ALLEGANY COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT

FORMER JUDGES

W. TIMOTHY FINAN, Circuit Administrative Judge, 4th Judicial Circuit (Allegany, Garrett & Washington counties), November 1, 2016 to August 29, 2020, and County Administrative Judge, Allegany County Circuit Court, November 9, 2015 to August 29, 2020 (Associate Judge, June 17, 2002 to November 9, 2015). Retired August 29, 2020. Senior Judge since January 1, 2021. Member,Legislative Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 2004-15. Chair, Legislative Committee, Judicial Council, 2017-20 (member, 2015-16).

Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 12, Allegany County, July 20, 1987 to June 17, 2002. Member, Committee on Civil Procedures, 1997-2000, District Court of Maryland. Member, Judicial Ethics Subcommittee, 1998-2002, and Legislative Subcommittee, 1998-2002, Maryland Judicial Conference.

Member, House of Delegates, representing District 1B, Allegany County, 1983-87. Member, Environmental Matters Committee, 1983-87. Chair, Allegany County Delegation.

Member, Governor's Juvenile Justice Advisory Commission, 1975-76. Assistant attorney general, 1976-79. Member, Citizen's Advisory Board, Thomas B. Finan Center, 1978-82. Former member, Maryland Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.

Born in Cumberland, Maryland, August 29, 1950. Attended McDonogh School, Owings Mills, Maryland; Georgetown University, B.S. (business administration), 1972; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1975. Law clerk to Chief Judge Robert C. Murphy, Court of Appeals, 1975. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1975. Associate, Walsh, Walsh & Reinhart, 1979-86. Member, Allegany County Bar Association, 1978-. Board of Directors, Cumberland Area Health Education Center, Inc., 1979-83; Archway Station, Inc., 1980-84. Member, Cumberland Kiwanis Club, 1983-95. Board of Directors, Sacred Heart Hospital, 1992-98; Bishop Walsh School, 1994-99; Western Maryland Health System, 1995-97. Advisory Board, Salvation Army, 1997-.

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