MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND

JUDICIAL BRANCH


Circuit Court	District Court	Orphans' Court

CIRCUIT COURT

Appointed by Governor &/or elected by Voters to 15-year terms (17 Judges):
Paul H. Weinstein, Circuit Administrative Judge (chosen by Chief Judge, Court of Appeals) & County Administrative Judge, 2003
DeLawrence Beard, Chief Judge, 2001

James C. Chapin, Associate Judge, 2011
D. Warren Donohue, Associate Judge, 2009
Ann S. Harrington, Associate Judge, 2009
Eric M. Johnson, Associate Judge, 2002
Martha G. Kavanaugh, Associate Judge, 2011
Michael D. Mason, Associate Judge, 2011
Paul A. McGuckian, Associate Judge, 2005
S. Michael Pincus, Associate Judge, 2009
William J. Rowan III, Associate Judge, 2002
Nelson W. Rupp, Jr., Associate Judge, 2013
James L. Ryan, Associate Judge, 2007
Louise G. Scrivener, Associate Judge, 2011
Ann N. Sundt, Associate Judge, 2002
Durke G. Thompson, Associate Judge, 2011
Patrick L. Woodward, Associate Judge, 2013

Judicial Center
50 Maryland Ave.
Rockville, MD 20850
(240) 777-9400
web: www.co.mo.md.us/judicial/circuit/

Elected by Voters to 4-year term:

Clerk,

COURT AUDITOR
Appointed by Circuit Court:
T. Robert Romero, Esq.

SHERIFF
Elected by Voters to 4-year term:
Raymond M. Kight (D), Sheriff, 2002 (240) 777-7000
fax: (240) 777-7145
web: www.co.mo.md.us/departments/index.html#Sheriff's Office

Appointed by Circuit Court:

MASTER & EXAMINER
Appointed by Circuit Court:
John C. Keating, Esq.

DISTRICT COURT

Appointed by Governor with Senate consent to 10-year terms (13 Judges):
Cornelius J. Vaughey, District Administrative Judge (chosen by Chief Judge, District Court of Maryland, with approval of Chief Judge, Court of Appeals), 2004

Michael J. Algeo, Associate Judge, 2009
Marielsa A. Bernard, Associate Judge, 2008
Thomas L. Craven, Associate Judge, 2004
Barry A. Hamilton, Associate Judge, 2002
Louis D. Harrington, Associate Judge, 2002
Stephen P. Johnson, Associate Judge, 2008
Mary Beth McCormick, Associate Judge, 2007
Dennis M. McHugh, Associate Judge, 2001
Patricia L. Mitchell, Associate Judge, 2007
Katherine Dowd Savage, Associate Judge, 2007
two vacancies

District Court Building
27 Courthouse Square
Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 279-1526
web: www.co.mo.md.us/judicial/district/

8665 Georgia Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 608-0660

Appointed by Chief Clerk with Chief Judge's approval:

Administrative Clerk

COMMISSIONERS
Appointed by District Administrative Judge with Chief Judge's approval:
Charles Peters, Administrative Commissioner (301) 279-1526
Susan Bieri; Barbara Brissett; Elizabeth Camuti-Devincenti; Shannan Falyar; Deborah Gervasio; Michael Gretz; Harold Meiklejohn; Toby Miles; Michael Nasser; Shahriar Nevissi; Charles Peters; Charles Rice; Louis Smith; Carl Somerlock; Damon Streat; Anthony Tyler; Harold Warren.

Chief

CRIMINAL & TRAFFIC DIVISION
Mary Moffat, Chief (301) 279-1406

JUVENILE DIVISION
Barbara Meiklejohn, Chief (301) 279-1447