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CIRCUIT COURTS

Diane O. Leasure, Chair, Conference of Circuit Judges

[photo, Howard County Courthouse, 8360 Court Ave., Ellicott City, Maryland] c/o Howard County Circuit Court
Courthouse, 8360 Court Ave., Ellicott City, MD 21043
(410) 313-2066
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    • Howard County Courthouse, 8360 Court Ave., Ellicott City, Maryland, 1999. Photo by Diane P. Frese.

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    [photo, Dorchester County Courthouse, 206 High St., Cambridge, Maryland] JUDICIAL CIRCUITS
  • Map of Judicial Circuits
  • 1st Judicial Circuit (Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico & Worcester Counties)
  • 2nd Judicial Circuit (Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's & Talbot Counties)
  • 3rd Judicial Circuit (Baltimore County & Harford County)
  • 4th Judicial Circuit (Allegany, Garrett & Washington Counties)
  • 5th Judicial Circuit (Anne Arundel, Carroll & Howard Counties)
  • 6th Judicial Circuit (Frederick & Montgomery Counties)
  • 7th Judicial Circuit (Calvert, Charles, Prince George's & St. Mary's Counties)
  • 8th Judicial Circuit (Baltimore City)

    Dorchester County Courthouse, 206 High St., Cambridge, Maryland, January 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

    ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

    CONFERENCE OF CIRCUIT JUDGES

    (410) 260-1400; fax: (410) 974-2169

    Diane O. Leasure, Chair (chosen by Conference, 2-year term) (410) 313-2066
    Marcella A. Holland, Vice-Chair (chosen by Conference, 2-year term) (410) 396-3836

    1ST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Lower Eastern Shore)

    Daniel M. Long, Circuit Administrative Judge (410) 651-1630

    2ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Upper Eastern Shore)

    Thomas G. Ross, Circuit Administrative Judge (410) 758-0216

    3RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Baltimore County & Harford County)

    John G. Turnbull II, Circuit Administrative Judge (410) 887-2642

    4TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Western Maryland)

    Gary G. Leasure, Circuit Administrative Judge & Chief Judge (301) 777-2261

    5TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Anne Arundel, Carroll & Howard Counties)

    Diane O. Leasure, Circuit Administrative Judge (410) 313-2066

    6TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Frederick & Montgomery Counties)

    John W. Debelius III, Circuit Administrative Judge (240) 777-9180

    7TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Southern Maryland)

    William D. Missouri, Circuit Administrative Judge (301) 952-3728

    8TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (Baltimore City)

    [photo, Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse, 111 North Calvert St., Baltimore, Maryland]     Marcella A. Holland, Circuit Administrative Judge (410) 333-3800

    BALTIMORE CITY CIRCUIT COURT (33 Judges)

    Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse, 111 North Calvert St., Baltimore, Maryland, September 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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