Clayton Greene, Jr.
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Clayton Greene, Jr. (born January 22, 1951) is an American lawyer and jurist from Annapolis, Maryland. Since January 22, 2004 he has been a justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals, the state's supreme court. He was appointed by Governor Robert Ehrlich.
Clayton was born in Glen Burnie, Maryland and attended public schools including Northeast High School in nearby Pasadena. He attended the University of Maryland, College Park and earned a BA degree in 1973 as well as a Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1976. In 1977 he was admitted to the bar and entered private practice.
Greene was first appointed to a state bench in 1990 as Administrative Judge for Maryland's District 7 in Anne Arundel County. He was advanced to the Circuit Court in 1996 and to the state's supreme court in 2004.
