Joann Ellinghaus-Jones, Administrative Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 10, Carroll and Howard Counties, September 20, 2001 to June 30, 2017 (Associate Judge, April 5, 1991 to September 19, 2001). Retired June 30, 2017. Member, Administrative Judges Committee, District Court of Maryland, 1999-2015. Member, Commissioner Education Committee, District Court of Maryland, 1994-2015 (Chair 2001-2015). Member, Behavioral Health and Addictions Committee, Carroll County, 2004-17. Member, Court Interpretations and Translations Services Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 2009-14. Member, District Court Chief Judge’s Committee, 2015-17, and Education Committee, 2015, Judicial Council. Member, Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 2015-17.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland. Attended Institute of Notre Dame; Patterson Park High School, Baltimore Maryland; Essex Community College, A.A., 1976; University of Baltimore, B.S., 1978; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1981. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1981. Law clerk to Judge Luke K. Burns, Jr., Carroll County Circuit Court, 1981-83. Associate, Law Office of Elwood E. Swam, Esq., Hampstead , Maryland 1983-1991.
Member, Maryland State Bar Association; Maryland Bar Foundation; Carroll County Bar Association. Member, Carroll County YMCA Citizen Leadership Board; Board Member, Baltimore Carroll Chapter of the Women’s Bar Association; Maryland’s Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 2016. Board of Trustees, Carroll Lutheran School, Westminster, Maryland. Board of Trustees, Access Carroll Integrated Health Services, Westminster, Maryland.
Instructor/presenter for Maryland Judicial College, New Trial Judge Orientation, Commissioner Education Conference, New Commissioner Academy, 1995-present.
Married 44 years to William G. Jones, CPA; 3 children, three granddaughters.