General Assembly take steps to provide professional
administrative staff to assist the Chief Judge with
these duties. In that year, the General Assembly
created the Administrative Office of the Courts
(Chapter 343, Acts of 1955).
The Office is headed by the State Court Admin-
istrator appointed by the Chief Judge of the Court
of Appeals. The Office helps the Chief Judge over-
see and implement court policies established by the
Chief Judge, the Court of Appeals, and the General
Assembly
The Office conducts planning and research; pro-
vides staff support for the education and training of
judges, as well as nonjudicial personnel; and pre-
pares and administers the Judiciary budget. The
Office serves as liaison with the legislative and
executive branches; provides staff support for the
Maryland Judicial Conference and the Conference
of Circuit Judges; operates information systems;
and gathers and analyzes statistics and other man-
agement information. The Office also assists the
Chief Judge in the assignment of judges to cope
with temporary backlogs or to address shortages of
judicial personnel (Code Courts and Judicial Pro-
ceedings Article, sec. 13-101).
The staffs of the circuit administrators in the
First, Second and Fourth Judicial Circuits are also
attached to the Administrative Office.

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON THE CIRCUIT COURT
REAL PROPERTY RECORDS IMPROVEMENT FUND

James F. X. Cosgrove, Chair
Contact: Frank V. Broccolina (410) 974-2186

The Oversight Committee on the Circuit Court
Real Property Records Improvement Fund was
established in 1995 (Chapter 566, Acts of 1995).
The Committee advises the State Court Adminis-
trator on managing and dispersing the Circuit
Court Real Property Records Improvement Fund,
created in 1991 (Chapter 327, Acts of 1991), In
each county, the Fund is used to repair, replace,
modernize, and maintain equipment in the county
land records office of the Clerk of the Circuit
Court. The Fund is financed by surcharges on
county land records.
The Committee has five members. Authoriza-
tion for the Committee and the Fund continues
until June 30, 2001.

STATE REPORTER

Alexander L. Cummings, State Reporter

Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building
361 Rowe Blvd.
Annapolis, MD 21401 (410)974-3341

BUDGET (CODE CA0007, formerly 22.01.00.07)
FY1994 FY1995 FY1996

Funds (actual) (actual) (approp )

General $150,907 $133,279 $160,060
Total Funds. $150,907 $133,279 $160,060

Staff

Authorized III
Contractual (FTE) 000
Total Staff 1 1 1

Appointed by the Court of Appeals, the State
Reporter is responsible for the publication of the
Maryland Reports and the Maryland Appellate Re-
ports. Maryland Reports contains the official opin-
ions of the Court of Appeals (Const, Art. IV, sees.
14-18A). Maryland Appellate Reports contains the
official opinions of the Court of Special Appeals
(Code Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article,
sees. 13-201 through 13-204).

JUDICIAL NOMINATING
COMMISSIONS

Contact: Michael V. O'Malley, Assistant State
Court Administrator

Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal Building
361 Rowe Blvd.
Annapolis, MD 21401 (410) 974-2141

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSIONS

APPELLATE JUDICIAL NOMINATING
COMMISSION

Albeit D. Brault, Esq , Chair

Appointed by Governor (who names chair)
1st Appellate Circuit' Jane B Lowe
2nd Appellate Circuit' James R (Ron) DeJuliis
3rd Appellate Circuit: Amy Schwab Owens
4th Appellate Circuit: Charles W. Pinkney
5th Appellate Circuit: James W. Densford
6th Appellate Circuit. Kenneth R Taylor, Jr
7th Appellate Circuit' Susan R Gelman
At Large- Rosetta M. Stith, Ph D
Terms expire 1999

Elected by lawyers in Circuit
1st Appellate Circuit: Peter Ayers Wimbrow III, Esq
2nd Appellate Circuit Augustus F. Brown, Esq
3rd Appellate Circuit: Pamela B Sorota, Esq
4th Appellate Circuit Midgett S Parker, Esq
5th Appellate Circuit. Roger A Perkins, Esq
6th Appellate Circuit: Benjamin Rosenberg, Esq
7th Appellate Circuit- Roger W Titus, Esq
At Large: Lynn F. Weinberg, Esq

TRIAL COURTS JUDICIAL NOMINATING
COMMISSIONS

1st COMMISSION DISTRICT
(Somerset, Wicomico & Worcester Counties)
Martin T. Neat, Chair

Appointed by Governor (who names chair): Harland I.
Cottman; Julia E. Foxwell; Jean S. Laws, Esq , James
F. Morris; John D. Smack, Jr , Kathleen E. Smith,
Esq.; Warren Garrison White; William L Wilkinson.
Terms expire 1999