--- title: "Ellen Lipton Hollander | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/ellen-lipton-hollander" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Ellen Lipton Hollander U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland ยท Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland - State: Maryland - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, D. Maryland, 2010-present - Assistant attorney general, State of Maryland, 1979-present - Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, having assumed senior status on January 4, 2022 after serving as an active judge from 2011 to 2022 - Associate judge, Maryland Court of Special Appeals, 1994-2010 - Associate judge, Maryland Circuit Court, Baltimore City, 1989-1994 - Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Maryland, 1979-1983 - 1979: Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Division, Maryland Office of the Attorney General - Law clerk, Hon. James R. Miller, Jr., U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 1974-1975 - James R. Miller Jr., U.S. District Judge for the District of Maryland (1974โ€“75) ### Education ### Additional information - In April 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Hollander to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, a seat vacated by Andre M. Davis. - Private practice, Baltimore, MD, 1983-1989 - Private practice, Baltimore, MD, 1975-1979 - Born Ellen Frances Lipton in 1949 in New York City, Hollander earned her B.A. in 1971 from Goucher College and her J.D. in 1974 from Georgetown University Law Center, where she held the role of editor of the American Criminal Law Review. - Date of birth: 1949-01-01 - Recognized for her contributions to legal scholarship, judicial administration, and community service - She has held office on the Maryland Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure (chair of the Appellate Rules Subcommittee). - Birth place: New York, NY ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393551) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393551) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1393551) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1492/ellen-lipton-hollander/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1492/ellen-lipton-hollander/) - [Wikidata: Ellen Lipton Hollander](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5364915) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/ellen-lipton-hollander", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/ellen-lipton-hollander", "name": "Ellen Lipton Hollander | KnowJudges", "description": "Ellen Lipton Hollander, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) โ€” Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.