Michelle Renee Saunders

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Michelle Renee Saunders

Maryland 4th District Court Calvert County

Tenure

Present officeholder

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Education

Bachelor's

High Point College, 1990

Law

Georgetown University Law Center, 1993

Michelle Renee Saunders is an associate judge for the Fourth District Court in Calvert County, Maryland. She was appointed to the court by Governor Martin O'Malley on September 19, 2013 and assumed office on October 17, 2013. Her current term expires in 2023.

Education

Saunders received her undergraduate degree from High Point College in 1990 and her J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1993.

Career

• 2013-2023: Associate Judge, Fourth District Court, Calvert County
• 2000-2013: Senior Assistant State's Attorney, and Chief, District Court Division, Office of State's Attorney, Calvert County
• 1998-2000: Attorney, Lamson & Saunders,
• 1994-1998: Assistant State's Attorney, Office of State's Attorney, Calvert County
• 1993-1994: Law Clerk to Judge Warren J. Krug, Calvert County Circuit Court

Awards and associations

• 2009, 2010: Respect for Law Award, Optimist Club
• 1998: Employee of the Month, Calvert County
• Member, Maryland State Bar Association
• Member, Calvert County Bar Association

See also

• Calvert County, Maryland
• Maryland Circuit Courts
• Judicial selection in Maryland

External links

• Maryland State Archives: District 4, Michelle R. Saunders Biography
• Maryland State Archives: District 4, Calvert County District Court
• Maryland State Archives: District 4, Maryland Judicial Branch
• Maryland Courts, "District Court Judges Directory"

Footnotes

Maryland courts

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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