ALLEGANY COUNTY, MARYLAND

ORPHANS' COURT

CHIEF JUDGE

[photo, Edward C. Crossland, Orphans' Court Judge, Allegany County, Maryland] EDWARD C. CROSSLAND, Chief Judge (Republican)


Chief Judge, Orphans' Court, Allegany County, since March 17, 2021 (judge, December 9, 2014 to March 17, 2021; cross-designated as Judge on Garrett County Orphans' Court, 2022-).

Civil case mediator, Allegany County Circuit Court, 2018-.

Born in Cumberland, Maryland, March 24, 1969. Attended Valley High School, Lonaconing, Maryland; Allegany Community College, A.A., 1988; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), B.S. (agriculture economics), 1990; University of Tulsa School of Law, J.D. Attorney in private practice, 1993-2010. Executive Secretary, Lanco-Pennland Milk Cooperative, 2011-13. Mediator and adjunct faculty (political science), West Virginia University. Farmer, Crossland Farms, LLC. Board of Directors, Maryland Association of Judges of the Orphans' Court, 2016-. Member, National College of Probate Judges. Member, Holstein Association U.S.A., Inc.; American Angus Association; National Dairy Shrine; Maryland Holstein Association. Chair, Board of Trustees, Grace Community Church, Cumberland, Maryland. Married; four children.

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