A Viral Post Says Three Judges Conspired Against a Father. The Court Record Says Something Narrower.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A Facebook post accusing three sitting Montgomery County judges of coordinated retaliation...
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Moore Proclaims Child Support Awareness Month. The Enforcement Gap It Ignores Gets No Mention.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Gov. Wes Moore and Lt. Gov. Aruna Miller have proclaimed August 2026 National Child Support...
The First Lawsuit Went Dark. A Second One — Led by a Local GOP Official — Is Wide Open.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Republican lawsuit challenging Maryland's redistricting ballot question — filed late...
Former Del. Jay Jalisi Sues to Force a Do-Over Primary in District 10
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Hasan M. "Jay" Jalisi wants a second shot at the House of Delegates, and he's asking a...
Is the Redistricting Lawsuit Just a Publicity Stunt? Here’s What the Record Actually Shows
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A common response to this week's lawsuit against Maryland's redistricting amendment is that...
Republicans, D.C. Watchdog Group Sue to Keep Redistricting Amendment Off November Ballot
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland Republican lawmakers and a Washington-based conservative watchdog group filed suit...
Who Authorized This? A Private Nonprofit Is Now Appointing Attorneys in Maryland Custody Cases
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A Seattle-based nonprofit with no Maryland legislative authorization, no independent...
Gun Rights Coalition Asks Maryland’s Top Court to Hear Reciprocity Case — But the Argument They’re Pushing Was Never Actually Ruled On
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A coalition of Second Amendment groups is urging the Supreme Court of Maryland to take up...
One Signature, No Judge: How Maryland Lets a Single Accusation Freeze a Custody Case
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews A commissioner — not a judge — can issue a protective order in Maryland based on one...
Maryland Ranks Last in Court Reporter Pay. No One Is Tracking What That Costs Litigants.
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews On May 26, 2026, New York's Court of Appeals confronted a transcript so defective it was...
Maryland Supreme Court Dismantles Montgomery County’s Gun Carry Ban, Citing Burden on Statewide Travel
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews ANNAPOLIS — The Supreme Court of Maryland issued a sweeping but carefully drawn ruling...
The Case That Wouldn’t End
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews Maryland’s judiciary often presents itself as a model of stability, professionalism, and...
Montgomery County’s Circuit Court Election Is a Blindfolded Vote
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews In Montgomery County, one of the most powerful offices on the ballot is also one of the...
Modernizing Court Payments: A Common-Sense Step Forward for Maryland’s Legal System
By MDBayNews Staff On February 2, 2026, the Maryland Judiciary announced a practical and overdue update to how the...
How Maryland Family Courts Can Build Case Records Without a Parent Present
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews | Father & Co. A recent federal disability-rights ruling involving a Maryland parent...
Zizian Group Members Appear in Western Maryland Court as Pretrial Hearing Raises Safety Questions
By MDBayNews Staff CUMBERLAND, Md. — A routine pretrial hearing in western Maryland last week briefly pulled back the...
Maryland Courts Delay New Case Search Portal After Technical Problems Surface
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland Judiciary has postponed the long-planned launch of its new integrated Maryland...
Maryland Judiciary to Launch Unified Case Search Portal January 9
By Michael Phillips | MDBayNews The Maryland Judiciary will roll out a new, integrated online platform—the Maryland...
Judge Karla N. Smith Named New Administrative Judge for Montgomery County Circuit Court
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — Supreme Court of Maryland Chief Justice Matthew J. Fader has appointed Judge Karla N. Smith as...
Wes Moore Just Got a Constitutional Slapdown
Governor Wes Moore has spent the better part of his term selling himself as the fresh face of competence, transparency, and...
Open Letter: A Year and a Half of Silence — And Still No Justice
By Michael Phillips For the past 18 months, I’ve been denied the basic right to see my son. Not because I’m a danger....
Where Is Grant Reichert? A Father’s Plea, A System’s Silence
By Michael Phillips "Where is my son?" That question—raw, desperate, unrelenting—haunts Jeff Reichert every day. As...
Holy Hell, Maryland: What the Heck Is Going on in Reichert v. Hornbeck?
I wasn’t planning to write this article. In fact, I was working on something else entirely when I stumbled upon the court...
When the System Rewards Destruction
There are some people in family law who don't just represent their clients — they feed off the destruction.Alisa G....
Feeding From the System: Judge Harry Storm’s Retirement Gig Exposes the Real Engine Behind Family Court Corruption
When Judge Harry Storm retired from the Montgomery County Circuit Court, some might have hoped that it would mark the end...
The Revolving Door Spins Again: Judge Harry Storm Retires Into the Same Broken System He Helped Create
When Judge Harry C. Storm announced his retirement from the Montgomery County Circuit Court in early 2025, there was little...