Chief Judge Michael Lee was the president of our class. After graduation from law school, he became an Orphan's Court Judge for Baltimore City at the age of 30. One year later he became Chief Judge of the Orphan's Court. His untimely death in 1995 shocked the legal community. He was a scholar and a gentleman and is missed by all who knew him.
By Fred Rasmussen and Fred Rasmussen,SUN STAFF | October 4, 1995
Michael Waring Lee, chief judge of Baltimore City Orphans' Court, died Sunday of complications after colon surgery at St. Joseph Medical Center. The Northwest Baltimore resident was 42.Judge Lee was a great-nephew of Everett J. Waring, who in 1885 became the first black admitted to the Maryland Bar.Judge Lee also made history -- as the first black to be appointed a chief judge of any court in Maryland. In 1983, he was 30 years old when Gov. Harry R. Hughes selected him to fill a vacancy on the three-member Orphans' Court.
Barbara Baer (Waxman)
Chief Judge Michael Lee was the president of our class. After graduation from law school, he became an Orphan's Court Judge for Baltimore City at the age of 30. One year later he became Chief Judge of the Orphan's Court. His untimely death in 1995 shocked the legal community. He was a scholar and a gentleman and is missed by all who knew him.
Sharon Rosenblatt (Kinsey-Forrester)
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Michael Waring Lee, 42, Orphans' Court chief judge