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442/Maryland Manual Court of Special Appeals Biographies

THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS OF
MARYLAND

BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS

RICHARD P. GILBERT. Court of Special Appeals, 1972—;

Chief Judge. Bom in Baltimore, February 5, 1924. Attended Mt.
St. Joseph's High School; University of Baltimore, A.A., 1947;

University of Baltimore, J.D., 1950, LL.M., 1954, LL.D. (Hon)
1979. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1950. Served in the U.S.
Army. Member, American, Maryland State, and Baltimore City
Bar Associations; American Judicature Society. Member, Judi-
cial Disabilities Commission, 1972— (chairman, 1974—); mem-
ber, American Bar Association Advisory Commission on Judi-
cial Standards; vice-chairman, Maryland Judicial Conference.
Board of Zoning Appeals, Baltimore City, 1965-1971; magis-
trate, Traffic Court, Baltimore City, 1955-1959; member, Advi-
sory Committee, Baltimore City Charter, 1963-1965. Contribu-
tor to legal periodicals. Lecturer in law, University of Baltimore;

co-author, "Criminal Law, Practice and Procedure in Mary-
land." Sigma Delta Kappa Intercollegiate Law Fraternity Distin-
guished Jurist Award, 1976; Alumnus of the Year, University of
Baltimore Law School, 1982; chairman. Dean's Advisory Com-
mittee, University of Baltimore School of Law, 1982—. Mar-
ried; 2 children.

WILLIAM H. ADKINS II. Court of Special Appeals,
1982—. Born in New York City, September 17, 1925.
Attended Albany Academy, Albany, N.Y.; Williams
College, A.B., 1949; Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1952.
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1952. Served in the
U.S. Army, 1943-1945. Member, American, Maryland
State, Talbot County, and Second Judicial Circuit Bar
Associations; American Judicature Society Institute o(
Judicial Administration; American Bar Foundation;
Maryland Bar Foundation. Phi Beta Kappa (Williams);
Order of the Coif (honorary). University of Maryland
School of Law. Justice of the Peace and Substitute Trial
Magistrate, Talbot County, 1953-1957; Court of Ap-
peals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 1958-1966, 1972-1973; State Board of Law
Examiners, 1962-1969, 1972; State Commission on Hu-
man Relations, 1969-1972 (chairman, 1969-1970); di-
rector, Governor's Commission to Revise the Annotat-
ed Code, 1970-1973 (Revisor of Statutes and Assistant
Director, Department of Legislative Reference, 1972-
1973); State Court Administrator, 1973-1982. Married;
4 children.

PAUL E. ALPERT. Court of Special Appeals, 1982—.
Bom in Baltimore, September 1, 1935. Attended
Baltimore City College; University of Baltimore, A.A.,
1954; University of Baltimore Law School, LL.B., 1937.
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1957. Served in the
U.S. Army and Maryland National Guard. Member,
Maryland State Bar Association. Maryland House of
Delegates, 1967-1972; judge, District Court of Mary-

land, 1972-1977. Board member, Leukemia Society of
Maryland and Jewish Big Brother League; member,
Center Lodge AF & AM; Golden Eagle Square and
Compass Club. Judge, Third Judicial Circuit, 1977-
1982. Married; 3 children.

JOHN J. BISHOP, JR. Court of Special Appeals,
1981—. Bom in Baltimore, December 6, 1927.
Attended Baltimore parochial schools; Loyola College;
Towson State University; University of Baltimore; Uni-
versity of Baltimore Law School, J.D., 1951. Admitted
to the Maryland Bar, 1954. Served in the U. S. Coast
Guard, honorably discharged. Member, Maryland State
and Baltimore County Bar Associations. Former mem-
ber, Maryland State Bar Association Board of Gover-
nors and Third Judicial Circuit Committee on Judicial
Appointments. Member, Maryland State Bar Associa-
tion Public Awareness Committee. Member of the
Maryland Senate, 1967-1981; minority whip; member,
Judicial Proceedings Committee; chairperson. Special
Committee to Study the Mental Health Laws; member,
Executive Nominations Committee. Delegate, Eagleton
Institute of Politics, Rutgers University, 1968. Instruc-
tor, Political Science, University of Baltimore, 1980. Re-
ceived numerous distinguished service awards and cita-
tions. Married to Doris Anderson Bishop; children:
John J. Ill; Suzanne; Karen; Patricia; Michael; and
Paul.

JOHN J. GARRITY. Court of Special Appeals,
1982—. Bom in New Haven, Connecticut, December
3, 1933. Attended Battleboro, Vermont, parochial

 



 
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