GARRETT COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

FORMER JUDGES

JAMES LEONARD SHERBIN (1945-2024)
County Administrative Judge, Garrett County Circuit Court, 4th Judicial Circuit, July 5, 1996 to February 21, 2014. Retired February 21, 2014. Designated Judge for Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource (ASTAR) Center Program, 2005. Member, Executive Committee, 1999-2000, Juvenile Law Committee, 1996-2001, Family Law Committee, 2003-06, and Civil Law and Procedure Committee, 2010-12, Maryland Judicial Conference. Circuit Representative, 4th Judicial Circuit, Conference of Circuit Judges, 2012-13.

State's Attorney, Garrett County, 1979-96 (Deputy State's Attorney, 1975-79).

Assistant State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1971-74.

Born in Newton, New Jersey, 1945. Attended Sussex High School, Sussex, New Jersey; Iowa Wesleyan College, B.A., 1967; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1970. Heuisler Honor Society. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1970. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (board of governors, 1989-90, 1995-96, 2001-02, 2003-05); Garrett County Bar Association, 1970-2024. Anselm Sodaro Judicial Civility Award, Maryland State Bar Association, 2014. Member, Zion Lutheran Church, Accident, Maryland. Died in Oakland, Maryland, June 19, 2024.

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