361 Rowe Boulevard
Annapolis, MD 21401
Full Name:
Matthew Fader
Gender:
Male
Birth Date:
07/23/1973
Birth Place:
Towson, MD
Juris Doctor, Law, Yale Law School, 1998
Bachelor of Arts, History and Government, University of Virginia, 1995
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Maryland, 3rd Appellate Judicial Circuit, 2022-present
Candidate, Supreme Court of Maryland, 3rd Appellate Judicial Circuit, 2024
Chief Judge, Court of Special Appeals, 2018-2022
At Large, Judge, Maryland Court of Special Appeals, 2017-2018
Member, Domestic Law Committee, 2021-2022
Member, Equal Justice Committee, Access and Fairness Subcommittee, 2020-2022
Chairman, Joint Subcommittee on Post-COVID Judicial Operations, 2021-2022
Member, Judicial Council Executive Committee, 2019-2022
Member, Court Operations Committee, 2019-2021
Chief of Litigation, Maryland Attorney General's Office, Civil Litigation Division, 2017
Deputy Chief, Maryland Attorney General's Office, Civil Litigation Division, 2012-2017
Assistant Attorney General, Maryland Attorney General's Office, Civil Litigation Division, 2010-2012
Associate/Partner, K&L Gates, Limited Liability Partnership, 2002-2010
Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, 1999-2002
Law Clerk, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, 1998-1999
Member, Honorable James Macgill American Inn of Court, 2012-2013, 2018-present
Member, Howard County Bar Association, 2013-present
Member, Maryland State Bar Association, 1999-present
Member, Commonwealth of Virginia Bar Association, 1998-present
Board Member, Glen Mar Early Learning Center Board of Directors, 2010-2013
Awards:
STAR Award, U.S. Department of the Interior, 2003
Rising Star, Pennsylvania Super Lawyers Magazine, 2006, 2007, 2008
Alexander Cummings Award for Outstanding Appellate Advocacy, Office of Attorney General, 2016
Influential Marylander, Daily Record, 2020
Power 100 List, Daily Record, 2022