On June 29 and 30, the Appellate Courts Judicial Nominating Commission interviewed the applicants seeking to fill the vacancy created by Judge Beachley’s retirement from the Appellate Court of Maryland. The Commission nominated these seven:

Honorable Kendra Young Ausby, Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Dania Layla Ayoubi, Federal Trade Commission
Honorable Jeffrey Michael Geller, Circuit Court for Baltimore City
Patrick Browning Hughes, Office of the Attorney General
Honorable Robert Kinsey Taylor, Jr., Circuit Court for Baltimore City
**Honorable Brenda Alverta Sexton, Circuit Court for Cecil County
**Magistrate Mark Andrew Tyler, Circuit Court for Somerset County

The Commission’s Nominees Pool list is posted here. Our prior post, introducing all of the applicants for this vacancy, is here.