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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A Baltimore city delegate has reintroduced legislation to allow media organizations to film and broadcast criminal sentencing proceedings after his bill died in committee during last year’s General Assembly session. Del. Frank M. Conaway Jr.’s cameras in the courtroom bill ...

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A bill to allow the media to film and broadcast criminal sentencing proceedings, which was criticized by judges, attorneys and victims’ rights advocates, received an unfavorable committee report Thursday. Proposed by Del. Frank Conaway Jr., D-Baltimore City, House Bill 81 would ...

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Cameras are barred from criminal court proceedings in Maryland, but a bill introduced in the House of Delegates seeks to allow media representatives to record criminal sentencing proceedings with permission of the court. “As the press association, we always feel ...

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Washington County Circuit Judge M. Kenneth Long Jr. will become administrative judge for the 4th Judicial Circuit and Allegany County Circuit Judge W. Timothy Finan will become the county’s administrative judge next month, the Maryland Judiciary announced Monday. Long and ...

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The Maryland Judicial Council, the policy making body for the Maryland courts under the leadership of the Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, passed a resolution last month to cut the chains that have shackled juvenile offenders detained in ...

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The Maryland Judiciary has made a few tweaks to its online attorney listing to help lawyers and clients.

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Joseph F. Vallario Jr. might understandably feel more like a college guidance counselor than the head of an influential panel during the first weeks of the 2015 General Assembly session, which begins Wednesday.

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A Maryland Judiciary project to enable attorneys and litigants to file claims electronically in trial courts will begin Oct. 14 in Anne Arundel County, pending a vote by the state’s top court Thursday in Annapolis.

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