SALLY DENISON ADKINS, Associate Judge, Wicomico County Circuit Court
Associate Judge, Wicomico County Circuit Court, 1st Judicial Circuit, since 1996.
Member, Trial Court Judicial Nominating Commission, 1st Judicial Circuit, 1983-90. Member, Ethics Commission, Wicomico County, 1986-. Member, Attorney General's Advisory Council on Family Legal Needs of Low-Income Persons (family court committee), 1991-93.
Born in Salisbury, Maryland, January 21, 1950. Lawrence University, B.A. (philosophy), 1972; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1975. Law clerk to Judge Marvin H. Smith, Court of Appeals, 1975-76. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1976. Adkins, Potts & Smethurst, 1976-95 (associate attorney, 1976-81; partner, 1982-96). Partner, Adkins & Allen, L.L.P., 1995-96. Member, American and Maryland State Bar Associations; Wicomico County Bar Association (president, 1991-92); Women's Bar Association (president, eastern shore chapter, 1990-92). Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation, 1992-. Board of Directors, Legal Aid Bureau, 1980-84; Coastal Hospice, Inc., 1980-88; Mid-Delmarva Family Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), Inc., 1981-91; E. S. Adkins & Co., 1982-96; Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Salisbury, Maryland, 1986-96; Organize, Unite, and Revitalize (OUR) Community, Inc., 1995-.
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