The Office of Law shall be administered by the County Attorney, who shall be appointed by the County Executive and confirmed by resolution of the County Council. The County Attorney shall be a resident of the County and a member in good standing of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Maryland and of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, and shall have been actively engaged in the general practice of their profession in the State of Maryland for at least five years prior to appointment. The County Attorney shall serve on a full-time basis and shall not engage in the private practice of law while County Attorney. The County Attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the County Executive and may be removed by the County Executive, unless the County Council, by resolution on the affirmative vote of not less than five members, votes to prevent removal of a County Attorney appointed by the County Executive.
(Res. No. 39-88; Res. No. 37-92; Res. No. 37-19; Res. No. 30-22)
Editor’s note - A legislatively referred constitutional amendment appeared on the ballot as Maryland Question 1 at the General Election held on November 8, 2022. Question 1 asked the voters in Maryland to change the Maryland Court of Appeals to the Supreme Court of Maryland and the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to the Appellate Court of Maryland. The majority of votes cast in the November 8 General Election were in favor of the constitutional amendment. The Court of Appeals of Maryland is now the Supreme Court of Maryland, and the Court of Special Appeals is now the Appellate Court of Maryland.