A state trial court

Circuit Court for Montgomery County

A general-jurisdiction trial court in Maryland.

The Circuit Court for Montgomery County is a general-jurisdiction trial court in Maryland, where most civil and criminal cases are first heard. This page lists the court's sitting judges, from Maryland's official judicial directory.

Judges in history

Currently serving

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Selection

No fixed term

Term

Current judges

Judge	Since
Carlos F. Acosta	–
Mary E. Ayres	–
Bibi M. Berry	–
James A. Bonifant	–
Theresa M. Chernosky	–
Jeannie E. Cho	–
Jill Reid Cummins	–
Victor M. Del Pino	–
James J. Dietrich	–
Kathleen M. Dumais	–
Debra L. Dwyer	–
Jennifer S. Fairfax	–
Christopher C. Fogleman	–
Kevin G. Hessler	–
David W. Lease	–
Louis M. Leibowitz	–
John Michael Maloney	–
Michael J. McAuliffe	–
J. Bradford McCullough	–
Rachel T. McGuckian	–
Catherine H. McQueen	–
Margaret M. Schweitzer	–
Karla N. Smith	–

Former judges

No former judges on record.

How a judge reaches this court. Selection methods vary by jurisdiction and have changed over time; this page reflects the court’s current method (source: National Center for State Courts). Open any judge to see their tenure and whom they succeeded.

Source: Maryland Judiciary, Judges Currently Serving; selection method from the National Center for State Courts. Data last verified 2026-07-01. Verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).