Brynja McDivitt Booth (born June 10, 1972) is an American

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who is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland .

Education

Booth received her

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Bucknell University Bucknell University is a private liberal arts college in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 as the University at Lewisburg, it now consists of the College of Arts and Sciences, Freeman College of Management, and the College of Engineering. ...

, ''cum laude'', and her

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Washington and Lee University School of Law The Washington and Lee University School of Law (W&L Law) is the professional graduate law school of Washington and Lee University. It is a private American Bar Association-accredited law school located in Lexington in the Shenandoah Valley reg ...

, ''cum laude''.

Legal career

Upon graduating law school, she served as a

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for Judge William S. Horne of the Talbot County Circuit Court. From 1997–2000, Booth was an associate with Cowdrey, Thompson & Karsten, PA; she served as a shareholder from 2000–2003. From 2003–2008, she was with Cowdrey, Thompson & Karsten, PC and from 2003–2008 she was with Cowdrey Thompson, P.C.. Prior to her appointment to the court, Booth was an attorney and shareholder of Booth, Booth, Cropper & Marriner, P.C. and has extensive appellate experience. Since 2016, she has served as the president of the Maryland Municipal Attorneys Association.

Appointment to the Supreme Court of Maryland

On March 12, 2019, Governor

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announced his appointment of Booth to the

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. On March 22, 2019, her appointment was confirmed by the

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. She took her seat on April 18, 2019. She had a formal investiture on July 11, 2019.

Personal life

Booth and her husband Curt live with their two children in

Easton, Maryland Easton is an incorporated town in and the county seat of Talbot County, Maryland, United States. The population was 15,945 at the 2010 census, with an estimated population in 2019 of 16,671. The primary ZIP Code is 21601, and the secondary ...

. She is active at The Country School and in St. Marks United Methodist Church in Easton.

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