EVELYN O.A. DARDEN, Principal Member of the Firm
A
resident of Western Howard County and a native of Annapolis,
Maryland, Mrs. Darden is a principal in the firm of Addison-Darden,
P.C.
Business
Woman
of the Year
Gov.
Parris Glendening &
Evelyn O. Darden (Left)
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EDUCATION:
Harvard
Law School, Institute for Practicing Attorneys (2000)
The University of Maryland School of Law, (Juris Doctor, 1976)
Morgan State University, (Bachelor of Science, 1968)
AWARDS
- The
Annapolis
Business and Professional Women (ABPW) honored her as
the
"Outstanding Business Woman of the Year"
- Governor
Parris N. Glendenning presented the "Employer of the
Year" award to her at Mansion House in Annapolis during
the National Business Woman's Week celebration
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
Mrs.
Darden began her legal career in 1976. For over twenty-five
years, she has handled a diverse field of cases including
business and commercial matters, as well as civil and criminal
matters on the federal and state level. Her early legal training
began with the Baltimore law firm of Johnson and Smith, P.A.
There she served under the tutelage of the Honorable Kenneth
L. Johnson, now a Circuit Court Judge for Baltimore City.
As an associate for Johnson and Smith, she was responsible
for several major class-action Title VII cases in Virginia,
Delaware, and Maryland.
The
training and experience gained at Johnson and Smith, P.A.
prepared Mrs. Darden for a mid-level position in the legal
unit at the Baltimore District Office of the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 1978. There she assumed litigation
responsibility for several major Title VII class action cases
against various Fortune 500 Companies. She progressed to a
supervisory trial attorney position prior to leaving EEOC
in December of 1982
In
January 1983, she accompanied Kurt L. Schmoke, (three term
Mayor of Baltimore City) to the State's Attorney's Office.
Due to her experience and training, she was immediately assigned
to the prosecution of several major criminal and conspiracy
cases, including narcotics and homicide, as well as numerous
civil auto forfeiture cases.
In July 1987, Evelyn O. A. Darden joined a local Baltimore
law firm, as senior associate, and was responsible for a wide
range of cases and the day-to-day management of the firm.
Subsequently,
she had the opportunity to purchase an ongoing law practice
in 1988. She transformed the practice from a part-time law
practice to the full-time thriving practice that it is today.
She is intricately involved in several major civil litigation
cases (serious personal injury and wrongful death cases) as
well as other matters. She continues to serve as managing
partner of the firm of Addison-Darden. As a trial lawyer,
she currently represents Plaintiffs in several wrongful death
cases, personal injury and general practice matters.
PROFESSIONAL
AFFILIATIONS:
CIVIC/COMMUNITY
AFFILIATIONS:
- International
Director of Child Care 20/20, a project of the Miracle
Rock Foundation of Ghana, West Africa
- Former
Board of Directors of the YWCA of Annapolis and Anne Arundel
County
- Former
Commissioner for the Howard County Human Relations Commission
under two Howard County Executive
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