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The Prince George's County Circuit Court

  The Honorable
Melanie M. Shaw Geter


7th Judicial Circuit
Associate Judge
Circuit Court for Prince George's County, MD

Associate Judge, June 7, 2001 to present

District Court of Maryland
Prince George's County, MD
Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 5, 1996 to 2001
Office of the State's Attorney
Baltimore, MD
Assistant State's Attorney, 1982 to 1987
Office of the Attorney General
Baltimore, MD
Assistant Attorney General, Medicaid Fraud Unit
1987 to 1989
State's Attorney's Office
Prince George's County, MD
Assistant State's Attorney
Chief, Criminal Trials Division
Chief, Homicide & Narcotics Division, 1989 to 1996
Bar Admissions Maryland, 1982
Law School JD, University of Maryland School of Law, 1981
Undergraduate BA, Howard University, 1978
Memberships/Acknowledgements

Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1982
American Bar Association Member, National Bar Association, Maryland State Bar, Prince George's County Bar Association, J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association
Member, Judicial Education Committee, District Court of Maryland, 1998 to 2000
Board of Directors, Judicial Institute of Maryland, 1998 to 1999
Chair, Public Awareness Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1999 to 2001 (member since 1996)
Member, Public Trust and Confidence Implementation Committee
MACRO, Public Awareness Committee, 2001-2004
Maryland Drug Court Commission, 2005-2007
Chair, Training Committee, 2006-2007
Governor’s Juvenile Justice Advisory Council, 2005-2007
Conference of Circuit Court Judges, Committee on ADR, 2009 - present