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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Gov. Larry Hogan made the following appointments to the Montgomery County District Court after reviewing names provided by the judicial nominating commissions. Carlos Acosta has been the Inspector General for the Prince George’s County Police Department since 2012. He previously ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan on Monday filled three vacancies on the Montgomery County Circuit Court and one on the district court in Carroll County.

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Gov. Larry Hogan appointed an assistant attorney general and a family magistrate to fill two vacancies on the Prince George’s County Circuit Court bench. Peter K. Killough has been with the Maryland Office of the Attorney General since 2009 and ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan Wednesday announced two judicial appointments to Montgomery County Circuit Court. Magistrate James A. Bonifant, a practitioner with 33 years of experience and a specialty in family law matters, and Kevin G. Hessler, a partner with Dragga, Hannon, ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan Wednesday filled the last of the 13 new judgeships created by 2016 legislation with the announcement of circuit court appointments. The bill sailed through the General Assembly earlier this year after two consecutive years of no new positions ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday appointed four veteran attorneys to circuit court judgeships in Anne Arundel, Montgomery and Howard counties.

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