Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill

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Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill

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Nonpartisan

Maryland 8th Circuit Court Baltimore City

Tenure

2009 - Present

Term ends

2025

Years in position

15

Report an officeholder change

Elections and appointments

Appointed

2009

Education

Bachelor's

Princeton University, 1981

Law

Yale Law School, 1984

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Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill is an associate judge on the Eighth Circuit Court for Baltimore City in Maryland. He was appointed to the court by Governor Martin O'Malley in February 2009 and assumed office on March 6, 2009. Fletcher-Hill was elected to the court on November 2, 2010 to a full fifteen-year term, ending in 2025.

Education

Fletcher-Hill received his undergraduate degree in English literature from Princeton University in 1981 and his J.D. from Yale Law School in 1984.

Career

• 2009-2025: Associate Judge, Eighth Circuit Court, Baltimore City
• 2001-2009: Chair, Litigation Practice Group, Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC
• 1990-2000: Assistant Attorney General, Maryland Office of Attorney General
• 1990: Admitted to the Maryland Bar
• 1987-1990: Assistant Attorney General, Massachusetts Office of Attorney General
• 1985-1987: Associate, Choate, Hall & Stewart
• 1984-1985: Law Clerk to Judge Rya W. Zobel, U.S. District Court for District of Massachusetts
• 1985: Admitted to the Massachusetts Bar

Awards and associations

Awards

• 2009: Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation Law
• 1995: Exceptional Service Award, Office of Attorney General

Associations

• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Federal Bar Association
• Member, Maryland State Bar Association
• Member, Baltimore City Bar Association

2010 election

Fletcher-Hill was elected to the Eighth Circuit, along with four other judges, in the general election on November 2, 2010. He received 19.72% of the vote.

Main article: Maryland judicial elections, 2010

See also

• Courts in Maryland
• Baltimore City, Maryland
• Judicial selection in Maryland

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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