Court Administration

George Warren "Moose" Mix, attorney

2012-05-11 12:07:00

George Warren "Moose" Mix Sr., a well-known Towson attorney whose legal expertise included administrative, criminal and family law, died May 4 of heart failure at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The 30-year Lutherville resident was 74. "I knew Warren when I was...

Ruling: Md. need not protect pupils from allergens in school lunch

2012-02-23 18:38:00

Nicole Pace told the school nurse that her daughter was deathly allergic to peanuts and had her 5-year-old's allergist provide Hillcrest Elementary School in Frederick with a pre-measured dose of medicine, just in case. But a cafeteria worker —...

Legislation would set rules for use of frozen eggs, sperm

2012-03-22 17:58:00

If you wanted to use your late husband's frozen sperm to have a baby, you would need his written permission under legislation that appears poised for approval in the Maryland General Assembly. The House and Senate have both passed bills that would make...

Chief counsel McDonald appointed to Md. high court

2011-12-22 16:25:39

Gov. Martin O'Malley filled 10 of the open judicial seats in Maryland Thursday, selecting Robert N. McDonald, the chief counsel for opinions and advice in the attorney general's office, for the state's highest court. McDonald, a former federal prosecutor...

New Harford Circuit Court judge sworn in

2012-01-31 11:54:04

A new Harford County Circuit Court judge donned a former judge's robe Friday after she was sworn in as the second woman ever to serve on the local court. Judge M. Elizabeth Bowen's father, retired Calvert County Judge Perry Bowen, watched as his...

Request for two-family dwelling on Cherrydell Road in Catonsville denied

2012-01-26 10:39:00

A petition by the owners of a Paradise residence to allow their house to be a two-family dwelling has been denied. Lawrence Stahl, the managing administrative law judge in the county's Office of Administrative Hearings, sent out his decision about the...

Court rules family of boy arrested on dirt bike got fair civil trial

2011-10-03 17:09:00

A family that unsuccessfully sued Baltimore police officers who arrested a 7-year-old boy for illegally riding a dirt bike in 2007 received a fair civil trial in Howard County, the state's second-highest court has ruled. The family had hoped to collect...

Judge rules case against Howard school board member can go forward

2011-10-27 14:15:25

An administrative law judge has denied Allen Dyer's request to block his removal from the Howard County school board, setting in motion proceedings that would have Dyer defending his seat next year as he runs for re-election. The Howard school board...

Gelfman named administrative judge for Howard County Circuit Court

2011-07-13 16:42:00

Lenore R. Gelfman has been named administrative judge for the Howard County Circuit Court, succeeding Diane O. Leasure, who announced her retirement, effective Nov. 4, 2011. "Judge Gelfman has a long and impressive record of service," said Court of...

Gelfman appointed Howard County Circuit Court administrative judge

2011-07-15 09:41:00

Circuit Court Judge Lenore R. Gelfman, a judge for the past 22 years, will be the second female to serve as administrative judge of the Howard County Circuit Court beginning November. "I very much enjoy being a judge," Gelfman said in an interview. "I...

State courts committee to consider new foreclosure rules for lawyers

2010-10-14 16:49:00

A committee that sets rules for Maryland's courts is scheduled to meet Friday to debate whether lawyers who filed legal documents in foreclosure cases without actually having signed the papers themselves should be required to defend their work in court or...

Maryland's high court approves foreclosure review

2010-10-19 18:04:00

Maryland courts got the go-ahead Tuesday to conduct sweeping reviews of possibly thousands of foreclosure cases to root out those with problematic or fraudulent documentation, while the federal government separately announced investigations into...

The Obama administration's decision not to seek further review at the appellate court level means the national health care reform law could be decided by the Supreme Court before the 2012 election. The politics of that could go either way, but the substance of the decision is solid.

2011-09-30 10:22:33

Baltimore Judge Gale Rasin won grant money to create a Mental Health Case Management docket in the city's circuit court for mentally ill defendants.

2011-04-12 00:00:00

Judge Sonia Sotomayor (L), the first Hispanic justice on the us Supreme Court, is sworn in with the Judicial Oath in the East Conference room of the Supreme Court. (Photo by PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)

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