gazette of Politics and Business
- 2007: 50 Most Influential Marylanders, The Daily Record
- 2005: Leadership in Law Award, The Daily Record
- 2005: Distinguished Alumna Award, Severna Park High School
- 1998: Elizabeth Englar Potter Award for Volunteer Service, Gibson Island Country School
- 1996; 2009: Maryland's Top 100 Women, The Daily Record[3]
Associations
- Member, Maryland State Bar Association
- Member, Anne Arundel County Bar Association
- Member, House of Delegates, American Bar Association
- Board of Visitors, University of Maryland School of Law
- Chair, Editorial Board, The Daily Record
- Board of Directors, University System of Maryland Foundation
- Board of Directors, American Red Cross, Anne Arundel County
- Member, Animal Welfare Council, Anne Arundel County
- President, Pasadena Horse and Pony Association[3]
Elections
2010
- See also: Maryland judicial elections, 2010
Asti faced incumbents Laura S. Kiessling and Ronald H. Jarashow for two seats on the Fifth Circuit Court, Anne Arundel County. Asti received 33.77 percent of the vote in general election on November 2, 2010. She and Kiessling won the two seats.[1]
Asti accused of election violations
After the general election, Ronald H. Jarashow, who lost to Kiessling and Asti, wrote a letter to the state prosecutor alleging that Asti had violated election laws during her campaign. As incumbents, Kiessling and Jarashow had been campaigning as a slate. His accusations against Asti stemmed from fliers that were handed out by her campaign that resembled fliers that Kiessling and Jarashow were using. Asti's flier showed her and Kiessling, and Jarashow said that the flier was intended to mislead voters into thinking that the two women were running as a team. The two fliers both had black and yellow color schemes.[4]
Asti denied the accusations, and said that her flier was meant to show that Asti endorsed Kiessling. "My poll workers were instructed that I was endorsing Laura Kiessling and that Laura Kiessling had not endorsed me," she wrote in an email.[5]
In January 2011, the Maryland Judicial Campaign Conduct Committee, which has no power to enforce penalties, rebuked Asti and said that the campaign flier was misleading.[6]
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maryland 2010 Unofficial General Election Results: Circuit Courts
- ↑ Maryland Constitution, Article IV, Section 3
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Maryland State Archives: Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, Alison L. Asti Biography
- ↑ The Baltimore Sun, "Anne Arundel judge seeks probe of candidate who beat him," November 12, 2010
- ↑ The Daily Record, "Jarashow defends post-election complaints," November 16, 2010
- ↑ The Baltimore Sun, "Advisory committee on campaign conduct rebukes new judge," January 13, 2011
Federal courts:
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Maryland • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Maryland
State courts:
Maryland Supreme Court • Appellate Court of Maryland • Maryland District Courts • Maryland Circuit Courts • Maryland Orphans' Court
State resources:
Courts in Maryland • Maryland judicial elections • Judicial selection in Maryland
