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LESLIE SMITH TURNER
Chief Judge (Democrat), 2014-15
Judge, 2010-14, 2015-22
Judge, Orphans' Court, Howard County, December 8, 2010 to December 14, 2014, APril 17, 2015 to December 2022 (Chief Judge, Dec. 19, 2014 to April 7, 2015). Member, Conference of Orphans' Court Judges, 2014-22 (legislative subcommittee, 2017).
Former Developmental Disabilities Administrator, North Carolina. Former assistant state's attorney, Howard County. Former assistant public defender, Howard County and Prince George's County.
Born in Norfolk, Virginia. Fisk University, B.A.; Columbia University, M.A. (developmental psychology); University of Maryland School of Law, J.D. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1985. Attorney. Certified Federal Investigator and Maryland Mediator. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (alternative dispute resolution section; elder law section; estate & trust section; immigration law section); Howard County Bar Association. Past acting chief attorney, Howard County Legal Aid. Member, Alumni Board, Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Maryland. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 1999, 2001, 2013 (Circle of Excellence). Divorced; two children, two grandchildren.
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