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Photo of the Honorable C. Philip Nichols, Jr. The Honorable
C. Philip Nichols, Jr.


7th Judicial Circuit
Associate Judge
Circuit Court for Prince George's County, MD

Associate Judge, 1992 to present

District Court for Prince George's County, MD Associate Judge, 1985 to 1992
Orphan's Court for Prince George's County, MD Associate Judge, 1977 to 1985
Chief Judge, 1982 to 1985
Military Experience Acting Officer in charge of U.S. Sending State Office At the U.S. Embassy, Rome, Italy, 2000
Tour of reserve duty in Rota, Spain during Operation Desert Storm, 1991
Served aboard the USS Kidd (DDG-993) in 1984
Captain, U.S. Naval Reserve
Military Judge, 1991 to 1995
Appellate Military Judge, U.S. Navy-Marine Corps
Court of Criminal Appeals, October 1996 to 1993
Law School JD, University of Baltimore School of Law 1973
Undergraduate AB, Georgetown University, 1969
Memberships/Acknowledgements President, Prince George's County Bar Ass. 1989 to 1990
Dean, Traffic School, 1994
Chairman, Board of Directors of Laurel Regional Hospital 1996 to 1998
President, Rotary Club of Laurel, 1980 - 1981
Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation
Honorary Life Member of the Laurel Volunteer Fire Dept.
Outstanding Rotary Club President in Maryland and the District of Columbia, 1981
First Maryland judge to attend the University of Kansas Law and Organizational Economics Program
Member, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
National Advisory Committee on Child Support Guidelines, 1995 to 1996
Chairman, National Judicial Advisory Committee to the U.S. Office of Child Support Enforcement, 1996 to 2000
Chairman, Planning Committee for the First National Symposium on Children, Courts and the Federal Child Support Enforcement System, Denver, CO 1998
Personal Information Born and raised in Prince George's County, Maryland Attended public and parochial schools in Laurel, Maryland and La Salle Military Academy.