The names of four candidates to fill a vacancy at Maryland's highest court were sent to Gov. Martin O'Malley this week.
The Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission recommended Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Kathleen Gallogly Cox; Chief Magistrate Judge Paul William Grimm, of the U.S. District Court in Baltimore; Robert Neal McDonald, chief counsel for opinions, advice and legislation in the Maryland Attorney General's Office; and Court of Special Appeals Judge Alexander Wright Jr.
O'Malley is expected to name one of them to fill the vacancy on the seven-judge Court of Appeals that was created by the recent retirement of Judge Joseph F. Murphy Jr.