23 Apply for First At-Large Appellate Court Vacancy Under Governor Moore

The Administrative Office of the Courts today released the list of 8 judges and 15 attorneys who are applying for the at-large vacancy on the Appellate Court of Maryland created by the retirement of Judge Donald Beachley.

Below is a list of the applicants, with hyperlinks and current positions added where available:

Honorable Krystal Quinn Alves, Circuit Court for Prince George’s County
Honorable Tiffany Hanna Anderson, Circuit Court for Prince George’s County
Honorable Kendra Young Ausby, Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Dania Layla Ayoubi, Federal Trade Commission
Sonia So-Yeon Cho, Board of Contract Appeals
Honorable Jeffrey Michael Geller, Circuit Court for Baltimore City
John Robert Grimm, Private Practice
Benjamin Alexander Harris, Office of the Attorney General
Virginia Stuelpnagel Hovermill, Office of the Attorney General
Patrick Browning Hughes, Office of the Attorney General
Jared Michael McCarthy, Office of the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney
Christine Anne Monta, MacArthur Justice Center
Rebecca Anne Niburg, Executive Office for Immigration Review
Douglas Edward Nivens, II, Office of the Public Defender
Julie Marie Reamy, Private Practice
Michael Patrick Redmond, Baltimore City Law Department
Stephen Craig Rigg, Private Practice
Karinna Marissa Rossi, Office of the Attorney General
Honorable Robert Kinsey Taylor, Jr., Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Steven Lee Tiedemann, Private Practice
Honorable Anthony Francis Vittoria, Circuit Court for Baltimore City
**Honorable Brenda Alverta Sexton, Circuit Court for Cecil County
**Magistrate Mark Andrew Tyler, Circuit Court for Somerset County

Following interviews with specialty bar associations, the applicants will interview with the Appellate Courts Judicial Nominating Commission on June 29 and 30. The Commission will then nominate a subset of those applicants for Governor Wes Moore’s consideration.

Dianie Feuerherd, who is a member of the Appellate Courts Judicial Nominating Commission, and John Grimm, who is among the applicants, are not participating in the blog’s coverage of this vacancy.