TALBOT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

FORMER JUDGES

BROUGHTON MILLER (BO) EARNEST, County Administrative Judge, Talbot County Circuit Court, December 21, 2007 to November 17, 2013. Retired November 17, 2013. Senior Judge since 2013. Co-Chair, Problem-Solving Courts Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 2010-13 (member, 2008-13). Member, Specialty Courts and Dockets Committee, 2015-17, and Joint Work Group on Human Trafficking, 2016-, Judicial Council.

Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1969-1973. Deputy State's Attorney, Talbot County, 1973-75. Member, Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Commission, 16th Commission District (Caroline, Dorchester & Talbot counties), 2003-07. Member, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, Talbot County, 2007-13.

Born in Greenville, South Carolina, November 18, 1943. Washington and Lee University, B.A. (history), 1965; University of Virginia, LL.B., 1968 (editorial board, virginia journal of international law). Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1968; Virginia Bar, 1968; District of Columbia Bar, 1969. Partner, Earnest & Cowdrey, 1975-1991. Managing Partner, DLA Piper, Easton, 2000-07 (partner, 1991-2000). Member, Maryland State Bar Association (criminal law & practice section; litigation law section; peer review committee); Talbot County Bar Association (past president). Board of Directors, Mid Shore Community Mediation Center, 2015-16. Former member, Board of Directors, Maryland Trial Lawyers Association; Mid-Shore Pro Bono, Inc. (co-founder; vice-president); Legal Aid Society. Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation. Certificate of Appreciation, Community Mediation Maryland, 2011.

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