Background
Hollander, Ellen Lipton was born on May 24, 1949 in New York City. Daughter of Harold L. and Hilda L. (Mandelbaum) Lipton.
Hollander, Ellen Lipton was born on May 24, 1949 in New York City. Daughter of Harold L. and Hilda L. (Mandelbaum) Lipton.
Born Ellen Frances Lipton in New York, New York, she received her Bachelor of Arts in 1971 from Goucher College, then attended Hofstra University School of Law during the 1971 - 1972 academic year, but received no degree.
On December 18, 2010, her nomination was confirmed by the Senate. She later obtained her Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center in 1974. Between 1974 and 1975, Hollander was a law clerk to The Honorable James Rogers Miller Jr. in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Hollander was in private practice as an associate in the litigation department for the law firm of Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman in Baltimore, Maryland from 1975 to 1979. In 1979, she became an Assistant Attorney General in the civil division for the Office of the Maryland Attorney General. She was an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Maryland from 1979 to 1983.
Between 1983 and 1989, Hollander went back into private practice with Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman, where she worked her way from an associate to partner. She was a judge on the Circuit Court for Baltimore City from 1989 to 1994. She then was a judge on the Maryland Court of Special Appeals (the state's intermediate appellate court) from 1994 until she became a federal judge.
In April 2009, Hollander wrote to Senators Barbara Mikulski and Benjamin Cardin expressing interest in her nomination to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland with respect to an anticipated vacancy. She interviewed with the committee and became one of the persons on the short list of candidates submitted to the Senators. She was recommended by Cardin and Mikulski to President Barack Obama in December 2009.
Hollander was formally nominated on April 21, 2010, and her nomination was confirmed on December 18, 2010. She received her commission on December 28, 2010. The couple has three children.
Secretary Baltimore Jewish Council, since 1994, 2d vice president, 1993-1994, Executive Committee, since 1987, chair World Jewry and international human rights committee, 1992-1993, chair Holocaust rememberance committee, 1988-1992. Board directors Advocates for Children and Youth, Inc., since 1994, Baltimore Bar Library., since 1994. Fellow American Bar Foundation, Maryland.
Bar Foundation; member American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association (Executive Board directors Maryland. chapter 1987-1991), National Association Women Judges, Maryland. State Bar Association (Certified of Appreciation 1990), Baltimore City Bar Association (special com.on fee abuse 1988, judicial administration committee since 1991), Women's Bar Association, Women's Law Center, Monumental City Bar Association, Wrangler's Law Club, RuleDay Club, J. Dudley Digges Inn of Court (chapter XIII), American Inns of Court Foundation.
Married Richard S. Hollander, July 9, 1972. Children: Hillary, Craig, Brett.