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The Prince George's County Circuit Court

Photo of the Honorable William D. Missouri The Honorable
William D. Missouri


7th Judicial Circuit
Prince George's County and Seventh Judicial Administrative Judge
Circuit Court for Prince George's County, MD
  • Chief Judge, November 2007 – Present
  • Circuit Administrative Judge, May, 1997 – Present
  • County Administrative Judge, October 1992 – Present
  • Associate Judge, January, 1988 – October 1992
District Court for Prince George's County, MD Administrative Judge, October 20, 1987 – January 14, 1988
Associate Judge, July 17, 1985- October 20, 1987
State's Attorney's Office for Prince George's County, MD November 1, 1978 to July 17, 1985
Law School JD, University of Maryland Law School, 1978
Military United State's Air Force, 1958
Undergraduate BS, Bowie State University, 1975
Secondary school in Washington, DC and Dalzell, SC
Memberships/Acknowledgements
  • Chair, Judiciary’s Legislative Committee
  • Member, Maryland Judicial Cabinet
  • Immediate Past Chair, National Conference of State Trial Judges (NCSTJ)
  • Member, Maryland Judicial Council
  • Member, Maryland Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure
  • Conference of Circuit Judges
  • Judicial Council's Criminal Law Committee
  • Fellow and Member, Maryland State Bar Association
  • Member, American Bar Association
  • Member, J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association
  • Member, Prince George's County Bar Association
  • Fellow, Prince George's County Law Foundation
  • Former Member, Maryland State Bar Association's Board Of Governors and Prince George's Bar Association Board of Directors
  • Director, Maryland Bar Foundation
    Member, Maryland State Bar
  • Association's Sub-committee On Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions
  • Former President, Marlborough Chapter of the American Inns of Court, 1990 to 1992
  • Former Member, Special Joint Committee on Gender Bias in the Court, 1986 to 1988
  • Instructor, Prince George's Community College, 1985-2002
  • Chair, Board of Visitors for Bowie State University January 1985 –November 2004
  • Numerous church, community and legal committees
Personal Information Born in Washington, DC, Married, father of five children