ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT

FORMER JUDGES

County Administrative Judge, Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit, January 11, 2021 to April 19, 2023 (Associate Judge, Jan. 16, 2015 to Jan. 11, 2021). Retired April 19, 2023. Designated Judge for Business and Technology Case Management Program, Anne Arundel County, 2015-23. Coordinating Judge, Juvenile Court, 2016-23. Member, Court Operations Committee, 2018-23 (chair, 2021-22), Judicial Council.

Assistant State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1978-88 (juvenile division, 1978-79; misdemeanor trial team, 1979; sexual offense task force, 1979-81; felony trial team, 1981-84; captain, misdemeanor & felony trial teams, 1984-87; special assistant state's attorney for narcotics investigation, 1987-88).

Member, Governor-elect's Transition Team (juvenile services work group), 2006.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1953. Attended Pikesville High School, Pikesville, Maryland; Drew University, B.A. (political science; theatre arts), with honors, 1975; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1978. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1978; U.S. District Court for District of Maryland, 1982; U.S. Bankruptcy Court, 1982; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1996; U.S. Tax Court, 2000. Senior Associate, Polovoy & McCoy, 1988-93. Principal, Vice-President, and Counsel, Town & Country Title, Inc., 1991-97. Managing Attorney, Murphy & Klavans, LLC, 1993-99. Sole practitioner, Glenn L. Klavans, LLC, 1999-2015. Member, American Bar Association, 1978-85, 1988-93; Maryland State Bar Association, 1978-81, 1988-; Baltimore City Bar Association, 1978-93; Anne Arundel County Bar Association, 1988- (board of trustees, 2016-; co-chair, law day committee, 2004-05; chair, law school for the public, 2009-16). Member, American Trial Lawyers Association, 1978-85; Maryland State's Attorneys' Association, 1978-2000; Maryland Trial Lawyers Association, 1978-85. Member, James C. Cawood, Jr. (Paca-Brent) American Inns of Court, 1997-2001, 2015-24 (board of trustees, 1998). Member, Kiwanis Club of Baltimore City, 1990-2010 (president, 1993-94, 2003-04). Judge, Anne Arundel County Moot Court Competition, 1996-2003; Maryland State Bar Association Mock Trial Competition, 2009-13. Trustee's Award, Anne Arundel County Bar Association, 2012. Died May 25, 2024.

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