JUDICIAL · MD · 1996-2013
Robert Bell
Chief Justice · State Supreme Court · Maryland
On the record
First Black MD chief; 17 years
Background
Robert Bell occupied the Chief Justice · State Supreme Court office in Maryland for 17 years (1996–2013). Earliest occupant of this seat in Officium's records; succeeded by Mary Ellen Barbera. Note: First Black MD chief; 17 years. Same-year political environment (1996): Governor Parris Glendening; Attorney General Joe Curran; Secretary of State John Willis.
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Others who held this office in Maryland
- Matthew Fader (2022-present)
- Joseph Getty (2021-2022)
- Mary Ellen Barbera (2013-2021)