Jennifer Morton prosecutes all of the domestic violence related cases in the county. Ms. Morton is a 1993 graduate from Bowie State University and a 1998 graduate of Widener University School of Law. Ms. Morton clerked for the State's Attorney's Office while she attended law school and then served as a law clerk to The Honorable Warren J. Krug in 1998. Ms. Morton started working in the State's Attorney's Office in 1999. Ms. Morton has attended training with the National Advocacy Center in areas such as Cybercrime, Cyberstalking and Computer Evidence, DUI Homicide, the Domestic Violence National Conference, and Prosecuting Homicide cases. In addition, Ms. Morton has attended training in Homicide Prevention through Behavorial Assessment of Abusers, Protective Orders, Stalking, and Strangulation, and Danger Assessment in Domestic Violence. She has also attended the Francis Glessner Lee Homicide Investigation Seminar at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Ms. Morton has been specializing in domestic violence cases since 2003. She has been the Chairperson of the Calvert County Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team since 2007 and is a member of the Calvert County Family Violence Council. The Domestic Violence Unit handles close to 500 cases per year, both in District and Circuit Court.

Email Ms. Morton: mortonjl@co.cal.md.us