GERALD VAUGHN PURNELL, Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 2, Worcester County, January 12, 2006 to January 23, 2013, and since September 1, 2024. District Administrative Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 2, (Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico & Worcester Counties), January 24, 2013 to August 31, 2024. Member, Judicial Council, Maryland Judicial Conference, 2006-10. Presiding Judge, Juvenile Drug Treatment Program, 2007-. Member, Administrative Judges Committee, 2007-11, and Commissioner Education Committee, 2008-15, District Court of Maryland. Member, Public Defender Regional Advisory Board, no. 2 (Eastern Shore), 2008-. Member, Judiciary Task Force on Pretrial Confinement and Release, 2013-14. Member, District Court Chief Judge's Committee, Judicial Council, 2015-. Member, Judicial Council, 2016-19. Member, Equal Justice Committee, 2020-22, Judicial Council.
Deputy State's Attorney, Dorchester County, 2003-05.
Attorney, Board of Zoning and Appeals, Ocean City, 2001-02.
Administrative Judge and Hearing Examiner, Bureau of Traffic Adjudication, Washington, DC, 1987-90.
Born in Maryland. Bucknell University, B.A., 1978, M.S. (education), 1979; Antioch School of Law, J.D., 1982. Admitted to Pennsylvania Bar, 1987; District of Columbia Bar, 1988; Maryland Bar, 1996. Sole practitioner, 1990-2003. Member, Maryland State Bar Association, 1996-; Worcester County Bar Association, 1997-; Maryland State's Attorneys' Association, 2003-05.
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