Who is Patricia Jessamy?

Answer 1

'''Patricia Coats Jessamy''' is the chief [[prosecutor]] for the City of [[Baltimore, Maryland]] and the first [[African American]] woman to hold that position. She was appointed to head the Office of the [[State's Attorney]] in 1995 and has won three elections since.

==BackgroundCareer==

Prior to moving to Baltimore, Jessamy was an Assistant County Prosecutor, Genessee County, Michigan from 1977 to 1979 and a Staff Attorney at the Office of Hearings and Appeals in [[Kansas City, Missouri]] from 1979 to 1983. <br />

Jessamy was an Assistant State's Attorney, in Baltimore, from 1985 to 1986, the Chief of the Economic Crimes Unit in the office of the State's Attorney from 1986 to 1987 and Deputy State's Attorney from 1987 to 1995.<ref>{{cite web|title=Baltimore City State's Attorney|publisher=Maryland State Archives|url=http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/36loc/bcity/html/msa14094.html|accessdate=2008-03-28}}</ref>She was appointed to be the State's Attorney in 1995 when incumbent State's Attorney [[Kurt Schmoke]] resigned after being elected [[Mayor]] of Baltimore. ==Awards and honors==

*Inductee, Baltimore City Commission on Women, 1995

*Women's Hall of Fame, Baltimore City, 1996

*Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Woman in Government Award, 1996

*Maryland's Top 100 Women Award, Daily Record, 1996, 1998, 2001 (Circle of Excellence)

*Distinguished Women Award, Alliance of Black Women Attorneys, 1997

*Community Leadership Award, Baltimore Tuskegee Alumni Association, 1997

*Torchbearer's Award, Coalition of 100 Black Women, 1998

*Excellence in Achievement Award, Monumental City Bar Association and Baltimore City Bar Association, 1998

*Service Award, [[Delta Sigma Theta Sorority]], 1999

*Maryland Leadership In Law Award, Daily Record, 2001