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Board of Directors, Maryland State's Attorneys' Association, 1985-2005 (president, 2003-05; 1st vice-president, 2005); National District Attorneys' Association, 1986-2005 (president, 2003-05). “Every day I get up and go to work I have a chance to serve the public.
State's Attorney, Calvert County, 1994 to 2005.
You can’t ask for a better job than that—except maybe pitching for the Red Sox.”
While Riddle will be retiring from his fulltime post he will still be sitting as a recall judge. Attorney. He was elected to that post in 1994 and ran unopposed in two subsequent elections.
Riddle confirmed that the only reason he is retiring is because he is approaching 70, the mandatory retirement age for judges.
Attended Calvert Senior High School. The final decision for who receives appointment to the bench in District Four rests with Maryland Governor Larry Hogan.
Riddle, who was appointed judge by then-Governor Robert Ehrlich in 2005 and became the district’s administrative judge in 2008. Others who have applied for the pending vacancy include Calvert County Family Magistrate Tracey Ann McKirgan.
Riddle explained he already has a list of assignments for after his retirement becomes official.
Among the candidates who have submitted applications for consideration is local defense attorney Robyn Steele Ennis Riddle, Judge Riddle’s wife.
Born in Bronx, New York, August 16, 1946. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1985. Honorary Advisory Council, Boys and Girls Clubs of Southern Maryland.
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She obtained her J.D.from the University of Baltimore School of Law.
She is the wife of recently retired Judge Robert Riddle.
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Prince Frederick, MD – With the pending retirement next month of District Court of Maryland Judge Robert B. Riddle, eight attorneys, including the current judge’s wife, have submitted their names for consideration.
Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation, 2002-. Member, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, Calvert County, 2004-05. He has already turned over the reins of administrator to Judge K. Christy Holt Chesser.
“It really has been an absolute honor,” said Riddle of his tenure as judge. “Each individual has demonstrated an exemplary understanding and commitment to the law – they will serve as strong advocates for justice and the people in their communities.”
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Annapolis, MD – Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has announced several judicial appointments this morning including the new judge for District 4.
Robyn Riddle is an attorney with the law office of Cumberland & Early, LLC.
From 1992 – 2011, she served as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Calvert and St. Mary’s counties. Two current Calvert County Circuit Court judges—Marjorie Clagett and E. Gregory Wells—previously served as the county’s family magistrate.
Also applying are Prince Frederick attorney Kenneth David Wilcox, who currently serves on the North Beach Town Council; public defenders Renee Esther Battle-Brooks and Leslie Florestano Peek, trial attorneys Joseph Edward Carey and Mark Wayne Carmean, and Upper Marlboro-based attorney Justin Joel Sasser.
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DISTRICT COURT OF MARYLAND
ROBERT B.
RIDDLE,Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 4 (Calvert County), since December 12, 2005. Served in U.S. Army, 1964-68. Riddle, currently an attorney with the law office of Cumberland and Erly LLC, will serve as judge in District 4 for Calvert and St. Mary’s counties.
Noting she has 19 years of experience as a prosecuting attorney in both counties and nearly 10 years of experience as a private attorney, Riddle told The BayNet “I would like to think I have a good balance.