MARYLAND JUDICIAL CONFERENCE

Chair: Robert M. Bell, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals

Executive Secretary: George B. Riggin, Jr., State Court Administrator

Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building
361 Rowe Blvd.
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 974-2141
fax: (410) 974-2169

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

MARYLAND JUDICIAL CONFERENCE

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
George B. Riggin, Jr., State Court Administrator (410) 974-2141

SENTENCING GUIDELINES ADVISORY BOARD
Staff: George N. Weber, Jr. (410) 974-2186
Joseph H. H. Kaplan, Chair (410) 396-5080
Vacancy, Vice-Chair

Appointed by Chief Judge, Court of Appeals: Augustus F. Brown IV; Eugene M. Lerner; Paul A. McGuckian; Audrey E. Melbourne; John C. Themelis; J. Owen Wise.

Ex officio (nonvoting): Norman R. Stone, Jr., designee of Chair, Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee; Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., Chair, House Judiciary Committee; Joseph E. Owens, designee of Secretary of Labor, Licensing, & Regulation; Stuart O. Simms, Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services; Richard A. Lanham, Sr., Commissioner of Correction; Paul J. Davis, Chair, Maryland Parole Commission; W. Roland Knapp, Director of Parole & Probation; Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender; Frank R. Weathersbee, President, Md. State's Attorneys' Association; Patricia C. Jessamy, State's Attorney, Baltimore City.

Nonvoting: Howard S. Chasanow; Marshall A. Levin.

JUDICIAL INSTITUTE OF MARYLAND BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Staff: Frederick C. Williams (410) 974-2475
Lawrence F. Rodowsky, Chair, 1997

Appointed by Chief Judge, Court of Appeals: William O. Carr; Ellen M. Heller; Norman E. Johnson, Jr.; Michael E. Loney. Terms expire 1997. Marjorie L. Clagett; Robert H. Dyer, Jr.; John M. Glynn; Steven Grossman; Patrice E. Lewis; Joseph F. Murphy, Jr.; J. Frederick Price; William L. Reynolds II. Terms expire 1998.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Elected by Court of Special Appeals: Arrie W. Davis. Term expires 1997.

Elected by Circuit Courts: Paul A. McGuckian; J. Frederick Price; Richard T. Rombro; one vacancy. Terms expire 1997.

Maurice W. Baldwin, Jr.; Richard J. Clark; Donald F. Johnson; Pamela L. North. Terms expire 1998.

Elected by District Court of Maryland: Gerard F. Devlin; Robert D. Horsey; Michael E. Loney; G. Darrell Russell, Jr. Terms expire 1997.

John M. Glynn; Floyd L. Parks; R. Noel Spence; Patrick L. Woodward. Terms expire 1998.

Ex officio (nonvoting): Robert M. Bell, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals; Frederick C. Wright III, Chair, Conference of Circuit Judges; Martha F. Rasin, Chief Judge, District Court of Maryland.

LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE
Staff: Elizabeth B. Veronis, Esq. (410) 974-2141
Robert L. Karwacki, Chair

Appointed by Chief Judge, Court of Appeals: Raymond E. Beck, Sr.; Vincent E. Ferretti, Jr.; Daniel M. Long; Martha F. Rasin; Richard T. Rombro; Michael P. Whalen.

JUDICIAL ETHICS COMMITTEE
George B. Riggin, Jr., Secretary (410) 974-2141
William W. Wenner, Chair

Appointed by Chief Judge, Court of Appeals: Howard D. Bronstein, M.D.; Joseph S. Casula; Charlotte M. Cooksey; Lenore R. Gelfman; William S. Horne; Suzanne Mensh; Bernard A. Raum, Esq.; Dennis M. Sweeney. Terms expire 1997.

CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE
Staff: Deborah A. Unitus (410) 974-2141
Kathleen O'Ferrall Friedman, Chair, 1998

Appointed by Chair, Executive Committee, in consultation with Chief Judge, Court of Appeals: D. Warren Donohue, 1997; Martha G. Kavanaugh, 1997; Thurman H. Rhodes, 1997; Thomas P. Smith, 1997; Albert J. Matricciani, Jr., 1998; William D. Missouri, 1998; Alfred L. Brennan, Sr., 1999; Bonita J. Dancy, 1999; Marc G. Rasinsky, 1999; William P. Turner, 1999; Joel D. Worshtil, Esq.

Ex officio: Pamela L. North, member, Executive Committee, 1998

CIRCUIT COURT DIFFERENTIATED CASE-MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Staff: Suzanne H. James (301) 952-3708
Pamela H. Quirk (301) 217-7223
Paul H. Weinstein, Chair

Appointed by Chief Judge, Court of Appeals: Ellen M. Heller; Robert H. Heller, Jr.; William S. Horne; Barbara K. Howe; Raymond J. Kane, Jr.; Joseph H. H. Kaplan; William D. Missouri; Frederick C. Wright III.

CIVIL LAW & PROCEDURE COMMITTEE
Staff: Theresa Thomas (410) 974-2141
Howard S. Chasanow, Chair, 1997

Appointed by Chair, Executive Committee, in consultation with Chief Judge, Court of Appeals: Raymond E. Beck, Sr., 1997; James P. Salmon, 1997; Jamey H. Weitzman, 1997; Ellen M. Heller, 1998; Sherrie L. Krauser, 1998; I. Marshall Seidler, 1998; Lloyd O. Whitehead, 1998; Audrey J. Carrion, 1999; Ronald A. Silkworth, 1999; Durke G. Thompson, 1999.

Ex officio: G. Darrell Russell, Jr., member, Executive Committee, 1997

CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE COMMITTEE
Staff: George N. Weber, Jr. (410) 974-2186
E. Allen Shepherd, Jr., Chair, 1997

Appointed by Chair, Executive Committee, in consultation with Chief Judge, Court of Appeals: Ann S. Harrington, 1997; Patrice E. Lewis, 1997; William S. Horne, 1998; G. R. Hovey Johnson, 1998; John C. Themelis, 1998; Raymond G. Thieme, Jr., 1998; Vincent E. Ferretti, 1999; J. James McKenna, 1999; C. Clarke Raley, 1999; Donna Hill Staton, 1999.

Ex officio: John M. Glynn, member, Executive Committee, 1997

FAMILY & DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW COMMITTEE
Staff: Deborah A. Unitus (410) 974-2141
Josef B. Brown, Chair, 1997

Appointed by Chair, Executive Committee, in consultation with Chief Judge, Court of Appeals: Dale R. Cathell, 1997; Darryl G. Fletcher, 1997; James C. Cawood, Jr., 1998; Marjorie L. Clagett, 1998; C. Charles Henderson, 1998; S. Michael Pincus, 1998; Charles A. Chiapparelli, 1999; James W. Dryden, 1999; Robert H. Heller, Jr., 1999; Nancy B. Shuger, 1999; Arnold L. Yochelson, Esq.

Ex officio: Michael E. Loney, member, Executive Committee, 1997

JUDICIAL COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
Staff: George B. Riggin, Jr. (410) 974-2141
Sally W. Rankin (410) 974-2998
Irma S. Raker, Chair

Elected by Court of Appeals: Irma S. Raker

Elected by Court of Special Appeals: Charles E. Moylan, Jr.

Elected by Circuit Courts: William D. Missouri; J. Frederick Sharer; Gary I. Strausberg.

Elected by District Court of Maryland: Gerard F. Devlin; Martha F. Rasin; James N. Vaughan.

Ex officio: Robert M. Bell, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals

JUVENILE LAW COMMITTEE
Staff: Anthony S. Dix (410) 974-2141
Martin P. Welch, Sr., Chair, 1998

Appointed by Chair, Executive Committee, in consultation with Chief Judge, Court of Appeals: Warren J. Krug, 1997; Graydon S. McKee III, 1997; John W. Sause, Jr., 1997; Ellen L. Hollander, 1998; Lee M. Sislen, 1998; John H. Tisdale, 1998; Nancy L. Davis-Loomis, 1999; James L. Sherbin, 1999; Michael P. Whalen, 1999; Erica J. Wolfe, Esq.

Ex officio: Richard T. Rombro, member, Executive Committee, 1997

MENTAL HEALTH, ALCOHOLISM & ADDICTION COMMITTEE
Staff: Sharon L. Matthews (410) 974-2141
Nelson W. Rupp, Jr., Chair, 1997

Appointed by Chair, Executive Committee, in consultation with Chief Judge, Court of Appeals: Lawrence R. Daniels, 1997; Thomas E. Noel, 1997; David W. Young, 1997; Louis A. Becker III, 1998; John L. Dunnigan, 1998; John F. Kelly, Sr., 1998; R. Noel Spence, 1998; Charlotte M. Cooksey, 1999; Larnzell Martin, Jr., 1999; Ronald D. Schiff, 1999; Joanne T. Wills, 1999.

Ex officio: Floyd L. Parks, Jr., member, Executive Committee, 1998

Nonvoting: John J. Bishop, Jr.

PUBLIC AWARENESS COMMITTEE
Staff: Sally W. Rankin (410) 974-2998
Edward J. Angeletti, Chair, 1998

Appointed by Chair, Executive Committee, in consultation with Chief Judge, Court of Appeals: H. Gary Bass, 1997; Norman E. Johnson, Jr., 1997; Emory A. Plitt, Jr., 1997; W. Milnor Roberts, 1997; Glenn T. Harrell, Jr., 1998; Steven I. Platt, 1998; Sheila R. Tillerson-Adams, 1998; Patrick L. Woodward, 1998; Frederick J. Bower, 1999; C. Yvonne Holt-Stone, 1999; Theresa A. Nolan, 1999; Melanie M. Shaw-Geter, 1999.

Ex officio: Paul A. McGuckian, member, Executive Committee, 1997

Nonvoting: L. Leonard Ruben

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