DORCHESTER COUNTY, MARYLAND

JUDICIAL BRANCH

[color photograph of Dorchester County Courthouse]


Circuit Court

Orphans' Court

Dorchester County Courthouse, 206 High St., Cambridge, Maryland, 1998.
Photo by Diane P. Frese.

CIRCUIT COURT

Appointed by Governor &/or elected by Voters to 15-year term (1 Judge):
Donald F. Johnson, County Administrative Judge, 2001

P. O. Box 583
Courthouse
206 High St.
Cambridge, MD 21613 - 0583
(410) 228-6300

Elected by Voters to 4-year term:

Clerk,

COURT AUDITOR
Appointed by Circuit Court:
Thomas H. Adams, Jr., Esq.

TRUST CLERK
Appointed by Circuit Court:
Fletcher P. Thompson, Esq.

Appointed by Circuit Court:

DISTRICT COURT

Appointed by Governor with Senate consent to 10-year term (1 Judge):
John L. Norton III, District Administrative Judge, 2005

Administrative Clerk

Administrative Commissioner

P. O. Box 547
310 Gay St.
Cambridge, MD 21613 - 0547
(410) 221-2585

ORPHANS' COURT

Elected by Voters to 4-year terms:
Calvin Travers (D), Chief Judge (chosen by Governor), 2002
George Ames, Jr. (I), Judge, 2002
Carolyn I. Todd (D), Judge, 2002

Courthouse
206 High St.
Cambridge, MD 21613
(410) 228-4181
fax: (410) 228-4988

REGISTER OF WILLS
Elected by Voters to 4-year term:
Doris K. Lewis (D), Register of Wills, 2002
(410) 228-4181
1-888-242-6257 (toll free)
web:

www.registers.state.md.us/county/dorchester.html

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