Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday appointed circuit court judges for Baltimore and Allegany counties and district court judges for Prince George’s and Caroline counties. Hogan elevated District Judge Stacy A. Mayer to the Baltimore County Circuit Court and named Allegany ...

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Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Wednesday named Anne Arundel County Circuit Judge Laura S. Ripken to the state’s second-highest court. Ripken’s nomination to the Court of Special Appeals is subject to Senate confirmation when the General Assembly reconvenes next week. ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday named two prosecutors and a criminal defense attorney to circuit court judgeships. Myshala E. Middleton, with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Assistant Worcester County State’s Attorney Karen M. Dean will join the Baltimore City ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan appointed five individuals to the Prince George’s County District Court bench Monday. Wennesa Bell Snoddy, John Anthony Bielec, Dolores Dorsainvil, LaKeecia Reneé Allen and Stacey Maria Cobb Smith were named to vacancies after being recommended by the county’s ...

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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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