Catherine Curran O'Malley

Catherine "Katie" Curran O'Malley (born August 18, 1962) is a Maryland state judge^[1] and wife of Martin O'Malley, the current Governor of Maryland, and former Mayor of Baltimore.

She is also the daughter of former state Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr.. Her educational background includes attending high school at Notre Dame Preparatory School and earning an undergraduate degree from Towson State University and a law degree from the University of Baltimore.^[1] While attending law school, she met and married fellow law student Martin O'Malley in 1990. She and her husband have four children, Grace, Tara, William, and Jack.

Upon graduation from law school in 1991, she accepted a job as an Assistant State Attorney in Baltimore County, Maryland, serving in that post until her appointment as a judge. In August 2001, then-Governor Parris Glendening (D) appointed her to a 10-year term, expiring in 2011, as an Associate Judge for the First District Court of Maryland, encompassing the city of Baltimore.

O'Malley became First Lady of Maryland in January 2007 when her husband, Martin O'Malley, took office as Governor. As a judge, she is prohibited by judicial code of conduct to join her husband in partisan campaign events.^[2]

As a judge, O'Malley serves on the steering committee of the Maryland/Leningrad Region Rule of Law Partnership. In her combined role as first lady, she has welcomed judges' delegations annually from Leningrad/St. Petersburg, Russia to Government House for receptions and working dinners. In February 2008, O'Malley and others led a reciprocal visit to Leningrad to work on domestic-violence prevention and prosecution.^[3]

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References

• Maryland Archives Profile
• First Lady of Maryland Biography