WORCESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND

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Circuit Court

District Court

Orphans' Court

Worcester County Courthouse, Snow Hill, Maryland, August 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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CIRCUIT COURT

Appointed by Governor &/or elected by Voters to 15-year terms (2 Judges):

Thomas C. Groton III, Associate Judge, 2005

Courthouse
One West Market St.
Snow Hill, MD 21863
(410) 632-0700
web: www.courts.state.md.us/worcester.html

CLERK
Elected by Voters to 4-year term:
Stephen Vaughn Hales (D), Clerk, 2002
Courthouse, Room 104
One West Market St.
Snow Hill, MD 21863
(410) 632-0600, (410) 632-1221

COURT AUDITORS
Appointed by Circuit Court:
Thomas K. Coates, Esq.
Joanne B. Johnson

TRUST CLERK
Appointed by Circuit Court:
Joanne B. Johnson

EXAMINERS IN CHANCERY
Appointed by Circuit Court:
Albert Berger
Reese F. Cropper, Jr.
Robert I. Givens, Jr.
William G. Kerbin, Jr., Esq.
Barry Laws
Delores Ann Rigsby
Roxanne D. Williams

DISTRICT COURT

301 Commerce St.
Snow Hill, MD 21863
(410) 219-7830

6505 Coastal Highway
Ocean City, MD 21842
(410) 723-6935

CLERK
Appointed by Chief Clerk with Chief Judge's approval:
Mary E. (Meg) Kinnamon, Administrative Clerk (410) 901-1436
Patricia Berdan, County Clerk (410) 219-7841

COMMISSIONERS
Appointed by District Administrative Judge with Chief Judge's approval:
M. Carol Hauser-Haynes, Administrative Commissioner (410) 548-7030
Russell Barbely; Earlene Loomis; David Luce; Patricia Masterson; Peter Overbaugh; Raymond Whittenberger; two vacancies.
(410) 632-2163

REGISTER OF WILLS
Elected by Voters to 4-year term:
Charlotte Kerbin Cathell (D), Register of Wills, 2002 (410) 632-1529
1-888-256-0047 (toll free)
web: www.registers.state.md.us/county/wo/html/worcester.html

Worcester County Courthouse, Snow Hill, Maryland, August 2000. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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