Honorable Michael P. Whalen

  • Associate Judge
  • Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, Maryland
Career
Circuit Court for Prince George’s County
  • ​November 1999
District Court of Maryland, District 5
  • 1995 to 1999
Bar Admissions ​ ​ ​
  • Maryland
  • ​District of Columbia
  • ​United States District Court for the District of Maryland
  • ​United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Education
  • University of Baltimore School of Law, Juris Doctor
  • University of Maryland (Munich, Germany and College Park), B.A.
Honors & Awards
  • Stanley J. Drazek Award for Teaching Excellence
    University of Maryland University College
  • Judge WIlliam R. Robie Award
    University of Maryland University College
  • John S Holliday Scholarship Award, MSAA, Career Prosecutor Course NCDA
    University of Houston, Texas
  • Prosecutor of the Year Award
    Arthur A. Marshall, Jr.
    State's Attorney for Prince George's County
  • ​President's Award, Prince George's County Bar Association
Professional Associations
  • ​Prince George's County Bar Association, President
  • ​Maryland State Bar Association Board of Governors; Criminal Law Section Council
Previous Employment
  • ​County Attorney for Prince George's County
  • ​Private practice of law
  • ​Senior Attorney, National Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse
  • Senior Attorney/Acting Director, Center for Prosecution of Drug Offenses
  • Office of the State's Attorney for Prince George's County, Maryland
    Deputy State's Attorney for Operations
    Chief, Major Offender Program
    Chief, Felony Criminal Trials Division
    Assistant State's Attorney,
    Felony Criminal Trials Division