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Jill Carter's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

422 Miller Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

Full Name:

Jill P. Carter

Gender:

Female

Birth Date:

06/18/1964

Birth Place:

Baltimore, MD

Home City:

Baltimore, MD

Religion:

Episcopal

JD, University of Baltimore School of Law, 1989-1992

BA, English, Loyola College, 1988

Senator, Maryland State Senate, District 41, 2018-present

Candidate, Maryland State Senate, District 41, 2022

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Maryland, District 7, 2020

Delegate, Maryland State House of Delegates, District 41, 2002-2017

Former Member, Criminal Justice Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Chair, Estates and Trusts Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Family Law Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Chair, Juvenile Law Subcommittee, Maryland House of Delegates

Former Member, Juvenile Law Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Counsel, McKenzie, McGhee and Harper, New York City

Director, Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement, Baltimore City, 2017-2018

Owner/Of Counsel, The Craig Law Group, 2004-2017

Assistant City Solicitor, Baltimore City, 1996-1998

Hearing Officer, Civil Service Commission, Baltimore City, 1995-1996

Associate, Warren A. Brown, Professional Association, 1995-1996

Assistant Public Defender, Baltimore City, District 1, 1995

Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Bureau, 1994

Judicial Law Clerk, Kenneth Lavon Johnson, Circuit Court for Baltimore City, 1992-1993

Employee, Shapiro, Sher Guinot & Sandler, 1992-1993

City Council Assistant, Baltimore City, 1988-1990

Journal, Afro American Newspapers, Inc., 1987-1988

Member, Commission on Trauma Informed Care, 2021-present

Member, COVID-19 Access to Justice Task Force, 2020-present

Member, Lead Poisoning Prevention Commission, 2020-present

Member, Maryland State Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision, 2020-present

Member, Violence Intervention and Prevention Advisory Council, 2019-present

Member, Pimlico Community Development Authority, 2018-present

Board Member, Mothers of Murdered Sons & Daughters, 2016-present

Member, Women Legislators of Maryland, 2003-present

Founder/President, Walter P. Carter Foundation, 1998-present

Member, Maryland State Bar Association, 1993-present

Founding Member, Black Lawyers Group

Chair, Legislative Committee, Monumental City Bar Association

Member, Maryland Association for Justice

Member, St. James Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Maryland

Member, Task Force on Juvenile Court Jurisdiction, 2013-2014

Member, Baltimore City Democratic Central Committee, 2006-2010

Member, Governor's Commission on Minority Business Enterprise Reform, 2003

Executive Director, Maryland Minority Business Association, 2002

Member, Minority Business Enterprise Certification Advisory Council, Department of Transportation, 1998-2000

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