Mr. Yaeger joined the Howard County State’s Attorney’s Office in December of 2014. Since then, he has prosecuted felony and misdemeanor offenses charged in the Circuit Court for Howard County, handled felony drug distribution cases as a member of the office’s drug distribution unit, participated in wiretap investigations by drafting legal documents and by reviewing, provided legal advice to members of the Howard County Police Department’s Vice and Narcotics Unit on a wide range of issues such as electronic tracking, residential search warrants, chain of custody, confidential informant disclosure, and asset forfeiture, and Prosecuted violent felony offenses, including armed robbery, attempted murder, and first-degree murder.
From 2022 to 2024, Mr. Yaeger defended the Howard County Government in civil actions filed in state and federal court, prosecuted all civil enforcement actions for the Howard County government, provided legal advice to county agencies on topics related to code enforcement, and acted as legal advisor to Howard County’s Administrative Charging Committee at the Howard County Office of Law.
He received a B.A. in English from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2006 and graudated J.D., cum laude, from the University of Maryland School of Law in 2011. He also served in the United States Marine Corps. Reserve from 2002 to 2008, having been deployed to Iraq from 2004 to 2005 as a basic electrician.