Judge Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill: Professional Background and Legal Expertise

The Hon. Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill is an associate judge for the Baltimore City Circuit Court in Maryland. He was appointed to the bench by former Governor Martin O’Malley on March 6, 2009.

He has held assignments as the Judge-in-Charge of the Baltimore City Civil Division. He also sat on the Ad Hoc Committee on Sentencing Alternatives, Re-Entry & Best Practices, and the Court Operations Committee of the Maryland Judicial Council.

Prior to his appointment, Fletcher-Hill chaired the Litigation Practice Group at Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, a law firm he joined in 2001.

Fletcher-Hill earned a bachelor’s degree in English language and literature from Princeton University in 1981. He then completed a J.D. at Yale Law School in 1984. As a law student, he served as editor for the Yale Law Journal as well as a member of the Danbury Prison Project.

He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts (1985), New York (1986), Maryland (1990), and Pennsylvania (1992).

After graduating from law school, Fletcher-Hill began his legal career as a law clerk to the Hon. Rya W. Zobel of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He served in that capacity until 1985, at which time he became an associate at Choate, Hall & Stewart.

In 1987, Fletcher-Hill left his firm. He joined the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General as an assistant attorney general. Then, in 1990, he relocated to Maryland, where he served as an assistant attorney general for the Maryland Office of the Attorney General. During his tenure there, he held assignments as Deputy Chief of Litigation (1994) and Chief of Litigation (1996), and he argued Wilson v. Layne before the United States Supreme Court.

His memberships have included the American Bar Association, the Maryland State Bar Association, and the Baltimore City Bar Association. He has also been involved with the Board of Directors for the Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce as well as the Mt. Washington Soccer Club and the Mt. Washington Swimming Club.

Fletcher-Hill was born in Mexico City, Mexico. He attends Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church.