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

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after being appointed by Governor

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from January 22, 2004, until his retirement on June 30, 2019. Clayton was born in

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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

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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

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. 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 Supreme Court of Maryland 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 lawyers 20th-century African-American lawyers {{Maryland-state-judge-stub

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