PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT

CATHY HOLLENBERG SERRETTE, Associate Judge, Prince George's County Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit, since December 19, 2003. Member, Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Pro Bono Legal Service, 2002-. Chair, Family Law Committee, 2006- (member, 2004-), Maryland Judicial Conference.

Electoral monitor (South Africa), International Electoral Commission, 1994. Member, Doctor-Lawyer Education Partnership, Prince George's County Board of Education, 1994; Community Task Force on Police Accountability, Prince George's County, 2000-01. Family Law and Juvenile Master, Prince George's County Circuit Court, 2001-03. Co-Chair, Circuit Court Task Force on Circuit Court Accessibility for the Latino Community, Prince George's County, 2002. Member, Local Pro Bono Committee, Prince George's County, 2002-; Charles County, 2003-. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, April 28, 1954. University of Pittsburgh, B.S. (psychology), summa cum laude, 1975 (Phi Beta Kappa). National Law Center, George Washington University, J.D., 1979; Washington College of Law, American University, LL.M. (international legal studies), 1991. Admitted to New York Bar, 1980; Maryland Bar, 1986; District of Columbia Bar, 1986. Staff attorney, Advocates for Children, New York, NY, 1980-81. Partner, Kresky, Sinawski & Hollenberg, New York City, 1981-84. Staff counsel, Information Protection and Advocacy Center for Handicapped Individuals, Washington, DC, 1986-87. Legislative director, U.S. Representative Gus Savage (Illinois), 1985-86. General legal practice, 1987-2001. Member, District of Columbia Bar Association, 1987-; Maryland State Bar Association, 1990-; Prince George's County Bar Association (board of directors, 2000-); Women's Bar Association (president, Prince George's County chapter, 2003-04); J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association, 2000-; National Association of Women Judges (president, Maryland chapter, 2005-). Fellow, Law Foundation of Prince George's County (president, 1998-2001). Consultant, Local Pro Bono Committee, Prince George's County, 2002-. President, Board of Directors, Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland, 2003- (member, 2001-). Co-Chair, Maryland Legal Services Partnership Conference, 2003, 2004. Lawyers Campaign Against Hunger, Maryland Food Committee, 1991-95. Board of Directors, Prince George's County Chapter, American Civil Liberties Union, 1998-2001. Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Maryland Pro Bono Service Award, Pro Bono Resource Center, 2000. Outstanding leadership presentation, Law Foundation of Prince George's County, 2001. Maryland Leadership in Law Award, Daily Record, 2002. Distinguished Service Award, Prince George's County Bar Association, 2003.

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