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/
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Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building, 361 Rowe Blvd., Annapolis, Maryland, April 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

Court of Appeals Judges, Annapolis, Maryland, March 2012. Photo courtesy of Court of Appeals Office of Communications & Public Affairs.

Seated from left to right: Glenn T. Harrell, Jr.; Robert M. Bell (Chief Judge); Lynne A. Battaglia.
Standing from left to right: Mary Ellen Barbera; Clayton Greene, Jr.; Sally D. Adkins; Robert N. McDonald.

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COURT OF APPEALS

Sally D. Adkins, Judge, 1st Appellate Circuit, 2018
Robert N. McDonald, Judge, 2nd Appellate Circuit, 2012
Lynne A. Battaglia, Judge, 3rd Appellate Circuit, 2012
Glenn T. Harrell, Jr., Judge, 4th Appellate Circuit, 2020
Clayton Greene, Jr., Judge, 5th Appellate Circuit, 2016
Mary Ellen Barbera, Judge, 7th Appellate Circuit, 2020

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

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Angelita Y. Plemmer, Director (410) 260-1488
e-mail: angelita.plemmer@mdcourts.gov
web: http://mdcourts.gov/communications/index.html

MEDIA SERVICES
(410) 260-1488

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Kelley E. O'Connor, Director (410) 260-1560
e-mail: kelley.o'connor@mdcourts.gov

JUDICIAL OMBUDSMAN
Vacancy, Judicial Ombudsman (410) 260-1298


JUDICIARY DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL AUDIT
Ssali S. Luwemba, Director (410) 260-3673
e-mail: ssali.luwemba@mdcourts.gov

LEGAL COUNSEL
Veronica P. Jones, Counsel (410) 260-1408

OFFICE OF FAIR PRACTICES
Jeraldine Kavanaugh, Manager (410) 260-3661

MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE COMPLIANCE
Larry Jones, MBE Liaison (410) 260-3658

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