BALTIMORE COUNTY, MARYLAND

JUDICIAL BRANCH

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Circuit Court

District Court

Orphans' Court

County Courts Building, Bosley Ave. (view from Pennsylvania Ave.), Towson, Maryland, March 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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Vicki Ballou-Watts, Associate Judge, 2004
Thomas J. Bollinger, Sr., Associate Judge, 2007
J. Norris Byrnes, Associate Judge, 2007
Robert E. Cadigan, Associate Judge, 2011
Patrick Cavanaugh, Associate Judge, 2017
Kathleen G. Cox, Associate Judge, 2015
Lawrence R. Daniels, Associate Judge, 2009
Robert N. Dugan, Associate Judge, 2015
Michael J. Finifter, Associate Judge, 2017
John O. Hennegan, Associate Judge, 2009
Ruth A. Jakubowski, Associate Judge, 2017
Christian M. Kahl, Associate Judge, 2007
Dana M. Levitz, Associate Judge, 2003
Susan M. Souder, Associate Judge, 2004

County Courts Building
401 Bosley Ave.
Towson, MD 21204
(410) 887-2139 (information)
e-mail: circuitcourt@co.ba.md.us
fax: (410) 887-3062
web: www.baltimorecountyonline.info/agencies/circuit/index.html

ADMINISTRATION
Peter J. Lally, Administrator (410) 887-2687

CLERK
Elected by Voters to 4-year term:
Suzanne Mensh (D), Clerk, 2002 (410) 887-2601

CIVIL DEPARTMENT
(410) 887-2614

CRIMINAL DEPARTMENT
(410) 887-2625

JUVENILE DEPARTMENT
(410) 887-3836

LAND RECORDS DEPARTMENT
(410) 887-2650

LICENSE DEPARTMENT
(410) 887-2607

COURT AUDITORS
Appointed by Circuit Court:
Robert E. Carney, Jr., Esq.
John E. Mudd, Esq.

SHERIFF
Elected by Voters to 4-year term:
R. Jay Fisher (D), Sheriff, 2006
(410) 887-3151
e-mail: sheriff@co.ba.md.us
web: www.baltimorecountyonline.info/agencies/sheriff/index.html

FAMILY DIVISION MASTERS
Appointed by Circuit Court:
C. Theresa Beck, Esq.
Jacqueline E. Dawson, Esq.
Phyllis Winsome Brown, Esq.

MASTER IN CHANCERY (CHILD SUPPORT)
Appointed by Circuit Court:
Richard A. McAllister, Jr., Esq.

MASTER IN JUVENILE & DOMESTIC MATTERS
Appointed by Circuit Court:
Richard J. Gilbert, Esq.

MASTER IN JUVENILE MATTERS
Appointed by Circuit Court:
Paul J. Hanley, Esq.

DISTRICT COURT

Jan M. Alexander, Associate Judge, 2012
A. Gordon Boone, Jr., Associate Judge, 2002
Robert E. Cahill, Jr., Associate Judge, 2010
Nancy M. Cohen, Associate Judge, 2011
Darryl G. Fletcher, Associate Judge, 2004
Barbara R. Jung, Associate Judge, 2010
Bruce S. Lamdin, Associate Judge, 2012
G. Darrell Russell, Jr., Associate Judge, 2010
I. Marshall Seidler, Associate Judge, 2009
Robert J. Steinberg, Associate Judge, 2008
Norman R. Stone III, Associate Judge, 2008
Dorothy J. Wilson, Associate Judge, 2011

120 East Chesapeake Ave.
Towson, MD 21286
(410) 512-2000
tty: (410) 512-2002
web: www.courts.state.md.us/district/dcbaltco.html

CLERK
Appointed by Chief Clerk with Chief Judge's approval:
Michael P. Vach, Administrative Clerk (410) 512-2151

COMMISSIONERS
Appointed by District Administrative Judge with Chief Judge's approval:
Joel A. Snyder, Administrative Commissioner (410) 512-2032
James Burton; Michael Charnasky; Linda Cooke; Dorothy Cooper; Robert Donadio; Stanley Ferguson; Judith Fitch; Heather Frank; Kim Gordon; Lucille Hall; Teresa Hook; Stewart Lafferty; Heather Longley; Eugene Marshall; McCutcheon Marshall; Donald Merson; William Mosner; Melissa Nelson; Michelle Ripple; William Ritmiller; John Robey; William Sauer; Jennifer Williams.

CIVIL DIVISION
Maria Fields, Chief (410) 512-2103

CRIMINAL & TRAFFIC DIVISION
Kathleen Webster, Chief (410) 512-2101

ORPHANS' COURT

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms:
Theresa A. Lawler (D), Chief Judge (chosen by Governor), 2006
Gloria J. Butta (D), 2006
Julie L. Ensor (D), Judge, 2006

County Courts Building
401 Bosley Ave
Towson, MD 21204 - 4403
(410) 887-6516
fax: (410) 296-5480

County Courts Building, Bosley Ave., Towson, Maryland,
March 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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REGISTER OF WILLS
Elected by Voters to 4-year term:
Grace G. Connolly (D), Register of Wills, 2006
(410) 887-6680
1-888-642-5387 (toll free)
web: www.registers.state.md.us/county/ba/html/baltimore.html

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