Alan Carl Lazerow
Judicial
Jurisdiction Baltimore City (8)
Governor Wes Moore today [12/16/2023] announced the appointments of Magistrate Troy Khalik Hill and Alan Carl Lazerow to the Baltimore City Circuit Court.
Lazerow currently serves as lead of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s civil opioid initiative. His work has helped to crack down on medical professionals who have overprescribed and pharmacists who have over-dispensed opioids. In addition, he routinely handles matters involving alleged employment discrimination, immigration, and torts under the Federal Tort Claims Act. He also handles a portion of the office’s heavy bankruptcy caseload, representing the government’s interests in an array of bankruptcy proceedings.
Alan Carl Lazerow is a judge of the Maryland 8th Circuit Court Baltimore City. He assumed office on December 23, 2023.
Lazerow is running for re-election for judge of the Maryland 8th Circuit Court Baltimore City. He is on the ballot in the primary on May 14, 2024.[source]
He was appointed to the court on December 15, 2023 with Troy Khalik Hill by Governor Wes Moore (D) to replace Charles J. Peters.
Biography
Alan Carl Lazerow has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the civil division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland since 2017 and was promoted to senior litigation counsel in October 2022. Lazerow currently serves as lead of the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s civil opioid initiative. He also served as an assigned public defender during his time at the Baltimore-based firm of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston.[1]
Lazerow received his J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Baltimore School of Law, where he was the articles editor for the University of Baltimore Law Review. Upon graduation, he clerked for the Honorable Glenn T. Harrell, Jr., on what was then the Court of Appeals of Maryland.[2]
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Governor Wes Moore appointed Alan Carl Lazerow to the Circuit Court for Baltimore City on December 15, 2023. He was sworn in on January 9, 2024.
Before his judicial appointment, Judge Lazerow served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the civil division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland. In 2022, the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland promoted Judge Lazerow to Senior Litigation Counsel (SLC). In addition to a full civil caseload, in his role as SLC, Judge Lazerow devoted significant time to mentoring new AUSAs and oversaw a yearly training program for new hires.