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JOHN W. DEBELIUS
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Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge since 2001, Circuit Administrative Judge, 6th Judicial Circuit (Frederick & Montgomery counties), and County Administrative Judge, Montgomery County Circuit Court, September 1, 2009 to August 1, 2017,Assumed Senior Status in 2017, but continues to sit on as needed basis.
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Law Practice, litigator— Debelius, Clifford, Debelius, Crawford, & Bonifant, 1979-2001.
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Chair, State of Maryland Conference of Circuit Judges 2014 to 2016.
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Oversaw planning, design and construction of the South tower of the Montgomery County Courthouse, Member, Building Committee, Montgomery County Circuit Court Annex, 2003-2015.
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Designated Judge for Advanced Science and Technology Adjudication Resource (ASTAR) Center Program, 2005-17.
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Member, Circuit Court Differentiated Case-Management Committee, 1993-98, Montgomery County Circuit Court. Member, Merit Selection Committee (for magistrate), 1997, and U.S.- Brazil Law Initiative, 1998, U.S. District Court.
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Inquiry Panel, Attorney Grievance Commission, 1998-2000.
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Member, Judicial Council, 2010-13, 2015-16; Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission, Montgomery County, 2009-17 (past vice-chair).
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Member, Judicial Cabinet, 2014-16. Chair, Case Management Subcommittee of Court Operations Committee, Judicial Council, 2015-17.
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Member, Work Group on the State of the Court Reports, Judicial Council, 2016.
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Co-Chair, Work Group on Judicial Social Media Policy, Judicial Council, 2016.
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2017 Wayne Fenton Memorial Award from NAMIMC (National Alliance on Mental Illness, Montgomery County) for 2017 for work establishing the Mental Health Court in Montgomery County
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Maryland Leadership in Law Lifetime Achievement Award, Daily Record, 2017
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Certificate of Basic Mediation Training, Center for Dispute Resolution, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, 2016.
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Service to Community Award, Montgomery County Bar Foundation, 2014.
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Annual Jurist Award, Montgomery County Bar Association, 2014.
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Lifetime Bar Leader Award, Montgomery County Bar Foundation, 2013.
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Professionalism Award, Montgomery County Bar Association, 2001. Maryland Leadership in Law Award, Daily Record, 2004.
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Mentor of the Year, Montgomery Inn of Court, 1997.
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Master of the Bench, Montgomery Inn of Court, 1994- (president, 2003-04; membership chair, 1996-98).
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Member, Maryland State Bar Association (board of governors, 1994-96, 1999-2001; executive committee, 1999-2000); Montgomery County Bar Association (executive committee, 1994-1999; president, 1997-98). Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation, 1996-. Board of Directors, Montgomery County Bar Foundation, 1996-2004, 2009- (president, 1998-99). Board of Governors, Maryland Trial Lawyers Association, 1996-98. House of Delegates, American Bar Association, 1999-2000.
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Member, Task Force on Homelessness, City of Gaithersburg, 1989-91.— Chair, Community Advisory Board on the Homeless, City of Gaithersburg, 1986-91.
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Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1978. Practiced law with Debelius, Clifford, Debelius, Crawford, & Bonifant, 1979-2001.
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Author, "The Maryland Boulevard Rule: A Time for Change" 6 University of Baltimore Law Review 223, 1977.
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Law clerk to Judge Philip M. Fairbanks, Montgomery County Circuit Court.
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Born in 1953. Attended Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; California State University at Northridge, B.S. (business administration), 1975; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1978.