Hon. Mark W. Crooks
5th Judicial Circuit Associate Judge
Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County Associate Judge appointed November 2016
Legal Experience
- New York County (Manhattan) District Attorney’s Office, 2002-2006
- Special Prosecutor to New York City’s Special Narcotics Unit, 2006
- New York County District Attorney's Office, Official Corruption Unit, 2007-2009
- United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, 2009-2015
- White Collar and Corruption Section 2009-2010
- Major Crimes Section, 2010-2015
- Deputy Legal Counsel to Governor Larry Hogan, Maryland’s 62nd Governor, 2015-2016
Military Experience
- U.S. Navy, 1995-1999 aboard the destroyer USS NICHOLSON (DD982)
- Operation Desert Fox (Iraq/Arabian Gulf)
- Operation Allied Force (Kosovo)
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D, 2002
- Duke University, majoring in political science, history and Spanish, 1995
Membership/Activities
- Fighting Fifty Prize, New York County District Attorney's Office Trial Bureau's foremost honor, 2005
- United States Attorney’s Excellence in Prosecution of Fraud award in 2012
- United States Attorney’s Excellence in Prosecution of Violent Crimes award in 2014