Clayton Greene Jr. (born January 22, 1951) is an American lawyer and former jurist from

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. He served as a judge on the Maryland Court of Appeals after being appointed by Governor Robert Ehrlich from January 22, 2004, until his retirement on June 30, 2019. Clayton was born in Glen Burnie, Maryland and attended public schools including Northeast High School in nearby

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. He attended the

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and earned a

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degree in 1973 as well as a

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from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1976. In 1977 he was admitted to the bar and became an Assistant Public Defender. Greene was first appointed to a state bench in 1990 as Administrative Judge for Maryland's District 7 in Anne Arundel County. He was advanced to the Circuit Court in 1996 and to the state's supreme court in 2004.

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Court of Appeals: Clayton Greene Jr.
1951 births Living people African-American judges Judges of the Maryland Court of Appeals University of Maryland, College Park alumni University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law alumni People from Glen Burnie, Maryland People from Annapolis, Maryland Public defenders 21st-century American judges 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people {{Maryland-state-judge-stub

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