Senator, Maryland State Senate, District 5, 2010-2014

Chair, Carroll County Mitt Romney Campaign, 2012

Delegate, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1994-2002

Deputy Minority Whip, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1999-2002

Member, Task Force to Study Court Decision Regarding Pit Bulls, 2012-present

Member, Task Force to Study the Laws and Policies Relating to Representation of Indigent Criminal Defendants by the Office of the Public Defender, 2012-present

Chair, Carroll County Delegation, Maryland State Senate, 2011-present

Member, Carroll County Cable Television Advisory Committee

Member, Carroll County Historic District Commission

Member, Commission on Child Custody Decision Making, 2013-2014

Member, Task Force to Study Implementing a Civil Right to Counsel in Maryland, 2013-2014

Member, Senate Standing Committee on Reapportionment and Redistricting, Maryland State Senate, 2011-2012

Member, Social Studies Task Force, State Department of Education, 2004-2006

Member, Article 27 (Crimes and Punishments) Revision Committee, 1999-2003

Member, Family and Juvenile Law Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1999-2003

Member, Judiciary Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1999-2003

Member, Committee on Access to Court Records, 2001-2002

Member, Forensic Sciences Task Force, 2000-2001

Member, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1995-1998

Member, State Government and Civil Rights Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates, 1995-1998

Member, Commission to Revise the Election Code, 1996-1997

Member, Task Force to Review the State's Election Law, 1995

Member, Legislative Committee, Carroll County Chamber of Commerce, 1990-1994

Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 2016-present

Attorney, Law Offices of Joseph M. Getty, 1996-present

Chief Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, 2021-2022

Appointed by Governor Larry Hogan, Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals, June 1, 2016

Policy and Legislative Director, Office of the Governor, 2004-2007

Director of Policy, Governor-elect's Transition Team, 2002-2003

Political Director, Ehrlich for Governor, 2002

Executive Director, Historical Society of Carroll County, 1987-1994

Acting Director, Mid-Atlantic Regional Office, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1981-1982

Member, Rural Historic Village Protection Program Advisory Committee of Maryland Environmental Trust,, 1990-present

Member, Carroll County Chamber of Commerce

Board Member, Carroll County Charter

Chair, Carroll County Committee for Maryland's 350th Anniversary

Member, Carroll County Republican Central Committee

Executive Director, Historical Society of Carroll County

Member, Maryland Environmental Trust

Member, Maryland State Bar Association

Member, Task Force to Review the State's Election Law

Member, Cable Television Advisory Committee, Carroll County, 1989-1993

Member, Cable Television Advisory Committee, Carroll County, 1989-1993

Member/Former Chair, Carroll County Historic District Commission, 1989-1992

Member, Charter Board, Carroll County, 1992

Board of Governors, Union Mills Homestead Foundation, 1979-1992

Member, Board of Directors, Preservation Maryland, 1984-1990

Acting Director, Mid Atlantic, National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1981-1982