DORCHESTER COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

[photo, William H. Jones, Maryland Circuit Court Judge, Dorchester County, Maryland] WILLIAM HAMBLER JONES County Administrative Judge, Dorchester County Circuit Court, 1st Judicial Circuit, since February 4, 2022. Chair, Circuit Court Forms Work Group, 2024-, of Court Operations Committee, Judicial Council.

State's Attorney, Dorchester County, June 19, 2009 to February 11, 2022 (Interim State's Attorney, April 11, 2007 to June 19, 2009). Assistant State's Attorney, 2002-04. Senior Assistant State's Attorney, 2004-07.

Member, Court Commission on Professionalism, 2004-06; Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, Dorchester County, 2007-; Task Force to Study the Laws and Policies relating to Representation of Indigent Criminal Defendants by the Office of the Public Defender, 2012-14.

Born in Cambridge, Maryland. Attended Dorchester County public schools; Cambridge-South Dorchester High School, Cambridge, Maryland; Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy, 1988; Wilmington College, B.A., summa cum laude; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1999. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1999. Attorney. Associate, Robert S. Collison, PA. Member, Dorchester County Bar Association. Vice-President for Training, Maryland State's Attorney's Associatiopn, 2019-. Police Officer of the Year, Cambridge Police Department, 1988. Married; four children.

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