Judge Louise G. Scrivener: Professional Background and Legal Expertise

The Hon. Louise G. Scrivener (Ret.) is a senior judge for the Montgomery County Circuit Court in Maryland. Scrivener was appointed to the bench by former Governor Parris Glendening on December 26, 1995. She retired on April 1, 2013.

She held assignments on the Ad Hoc Committee on the Implementation of Family Divisions. She also sat on the Family and Domestic Relations Law Committee of the Maryland Judicial Conference and the Board of Directors of the Judicial Institute of Maryland.

Prior to her appointment, Scrivener was an associate judge for the Montgomery County District Court, a position to which she was named in 1992.

Scrivener earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972. She then completed a J.D. at Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law in 1975. She is admitted to practice in Maryland (1975) and the District of Columbia (1977).

Her memberships have included the Maryland State Bar Association, the Montgomery County Bar Association, the Women’s Bar Association of Maryland, the National Association of Women Judges, and the American Trial Lawyers Association.

She is a recipient of the Beverly Groner Award from the Family & Juvenile Law Section of the Maryland State Bar Association (2013).

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Scrivener attended Notre Dame Preparatory School in Towson.