QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

FORMER JUDGES

[Thomas G. Ross, Chair, Maryland Conference of Circuit Judges] THOMAS G. ROSS, County Administrative Judge, Queen Anne's County Circuit Court, January 9, 2004 to November 1, 2019. Retired November 1, 2019. Circuit Administrative Judge, 2nd Judicial Circuit (Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's & Talbot counties), April 7, 2009 to October 1, 2017. Chief Judge, 2nd Judicial Circuit, March 1, 2016 to November 1, 2019. Business and Technology Case Management Program Judge, 2005-19. Designated Judge for Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource (ASTAR) Center Program, 2006-19. Member, Criminal Law and Procedure Committee, 2004-07, and Juvenile Subcommittee, 2004-08, of Family Law Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference. Member, Judicial Council, 2009-14, Maryland Judicial Conference. Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Subcommittee, Conference of Circuit Judges, 2009-14. Member, Legislative Committee, 2011-16, Maryland Judicial Conference. Advisory Board, Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office, 2012-14. Member, Maryland Access to Justice Commission, 2013-14; Judiciary Task Force on Pretrial Confinement and Release, 2013-14. Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Judicial Council, 2018-19 (chair, 2015-18).
Chair, Conference of Circuit Judges, November 19, 2012 to November 30, 2014 (vice-chair, 2010-12; circuit representative, 2nd judicial circuit, 2005-09).

Panel chair, Health Claims Arbitration Office, 1987-2003. Inquiry Panel, 1999-2001, and Peer Review Panel, 2001-03, Attorney Grievance Commission. Member, Ten-Year Education Planning Committee, Queen Anne's County, 1990. Attorney, Board of Education, Queen Anne's County, 1994-2003; Ethics Commission, Queen Anne's County, 1996-2003; Personnel Board, Queen Anne's County, 1999-2003; Board of Appeals, Queen Anne's County, 1999-2003. Member, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, Queen Anne's County, 2005-19.

Born in Pensacola, Florida, 1951. Florida State University, B.A. (history & psychology), 1973; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1978. Post-release Coordinator, Pretrial Services Agency, District of Columbia, 1973-78. Law clerk to Judge Alfred Burka, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1978-79 (law clerk to senior judges, 1979-80). Law clerk to Judge Paul F. McArdle, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 1980-81. Admitted to District of Columbia Bar, 1979; Florida Bar, 1981; Maryland Bar, 1981. Partner, Ross & Powell, Attorneys at Law, 1981-2004. Member, Maryland State Bar Association, 1981- (solo & small firm practice section council, 2000-05); Prince George's County Bar Association, 1981-2004; Queen Anne's County Bar Association, 1990- (president, 1996-97); Kent County Bar Association, 2014-. Member, Advisory Board, Mid-Shore Pro Bono, Inc., 2005-. Maryland Public Policy Conflict Resolution Fellow, Center for Dispute Resolution, University of Maryland School of Law, 2012. Certificate of Appreciation, Community Mediation Maryland, 2011.

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