Moore names family magistrate, assistant US attorney to Baltimore City Circuit Court

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has named two new judges to the Baltimore City Circuit Court.

Moore announced the appointment of Alan Carl  Lazerow and Magistrate Troy Khalik Hill to the city’s circuit court in a news release.

“I am deeply grateful to Magistrate Hill and Mr. Lazerow for answering the call to serve,” Moore said in a statement. “The Baltimore City Circuit Court has gained two talented legal minds who both possess a firm commitment to justice.”

Hill has served as a family magistrate on the city’s circuit court since 2016, the governor’s office said in a news release. He works in the Division for Juvenile Causes, where he conducts hearings in child welfare and delinquency cases.

He also represents the court before executive agencies, including the city’s Department of Social Services, the Department of Juvenile Services, and the State’s Attorney’s Office, according to the news release.

Hill previously represented the Department of Social Services as an attorney and worked with the Legal Aid Bureau. He received his law degree from the University of Kansas School of Law, the governor’s office said.

Lazerow is an assistant U.S. attorney in the civil division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, a role he has held since 2017. He has served as senior litigation counsel since October 2022, mentors new assistant U.S. attorneys and oversees a training program for new hires, in addition to handling a full caseload, according to the news release.

He currently leads the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s civil opioid initiative and has worked to hold doctors and pharmacists accountable for over-prescribing and dispensing addictive painkillers. He also handles cases involving employment discrimination, immigration, and torts, and helps manage some of the office’s bankruptcy cases, the governor’s office said.

He previously worked as an assigned public defender while at the Baltimore law firm Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP. He is also the president emeritus of Shoresh, Inc., a Baltimore-based Jewish outreach organization, and formerly served on the board of the University of Maryland Hillel, according to the news release.

He received his law degree from the University of Baltimore School of Law and clerked after graduating for Judge Glenn T. Harrell Jr. on what was then called the Court of Appeals.

The two men were appointed to the bench to fill vacancies left by the retirements of Judge Charles J. Peters and Judge Emanuel Brown.