Catherine Chen

Professional career

Education

• Brooklyn Law School — J.D. (2003)
• Tufts University - B.A., Developmental Psychology, 1999

Additional information

• She is a Fellow of the Maryland Bar Foundation since 2019 and has volunteered on the Teen Court Advisory Board in Baltimore City
• She co-chaired the annual Judicial Conference in 2022 and 2023 and taught courses at the Judicial College on topics such as consumer debt collection, rent court, sex offender dynamics, and foundations of criminal law Governor Wes Moore appointed Chen to the Baltimore City Circuit Court on June 4, 2025, and she was sworn in on June 25, 2025
• Governor Larry Hogan appointed Chen to the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City on June 6, 2018, and she was sworn in on June 21, 2018
• From 2014 to 2018, she held the role of an Assistant State’s Attorney in Baltimore City’s Special Victims Unit, prosecuting cases involving intimate partner violence, child abuse, and child pornography
• Public defender for juveniles in the Bronx and Brooklyn (2005–2008) and later as an attorney for the Maryland Crime Victims’ Resource Center (2008–2009) and the House of Ruth Domestic Violence Legal Clinic (2010–2014)
• During her tenure, she served on multiple committees, including the Rules Committee, Domestic Violence and Peace Order Subcommittee, Alternative Dispute Resolution Subcommittee, Forms Subcommittee, and Civil Law Subcommittee
• She continues to serve on the Rules Committee and other subcommittees and teaches at the Judicial College, most recently on the Fourth Amendment
• Chen is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, Baltimore City Bar Association, and the Asian Pacific American Bar Association