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Senate confirms three judges to Md. appellate courts
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 Circuit Judge E. Gregory Wells and Bethesda attorney Steven B. Gould will join the intermediate […]
Hogan’s three appellate nominees head toward confirmation
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 Brynja McDivitt Booth to the Court of Appeals and Calvert County Circuit Judge E. Gregory […]
Hogan names three to appeals courts
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. 31 but has continued serving on the Court of Appeals by special assignment while awaiting […]
Hogan names Fader to be Court of Special Appeals chief judge
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 70 on Nov. 28. “I am confident that Judge Fader is the most qualified candidate […]
Fader joins Court of Special Appeals, calling it ‘a profound privilege’
ANNAPOLIS — Matthew J. Fader was sworn in Monday as the 68th judge to serve on Maryland’s intermediate Court of Special Appeals during a noontime ceremony in the House of Delegates chamber at the State House. “It is indeed a profound privilege to serve the people of Maryland as a judge,” Fader said from the […]
