SNOW HILL, MD – The former Administrative Judge for Maryland’s District Two, which includes Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties, has been accused of allowing a law clerk to earn a full-time salary for nearly a decade while the employee worked only part-time.
According to court documents obtained by WBOC, Gerald Vaughn Purnell was appointed by Governor Robert Erlich in 2006 to serve as an associate judge for Worcester County. In 2013, Purnell was named Administrative Judge for District Two.
In 2015, Purnell allegedly offered a woman, named only “B.L” in an affidavit, a full-time position as a law clerk. At the time, B.L. was employed full-time as a college professor, according to investigators. Purnell allegedly gave the woman a full-time salary but agreed that she would only work as needed, according to the affidavit…