Governor Larry Hogan recently
appointed new judges to fill several vacancies in both of Maryland’s appellate
courts as well as in the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore County and
the Circuit Court for Baltimore City.
District
Court of Maryland for Baltimore County
Governor Hogan recently appointed Guido
Porcarelli, Bruce Friedman, and Michael Siri to the District Court of Maryland
for Baltimore County. Judge Porcarelli received both his B.A. and J.D. from
Syracuse University. He has extensive litigation experience and was a partner
in the Law Offices of Frank F. Daily, P.A. before being appointed to the bench.
Judge Porcarelli was also a member of the Attorney Grievance Commission Peer
Review Committee.
Judge Friedman received his B.A.
from The University of Maryland, College Park and his J.D. from The University
of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law. Prior to his appointment, Judge
Friedman was a partner at Winegrad, Hess, Friedman & Levitt, L.L.C. where he
focused on debt collection, personal injury, and traffic cases. Judge Friedman
also founded Child Support Services, an organization focusing on the collection
of delinquent child support.
Judge Siri also obtained his B.A
from The University of Maryland, College Park and his J.D. from The University
of Maryland, Francis King Carey School of Law. After law school, Judge Siri
clerked for the Honorable M. Brooke Murdock at the Circuit Court for Baltimore
City before joining Robinson Woolson, P.A. as an associate focusing on products
liability cases. Since 2004, Judge Siri served as a partner at Bowie &
Jensen, L.L.C. where he focused on cases dealing with construction law and
employment disputes.
Circuit
Court for Baltimore City
On September 25, 2019, Jude Anthony F.
Vittoria was appointed to the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Judge Vittoria received
both his B.A. and his J.D. from the University of Virginia and holds a Master’s
degree in psychology from The College of William and Mary. Judge Vittoria
founded The Vittoria Law Firm where he focused on commercial, construction, and
real estate law. Before being appointed to the Circuit Court for Baltimore
City, Judge Vittoria was an Administrative Law Judge with the Maryland Office
of Administrative Hearings and served as the Treasurer of the Bar Association
of Baltimore City as well as a board member on the Board of Governors of the
Maryland State Bar Association.
Maryland
Court of Special Appeals
Governor Hogan also appointed E.
Gregory Wells and Steven B. Gould to the Court of Special Appeals, Maryland’s
intermediate appellate court. Judge Wells is a native of Washington D.C. and
received a Bachelor of Arts in Government from The College of William and Mary
and his J.D. from The University of Virginia. Judge Wells served as an
associate at O’Malley, Miles, McCarthy & Harrell and was the first African
American to serve as the State’s Attorney for Calvert County. Judge Wells also
served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Appeals Division of the
Maryland Office of the Attorney General. Prior to being appointed to the Court
of Special Appeals, Judge Wells was a County Administrative Judge at the Circuit
Court for Calvert County.
Steven B. Gould was also born in
Washington D.C. and received a Bachelor of Arts from The University of
Pennsylvania in Economics and his J.D. from The Boston University School of
Law, cum laude. Judge Gould is a founding partner of Brown, Gould,
Kiely, L.L.P. and is experienced in litigating complex commercial litigation
cases. Judge Gould served as the chairperson of the Commercial Litigation
Section of the Bar Association of Montgomery County and is active member of
Congregation B’nai Tzedek where he acted as general counsel.
Maryland
Court of Appeals
Governor Hogan appointed Brynja M.
Booth to the Court of Appeals, Maryland’s highest appellate court. Born in New
York, Judge Booth received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from
Bucknell University and graduated cum laude from Washington and Lee School of
Law. Judge Booth was a founding member and shareholder of Booth, Booth, Cropper
& Marriner, a civil litigation firm located in Worcester County and was a
Town Attorney for several towns on the Eastern Shore until her appointment to
the bench. Judge Booth also served as the President of the Maryland Municipal
Attorneys' Association.
Congratulations
to all.
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