TALBOT COUNTY, MARYLAND

ORPHANS' COURT


[photo, Philip Carey Foster, Orphans' Court Judge, Talbot County, Maryland] PHILIP CAREY FOSTER, Judge (Democrat)



Judge, Orphans' Court, Talbot County, since January 5, 2023.

Member, County Council (Democrat), 1998-2010 (president, 2007-09; vice-president, 2009-10).

State's Attorney, Talbot County, 1986-89. Member, State's Attorneys' Coordination Council, 1987-89.

Member, House of Delegates, 1989-90.

Member, Juvenile Justice Advisory Council, 1996-99; Mid-Shore Regional Council, 2001-10; Advisory Committee to Community Legacy Board, 2002-05; Fort George G. Meade Regional Growth Management Committee, 2008-09.

Attended Easton High School, Easton, Maryland; College of Wooster, B.A.; Vanderbilt University, J.D. Served in U.S. Army Reserves (captain). Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1973; District of Columbia Bar, 1973. Attorney. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (correctional reform section); Talbot County Bar Association (past president). Member, Talbot County Democratic Central Committee, 1982-86 (past chair). Delegate, Democratic Party National Convention, 2020. Member, Maryland Association of Counties (legislative committee); National Association of Counties (law enforcement & criminal justice steering committee; rural action caucus steering committee). Adjunct faculty, Chesapeake College. Former coach, youth soccer. First president, Talbot County Youth Soccer Association.

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