BALTIMORE CITY, MARYLAND

JUDICIAL BRANCH

 [photo, Mitchell Courthouse, Calvert St. and Fayette St., Baltimore, Maryland]

Circuit Court

District Court

Orphans' Court


Mitchell Courthouse, Calvert St. & Fayette St., Baltimore, Maryland, June 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

CIRCUIT COURT

Appointed by Governor &/or elected by Voters to 15-year terms (30 Judges):
Ellen M. Heller, Circuit Administrative Judge (chosen by Chief Judge, Court of Appeals), 2003
Joseph H. H. Kaplan, Chief Judge, 2009

Kaye A. Allison, Associate Judge, 2015
Stuart R. Berger, Associate Judge, 2015
Evelyn O. Cannon, Associate Judge, 2013
Audrey J. S. Carrion, Associate Judge, 2000
Bonita J. Dancy, Associate Judge, 2011
John M. Glynn, Associate Judge, 2017
Clifton J. Gordy, Associate Judge, 2017
Althea M. Handy, Associate Judge, 2004
Edward R. K. Hargadon, Associate Judge, 2004
Wanda K. Heard, Associate Judge, 2015
Marcella A. Holland, Associate Judge, 2013
Albert J. Matricciani, Jr., Associate Judge, 2011
Joseph P. McCurdy, Jr., Associate Judge, 2007
John Philip Miller, Associate Judge, 2017
M. Brooke Murdock, Associate Judge, 2013
Alfred Nance, Associate Judge, 2013
Thomas E. Noel, Associate Judge, 2015
John N. Prevas, Associate Judge, 2003
Allen L. Schwait, Associate Judge, 2013
Carol E. Smith, Associate Judge, 2009
Paul A. Smith, Associate Judge, 2007
Lynn K. Stewart, Associate Judge, 2017
John C. Themelis, Associate Judge, 2005
Shirley M. Watts, Associate Judge, 2017
Thomas J. S. Waxter, Jr., Associate Judge, 2013
Martin P. Welch, Associate Judge, 2009
David W. Young, Associate Judge, 2011
one vacancy

  • 2001 Annual Report

    Courthouse East
    Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse
    111 North Calvert St.
    Baltimore, MD 21202
    (410) 396-4916
    web: www.baltocts.state.md.us

    [photo, Mitchell Courthouse, Baltimore, Maryland] CLERK'S OFFICE
    Elected by Voters to 4-year term:
    Frank M. Conaway (D), Clerk of Circuit Court, 2006
    Courthouse East, Room 412
    Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse
    111 North Calvert St.
    Baltimore, MD 21202
    (410) 333-3733

    Mitchell Courthouse (view from St. Paul Place), Baltimore, Maryland, January 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
    Appointed by Circuit Court Judges:
    Vacancy, Court Administrator
    Courthouse East, Room 200
    Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse
    111 North Calvert St.
    Baltimore, MD 21202
    (410) 396-5188

    DISTRICT COURT

    Appointed by Governor with Senate consent to 10-year terms (26 Judges):
    Keith E. Mathews, District Administrative Judge (chosen by Chief Judge, District Court of Maryland, with approval of Chief Judge, Court of Appeals), 2003

    H. Gary Bass, Associate Judge, 2003
    Nathan Braverman, Associate Judge, 2010
    Emanuel Brown, Associate Judge, 2009
    Charles A. Chiapparelli, Associate Judge, 2005
    Ben C. Clyburn, Associate Judge, 2005
    Charlotte M. Cooksey, Associate Judge, 2013
    Timothy J. Doory, Associate Judge, 2007
    Askew W. Gatewood, Jr., Associate Judge, 2004
    John R. Hargrove, Jr., Associate Judge, 2008
    C. Yvonne Holt-Stone, Associate Judge, 2011
    Jeannie J. Hong, Associate Judge, 2012
    Miriam Brown Hutchins, Associate Judge, 2010
    Norman E. Johnson, Jr., Associate Judge, 2003
    Ronald A. Karasic, Associate Judge, 2011
    Jack I. Lesser, Associate Judge, 2004
    George M. Lipman, Associate Judge, 2009
    Timothy D. Murphy, Associate Judge, 2009
    Catherine Curran O'Malley, Associate Judge, 2011
    Theodore B. Oshrine, Associate Judge, 2005
    Gale E. Rasin, Associate Judge, 2012
    Nancy B. Shuger, Associate Judge, 2003
    Kathleen M. Sweeney, Associate Judge, 2009
    Barbara B. Waxman, Associate Judge, 2011
    Halee F. Weinstein, Associate Judge, 2012
    Jamey H. Weitzman, Associate Judge, 2011

    Borgerding District Court Building
    5800 Wabash Ave.
    Baltimore, MD 21215
    (410) 878-8000, (410) 878-8014

    John R. Hargrove, Sr. District Court Building
    700 East Patapsco Ave.
    Baltimore, MD 21225
    (410) 878-8457

    [photo, Cecilius Calvert statue, Mitchell Courthouse, Baltimore, Maryland]

    ORPHANS' COURT

    Elected by Voters to 4-year terms:
    Joyce M. Baylor-Thompson (D), Acting Chief Judge (chosen by Governor), 2006
    Karen Friedman (D), Judge 2006
    Lewyn Scott Garrett (D), Judge, 2006

    Courthouse East, Room 311
    Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse
    111 North Calvert St.
    Baltimore, MD 21202
    (410) 396-5034
    fax: (410) 545-7363
    web:     www.ci.baltimore.md.us/government/orphans.html

    Cecilius Calvert statue, Mitchell Courthouse (view from St. Paul Place), Baltimore, Maryland, January 2001. Photo by Diane E. Fartt.

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