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Hon. Dennis M . Sweeney (Ret.)
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Experience:
- Mediator, Court of Special Appeals, State of Maryland, Pilot Appellate Mediation Program
- Alternate Land Commissioner, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
- Chief Judge, Fifth Judicial Circuit
- Associate Judge, Circuit Court for Howard County, Fifth Judicial Circuit
- Designated Business and Technology Judge
- Guardianships and Trusts Judge
- Deputy Attorney General, State of Maryland
- Chief, Civil Division and Chief, General Counsel, Office of the Attorney General, State of Maryland
- Assistant Attorney General and Special Assistant to the Attorney General, State of Maryland
- Assistant Federal Public Defender
- Chief Attorney, Baltimore Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.
- Staff Attorney, Baltimore Legal Aid Bureau, Inc.
Education:
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
- B.A., Loyola College
ADR Training:
- American Bar Association’s Fifth Annual Arbitration Training Institute, A Comprehensive Training in Commercial Arbitration, July, 2010
- Appellate Mediation Training Program, Maryland Court of Special Appeals, December, 2009
- American Bar Association National Mediation Training for Judges, September, 2007
Affiliations/Awards:
- Recipient, Bar Foundation for Howard County, Inc’s Award of Excellence, June, 2010
- Chair, Jury Use & Management Committee of the Maryland Judiciary
- Member, Maryland Pattern Jury Instruction Committee, Maryland State Bar Association
- Member, American College of Business Court Judges
- Member and Past Chairman, Opinions Committee of the Maryland Business and Technology Program
- Past Co-Chair, Family and Sexual Violence Coordinating Council
- Past Member, Judicial Clerkship Advisory Committee, University of Maryland School of Law
- Past Member, County Executive’s Ad Hoc Committee on Human Rights, Howard County
- Past Member, Maryland Coalition for Civil Justice Private Bar Task Force
- Past Member, Children’s Justice Act Committee
- Past Member, Court Commission on Professionalism
- Past Chair, Editorial Board, Justice Matters
- Past Member and Past Chair, Trial Procedures and Role of the Jury Subcommittee, Council on Jury Use and Management
- Past Member, Criminal Procedure Article Review Committee
- Past Member, Executive Committee, Maryland Circuit Court Judges Association
- Past Member, Civil Law and Procedure Committee, Judicial Ethics Subcommittee, Family and Domestic Relations Law Committee, Criminal Law and Procedure Committee, and Public Awareness Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference
- Past Member, Family Violence Council
- Past President, James Macgill American Inn of Court
- Past Member, U.S. District Court Trial Experience Committee
- Past Member, Governor’s Task Force on Administrative Hearing Officers
- Past Member, Advisory Council to Maryland Legal Services Corporation
- Past Chair, State Advisory Council on Administrative Hearings
- Past Member, General Assembly’s Task Force on Uninsured Employers
- Past Vice-Chair, Governor’s Prescription Drug Commission
- Past Member, Special Ad Hoc Committee to Implement Maryland’s New Domestic Violence Law
- Named in Influential Marylanders, The Daily Record, 2010
- Named “Champion of Justice,” Legal Aid Bureau, 2006
- Recipient, Award of Distinction, Domestic Violence Center of Howard County
- Recipient, Ginny Mahoney Memorial Award, Maryland Board of Victim Services
- Recipient, Award of Excellence, Bar Foundation for Howard County
- Member, American Bar Association (past Vice-Chair, Committee on Health & Human Services)
- Member, Maryland State Bar Association (past Chair, Administrative Law Section)
- Member, Howard County Bar Association