MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

FORMER JUDGES

CIRCUIT ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE

JAMES A. BONIFANT, Circuit Administrative Judge, 6th Judicial Circuit (Frederick & Montgomery counties), and County Administrative Judge, Montgomery County Circuit Court, July 6, 2021 to March 14, 2026 (Associate Judge, July 6, 2017 to July 6, 2021). Retired March 14, 2026. Senior Judge since March 14, 2026. Member, Specialty Courts and Dockets Committee, 2018-19, Education Committee, 2019-22, and Court Operations Committee, 2020-24, Judicial Council. Member, Executive Committee, 6th Judicial Circuit, Conference of Circuit Judges, 2021-26.

Member, Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission, Montgomery County, 2021-26.

Family Magistrate, Montgomery County Circuit Court, 2013-17. Member, Specialty Courts and Dockets Committee, Judicial Council, 2015-16.

University of Virginia, B.A. (economics), 1978; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1982. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1982. Associate, Miller, Miller & Canby, 1982-86. Partner, Clarke, Crawford & Bonifant, 1986-94; Debelius, Clifford, Debelius, Crawford & Bonifant, 1994-2013. Member, Maryland State Bar Association, 1982-; Montgomery County Bar Association, 1982- (family law section, 1994-; judicial nominating committee, 2010-12). Member, Montgomery County Chapter, American Inns of Court, 2009-; Montgomery County Divorce Roundtable, 2004-05, 2014-. Board of Directors, Asbury Methodist Village, 1995-98; Montgomery General Hospital, 1996-2006; Montgomery MedStar Medical Center, 2012-. Coach, Olney Boys and Girls Club, 1990-2002.

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