Christopher Panos presides as associate judge of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Previously, he served as associate judge of the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City and Family Division Special Master of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City following a private practice of law at Klemkowski & Panos, P.A. A longtime member of the board of directors of the Judicial Institute of Maryland and its curriculum committee, Judge Panos was board liaison, coordinator and faculty member for numerous judicial education courses. He co-moderated the statewide 2017 New Trial Judge Orientation Refresher Course. Additional past memberships include the Maryland Judicial Conference Planning Committee, and the Domestic Violence and Custody Subcommittees of the Judicial Conference’s Family Law Committee. Judge Panos has been a member of the Maryland State Bar Association and the Bar Association of Baltimore City since 1990. He has co-chaired the Bench-Bar Committee of the BABC since 2017. Judge Panos’ additional bar-related activities include memberships on the MSBA Standing Committee on Professionalism, MSBA Family and Juvenile Law Section Council, past and present BABC Executive Council, and past chair of the BABC Family Law Committee. He is a Maryland Bar Foundation life fellow, a Baltimore Bar Foundation fellow and a member of the International Association of LGBTQ+ Judges. Judge Panos was awarded a Juris Doctor in 1989 from the University of Baltimore, School of Law, a Master of Arts in 1984 from the University of Baltimore, Yale Gordon College of Liberal Arts, and a Bachelor of Arts in 1980 from the University of Maryland at College Park, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences.