PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT

FORMER JUDGES

LARNZELL MARTIN, JR., Associate Judge, Prince George's County Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit, December 17, 1990 to September 17, 2013 (Chief Judge, Sept. 17, 2013 to May 1, 2016; Presiding Judge, Family Division, 1998). Retired May 1, 2016. Senior Judge since 2016. Member, Ad Hoc Committee on the Implementation of Family Divisions, 1997-2002. Member, Family and Domestic Relations Law Committee, 1998-2001, and Family Law Committee, 2005-08, 2012-14 (chair, 2001-03), Maryland Judicial Conference. Member, Technology Oversight Board, 2007-16; Children's Justice Act Committee of State Council on Child Abuse and Neglect, 2009-17; Maryland Electronic Courts Advisory Committee, 2011-16 (formerly Maryland Integrated Case-Management System Advisory Committee, 2007-11). Chair, Court Access and Community Relations Committee, Judicial Council, 2015-17 (member, 2018-21; chair, video remote interpreting (vri) work group, 2018-21).

Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 5, Prince George's County, May 27, 1988 to May 7, 1990. District Administrative Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 5, Prince George's County, May 7 to December 16, 1990.

Member, Personnel Board, Prince George's County, 1983-84. Chair, Process Committee, Minority Business Enterprise Task Force, Prince George's County, 1984. Past member, Strategic Planning Committee, Prince George's County.

County Attorney, Prince George's County, 1986-88 (former deputy & assistant county attorney). Board of Trustees, Public Defender System, 1986-88. Member, Character Committee, Seventh Judicial Circuit, 1986-88.

Born in Dallas, Texas, October 4, 1950. Attended James Madison High School, Dallas, Texas; Carleton College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1972; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1975. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1976; District of Columbia Bar, 1979. Member, American Bar Association; National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Bar Association; Maryland State Bar Association (special committee on citizenship & law-related education, 2002-); Prince George's County Bar Association; J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Bar of Maryland. Secretary, Maryland Circuit Judges Association, 1992-98. Past member, Prince George's Community College Foundation, Inc.; Prince George's Hospital Center Foundation, Inc.

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