Member, Town Commission, Town of Bel Air, 1977-84 (chair & mayor, 1981-82). Master-Examiner in Chancery, Harford County, 1979-84. Counsel, Board of Education, Harford County, 1979-84. Counsel, Board of Trustees, Harford Community College, 1979-84. Member, Commission to Revise the Annotated Code of Maryland, 1980-86. Member, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Harford County, 1990; Mental Health and Addictions Advisory Council, Harford County, 2004-.
Born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, October 27, 1948. Towson State College, B.S., 1970; University of Maryland School of Law, 1973; The Johns Hopkins University, M.L.A., 1987. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1973. Member, American Bar Association; Maryland State Bar Association (board of governors, 1980-81, 2008-; correctional reform section; delivery of legal services section; membership section); Harford County Bar Association (secretary, 1974-75; president, 1994; executive council, 2010-11). Member, Bar of the U.S. District Court for Maryland; Bar of the Fourth Federal Judicial Circuit; Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. Board of Directors, Northeast Region, American Red Cross, 1992. Board of Directors, Pro Bono Resource Center of Maryland, 2003-04, 2009-. Member, Executive Committee, Harford County Bar Foundation, Inc., 2003-. Member, Harford County Historical Society; Maryland Historical Society; Sons of the American Revolution; Susquehannock Environmental Center (board of directors, 1982-88); St. Matthew Lutheran Church. Member, University of Maryland School of Law Alumni Association (life member); Susquehanna Law Club. Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation. Outstanding Achievement Award, Family Violence Council, 1998. Arthur W. Machen, Jr. Award, Maryland Legal Services Corporation, 1999.
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