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His political career began when he was elected to the Baltimore County Council in 1978, a position he served until he was appointed Associate Judge of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County in 1985. In 2001, Smith resigned as judge to run for County Executive. After two terms in office, he joined his son's Towson law firm, Smith, Gildea & Schmidt.
Victor Del Pino: [52] First Latino American male to lead the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office’s gang prosecution unit. He later became a judge. J. Franklyn Bourne, Jr. (1948): [12] [11] First African American to set up a law practice (c. 1950s) and serve as a Judge of the District 5 Court (1971) in Prince George’s County ...
7th Judicial Circuit (32 judges): Calvert (3 judges), Charles (4 judges), Prince George's (23 judges) & St Mary's (3 judges) counties; 8th Judicial Circuit (30 judges): Baltimore City; Judges of the Circuit Courts of Maryland are elected to 15-year terms in the general election. [5] Their salaries may not be diminished while in office. [6]
3rd Judicial Circuit (21 judges): Baltimore County (16 judges) & Harford County (5 judges) 4th Judicial Circuit (7 judges): Allegany (2 judges), Garrett (1 judge) & Washington (4 judges) counties 5th Judicial Circuit (18 judges): Anne Arundel (10 judges), Carroll (3 judges) & Howard (5 judges) counties
A Maryland state historical marker outside the historic 1855-1856 façade of the Baltimore County Courthouse on Washington Avenue, in Towson, Maryland. Originally constructed in 1854–55, at a cost then of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), the building is one of the few H-plan buildings, public or private, remaining in the State.
These eight chief judges then constituted the Court of Appeals. Judicial reorganization in 1943 provided for a five-member Court of Appeals elected for terms of fifteen years. The five judges included two from Baltimore City and one each from three appellate judicial circuits. In 1960, the number of judges was increased to the present-day seven.
The District Court of Maryland for Baltimore County District Courthouses are located in Towson, Catonsville and Essex and serve as the courts of first impression for the majority of residents in the state of Maryland. Jurisdiction of the District Court includes most landlord- tenant cases, small claims for amounts up to $5,000, replevin actions ...
Joseph F. Murphy Jr. (January 9, 1944 – July 28, 2022) was an American lawyer and jurist from Baltimore, Maryland.Between December 17, 2007, and September 30, 2011, he was a judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, [1] the highest court in Maryland.