Honorable Lynne A. Battaglia |
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Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals | |
In office January 26, 2001 – April 14, 2016 |
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Nominated by | Parris Glendening |
Preceded by | Lawrence F. Rodowsky |
Succeeded by | Joseph M. Getty |
United States Attorney for the District of Maryland | |
In office 1993–2001 |
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Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Richard D. Bennett |
Succeeded by | Thomas M. DiBiagio |
Personal details | |
Born |
Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
April 14, 1946
Alma mater |
American University University of Maryland School of Law |
Committees | Public Awareness Committee, 2001-04, Maryland Judicial Conference. Chair, Professionalism Task Force, 2002-03. Chair, Court Commission on Professionalism, 2004-06. Chair, Commission on Professionalism, 2009-Present. |
Lynne Ann Battaglia (born April 14, 1946) is an American lawyer and former jurist from Howard County, Maryland. From 2001–2016 she served as an associate judge on the Maryland Court of Appeals.
Battaglia was born in Buffalo, New York. She earned a J.D. degree from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1974 and was admitted to the bar that same year. Appointed by governor Parris Glendening, since 2001 she has been an associate judge on the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's highest appellate court. Formerly, she served as United States Attorney for the District of Maryland and as Chief of Staff to Senator Barbara A. Mikulski. Judge Battaglia chairs the Maryland Professionalism Commission, the Women Lawyers in Maryland project and is an associate professor at the University of Maryland and the University of Baltimore School of Law.