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Judge Gerald Purnell and his clerk, Bridget Lowrie, face civil misconduct charges

Lowrie earned full-time pay while allegedly working less than 40 hours per week

Lowrie also held outside teaching jobs without disclosing them

Both fined $10,000; joint trial set in Anne Arundel County

A former district administrative judge for Maryland’s Eastern Shore has been civilly charged with misconduct in office for allegedly allowing his law clerk of a decade to earn a full-time salary while working less than 40 hours per week on an “as-needed” basis.

According to a civil citation and affidavit filed in Anne Arundel County District Court on July 30, former Administrative Judge Gerald Purnell for Maryland’s District Two failed to notify the Maryland Judiciary that he was a

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