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Matthew Fader's Biography

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Contact Information

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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

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