Katie O'Malley

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Katie O'Malley
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First Lady of Maryland
In role
January 17, 2007 – January 21, 2015
GovernorMartin O'Malley
Preceded byKendel Ehrlich
Succeeded byYumi Hogan
First Lady of Baltimore
In role
December 7, 1999 – January 17, 2007
MayorMartin O'Malley
Preceded byPatricia Schmoke
Succeeded byKent Blake (2010)
Personal details
Born
Catherine Curran

(1962-08-18) August 18, 1962 (age 59)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1990)​
Children4
Alma materTowson University
University of Baltimore

Catherine "Katie" Curran O'Malley (born August 18, 1962) is an American jurist who formerly served as Baltimore City District Court judge.[1] She is the wife of Martin O'Malley, a former Governor of Maryland and Mayor of Baltimore, as well as a 2016 presidential candidate.[2] She is currently a candidate in the 2022 Maryland Attorney General election.

Life and career[]

She is the daughter of Barbara Marie (née Atkins) and former state Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr.[3] Her educational background includes attending high school at Notre Dame Preparatory School and earning an undergraduate degree from Towson State University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law.[1] While attending law school, she met University of Maryland law student Martin O'Malley, and they wed in 1990. She and her husband have four children, Grace (born 1991), Tara (born 1992), William, and Jack.

Upon graduation from law school in 1991, she accepted a job as an Assistant State's Attorney in Baltimore County, serving in that office until her appointment as a judge. In the state's attorney's office, she prosecuted homicides and other violent felonies, before serving as the chief of the white collar/economic crimes unit from 1999-2001.[4] On August 16, 2001, then-Governor Parris Glendening appointed her to a 10-year term, expiring in 2011, as an Associate Judge for the First District Court of Maryland, encompassing the city of Baltimore. She was re-appointed to additional 10-year terms in both 2011 and in 2021.[5]

O'Malley became First Lady of Maryland in January 2007 when her husband took office as governor. As a judge, she was prohibited by judicial code of conduct from joining her husband in partisan campaign events.[6] Martin O'Malley's governorship ended in January 2015.

As a judge, O'Malley was a leader on addressing domestic violence through the court system and with protective orders.[7] She also served on the steering committee of the Maryland/Leningrad Region Rule of Law Partnership. In her combined role as first lady, she welcomed judges' delegations annually from Saint Petersburg, Russia, to Government House for receptions and working dinners. In February 2008, O'Malley and others led a reciprocal visit to Saint Petersburg to work on domestic-violence prevention and prosecution.[8] In 2019, O'Malley joined the Open World Leadership Center Board of Trustees, supporting the organization's mission of promoting the rule of law and democratic values around the globe.[9]

In October 2021, after Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh announced he would not seek a third term, O'Malley announced she would be retiring as a judge, fueling speculation that she would run for Maryland Attorney General.[10] Her final day as a judge was October 29, 2021. If elected, she would hold the same office that her father held for 20 years. She announced her candidacy in the 2022 Maryland Attorney General election on December 1, 2021.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Catherine Curran O'Malley". www.msa.md.gov. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved January 24, 2010.
  2. ^ Jackson, David; Cooper, Allen (May 30, 2015). "Martin O'Malley jumps into presidential race". USA Today. Retrieved May 30, 2015.
  3. ^ Curran Jr., J. Joseph "Joe"
  4. ^ O'Malley, Catherine. District Court of Maryland https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/32dc/html/msa13093.html. Retrieved Nov 2, 2021. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ Fenton, Justin (Oct 27, 2021). "Baltimore Judge Katie O'Malley retiring from bench, said to be looking at run for Maryland attorney general". The Baltimore Sun.
  6. ^ "Support From the Sidelines". The Washington Post. August 5, 2006. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  7. ^ Fenton, Justin. "Baltimore Judge Katie O'Malley retiring from bench, said to be looking at run for Maryland attorney general". The Baltimore Sun.
  8. ^ "First Lady and Judge Katie O'Malley Goes the Extra Mile". openworld.gov. Open World Leadership Center. February 13, 2009. Archived from the original on August 13, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2010.
  9. ^ "Open World Board of Trustees Welcomes Baltimore City District Judge Catherine O'Malley". Retrieved October 30, 2021.
  10. ^ Fenton, Justin (October 27, 2021). "Baltimore Judge Katie O'Malley retiring from bench, said to be looking at run for Maryland attorney general". The Baltimore Sun.
  11. ^ Wiggins, Ovetta (December 1, 2021). "Katie Curran O'Malley, retired judge and former first lady, launches bid for Maryland attorney general". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
Honorary titles
Preceded by First Lady of Maryland
2007–2015 		Succeeded by
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