Judge Alison L. Asti served as an Associate Judge in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County from 2010 until 2024, and continues to sit as a Senior Judge. Judge Asti was designated as a Business and Technology Judge and was the coordinating Judge for guardianships. She hears civil, family and criminal cases.
Prior to becoming a judge, Judge Asti was the Executive Director and General Counsel of the Maryland Stadium Authority, where she negotiated the Orioles and Ravens team leases, a broad variety of facility contracts and construction contracts for over $500 million sports and entertainment facilities throughout the State. She was also a mediator for the McCammon Group prior to being a Judge, and was a former partner at Gordon Feinblatt in Baltimore.
Judge Asti has two adult children and a dog, 2 miniature horses and some chickens. She enjoys water sports and equestrian sports in her free time.
Law Practice
- The McCammon Group, Member, 2010
- Asti Strategic Advisors, LLC, President, 2007-2010
- Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC/Asti Strategic Advisors, Member, 2008-2010
- Maryland Stadium Authority, Executive Director, General Counsel, Director of Development, 1990-2007 (Became Executive Director in 1994), (Negotiated Orioles and Ravens leases and oversaw over $500m in Public Facility construction contracts)
- Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman, Hoffberger & Hollander, LLC, Partner, 1979-1990
Honors
- AV rating in Martindale-Hubble
- Named to The Gazette of Politics and Business’s list of “Women Business Leaders of Maryland,” 2014, 2009, 2010
- Named to The Daily Record’s list of “Maryland’s Top 100 Women,” 2014 (Circle of Excellence) , 2009 and 1996
- Named to The Daily Record’s list of “50 Most Influential Marylanders,” 2007
- Named to Baltimore Smart CEO’s list of “Maryland’s Legal Elite,” 2006
- Named to the 2007, 2008 and 2009 list of Maryland Super Lawyers
- Recipient, Severna Park High School’s Inaugural Distinguished Graduate Award, 2005
- Recipient, The Daily Record’s “Leadership in Law” Award, 2005
- Recipient, Gibson Island Country School’s “Elizabeth Englar Potter Award for Volunteer Service,” 1998
Professional & Civic Involvement
- President, Maryland State Bar Association, June, 2007 – 2008
- Member, Maryland State Bar Association Board of Governors, 1986 – 1988, 1995 – 1997, 2003 – 2009
- Member, House of Delegates, American Bar Association, 1995 – 1998, 2007 – 2009, 2010 – 2013
- Maryland State Chairperson, American Bar Foundation Fellows, 2008 – 2011, Fellow, 1998 – 2011
- Member, Board of Directors, University System of Maryland Foundation, 2006 – 2010
- President, Pasadena Horse and Pony Association, 2009-2011
- Member, Board of Directors, American Red Cross-Anne Arundel County, 2009 – 2010
- Member, Anne Arundel County Animal Welfare Council, 2009 – 2010
- Member, Executive Council, National Conference of Bar Presidents, 2000-2003
- Chair, Editorial Board, The Daily Record, 1998 – 2010
- Member, Board of Visitors, University of Maryland Law School, 1997 – 2023
- Member, Camden Yards Sports and .Entertainment Commission, 2005 – 2007
- Member, Board of Directors, MSA Hippodrome, , 2004 – 2007
- Member, Baltimore Convention Center Task Force, 2004 – 2007
- President, Metropolitan Bar Caucus, 1999-2000
- President, Maryland Bar Foundation, 1999 – 2001
- President, Baltimore City Bar Foundation, 1995 – 1996
- Member, Governor Parris Glendenning’s Task Force on Judicial Nominating Commissions, 1995
- Member, Board of Directors, Advocates for Children and Youth, , 1995 – 1996
- President, Bar Association of Baltimore City, 1994-1995 .
- President, Baltimore Women’s Bar, 1986-1987• Admitted to practice in Maryland, 1979
Publications & Lectures
- Speaker; The Bond Buyer’s Performing Arts Forum, New York, NY, 2004
- Speaker, Urban Land Institute, Baltimore, MD, 2003
- Speaker, The Bond Buyer’s Mid Atlantic Public Finance Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2000
- Speaker, “The Role of Sport in Economic Regeneration,” County Durham, England, 1999
- Speaker, The Bond Buyer’s Third Annual Stadium and Arena Conference, Orlando, FL, 1998
- Speaker, Frank Fabozzi/Information Management Network, “Sports Facilities Finance,” NY, 1997
- Speaker, Fall Conference of the Association for Governmental Leasing and Financing, FL, 1996
- Speaker, The Bond Buyer’s First Annual Stadium and Arena Conference, San Francisco, CA, 1996
Education
- University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., with Honors, 1979
- Editor, University of Maryland Law Review
- Duke University, Master of Arts in Economics (Public Finance), 1976
- Duke University, BA., cum laude (Economics and Political Science, graduated in 3 years), 1975