Hon. Althea R. Stewart Jones, Esq.

Hon. Althea R. Stewart Jones, Esq. has been serving as an Associate Judge on the Prince George’s County Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit, since August 2024. Before her judicial appointment, she held several significant roles, including Deputy Executive Director of the Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts, Family Administration, from 2005 to 2007, and Director of the Foster Care Court Improvement Project from 1997 to 2005. Judge Jones earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 1985 and her Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1990.

Judge Jones has been actively involved in several legal and community organizations, including serving as a Member of the Maryland State Bar Association, the Prince George’s County Bar Association, the J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association, and the Anne Arundel County Unit of the National Association of Parliamentarians. She has also received several honors and awards, such as Maryland’s Top 100 Women Award from The Daily Record in 2009 and the Employee Recognition Award from the Circuit Court in 2014.