COURT OF APPEALS

[photo, Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building, 361 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, Maryland]

Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building
361 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 260-1500; 1-800-926-2583 (toll free); tty: (410) 260-1554
web: http://mdcourts.gov/coappeals/
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Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building, 361 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, Maryland, May 2015. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

COURT OF APPEALS

Appellate Judicial Circuits

Court of Appeals Judges, Annapolis, Maryland, May 2019. Photo courtesy of Court of Appeals Office of Communications & Public Affairs.

Front row, seated from left to right: Clayton Greene, Jr. (retired); Mary Ellen Barbera (Chief Judge)(retired); Robert N. McDonald (retired).

Back row, standing from left to right: Joseph M. Getty (retired); Shirley M. Watts; Michele D. Hotten; Brynja M. Booth.

Appointed by Governor with Senate consent & elected by Voters to 10-year terms:
Matthew J. Fader, Chief Judge (designated by Governor), 3rd Appellate Judicial Circuit, 2022

Brynja M. Booth, Judge, 1st Appellate Judicial Circuit, 2030
Angela M. Eaves, Judge, 2nd Appellate Judicial Circuit 2022
Michele D. Hotten, Judge, 4th Appellate Judicial Circuit, 2026
Jonathan Biran, Judge, 5th Appellate Judicial Circuit, 2030
Shirley M. Watts, Judge, 6th Appellate Judicial Circuit, 2024
Steven B. Gould, Judge, 7th Appellate Judicial Circuit, 2022

Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building, 361 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, Maryland, May 2015. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

JUDICIAL ETHICS COMMITTEE

Secretary:

pamela.harris@mdcourts.gov

rebecca.riemer@mdcourts.gov

Appointed by Chief Judge, Court of Appeals, to 3-year terms:
Kathryn Grill Graeff, Chair (chosen by Chief Judge, Court of Appeals), 2023
Judith C. Ensor, Vice-Chair (chosen by Chief Judge, Court of Appeals), 2022

Sharon V. Burrell; Dolores Dorsainvil; Aileen E. Oliver; Nettina Surpris-Gause; Ruth R. Faden, Ph.D. Terms expire 2023.

Katherine B. Hager; John F. Hall; Andrea L. Kalfoglou, Ph.D. Terms expire 2024.

James R. Eyler; James A. Kenny III; Martin P. Welch.

CLERK
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk & State Reporter (appointed by Court of Appeals) (410) 260-1500
e-mail: suzanne.johnson@mdcourts.gov

Chief Deputy Clerk

lauren.vint@mdcourts.gov

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