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Judges sitting on the Appellate Court of Maryland generally hear and decide cases in panels of three. In some instances, however, all 15 judges may listen to a case, known as an en banc hearing. A ballot proposal in the 2022 general election asked Maryland voters whether to change the court's name from the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to ...
The following are chronological lists of judges and chief judges of the Supreme Court of Maryland, ... Robert M. Bell, 6th Appellate Circuit, 1991–2013;
Pages in category "Judges of the Appellate Court of Maryland" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Barbera, a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law, is the first female Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals. [4] Prior to her appointment to the Court of Appeals, she served as an at large judge on Maryland's intermediate appellate court, the Court of Special Appeals, from January 4, 2002 to September 2, 2008. [3]
First African American male (Maryland Special Court of Appeals): David T. Mason in 1974 [13] First African American male ( Maryland Court of Appeals ): Harry A. Cole (1949) in 1977 [ 14 ] First African American male (chief judge of any Maryland court): Michael Waring Lee in 1984 [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ]
Shirley Marie Watts (born March 6, 1959) [1] [citation needed] is an American lawyer and jurist from Baltimore, Maryland. Since July 2013, she has served as a Judge on the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's highest court. Watts is the first African American woman to serve as a judge on the Court of Appeals. [1]
He was a member, Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure from 1977 to 1982; Commission to Revise the Annotated Code of Maryland, 1980–82; and the Board of Directors, Judicial Institute of Maryland, 1982–84. In August 2006, Bell was named Chair of the National Center for State Courts’ Board of Directors.
The Maryland Constitution of 1867 (currently in effect) returned to the older form of requiring Court of Appeals judges to assume trial court and appellate duties. In seven judicial circuits, the Governor, with Senate advice and consent, designated a chief judge. In the eighth judicial circuit in Baltimore, the voters elected the chief judge ...