Judge Michele E. Loewenthal: Professional Background and Legal Expertise

Hon. Michele E. Loewenthal is a judge for the Baltimore City Orphans’ Court in Maryland. She joined the bench in 2011.

During her judicial tenure, Loewenthal has sat as a member of the Conference of Orphans’ Court Judges, serving as chair of the Policy, Rules & Forms Subcommittee.

In addition to her judicial duties, she has maintained her own private practice, the Law Office of Michele E. Loewenthal, LLC since 1991. During that same time, she practiced for twenty-two years as of counsel at the Sperling Law Office, P.C. (1991 to 2014).

Loewenthal was also a former associate in the Law Office of Samuel Tucker (1991 to 1992).

She received a B.A. in government and politics from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1979. Loewenthal went on to complete a J.D. at the University of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law in 1983.

After graduating from law school, she began her legal career as an attorney with the Legal Aid Bureau, Inc. (1984 to 1988). Then, in 1988, Loewenthal embarked on a two-year stint as an assistant attorney general in the Office on Aging with the Office of the Attorney General in Baltimore (1988 to 1990).

Her memberships have included the American Bar Association and the Maryland State Bar Association.

Loewenthal was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

She is registered as a Democrat.