Gov. Larry Hogan filled two vacancies on the Montgomery County Circuit Court Tuesday, appointing a family division magistrate judge and a partner at a local law firm to the bench. Magistrate Bibi Berry and Michael McAuliffe filled vacancies created by the ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan on Monday named white-collar defense attorney and former federal prosecutor Jonathan Biran to serve on Maryland’s top court. If confirmed by the state Senate, Biran – a shareholder at the Baltimore law firm Baker Donelson — would ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday appointed Abigail Marsh, executive director of a legal services center, and longtime prosecutor David Martz to district court judgeships in Wicomico County. “The appointment of qualified individuals to serve across our state’s justice system is ...

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In filling two judicial vacancies Friday, Gov. Larry Hogan appointed a Westminster attorney to the Carroll County bench who was previously appointed but unseated in an election last year. Richard R. Titus was appointed in 2016 to the Carroll County ...

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Calvert County’s top prosecutor will become a judge on its circuit court. Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday appointed Andrew S. Rappaport, the county state’s attorney since January, to fill one of two vacancies on the Calvert County Circuit Court. Hogan ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday announced the appointment of Anthony F. Vittoria to the Baltimore City Circuit Court. Vittoria, an administrative law judge with the Office of Administrative Hearings, fills the vacancy left by Judge Timothy J. Doory’s retirement. “The appointment ...

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ANNAPOLIS – With no dissenting votes, the Senate on Friday confirmed Gov. Larry Hogan’s three nominees for Maryland’s top and intermediate appellate courts. Easton lawyer Brynja McDivitt Booth will take a seat on the Court of Appeals and Calvert County ...

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ANNAPOLIS – Gov. Larry Hogan’s three nominees for Maryland’s top and intermediate appellate courts took a giant step toward confirmation Monday evening. The Senate Executive Nominations Committee recommended by voice vote that the full Senate vote to confirm Easton lawyer ...

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ANNAPOLIS – Gov. Larry Hogan on Tuesday named Easton lawyer Brynja McDivitt Booth to serve on Maryland’s top court. Booth, of the law firm Booth, Booth, Cropper & Marriner P.C., will succeed Judge Sally D. Adkins, who stepped down Oct. ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan has elevated Court of Special Appeals Judge Matthew J. Fader to head Maryland’s second-highest court. Fader, 45, will succeed Court of Special Appeals Chief Judge Patrick L. Woodward, who reaches the state’s mandatory judicial retirement age of ...

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