ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT

FORMER JUDGES

PHILIP T. CAROOM, Associate Judge, Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit, September 9, 1998 to November 6, 2015 (Juvenile Administrative Judge, 2004-15). Retired November 6, 2015. Senior Judge since 2015. Designated Judge for Business and Technology Case-Management Program, Anne Arundel County, 2003-15. Designated Judge for Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource (ASTAR) Center Program, 2005-15. Master in Chancery, Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, 1991-98. Member, Ad Hoc Committee on the Implementation of Family Divisions, 1998-2002. Member, Juvenile Law Committee, 1999-2001, and Family Law Committee, 2008-10, Maryland Judicial Conference. Member, Foster Care Court-Improvement Implementation Committee, 2007-12. Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Subcommittee, 2009-15, Conference of Circuit Judges. Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Sentencing Alternatives, Re-Entry, and Best Practices, Maryland Judicial Conference, 2010-12. Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Judicial Council, 2015. Member, Retired and Recalled Judges Committee, 2016-17, Senior Judges Committee, 2017 (chair, retirement process & procedures subcommittee, 2016-), Judicial Council. Member, Specialty Courts and Dockets Committee, Judicial Council, 2018-19. Member, Court Access and Community Relations Committee, Judicial Council, 2020-21.

Assistant State's Attorney, Anne Arundel County, 1981-89. Training Director, Office of State's Attorney, Anne Arundel County, 1983-89. Member, Conservancy Board, and Recreation and Parks Advisory Board, City of Annapolis, 1985-91. Member, Task Force to Study the Mentoring and Monitoring of Children in the Custody of or under the Supervision of the Department of Juvenile Services, 2003-04.

Born in Tachikawa, Japan, May 16, 1953. The Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 1975; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1978. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1978. Attorney in private practice, 1979-82, 1989-91. Member, Anne Arundel County Bar Association, 1978-. President, Paca-Brent Joint Inns of Court, 1994-95. Member, Congressionally Mandated National Resource Judge Program Oversight Committee, Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource Center (ASTAR), Inc. Member, Coordinating Council, Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform, 2015-. Member, Annapolis Striders, 1993-. Award for Outstanding Contribution (as prosecutor), Maryland People Against Child Abuse (PACA), 1987. Trustees' Award, Anne Arundel County Bar Association, 1997. Member, Annapolis Friends Meeting, 1986-.

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