Sydney M. Patterson Esq. - Greenbelt, MD

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, District of Columbia
    J.D.
    Honors: Dean's Fellow
    Law Review: Administrative Law Review, Senior Staff

• Non Legal Education

  • Xavier University
    B.A., Political Science and Spanish
    Honors: Dean's List

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Past Positions

• The Honorable Gary E. Bair, Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland, Law Clerk
• David E. Aaronson, Maryland Criminal Jury Instructions & Commentary (2011), Research Associate
• The Honorable Peter C. Schaumber, Board Member, National Labor Relations Board (2010), Legal Intern

Languages

• Spanish

Published Works

Articles

• David E. Aaronson & Sydney M. Patterson, Modernizing Jury Instructions in the Age of Social Media, 27 ABA CRIMINAL JUSTICE 26 (Winter 2013)
  

Bar Admissions

• Maryland
• U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland
• U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
• U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit

Other Affiliations

• Montgomery County Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Commission, Member
• Fellow of the Maryland Bar Foundation
• Appellate Panel Attorney for the Maryland Office of the Public Defender
• Court of Appeals Advisory Committee to Explore the Feasibility of Maryland’s Adoption of the Uniform Bar Examination, Member, (2016-2017)
• Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys’ Association
• Maryland Hispanic Bar Association
• Hispanic National Bar Association
• Montgomery County Bar Association
• Prince George’s County Bar Association