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MARK D. THOMAS, Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 11, Washington County, since June 5, 2006. Chair, Judicial Ethics Committee, 2012-14 (member, 2008-14; vice-chair, 2011-12), Maryland Judicial Conference. Member, Commissioner Education Committee, District Court of Maryland, 2013-15. Member, Specialty Courts and Dockets Committee, Judicial Council, 2020-.

Assistant State's Attorney (part-time), Washington County, 1999-2006.

Born in Maryland. Duke University, B.A. (English), 1980; Brown University, M.A.T. (English), 1981. English teacher, Bishop Chatard High School, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1981-82. Research Assistant, Indiana Judicial Center, 1984-85. Indiana University School of Law, J.D. (associate editor, Indiana Law Review), 1986; Indiana University Graduate School of Business, M.B.A., 1986. Law clerk to Judge Patrick D. Sullivan, Indiana Court of Appeals, 1985-86. Admitted to Pennsylvania Bar, 1987; Maryland Bar, 1987. Associate, Strite, Schildt & Varner, P.A., 1987-88 (law clerk, 1986-87); Miles & Stockbridge, 1988-89. Stockholder, Meyers, Young, Grove & Thomas, P.A., 1996-2006 (associate, 1990-95). Member, Maryland State Bar Association, 1987- (committee on ethics, 1992-, chair, 2001-02); Washington County Bar Association, 1987- (board of directors, 1991-93); Maryland State's Attorneys Association, 1999-. Mentor, Maryland's Tomorrow Mentor Program, Board of Education, Washington County, 1990-92. Board of Directors, Habitat for Humanity of Washington County, 1993-96, 1998-99. Advisory Board, Oak Hill House, 1992-94. Board of Directors, Hagerstown Goodwill Industries, Inc., 1998-2001, 2001-04 (chair, training & services committee, 2000-04; nominating committee, 2000-04; governance committee, 2003-04). Member, Washington County Republican Central Committee, 2002-06. Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation, 2002-. Adjunct faculty (paralegal studies & business law), Hagerstown Community College, 1991-2001. Den Leader, Den 5, Cub Scout Pack 108, 2002-03. Member, Rotary Club of Hagerstown, 2003-. Leadership Hagerstown Program, Class V, 1992. Outstanding Young Marylander of Washington County, Hagerstown Jaycees, 1992. Maryland Leadership in Law Award, Daily Record, 2003. Member, St. John's Episcopal Parish, Hagerstown, Maryland, 1985-2003 (senior warden; co-chair, capital development campaign, 1996); First Christian Church, Disciples of Christ, Hagerstown, Maryland, 2003-05; St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church, Hagerstown, Maryland, 2007-.

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