PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MARYLAND

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Circuit Court

District Court

Orphans' Court

Prince George's County Courthouse, Marbury Wing, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, September 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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Circuit Court Annex (opened April 2002), Upper Marlboro, Maryland, October 2002. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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CIRCUIT COURT

Appointed by Governor and/or elected by Voters to 15-year terms (23 Judges):

Toni E. Clarke, Associate Judge, 2013
Herman C. Dawson, Associate Judge, 2015
Melanie M. Shaw Geter, Associate Judge, 2002
Michele D. Hotten, Associate Judge, 2011
Dwight D. Jackson, Associate Judge, 2002
Sherrie L. Krauser, Associate Judge, 2011
Maureen M. Lamasney, Associate Judge, 2015
James J. Lombardi, Associate Judge, 2013
Larnzell Martin, Jr., Associate Judge, 2007
Graydon S. McKee III, Associate Judge, 2003
C. Philip Nichols, Jr., Associate Judge, 2009
Steven I. Platt, Associate Judge, 2007
Ronald D. Schiff, Associate Judge, 2015
E. Allen Shepherd, Associate Judge, 2011
Thomas P. Smith, Associate Judge, 2011
Richard H. Sothoron, Jr., Associate Judge, 2007
William B. Spellbring, Jr., Associate Judge, 2009
Sheila R. Tillerson-Adams, Associate Judge, 2013
Sean D. Wallace, Associate Judge, 2002
Julia B. Weatherly, Associate Judge, 2002
Michael P. Whalen, Associate Judge, 2015

P. O. Box 1600
Courthouse, Marbury Wing
14735 Main St.
Upper Marlboro, MD 20773 - 1600
(301) 952-3655
web: www.co.pg.md.us/Government/JudicialBranch/circuit.asp

CLERK
Elected by Voters to 4-year term:
Rosalyn E. Pugh,* Clerk, 2002
*(appointed to replace Vivian Jenkins, who resigned Feb. 28, 2001)

Courthouse, Room 101D
14735 Main St.
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 - 3005
(301) 952-3318

COURT AUDITOR
Appointed by Circuit Court:
Andrew W. Dyer, Esq.

SHERIFF
Elected by Voters to 4-year term:
Alonzo D. Black II (D), Sheriff, 2002

14524 Elm St.
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
(301) 952-4000

TRUST ATTORNEY
Appointed by Circuit Court:
Catherine Bouchard Ashby, Esq.

FAMILY DIVISION
(301) 952-3483

MASTERS FOR DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Appointed by Circuit Court:
Daneeka Cotton, Esq.
David K. Rumsey, Esq.
Sherman W. West, Esq.
Arnold L. Yochelson, Esq.

JUVENILE CAUSES DIVISION
(301) 952-4146

MASTER FOR JUVENILE CAUSES
Appointed by Circuit Court:
Ann R. Sparrough, Esq.

CHANCERY DIVISION

EXAMINERS IN CHANCERY
Appointed by Circuit Court:
William Haskell, Esq.
Donald P. McLaughlin, Esq.
Howard L. Stern, Esq.
Ronald Willoner, Esq.

Equestrian statue before Prince George's County Courthouse, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, September 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Hassan Ali El-Amin, Associate Judge, 2010
Jean Szekeres Baron, Associate Judge, 2006
Josef B. Brown, Associate Judge, 2004
Leo E. Green, Jr., Associate Judge, 2011
Robert W. Heffron, Associate Judge, 2010
Patrice E. Lewis, Associate Judge, 2010
Thomas J. Love, Associate Judge, 2007
Mark T. O'Brien, Associate Judge, 2010
Richard A. Palumbo, Associate Judge, 2011
Thurman H. Rhodes, Associate Judge, 2008
Beverly J. Woodard, Associate Judge, 2008
Joel D. Worshtil, Associate Judge 2008

Courthouse, Bourne Wing
14757 Main St.
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 - 3003
(301) 952-4011
web: www.courts.state.md.us/district/dcprincegeorge.html

County Service Building
4990 Rhode Island Ave., Room 200
Hyattsville, MD 20781 - 2008
(301) 699-2766

CLERK
Appointed by Chief Clerk with Chief Judge's approval:
Violet O. Owens, Administrative Clerk (301) 952-4240

COMMISSIONERS
Appointed by District Administrative Judge with Chief Judge's approval:
Derrick K. Wooten, Administrative Commissioner (301) 952-3145
Reginald Banner; William Bishop; Gary F. Byrd; Gilbert L. Carr, Jr.; Scot M. Cuozzo; Naomi Davis; Evelyn G. Faison; Shirley Farmer; Sandra O. Frazier; Xerxes L. Grant; Teresa Harrigan; Robert B. Hawkins; Lisa A. Ivory; Anitra C. Jenkins; Angela R. Leonard; Thomas A. Lonsbury; Patrick H. Loveless; Lawrence L. Lynaugh; Diana E. Marshall; John K. McLaughlin; Jerry L. Palmer; Robert A. Prender; Ralph A. Price; Latonya Thomas; Barbara A. Thurston; Gralen K. Young; two vacancies.

CIVIL DIVISION
Darlene Mueller, Chief (301) 952-4080

CRIMINAL DIVISION
Gertrude Hawkins, Chief (301) 952-4080

TRAFFIC DIVISION
Gertrude Hawkins, Chief (301) 952-4080

P. O. Box 1729
5303 Chrysler Way
Upper Marlboro, MD 20773 - 1729
(301) 952-3790
fax: (301) 952-4489
web: www.co.pg.md.us/Government/JudicialBranch/orphans.asp?h=20&s=&n=70

REGISTER OF WILLS
Elected by Voters to 4-year term:
Lynn Loughlin Skerpon* (D), Register of Wills, 2002
*(appointed to replace Joanne L. O'Brien, who retired June 30, 2000)
(301) 952-3250
1-888-464-4219 (toll free)
web: www.co.pg.md.us/Government/JudicialBranch/wills.asp

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