DORCHESTER COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT

FORMER JUDGES


DONALD F. JOHNSON (1942-2023)
County Administrative Judge, Dorchester County Circuit Court, 1st Judicial Circuit, August 1, 1984 to March 1, 2004. Retired March 1, 2004. Member, Executive Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1987-90; Council on Jury Use and Management, 1999-2000.

Assistant State's Attorney, Anne Arundel County, 1969-71. Assistant State's Attorney, Dorchester County, 1971-74. Past panel chair, Health Claims Arbitration Board. Past member, Inquiry Panel, Attorney Grievance Commission.

Born in Cambridge, Maryland, 1942. Attended Dorchester County public schools; Cambridge High School, Cambridge, Maryland; Salisbury State College, B.S., 1964; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1969; Northwestern University, Prosecutors' course, 1970. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1969. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (board of governors, 1976-77); Dorchester County Bar Association (past president). Member, Maryland Bar Foundation. Board of Directors, Dorchester General Hospital, 1976-79. Member, Dorchester County Historical Society. Past president, Rotary Club of Cambridge. Distinguished Service Award, Cambridge Jaycees. Member, Grace Methodist Church, Cambridge, Maryland. Died October 14, 2023.

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