Monica L. Brokenborough is an attorney in the firm’s labor and employment practice, where she primarily represents correctional officers employed by the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. She proudly advocates for correctional officers before the Appellate Court of Maryland, Maryland Circuit Courts, the Correctional Training Commission, Correctional Officers’ Bill of Rights Hearings, and the Office of Administrative Hearings. In 2025, she secured employment reinstatement for thirteen correctional officers.

Ms. Brokenborough also represents police officers employed by the Maryland Transit Administration as well as teachers employed by Baltimore City Public Schools.

She has extensive prior experience as a teacher union representative. While serving in the capacity of a union leader, Ms. Brokenborough won numerous grievances which resulted in backpay awards, job reinstatements, and expungement of adverse records. Additionally, she became a nominee for president of the Washington Teachers’ Union. During law school, she served as a member of the Moot Court Board and received the Litigation and Advocacy Award. She was also awarded the highly prestigious Peggy Browning Fellowship. Ms. Brokenborough received the CALI award for achievement for her hard work in the Thurgood Marshall Seminar instructed by Professor Larry S. Gibson. She is a native of Atlanta, GA, and the proud daughter of a former union steward.

Bar Admissions

• Supreme Court of Maryland
• United States District Court for the District of Maryland

Education

• University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, (Bachelor of Music)
• West Virginia University (Master of Music in Music Education)
• University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, (Juris Doctor)
• Cornell University, Employment Law for Leaders Certificate
• Cornell University, Labor Relations Certificate

• Maryland State Bar Association
• Monumental City Bar Association
• Alliance of Black Women Attorneys of Maryland, Inc.

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