CIRCUIT COURTS

Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse, 111 North Calvert St., Baltimore, Maryland, September 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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JUDICIAL CIRCUITS

Dorchester County Courthouse, 206 High St., Cambridge, Maryland, January 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

CONFERENCE OF CIRCUIT JUDGES

Marcella A. Holland, Chair (elected by Conference, 2-year term) (410) 396-3836
Thomas G. Ross, Vice-Chair (elected by Conference, 2-year term) (410) 758-0216, ext. 111

Maryland Judicial Center, 580 Taylor Ave., Annapolis, Maryland, March 2009. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Marcella A. Holland; Daniel M. Long; Thomas G. Ross.

(Circuit representatives are elected in December of even-numbered years, 2-year terms. Current terms expire 2012.)

1st Judicial Circuit members:
Daniel M. Long, Circuit Administrative Judge (410) 651-1630
Thomas C. Groton III, Circuit Representative (410) 632-0600

2nd Judicial Circuit members:
Thomas G. Ross, Circuit Administrative Judge (410) 758-0216, ext. 111
Karen A. Murphy Jensen, Circuit Representative (410) 479-2303

3rd Judicial Circuit members:
John G. Turnbull II , Circuit Administrative Judge (410) 887-2647
William O. Carr, Circuit Representative (410) 638-3262

4th Judicial Circuit members:
Gary G. Leasure, Circuit Administrative Judge (301) 777-2261
John H. McDowell, Circuit Representative (240) 313-2565

5th Judicial Circuit members:
Nancy L. Davis-Loomis, Circuit Administrative Judge (410) 222-1205
J. Barry Hughes, Circuit Representative (410) 386-2616

6th Judicial Circuit members:
John W. Debelius III, Circuit Administrative Judge (240) 777-9212
Theresa M. Adams, Circuit Representative (301) 600-1999

7th Judicial Circuit members:
Sheila R. Tillerson Adams, Circuit Administrative Judge (301) 952-3766
Marjorie L. Clagett, Circuit Representative (410) 535-1600, ext. 2262

8th Judicial Circuit members:
Marcella A. Holland, Circuit Administrative Judge (410) 396-3836
Martin P. Welch, Circuit Representative (410) 396-5082
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION SUBCOMMITTEE
Staff: Connie L. Kratovil-Lavelle, Esq.; Julie R. Linkins; Jonathan S. Rosenthal, Esq.; Rachel A. Wohl, Esq.

Thomas G. Ross, Chair
Karen H. Abrams; Philip T. Carrom; Kathleen G. Cox; Melanie M. Shaw Geter; Richard E. Jordan; Emory A. Plitt, Jr.; Julie R. Stevenson Solt; Pamela J. White.

MARYLAND ELECTRONIC COURTS FOCUS GROUP

1ST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Lower Eastern Shore)
Daniel M. Long, Circuit Administrative Judge (410) 651-1630

DORCHESTER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (1 Judge)
SOMERSET COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (1 Judge)
WICOMICO COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (3 Judges)
WORCESTER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (3 Judges)

2ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Upper Eastern Shore)
Thomas G. Ross, Circuit Administrative Judge (410) 758-0216, ext. 111

CAROLINE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (1 Judge)
CECIL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (3 Judges)
KENT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (1 Judge)
QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (1 Judge)
TALBOT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (1 Judge)

3RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Baltimore County & Harford County)
John G. Turnbull II, Circuit Administrative Judge (410) 887-2647

BALTIMORE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (18 Judges)
HARFORD COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (5 Judges)

4TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Western Maryland)
Gary G. Leasure, Circuit Administrative Judge & Chief Judge (301) 777-2261

ALLEGANY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (2 Judges)
GARRETT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (1 Judge)
WASHINGTON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (5 Judges)

Nancy L. Davis-Loomis, Circuit Administrative Judge (410) 222-1205

ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (12 Judges)
CARROLL COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (3 Judges)
HOWARD COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (5 Judges)

Anne Arundel County Courthouse entrance, Church Circle, Annapolis, Maryland, April 2005. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

FREDERICK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (4 Judges)
MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (22 Judges)

7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Southern Maryland)
Sheila R. Tillerson Adams, Circuit Administrative Judge (301) 952-3766

CALVERT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (2 Judges)
CHARLES COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (4 Judges)
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (23 Judges)
ST. MARY'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (3 Judges)

Marcella A. Holland, Circuit Administrative Judge (410) 333-3836

BALTIMORE CITY CIRCUIT COURT (33 Judges)

Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse, 111 North Calvert St., Baltimore, Maryland, September 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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