TALBOT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

WILLIAM SCOTT HORNE, Circuit Administrative Judge, 2nd Judicial Circuit. County Administrative Judge, Talbot County Circuit Court

Circuit Administrative Judge, 2nd Judicial Circuit (Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's & Talbot counties), since 1999. County Administrative Judge, Talbot County Circuit Court, 2nd Judicial Circuit, since 1989 (Associate Judge, 1989). Member, Executive Committee, 1990-93, 1997- (judicial ethics committee; chair, legislative subcommittee); and Criminal Law and Procedure Committee, 1997-, Maryland Judicial Conference. Member, Conference of Circuit Judges, 1999-.

Assistant State's Attorney, Talbot County, 1968-71. State's Attorney, Talbot County, 1971-73.

Member, House of Delegates, 1973-89. Chair, Eastern Shore Delegation, 1983-87. Chair, Judiciary Committee, 1987-89 (member, 1973-89). Member, Legislative Policy Committee, 1987-89; Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 1987-89. Chair, Joint Oversight Committee on Juvenile Services Initiatives. Co-Chair, Task Force on Drunk & Drugged Driving.

Member, Task Force on Crime, 1976-80; Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee, 1980-82; Advisory Board on Liability, 1980-82; Task Force to Study the Maryland Tax Court, 1984-85. Member, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, 1987-89.

Member, Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 1987-89.

Born in Easton, Maryland, June 23, 1936. Attended Easton public schools; The Bolles School, Jacksonville, Florida; University of Maryland. Served in U.S. Army, 1956-58. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, B.S., 1964; Tulane University School of Law, LL.B., 1965. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1966. Member, American and Maryland State Bar Associations; Talbot County Bar Association (past president).

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