Emory A. Plitt, Jr.

Director

• Executive Director (2017-Jan. 31, 2020)
• Course Director of AELE educational programs (part-time)
• Interim Executive Director (2016), President AELE (2015-Sep. 5, 2019)​
• Circuit Judge [retired]
• Harford County, MD
• Email: eplittjr@aol.com

Vita

AELE Executive Director  
Senior (Retired) Judge,
Circuit Court of Maryland
Email: eplittjr@aol.com
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Senior (Retired) Judge, 2013-; Associate Judge, Circuit Court of Maryland, 1999-2013; Administrative (Presiding) Judge, District Court of Maryland, Harford County, 1995 - 1999; Associate Judge, 1993 - 1995. Member, Administrative Judges Committee, District Court of Maryland, 1995 - 1999. Member, Public Awareness Committee, 1994-, and Executive Committee 1997-, Maryland Judicial Conference.

Assistant Attorney General, 1971-91 (Principal Counsel, Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services, 1980-91). Member, Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board, 1976-91; Maryland Police Training Commission, 1980-91; Maryland Correctional Training Commission, 1980-91.

County Attorney, Harford County, 1991-93.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, February 9, 1943. Attended Mt. St. Joseph High School, Baltimore; University of Maryland; University of Baltimore, J.D., 1967. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1968. Member, American, Maryland State and Harford County Bar Associations. Professor of Law (part-time), Villa Julie College. Distinguished service awards from International Association of Chiefs of Police, Maryland Chiefs of Police Association, Maryland State Sheriffs Association, Maryland Law Enforcement Officers Association, Americans for Effective Law Enforcement. Outstanding Achievement Award, Family Violence Council, 1998.

Has lectured at AELE seminars since 1974, and has served as seminar course director for many years.