Applicants for the District Court for Baltimore County
There is a seat open on the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore County, due to the retirement of the Hon. Edward P. Murphy. There are, seriously, 30(!!) applicants. The list of hopefuls is as follows:
Jennifer Buran Aist
Kimberly Smalkin Barranco
Alfred Lawrence Brennan, Jr.
Harold Lee Burgin
Alan Royce Lee Bussard
Colleen Ann Cavanaugh
Emmet Christopher Davitt
Lisa Fox Dever
Julie Lynn Glass
Alberto Joseph Halphen
Michael Benjamin Hamburg
Louis Nathan Hurwitz
Neal Marcellas Janey, Jr.
Laura Courtenay Jenifer
Justin James King
Ari Jason Kodeck
Steven I. Kroll
James Kevin MacAlister
Kevin Paul Murphy
Deborah M. Ramsey
Marsha Lynette Russell
Leo Ryan, Jr.
Katherine Turnbull Sampson
Lisa Yvette Settles
Howard Carl Sigler
Charles Edward Sydnor, III
Kimberly Michelle Thomas
Robert Harold Wolf
Steven Donald Wyman
Wendy Anne Zerwitz
Unsurpisingly, I know some of the lawyers on this list. Not because I have some special insight, but simply because I think you could take a list of 30 Baltimore County lawyers chosen at random and I would know at least a few of them. For example, James McAlister is a talented appellate lawyer and a fellow board member of the Maryland Association for Justice.
I think Jim McAlister would make a great judge. He has experience in civil and criminal practice, and is one of the brightest lawyers I know. I will certainly keep an eye out to see which of the applicants make it on the list that the Trial Courts Nominating Commission will send to the Governor.
