What’s the job: Appoints representatives to administer estates and oversees the process. Serves as clerk to the Orphans’ Court. Provides safekeeping of wills and certifies domestic partnerships. Elected to a four-year term.

Democratic

Name: Alexis Burrell-Rohde

Alexis Burrell-Rohde.
Alexis Burrell-Rohde. (Courtesy of Alexis Burrell-Rohde)

Age: 52

Personal: Lives in Towson with her two children and two dogs.

Education: B.A., University of Maryland, College Park. J.D., University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.

Experience: Attorney practicing estates and trusts at Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver (now Baker Donelson). Represented all registers of wills and Orphans’ Courts across Maryland in the Courts & Judicial Affairs Division of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General. Strategic advisor at Brown Advisory and shelter care attorney with Baltimore City Department of Social Services.

Republican

Name: Nicole Schroeder

Candidate did not respond to The Banner’s voter guide questionnaire.