Eaves was an assistant city attorney for the city of Dallas from 1987 to 1989. She served as a staff attorney with the Maryland Legal Aid Bureau and from 1993 to 2000.[2][3]
Judicial career
From March 27, 2000, to December 28, 2007, Eaves was an associate judge of the District Court of Maryland, District 9, Harford County. She has served on the Harford County Circuit Court since 2007, first as an associate judge from December 28, 2007, to January 26, 2015, and then as a county administrative judge from January 26, 2015, to March 23, 2022, she succeeded Judge William O. Carr, who retired.[4][1][5]
On February 17, 2022, governor Larry Hogan announced the appointment of Eaves to be a justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland to the seat to be vacated by judge Robert N. McDonald when he reached mandatory retirement age on February 23, 2022.[2][6] She is the first Hispanic appointed to Maryland's appellate courts.[2] On March 7, 2022, a committee hearing was held on her nomination,[7] and March 9 her nomination was reported favorably out of committee.[8] On March 15, 2022, her nomination was confirmed by the Maryland Senate.[7] She was sworn into office on April 12, 2022,[9] making her the first Hispanic to serve on the Court of Appeals.[10]