MELANIE MARVA SHAW-GETER, Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 5, Prince George's County, since January 31, 1996. Board of Directors, Judicial Institute of Maryland, 1998-. Chair, Public Awareness Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1999- (member, 1996-); Public Trust and Confidence Implementation Committee, 2000-; Article 27 (crimes & punishments) Revision Committee.
Assistant State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1982-87. Assistant attorney general, Medicaid Fraud Unit, 1987-89. Assistant State's Attorney, Prince George's County, 1989-96 (chief, criminal trials division; chief, homicide & narcotics division). Born in Baltimore, Maryland, April 16, 1957. Attended Western High School, Baltimore; Howard University, B.A., 1978; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1981. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1982. Member, National, Prince George's County and J. Franklin Bourne Bar Associations. Adjunct Professor, Bowie State Unversity.
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