Areas of Experience

Family law including equitable distribution, custody/access, and child/spousal support, medical malpractice, personal injury, premises liability, products liability, construction, trusts & estates, defamation, civil rights, contracts, disability, employment, insurance coverage, and intellectual property.

Professional Experience

• Associate Judge, 8^th Judicial Circuit Court for Baltimore City, 2013-2024.
• Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 1, Baltimore City, 2006-2013.
• Special Master, Family Division, 8^th Judicial Circuit Court for Baltimore City, 1999-2006.
• Private practice, Baltimore, 1990-1999 (Klemkowski & Panos, P.A.; Klemkowski & Klemkowski, P.A.; Turnbull, Wase & Lyons, P.A.).
• Former District Court Commissioner, Baltimore County.

Affiliations

• Life Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation.
• Fellow, Baltimore City Bar Foundation.
• Member, Court Interpreters Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 2008-2011.
• Member, Board of Directors, Judicial Institute of Maryland, 2008-2015.
• Member, Judicial Education Committee, District Court of Maryland, 2009-2013.
• Member, Maryland State Bar Association, 1990-present; Former Member, Standing Committee on Professionalism; Former Member, Family & Juvenile Law Section Council; Former Member, Special Committee on Anti-Discrimination Matters.
• Member, Baltimore City Bar Association; Chair, Family Law Committee, 2000-2002; Member, Executive Council, 2002-2005; Judicial Administration Committee, 2004-2005; Co-Chair, Bench-Bar Committee, 2017-present.
• Member, International Association of LGBTQ+ Judges.
• Former Volunteer Lawyer, Maryland Lawyer Service.
• Former Member, Board of Directors, Chase Brexton Health Services, Inc.
• Former Law Clerk, Honorable Kathleen O’Ferrall Friedman, Circuit Court for Baltimore City.

Education

• University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D.
• University of Baltimore, M.A.
• University of Maryland, College Park, B.A.