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Mary Ellen Barbera, Chief Judge
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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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); Robert N. McDonald.
Back row, standing from left to right: Joseph M. Getty; Shirley M. Watts; Michele D. Hotten; Brynja M. Booth.
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Appointed by Governor with Senate consent & elected by Voters to 10-year terms:
Brynja M. Booth, Judge, 1st Appellate Judicial Circuit, 2030
Robert N. McDonald, Judge, 2nd Appellate Judicial Circuit, 2022
Joseph M. Getty, Judge, 3rd Appellate Judicial Circuit, 2028
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
Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building, 361 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, Maryland, May 2015. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
Appointed by Chief Judge, Court of Appeals, to 3-year terms:
Kathryn Grill Graeff, Chair (chosen by Chief Judge, Court of Appeals), 2021
Judith C. Ensor, Vice-Chair (chosen by Chief Judge, Court of Appeals), 2021
Sharon V. Burrell; Dolores Dorsainvil; James R. Eyler; Athena Malloy Groves; James A. Kenny III; Aileen E. Oliver; Kathy P. Smith; Nettina Surpris-Gause; Anita J. Tarzian, Ph.D.; John H. Tisdale.
CHIEF OF STAFF
Suzanne Schneider, Esq., Chief of Staff (410) 260-1705, (240) 777-9320
CLERK
Suzanne C. Johnson, Clerk & State Reporter (appointed by Court of Appeals) (410) 260-1500
e-mail: suzanne.johnson@mdcourts.gov
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