Background
Wright, Joyce Louise was born on June 28, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Louis Elwin Wright Junior and M. Shirley Benttinen.
Wright, Joyce Louise was born on June 28, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Louis Elwin Wright Junior and M. Shirley Benttinen.
Bachelor with highest distinction, U. Maine, 1968; Juris Doctor, U. Maryland., 1982; student, Fall College, 1988; student, National College Juvenile Family Law, Reno, Nevada, 1988.
Special research analyst, Department Defense, Fort Meade, Maryland., 1968-1972;
personnel analyst, Anne Arundel County, Annapolis, Maryland., 1978;
training director, Anne Arundel County, Annapolis, Maryland., 1978-1979;
community resource coordinator, associate commissioner, Anne Arundel County Common for Women, Edgewater, Maryland., 1979;
computer programmer, research analyst, Administrative Office of Court Justices, Annapolis, 1979-1981;
law clerk, State's Attorney Juvenile Court Justices, Baltimore, 1981-1982;
assistant state's attorney, State's Attorney Juvenile Court Justices, Baltimore, since 1982;
deputy division chief, State's Attorney Juvenile Court Justices, Baltimore, 1986-1990;
division chief, State's Attorney Juvenile Court Justices, Baltimore, since 1990. Member of advisory committee project on disproportionate incarceration of minority youth in American, National Council Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 1989-1990. Member of advisory board Court Appointed Special Advisory program City of Baltimore, since 1988.
Board of trustees Fort Smallwood Maine Institute, since 1991.
Member citizen's advisory group to Howard County School Board, 1985-1987. Member Executive Board Running Brook Elementary School Parent-Teachers Association, Columbia, Maryland., 1985-1987, Wilde Lake High School Parent-Teachers Association, 1985-1989. Maine delegate Model United Nations, 1968.
Member Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Sigma Alpha.
Married John Ernest Toffling, Junior, June 22, 1968 (divorced September 1979). Children: Kristen Wright, Jaime Beth.