Honorable Llamilet Gutierrez

Llamilet Gutierrez is a District Court Judge in Prince George’s County. She was appointed on

January 06, 2023, by former governor Larry Hogan. Prior to joining the bench, Judge Gutierrez

was an Assistant State’s Attorney in Prince George’s County where she was the designated

prosecutor for human trafficking cases. In addition to providing her expertise in sex trafficking

cases, she prosecuted child physical and sexual abuse, sexual assault, and domestic violence

cases as part of the Special Victims and Family Violence Unit. Before becoming a prosecutor,

Judge Gutierrez was the Executive Director of the Amara Legal Center, a non-profit organization

that provides legal services to sex workers and sex trafficking survivors. In that role, Judge

Gutierrez connected survivors with vital social services, provided legal representation, and raised public awareness of the legal issues facing survivors through education and policy advocacy. Judge Gutierrez was also an attorney at the Office of the Public Defender in Prince George’s County where she represented thousands of clients in cases ranging from misdemeanor theft to murder. Judge Gutierrez started her legal career as a Law Clerk to the Hon. Nicholas E. Rattal in the Prince George’s County Circuit Court.

Judge Gutierrez attended Dickinson College on a full-tuition Posse Leadership Scholarship. She

obtained her law degree from Lewis and Clark in Portland, Oregon. Her extracurricular activities

include the Dickinson College Alumni Committee, Maryland Hispanic Bar Association where

she serves as President Elect, the National Association of Women Judges Women Moving

Forward Conference Steering Committee, and a member of both the Diversity and Inclusion and

Self Represented Litigants Subcommittee of the Maryland Judicial Council.

Judge Gutierrez is originally from Los Angeles, California. She is a first-generation American,

daughter of formerly undocumented Mexican and Salvadorian parents, and the first in her family

to go to college. Judge Gutierrez loves spending time with her husband, two daughters, and

rescue dog Shadow.