2025 Judicial Conference Program

Judicial Disabilities & Judicial Ethics HONORABLE SIDNEY A. BUTCHER DISTRICT COURT IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY 251 ROWE BOULEVARD | ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND 21401

SIDNEY A. BUTCHER has served as Associate Judge for the District Court of Maryland, District 7, Anne Arundel County, since January 4, 2019. Board of Directors, Maryland Legal Services Corporation, 2017-. Member, Board of Education, Anne Arundel County, 2018. Assistant Attorney General, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, 2018-19. Florida A&M University, B.S.; University of Kansas School of Law, J.D. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 2007. Of Counsel, White Collar Group, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP. Member, Maryland State Bar Association; Harford County Bar Association. Diminution Credits and Sentence Calculation MICHAEL O. DOYLE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORRECTIONAL SERVICES 6776 REISTERSTOWN ROAD | BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21215 MICHAEL O. DOYLE, Deputy Principal Counsel , Office of the Attorney General, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services Michael O. Doyle has been employed as an attorney with the Office of the Attorney General, Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, since 1992. He was appointed Supervising Attorney for the Division of Correction in 2000, and he was named to his current position in 2010. In that position, he supervises the handling of the Department’s litigation and the legal services provided to the Division of Correction, which includes matters relating to the calculation of incarcerated individuals’ sentences and diminution of confinement credits. Mr. Doyle is a 1986 graduate of the University of Delaware and a 1990 graduate of the University of Maryland School of Law.

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