COURT OF APPEALS

Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building
361 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 260-1500; 1-800-926-2583 (toll free); tty: (410) 260-1554
web: http://mdcourts.gov/coappeals/
http://mdcourts.gov (Maryland Judiciary)

Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building, 361 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, Maryland, May 2015. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

COURT OF APPEALS

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Court of Appeals Judges, Annapolis, Maryland, August 2016. Photo courtesy of Court of Appeals Office of Communications & Public Affairs.

Front row, seated from left to right: Clayton Greene, Jr.; Mary Ellen Barbera (Chief Judge); Sally D. Adkins.

Back row, standing from left to right: Michele D. Hotten; Robert N. McDonald; Shirley M. Watts; Joseph M. Getty.

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Appointed by Governor with Senate consent & elected by Voters to 10-year terms:

Sally D. Adkins, Judge, 1st Appellate Judicial Circuit, 2018
Robert N. McDonald, Judge, 2nd Appellate Judicial Circuit, 2022
Joseph M. Getty, Judge, 3rd Appellate Judicial Circuit
Michele D. Hotten, Judge, 4th Appellate Judicial Circuit, 2026
Clayton Greene, Jr., Judge, 5th Appellate Judicial Circuit, 2026
Shirley M. Watts, Judge, 6th Appellate Judicial Circuit, 2024

• Appellate Judicial Circuits

CHIEF OF STAFF
Suzanne Schneider, Esq., Chief of Staff (410) 260-1705, (240) 777-9320

Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building, 361 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, Maryland, May 2015. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

CLERK
Bessie M. Decker, Clerk & State Reporter (appointed by Court of Appeals) (410) 260-1500

CHIEF DEPUTY CLERK
Terry L. Ruffatto, Chief Deputy Clerk (410) 260-1529
e-mail: terry.ruffatto@mdcourts.gov

DEPUTY CLERKS (410) 260-1500
RECORDERS (410) 260-1500

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