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Michele Denise Hotten (born April 20, 1954) is a senior judge of the
Supreme Court of Maryland The Supreme Court of Maryland is the state supreme court, highest court of the U.S. state of Maryland. Its name was changed on December 14, 2022, from the Maryland Court of Appeals, after a voter-approved change to the state constitution. The cou ...
appointed by Governor
Larry Hogan Lawrence Joseph Hogan Jr. (born May 25, 1956) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 62nd governor of Maryland since 2015. A moderate member of the Republican Party, he was secretary of appointments under Maryland governor Bo ...
.


Biography

The first in her immediate family to attend college, Hotten received her
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from the
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in 1975 and her
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from the
Howard University School of Law Howard University School of Law (Howard Law or HUSL) is the law school of Howard University, a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C. It is one of the oldest law schools in the country and the oldes ...
in 1979. Hotten served as a circuit court judge in Prince George's for 16 years and spent one year as a district court judge. She worked as an assistant state's attorney in Prince George's and served as deputy people's zoning counsel and as a hearing examiner for the county Board of Education. She also has worked in private practice. She was previously a judge on the
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. She was appointed to that court by Governor
Martin O'Malley Martin Joseph O'Malley (born January 18, 1963) is an American lawyer and former politician who served as the 61st Governor of Maryland from 2007 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was Mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007. O'Malley ...
on July 23, 2010, to fill the vacancy left by James Salmon.


Maryland Court of Appeals service

On December 1, 2015, Governor
Larry Hogan Lawrence Joseph Hogan Jr. (born May 25, 1956) is an American politician and businessman serving as the 62nd governor of Maryland since 2015. A moderate member of the Republican Party, he was secretary of appointments under Maryland governor Bo ...
appointed Hotten to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Judge Glenn T. Harrell Jr. She was sworn into office on December 22, 2015. At the time of her appointment, she was the fifth woman on the seven-judge panel, which has the highest number of women the court has ever had. She also was the second African American woman appointed to the court, after Judge
Shirley M. Watts Shirley Marie Watts (born March 6, 1959) is an American lawyer and jurist from Baltimore, Maryland. Since July 2013, she has served as a Judge on the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's highest court. Watts is the first African American woman ...
, who was appointed prior to her. Hotton became a senior judge in April 2024, after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70.


Personal life

Hotten grew up poor in Southeast Washington, raised by a single mother who often worked three jobs to make ends meet.


See also

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References


External links


Official Biography on Maryland Court of Appeals
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