CIRCUIT COURTS

Anne Arundel County Courthouse, Church Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, June 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

JUDICIAL CIRCUITS

CONFERENCE OF CIRCUIT JUDGES

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Paul H. Weinstein; Daniel M. Long; Frederick C. Wright III.

(Circuit representatives are elected in December of even-numbered years, 2-year terms.)

1st Judicial Circuit members:
Circuit Administrative Judge: Daniel M. Long (410) 651-1630
Circuit Representative: Theodore R. Eschenburg, Sr., 2002 (410) 632-0700

2nd Judicial Circuit members:
Circuit Administrative Judge: William S. Horne (410) 822-4444
Circuit Representative: J. Frederick Price, 2002 (410) 778-7440

3rd Judicial Circuit members:
Circuit Administrative Judge: John G. Turnbull II (410) 887-2642
Circuit Representative: Dana M. Levitz, 2002 (410) 887-2630

4th Judicial Circuit members:
Circuit Administrative Judge: Frederick C. Wright III (301) 791-3111
Circuit Representative: vacancy, 2002

5th Judicial Circuit members:
Circuit Administrative Judge: Diane O. Leasure, (410) 313-2066
Circuit Representative: Joseph P. Manck, 2002

6th Judicial Circuit members:
Circuit Administrative Judge: Paul H. Weinstein (240) 777-9180
Circuit Representative: Ann S. Harrington, 2002 (240) 777-9240

7th Judicial Circuit members:
Circuit Administrative Judge: William D. Missouri (301) 952-3728
Circuit Representative: Warren J. Krug, 2002 (410) 535-1600, ext. 296; (301) 855-1243, ext. 296

8th Judicial Circuit members:
Circuit Administrative Judge: Ellen M. Heller (410) 396-4916
Circuit Representative: Roger W. Brown, 2002 (410) 396-5054

1ST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico & Worcester Counties)

DORCHESTER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (1 Judge)
Donald F. Johnson, County Administrative Judge, 2002

Cambridge, MD 21613 - 0583
(410) 228-6300

SOMERSET COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (1 Judge)
Daniel M. Long, Circuit Administrative Judge & County Administrative Judge, 2007

Princess Anne, MD 21853 - 0279
(410) 651-1630

WICOMICO COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (3 Judges)
D. William Simpson, County Administrative Judge & Chief Judge, 2003

Kathleen L. Beckstead, Associate Judge, 2002
Donald C. Davis, Associate Judge, 2015

Salisbury, MD 21801 - 0806
(410) 548-4822

WORCESTER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (2 Judges)
Theodore R. Eschenburg, Sr., County Administrative Judge & Chief Judge, 2015

Thomas C. Groton III, Associate Judge, 2005

Snow Hill, MD 21863
(410) 632-0700

2ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's & Talbot Counties)

CAROLINE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (1 Judge)
Karen Murphy Jensen, County Administrative Judge, 2015

Denton, MD 21629 - 0356
(410) 479-2303

CECIL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (3 Judges)
Dexter M. Thompson, Jr., County Administrative Judge, 2011

O. Robert Lidums, Associate Judge, 2013
Richard E. Jackson, Associate Judge, 2004

Elkton, MD 21921
(410) 996-5316

KENT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (1 Judge)
J. Frederick Price, County Administrative Judge, 2007

Chestertown, MD 21620 - 1511
(410) 778-7440

QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (1 Judge)
John W. Sause, Jr., County Administrative Judge & Chief Judge, 2005

Centreville, MD 21617
(410) 758-0216

TALBOT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (1 Judge)
William S. Horne, Circuit Administrative Judge & County Administrative Judge, 2005

Easton, MD 21601
(410) 822-4444

3RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Baltimore County & Harford County)

BALTIMORE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (16 Judges)
John G. Turnbull II, Circuit Administrative Judge & County Administrative Judge, 2003
John F. Fader II, Chief Judge, 2013

Vicki Ballou-Watts, Associate Judge, 2004
Thomas J. Bollinger, Sr., Associate Judge, 2007
J. Norris Byrnes, Associate Judge, 2007
Robert E. Cadigan, Associate Judge, 2011
Kathleen G. Cox, Associate Judge, 2015
Lawrence R. Daniels, Associate Judge, 2009
Robert N. Dugan, Associate Judge, 2015
Michael J. Finifter, Associate Judge, 2004
John O. Hennegan, Associate Judge, 2009
Ruth A. Jakubowski, Associate Judge, 2004
Christian M. Kahl, Associate Judge, 2007
Dana M. Levitz, Associate Judge, 2003
Susan M. Souder, Associate Judge, 2004
Alexander Wright, Jr., Associate Judge, 2002

Towson, MD 21204
(410) 887-2139 (information)
e-mail: circuitcourt@co.ba.md.us
web: www.co.ba.md.us/p.cfm/agencies/circuit/index.cfm

HARFORD COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (5 Judges)
William O. Carr, County Administrative Judge, 2002

Maurice W. Baldwin, Jr., Associate Judge, 2003
Thomas E. Marshall, Associate Judge, 2011
Emory A. Plitt, Jr., Associate Judge, 2015
Stephen M. Waldron, Associate Judge, 2005


Bel Air, MD 21014
(410) 638-3262

4TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Allegany, Garrett & Washington Counties)

ALLEGANY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (2 Judges)
Gary G. Leasure, County Administrative Judge, 2014

W. Timothy Finan, Associate Judge, 2004

Cumberland, MD 21502 - 1731
(301) 777-5929

GARRETT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (1 Judge)
James L. Sherbin, County Administrative Judge, 2013

Oakland, MD 21550
(301) 334-1934

WASHINGTON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (4 Judges)
Frederick C. Wright III, Circuit Administrative Judge & County Administrative Judge, 2011

Donald E. Beachley, Associate Judge, 2013
W. Kennedy Boone III, Associate Judge, 2013
John H. McDowell, Associate Judge, 2009

Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 791-3111

5TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Anne Arundel, Carroll & Howard Counties)

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (10 Judges)
Joseph P. Manck, County Administrative Judge, 2013

David S. Bruce, Associate Judge, 2004
Philip T. Caroom, Associate Judge, 2015
Nancy L. Davis-Loomis, Associate Judge, 2002
Paul A. Hackner, Associate Judge, 2002
Michele D. Jaklitsch, Associate Judge, 2004
Michael E. Loney, Associate Judge, 2013
Pamela L. North, Associate Judge, 2011
Ronald A. Silkworth, Associate Judge, 2013
Rodney C. Warren, Associate Judge, 2004

Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 222-1397

CARROLL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (3 Judges)
Raymond E. Beck, Sr., County Administrative Judge, 2005

Luke K. Burns, Jr., Chief Judge, 2010
Michael M. Galloway, Associate Judge, 2015


Westminster, MD 21157
(410) 386-2616

HOWARD COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (5 Judges)
Diane O. Leasure, County Administrative Judge, 2011

James B. Dudley, Associate Judge, 2005
Lenore R. Gelfman, Associate Judge, 2011
Raymond J. Kane, Jr., Associate Judge, 2013
Dennis M. Sweeney, Associate Judge, 2007

Ellicott City, MD 21043
(410) 313-2066

6TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Frederick & Montgomery Counties)

FREDERICK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (4 Judges)
G. Edward Dwyer, Jr., County Administrative Judge, 2002

Mary Ann Stepler, Associate Judge, 2003
Julie R. Stevenson, Associate Judge, 2015
John H. Tisdale, Associate Judge, 2011

Frederick, MD 21701
(301) 696-2973

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (20 Judges)
Paul H. Weinstein, Circuit Administrative Judge & County Administrative Judge, 2003
DeLawrence Beard, Chief Judge, 2002

Marielsa A. Bernard, Associate Judge, 2004
John W. Debelius III, Associate Judge, 2002
D. Warren Donohue, Associate Judge, 2009
Joseph A. Dugan, Jr., Associate Judge, 2004
Ann S. Harrington, Associate Judge, 2009
Eric M. Johnson, Associate Judge, 2002
Michael D. Mason, Associate Judge, 2011
Paul A. McGuckian, Associate Judge, 2005
Dennis M. McHugh, Associate Judge, 2004
S. Michael Pincus, Associate Judge, 2009
William J. Rowan III, Associate Judge, 2002
Nelson W. Rupp, Jr., Associate Judge, 2013
James L. Ryan, Associate Judge, 2007
Katherine D. Savage, Associate Judge, 2004
Louise G. Scrivener, Associate Judge, 2011
Ann N. Sundt, Associate Judge, 2002
Durke G. Thompson, Associate Judge, 2011
Patrick L. Woodward, Associate Judge, 2013


Rockville, MD 20850
(240) 777-9180
web: www.co.mo.md.us/judicial/

7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Calvert, Charles, Prince George's & St. Mary's Counties)

CALVERT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (2 Judges)
Warren J. Krug, County Administrative Judge, 2009

Marjorie L. Clagett, Associate Judge, 2011

Prince Frederick, MD 20678
(410) 535-1600, ext. 296

CHARLES COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (4 Judges)
Robert C. Nalley, County Administrative Judge, 2005

Steven G. Chappelle, Associate Judge, 2011
Christopher C. Henderson, Associate Judge, 2013
one vacancy

La Plata, MD 20646 - 3060
(301) 932-3270

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (23 Judges)
William D. Missouri, Circuit Administrative Judge, & County Administrative Judge, 2003
Robert J. Woods, Chief Judge, 2009

Toni E. Clarke, Associate Judge, 2013
Herman C. Dawson, Associate Judge, 2015
Melanie M. Shaw Geter, Associate Judge, 2002
Michele D. Hotten, Associate Judge, 2011
Dwight D. Jackson, Associate Judge, 2002
Sherrie L. Krauser, Associate Judge, 2011
Maureen M. Lamasney, Associate Judge, 2015
James J. Lombardi, Associate Judge, 2013
Larnzell Martin, Jr., Associate Judge, 2007
Graydon S. McKee III, Associate Judge, 2003
C. Philip Nichols, Jr., Associate Judge, 2009
Steven I. Platt, Associate Judge, 2007
Ronald D. Schiff, Associate Judge, 2015
E. Allen Shepherd, Associate Judge, 2011
Thomas P. Smith, Associate Judge, 2011
Richard H. Sothoron, Jr., Associate Judge, 2007
William B. Spellbring, Jr., Associate Judge, 2009
Sheila R. Tillerson-Adams, Associate Judge, 2013
Sean D. Wallace, Associate Judge, 2002
Julia B. Weatherly, Associate Judge, 2002
Michael P. Whalen, Associate Judge, 2015

Upper Marlboro, MD 20773 - 1600
(301) 952-3728
web: www.co.pg.md.us/Government/JudicialBranch/circuit.asp

ST. MARY'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (3 Judges)
Marvin S. Kaminetz, County Administrative Judge, 2005

Karen H. Abrams, Associate Judge, 2004
C. Clarke Raley, Associate Judge, 2015


Leonardtown, MD 20650 - 0676
(301) 475-4585

8TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Baltimore City)

Courthouse East
111 North Calvert St., Room 208
Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 396-4916
web: www.baltocts.state.md.us

Mitchell Courthouse, Calvert & Fayette Sts., Baltimore, Maryland, June 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

BALTIMORE CITY CIRCUIT COURT (30 Judges)
Ellen M. Heller, Circuit Administrative Judge, 2003
Joseph H. H. Kaplan, Chief Judge, 2009

Kaye A. Allison, Associate Judge, 2015
Stuart R. Berger, Associate Judge, 2015
Roger W. Brown, Associate Judge, 2003
Evelyn O. Cannon, Associate Judge, 2013
Audrey J. S. Carrion Associate Judge, 2015
Bonita J. Dancy, Associate Judge, 2011
John M. Glynn, Associate Judge, 2002
Clifton J. Gordy, Associate Judge, 2002
Edward R. K. Hargadon, Associate Judge, 2004
Wanda K. Heard, Associate Judge, 2015
Marcella A. Holland, Associate Judge, 2013
Albert J. Matricciani, Jr., Associate Judge, 2011
Joseph P. McCurdy, Jr., Associate Judge, 2007
John Philip Miller, Associate Judge, 2002
M. Brooke Murdock, Associate Judge, 2013
Alfred Nance, Associate Judge, 2013
Thomas E. Noel, Associate Judge, 2015
John N. Prevas, Associate Judge, 2003
William D. Quarles, Associate Judge, 2013
Allen L. Schwait, Associate Judge, 2013
Carol E. Smith, Associate Judge, 2009
Paul A. Smith, Associate Judge, 2007
Lynn K. Stewart, Associate Judge, 2002
John C. Themelis, Associate Judge, 2005
Shirley M. Watts, Associate Judge, 2002
Thomas J. S. Waxter, Jr., Associate Judge, 2013
Martin P. Welch, Sr., Associate Judge, 2009
David W. Young, Associate Judge, 2011

Cecilius Calvert statue, Mitchell Courthouse (view from St. Paul Place), Baltimore, Maryland, January 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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