Baltimore Circuit Court bench to get another NIGLET...
martin omoron
to do with sucking Governor Glendening's middle leg!***
Breaking A Barrier In Baltimore County
Diversity: One of the two black judges of the District Court is about to be
sworn in as the first black female Circuit Court judge.
By Dennis O'Brien, Baltimore SUN Staff
May 14, 2002
In three years as a Baltimore County District Court judge, Vicki Ballou-Watts
has won over much of the county's legal community.
"She listens, she takes charge and she's very fair," said Carey Deeley Jr., a
Towson lawyer and a former president of the Baltimore County Bar Association.
But when she is sworn in this month as the county's first black female Circuit
Court judge, Ballou-Watts will be breaking a barrier in a jurisdiction where
critics say too many judges have been white males.
Gov. Parris N. Glendening called the county's record for judicial diversity
"unacceptable" last year and directed the legal community to submit more women
and minority candidates to him for judgeships. His first African-American
appointment to the county Circuit Court, Alexander Wright Jr., was defeated in
the March 2000 primary.
Glendening has since reappointed Wright, who is running for his seat on the
Circuit Court again this fall.
Of the county's 12 circuit judges, Wright is the only African-American. Of the
county's 13 District Court judges, Ballou-Watts is one of two African-Americans.
The county is 20 percent African-American.
Ballou-Watts, 44, is aware of the county's record for judicial appointments. But
she is confident of her skills and - like others who work with her - knows she
earned the position based on her abilities and hard work.
"I'm very proud of the fact that I'm the first. But I like to think the governor
saw in me somebody who's worked hard and done a good job," she said.
Judge Alexandra N. Williams, who serves with her in Towson District Court, said
Ballou-Watts has distinguished herself as a good listener who is well versed in
the law.
"Above and beyond any issues of race or gender equity, this is a woman who is
intelligent, tremendously fair and is really a jewel for Baltimore County
citizens to have on the bench," Williams said.
Alabama native
Ballou-Watts was born in Montgomery, Ala., where her mother worked for a few
years in the 1950s as a personal secretary to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
She was the youngest of four children in a family that moved frequently
throughout the South as her father, an organist and music teacher, accepted
teaching positions at various colleges.
She spent her early years in Elizabeth City, N.C., and moved to Charlotte, N.C.,
during her high school years when her parents separated.
She majored in journalism at Howard University and completed an internship at
The Washington Post before she graduated with honors in 1980.
She earned a law degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in
1983.
While still in law school, she began looking for legal internships in Maryland
to be near her future husband, Claude Watts Jr., a health care consultant from
Baltimore. They met while they were students at Howard.
"She came here to be with the love of her life," said Gerald A. Smith, a
Baltimore lawyer who hired Ballou-Watts as a law clerk and then as an associate
when she passed the Maryland bar exam on her first try in 1984.
'Quick on her feet'
Smith credited Ballou-Watts with being a thorough lawyer who cares about her
clients.
"She's quick on her feet, her legal analysis is excellent and she's very good
with people," Smith said.
Ballou-Watts worked for Smith for three years until she set up her own practice
in 1987.
She handled a variety of cases, including contract disputes and personal injury
cases, before she became the county's first black female judge when Glendening
appointed her to the District Court in 1999.
While she was in college, Ballou-Watts thought that she would one day like to
own a radio station. But she went into law because it was there she felt she
could do the most good for people.
"Lawyers work hard. A lot of people don't realize it, but they do," Ballou-Watts
said. "It's a profession where I think you have a chance to help people who
really need help."
Ballou-Watts loves jazz, is particularly a fan of Ella Fitzgerald and enjoys
reading novels and taking walks in the neighborhoods around her Reisterstown
home with her three children.
She will be sworn in to the $119,600 position May 29 in the County Courts
Building in Towson. She succeeds J. William Hinkel, who retired in April.
She was one of four people named to fill Circuit Court vacancies April 25. The
other appointees are Susan M. Souder, Ruth A. Jakubowski and state Del. Michael
J. Finifter.
Mika
Are you meaning to imply that they place african-american youngsters
on the bench in Baltimore? Odd...
Anonymous
Regarding Judge Vicki Ballou-Watts appointment to MD Circuit Court
I would like to take exception to the following points listed in the
Sun article you have posted
Point 1.
She listens, she takes charge and she's very fair," said
Carey Deeley Jr., a Towson lawyer and a former president of
the Baltimore County Bar Association.
Analysis of Point 1
Judge Watts listens but she does not comprehend what she is
hearing. She is incapable of distinguishing blatant perjury
even when it is pointed out in prior statements witnesses
have given previously under oath. I often wondered if Judge
Watts has not been paid off in order to rule in certain ways
despite the facts and what legal outcomes should be.
Judge Watts meets with one attorney out of the presence of
opposing attorneys or prior to the arrival of the opposing
attorney. Judge Watts has her price and can be bought.
Point 2.
Above and beyond any issues of race or gender equity, this is
a woman who is intelligent, tremendously fair and is really
a jewel for Baltimore County citizens to have on the bench,"
Williams said.
Analysis of Point 2.
Judge Watts is not fair nor does she understand basic simple laws
of the State of Maryland. Judge Watts rules by emotion rather
then fact and rule of law. She sympathises too much with the
criminals and turns the criminal into the victim and admonishes
the real victims of criminal activites as the responsibile party.
Judge Watts is prejudiced against white males, yet protects the rights
of minorities who commit crimes.
Point 3
She's quick on her feet, her legal analysis is excellent and
she's very good with people," Smith said.
Analysis of Point 3
Politically correct statement. Fact is Watts has very poor legal analysis
skills. She simply does not know the basic laws of the State of Maryland.
She protects criminals and insults victims witha passion When pointed
out she is in error she responds "How was I supposed to know that?"
Fact is Judge Watts is incompetent.
Judge Watts should go back to NC or Alabama wherever the fuck
she came from.
Personally I wouldn't care if someone blew her fucking niglet brains out
all over the fucking street. Judge Watts is just another arrogant nigger.
Judge Watts is simply one more reason why I hate and despise niggers
She's nothing but a fucking filthy dumbed ass burr headed nigger who
has sucked enough white liberal cock to get to the Circuit Court.
FUCK THIS NIGGER WHORE - JUDGE VICKI BALLOU WATTS
brojack
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>Are you meaning to imply that they place african-american youngsters
>on the bench in Baltimore? Odd...
Not with regard to their chronological age.
Just their mental age.
Bro