WELCOME TO THE BENCH, MAGISTRATE CARRIE L. POLLEY By Sally B. Gold
It was 2010, and I needed an associate. The lawyer who had been with me for several years had left. Apparently, she decided that it would be more fun and less stressful to go to Afghanistan to advocate for the rights of women and girls than to work at my family law office in Baltimore City. Carrie had gone to law school at the University of Baltimore with the son of a friend and colleague. She had interned with Suzanne Farace and then worked at Hochberg, Costello and Baron for several years. She came with 5 years of experience in family law litigation. What she also came with was southern charm and kindness. Having lived in Kentucky for years and having attended the University of Louisville, she also brought a southern drawl. Carrie very quickly made herself indispensable. I was immediately impressed with her work ethic, intelligence and ability to keep me organized. She could handle clients on her own and was the perfect second chair on major cases. Along with Carrie, I got to know her husband Chris, a historian working at the Maryland State Archives (and who has been kind enough to allow himself to
be volunteered to assist the Baltimore Courthouse and Law Museum Foundation to understand the history—good and bad—of the Judges whose portraits hang throughout the City Courthouse). Carrie has two children. Lily, who was 1 year old when Carrie began working for me, was joined several years later by Harrison. Their existence is permanently etched on my office walls – I’d frequently mark their growing height on an interior door jamb. Carrie was always willing to speak her mind, disagree with me and correct me whenever necessary – in the kindest way. Among the many things I learned from her, one which will undoubtedly endure, is the existence of Graeter’s ice cream, a Kentucky favorite, now available locally.
I expect Magistrate Polley will bring to her new position what she brought to my practice: intelligence, hard work, fairness, high expectations of others and kindness. Editor’s Note: Magistrate Polley was born in Covington, Kentucky in 1982, received her Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and Media Studies from University of Louisville in 2002 and was awarded her J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2005. She was admitted to the Maryland Bar in 2005, was an associate at Hochberg Costello & Baron from January of 2006 to September of 2010 and an associate at the Law Offices of Sally B. Gold from September of 2010 until she began her service as a Magistrate in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County on April 19,
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