BALTIMORE CITY, MARYLAND

Circuit Court	District Court	Orphans' Court

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

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CIRCUIT COURT

Appointed by Governor &/or elected by Voters to 15-year terms (32 Judges):

Kaye A. Allison, Associate Judge, 2015
Stuart R. Berger, Associate Judge, 2015
Charles G. Bernstein, Associate Judge, 2023
Emanuel Brown, Associate Judge, 2023
Yvette M. Bryant, Associate Judge, 2023
Evelyn O. Cannon, Associate Judge, 2013
Audrey J. S. Carrion, Associate Judge, 2015
Sylvester B. Cox, Associate Judge, 2019
Timothy J. Doory, Associate Judge, 2023
Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill, Associate Judge, 2010
Althea M. Handy, Associate Judge, 2019
Edward R. K. Hargadon, Associate Judge, 2019
Wanda K. Heard, Associate Judge, 2015
John Addison Howard, Associate Judge, 2023
Robert B. Kershaw, Associate Judge, 2023
John Philip Miller, Associate Judge, 2017
M. Brooke Murdock, Associate Judge, 2013
Alfred Nance, Associate Judge, 2013
W. Michel Pierson, Associate Judge, 2019
Gale E. Rasin, Associate Judge, 2021
George L. Russell III, Associate Judge, 2023
Marcus Z. Shar, Associate Judge, 2010
Lynn K. Stewart, Associate Judge, 2017
John C. Themelis, Associate Judge, 2021
Shirley M. Watts, Associate Judge, 2017
Martin P. Welch, Associate Judge, 2009
Pamela J. White, Associate Judge, 2023
Barry G. Williams, Associate Judge, 2021
David W. Young, Associate Judge, 2011
one vacancy

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Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse
Courthouse East, 111 North Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 333-3800
web: www.baltocts.state.md.us

Battle of North Point Monument, by Italian sculptor Antonio Capellano (1815), in front of Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse, 111 North Calvert St., Baltimore, Maryland, September 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE COORDINATING COUNCIL
Kimberly Smalkin Barranco, Executive Director (410) 396-5024; fax: (410) 962-0487
e-mail: kbarranco@baltimorecitycjcc.org
web: www.baltimorecitycjcc.org

Chair: John Philip Miller, Judge in Charge, Criminal Docket

Representative of Baltimore City Bar Association: Michael E. Kaminkow

Ex officio: Martin O'Malley, Governor; Douglas F. Gansler, Attorney General, Maryland; Donald W. DeVore, Secretary of Juvenile Services; Gary D. Maynard, Secretary, Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services; Howard Ray, Jr., Commissioner of Pretrial Detention & Services; Shelia Dixon, Mayor, Baltimore City; Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, President, Baltimore City Council; Marcella A. Holland, Administrative Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court; Keith E. Mathews, Administrative Judge, Baltimore City District Court; Patricia C. Jessamy, State's Attorney, Baltimore City; Elizabeth L. Julian, Public Defender, Baltimore City; John W. Anderson, Sheriff, Baltimore City; Col. Frederick H. Bealefeld III, Police Commissioner, Baltimore City; Frank M. Conaway, Clerk, Baltimore City Circuit Court; Lonnie Ferguson, Administrative Clerk, Baltimore City District Court; Rod J. Rosenstein, U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland; Bruce Brown, Acting Regional Administrator, Division of Parole and Probation; Gregory C. Warren, President & CEO, Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems, Inc.

COURT AUDITORS
Appointed by Circuit Court:
two vacancies

SHERIFF
Elected by Voters to 4-year term:
John W. Anderson (D), Sheriff, 2010
Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse, Courthouse West, Room 114
100 North Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 396-5826
e-mail: victoria.gibson@baltimorecity.gov
web: www.ci.baltimore.md.us/government/sheriff.html

ADULT DRUG TREATMENT COURT PROGRAM
Appointed by Circuit Administrative Judge:
Allen L. Schwait, Presiding Judge (410) 361-9311
Ryan Smith, Coordinator (410) 361-9467
e-mail: ryan.smith@mdcourts.gov

FAMILY DEPENDENCY DRUG COURT PROGRAM
Appointed by Circuit Administrative Judge:
Martin P. Welch, Presiding Judge
Stephanie S. Franklin, Esq., Director (410) 662-5500, ext. 201
e-mail: sfranklin@flbcinc.org

JUVENILE DRUG COURT PROGRAM
Appointed by Circuit Administrative Judge:
Martin P. Welch, Presiding Judge
Clifton J. Gordy, Juvenile Drug Court Judge
Sheila N. G. Peksenak, Coordinator (443) 263-1734
e-mail: sheila.peksenak@mdcourts.gov

MASTERS
Appointed by Circuit Court:
Robert L. Bloom, Esq., Domestic Relations Master
William Dunn, Esq., Domestic Relations Master
Theresa Ann Furnari, Esq., Domestic Relations Master
Andrea Kelly, Esq., Domestic Relations Master


Abraham L. Adler, Esq., Examiner-Master
Alice G. Pinderhughes, Esq., Examiner-Master
Joanne L. Suder, Esq., Examiner-Master

Susan M. Marzetta, Esq., General Equity Master

Bradley O. Bailey, Esq., Master for Juvenile Causes
Claudette McDonald Brown, Esq., Master for Juvenile Causes
Patricia M. C. Brown, Esq., Master for Juvenile Causes
James P. Casey, Esq., Master for Juvenile Causes
Kathryn E. Koshel, Esq., Master for Juvenile Causes
Richard D. Lawlor, Esq., Master for Juvenile Causes
Zakia Mahasa, Esq., Master for Juvenile Causes
Julia Silvestri, Esq., Master for Juvenile Causes
Yolanda Tanner, Esq., Master for Juvenile Causes

Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse (view from St. Paul Place), Baltimore, Maryland, January 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

PERSONNEL OFFICE
Yvonne Clark-Drayton, Director (410) 333-3800
e-mail: yvonne.clark@mdcourts.gov

ASSIGNMENT DIVISION
Robert J. Ignatowski, Assignment Commissioner (410) 333-3755 (civil); (410) 333-3811 (criminal)
Courthouse West, Room 220, 100 North Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202
e-mail: robert.ignatowski@mdcourts.gov

CIVIL DIVISION
Patrick J. Young, Manager (410) 333-3722
Courthouse East, Room 462, 111 North Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202
e-mail: pat.young@mdcourts.gov

CRIMINAL DIVISION
Marian Soto, Manager (410) 333-3750
Courthouse West, Room 200, 100 North Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202
e-mail: marian.soto@mdcourts.gov

FAMILY DIVISION
Paulette C. Young, Manager (410) 333-3711
Courthouse East, Room 111, 111 North Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202
e-mail: paulette.young@mdcourts.gov

JURY DIVISION
Nancy Dennis, Jury Commissioner (410) 333-3775
Courthouse West, Room 241, 100 North Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202
e-mail: nancy.dennis@mdcourts.gov

JUVENILE DIVISION
James L. Benton, Jr., Manager (443) 263-6300
Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center, Room A3300, 300 North Gay St., Baltimore, MD 21202
e-mail: james.benton@mdcourts.gov

LAND RECORDS & LICENSING DIVISION
Denise D. Smith, Manager
Courthouse West, Rooms 610 & 628, 100 North Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 333-3760 (land records); (410) 333-3780 (marriage licenses); (410) 333-3790 (traders licenses)
e-mail: denise.smith@mdcourts.gov

PATERNITY DIVISION
Mary A. Geiger, Manager (410) 333-3738
Courthouse East, Room 111, 101 North Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202
e-mail: mary.geiger@mdcourts.gov

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
Appointed by Circuit Court Judges:
Beverly B. Carter, Esq., Court Administrator
Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse; Courthouse East, Room 200
111 North Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 396-5188
e-mail: beverly.carter@mdcourts.gov

COURT REPORTERS
Charles F. Madden, Chief Court Reporter (410) 396-5010
e-mail: charles.madden@mdcourts.gov

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY UNIT
Neil B. Moores, Director (410) 361-9889
e-mail: neil.moores@mdcourts.gov

CIVIL DIVISION
Marilyn F. Bentley, Associate Administrator (410) 396-3045
e-mail: marilyn.bentley@mdcourts.gov

CRIMINAL DIVISION
Rafael C. Ortiz, Associate Administrator (410) 545-6091
e-mail: rafael.ortiz@mdcourts.gov

FAMILY DIVISION
Teresa S. (Sue) German, Associate Administrator (410) 396-3648
e-mail: sue.german@mdcourts.gov

JUVENILE DIVISION
A. Dale Hendrick, Associate Administrator (410) 396-8101
e-mail: dale.hendrick@mdcourts.gov

MEDICAL SERVICES DIVISION
Thomas J. Oglesby, M.D., Chief Medical Officer (410) 396-5013
e-mail: thomas.oglesby@mdcourts.gov

H. Gary Bass, Associate Judge, 2013
Nathan Braverman, Associate Judge, 2010
Videtta A. Brown, Associate Judge, 2018
Charles A. Chiapparelli, Associate Judge, 2015
L. Robert Cooper, Associate Judge, 2018
Askew W. Gatewood, Jr., Associate Judge, 2014
Joan Bossmann Gordon, Associate Judge, 2015
John R. Hargrove, Jr., Associate Judge, 2018
C. Yvonne Holt-Stone, Associate Judge, 2011
Jeannie J. Hong, Associate Judge, 2012
Jamey H. Hueston, Associate Judge, 2011
Miriam Brown Hutchins, Associate Judge, 2010
Ronald A. Karasic, Associate Judge, 2011
Jack I. Lesser, Associate Judge, 2014
George M. Lipman, Associate Judge, 2009
James L. Mann, Jr., Associate Judge, 2015
Timothy D. Murphy, Associate Judge, 2019
Catherine Curran O'Malley, Associate Judge, 2011
Theodore B. Oshrine, Associate Judge, 2015
Christopher L. Panos, Associate Judge, 2016
Devy P. Russell, Associate Judge, 2016
Gregory Sampson, Associate Judge, 2019
Nancy B. Shuger, Associate Judge, 2013
Kathleen M. Sweeney, Associate Judge, 2019
Barbara B. Waxman, Associate Judge, 2011
Halee F. Weinstein, Associate Judge, 2012

Borgerding District Court Building, 5800 Wabash Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215 - 3330
(410) 878-8000, (410) 878-8014; 1-800-939-4523 (toll free); tty: (410) 878-8945
web: www.mdcourts.gov/district/directories/courtmap.html#baltimorecity

ADMINISTRATION
Appointed by Chief Judge upon recommendation of District Administrative Judge:
Lonnie P. Ferguson, Jr., Administrative Clerk (410) 878-8009
e-mail: lonnie.ferguson@mdcourts.gov

District Court Civil Division, 501 East Fayette St., Baltimore, Maryland, June 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

CRIMINAL & TRAFFIC DIVISIONS
Berneda L. Young, Chief (410) 878-8020
Borgerding District Court Building, 5800 Wabash Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215 - 3330
e-mail: berneda.young@mdcourts.gov

Eugenia Tyson, Chief (410) 878-8549
Eastside District Court Building, 1400 East North Ave., Baltimore, MD 21213 - 1407
(410) 878-8500; 1-800-939-4523 (toll free); tty: (410) 878-8945
e-mail: eugenia.tyson@mdcourts.gov

S. Michael Esposito, Chief (410) 878-8303
John R. Hargrove, Sr. District Court Building, 700 East Patapsco Ave., Baltimore, MD 21225 - 1900
(410) 878-8300; 1-800-939-4525 (toll free); tty: (410) 358-5360
e-mail: mike.esposito@mdcourts.gov

ADULT DRUG TREATMENT COURT PROGRAM
Appointed by District Administrative Judge:
Jamey H. Hueston, Presiding Judge
Latesha Parks, Coordinator (410) 767-3593
e-mail: latesha.parks@mdcourts.gov

MENTAL HEALTH COURT PROGRAM
Appointed by District Administrative Judge:
Charlotte M. Cooksey, Presiding Judge
M. Sue Diehl, Coordinator (410) 837-2647
e-mail: sdiehl@bmhsi.org

COMMISSIONERS
Appointed by District Administrative Judge with Chief Judge's approval:
Jimmie L. Foxworth, Administrative Commissioner (410) 878-8018
e-mail: jimmie.foxworth@mdcourts.gov

ORPHANS' COURT

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms:

Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse; Courthouse East, Room 311
111 North Calvert St., Baltimore, MD 21202
(410) 396-5034; fax: (410) 545-7363
web: www.ci.baltimore.md.us/government/orphans.html

Cecilius Calvert statue (1908), by Albert Weinert, Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. Courthouse (view from St. Paul Place), Baltimore, Maryland, January 2001. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

REGISTER OF WILLS
Elected by Voters to 4-year term:
Mary W. Conaway (D), Register of Wills, 2010
(410) 752-5131; 1-888-876-0035 (toll free)
web: www.registers.state.md.us/city/bc/html/baltimorecity.html

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