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E. Gregory Wells
Chief Judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 15, 2022
Appointed byLarry Hogan
Preceded byMatthew J. Fader
Judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland
In office
April 19, 2019 – April 15, 2022
Appointed byLarry Hogan
Preceded byAlexander Wright Jr.
Succeeded byAnne K. Albright
County Administrative Judge of the Circuit Court for Calvert County
In office
March 1, 2019 – March 21, 2019
Preceded byMarjorie L. Clagett
Succeeded byMark S. Chandlee
Associate Judge of the Circuit Court for Calvert County
In office
November 15, 2012 – March 1, 2019
Appointed byMartin O'Malley
Preceded byMarjorie L. Clagett
Succeeded byAndrew S. Rappaport
Associate Judge of the Maryland District Court for District 4, Calvert County
In office
September 8, 2008 – November 15, 2012
Appointed byMartin O'Malley
Preceded byRobert B. Riddle
Succeeded byMichelle R. Saunders
State's Attorney of Calvert County
In office
December 15, 2005 – December 2006
Preceded byRobert B. Riddle
Succeeded byLaura L. Martin
Personal details
Born (1961-06-28) June 28, 1961 (age 63)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationCollege of William & Mary (BA)
University of Virginia (JD)

E. Gregory Wells (born June 28, 1961) is an American lawyer who has served as the chief judge of the Appellate Court of Maryland since 2022.[1]

Education

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Wells was born in Washington, D.C., and attended Gonzaga College High School. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from The College of William & Mary and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law.

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Wells was an assistant state's attorney in Prince George's County from 1989 to 1994.[1] He then became deputy state's attorney for Calvert County from 1995 to 1998. In 1998, he was selected to become a magistrate (formerly master) in domestic relations and juvenile causes in the Calvert County Circuit Court, a position he held until 2005. Between 2005 and 2006, he was the state's attorney for Calvert County before leaving be an assistant attorney general in the Criminal Appeals Division of the Office of the Attorney General of Maryland from 2007 to 2008.

Judicial career

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From September 8, 2008, to November 15, 2012, Wells was an associate judge of the District Court of Maryland, District 4, Calvert County. He was on the Calvert County Circuit Court from 2012 to 2019, first as an associate judge from November 15, 2012, to March 1, 2019, and then as a county administrative judge from March 1 to March 21, 2019. On March 12, 2019, Governor Larry Hogan announced the appointment of Wells to be a judge on the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.[2] On February 17, 2022, Hogan announced that he was appointing Wells chief judge of the Court of Special Appeals, succeeding Matthew J. Fader upon his appointment to the Maryland Court of Appeals.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "E. Gregory Wells, Maryland Court of Special Appeals Judge". Maryland Manual On-Line. Maryland State Archives.
  2. ^ "Calvert judge appointed to the Court of Special Appeals". The BayNet (Press release). Office of the Governor. March 12, 2019.
  3. ^ "First African American, First Openly LGBTQ Person Named Chief Judge of Court of Special Appeals". WEAA. February 17, 2022. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
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