practice, 1966-82. Member, American, Maryland State
and Baltimore City Bar Associations. Served in U.S. Army.
Delegate, Constitutional Convention of Maryland, 1967-
68. Member, Maryland Senate, 1971-82 (chairman, legis-
lative council special committee on real estate practices;
member, Maryland po^t advisory committee; chairman,
higher education evaluation committee, 1979-80; chair-
man and co-chairman, Maryland commission on intergov-
ernmental cooperation, 1975-82; vice-chairman, finance
committee, 1975-82). Chairman, Herring Run Public Wa-
tershed Association Commission. Former member, Com-
mission to Revise Landlord-Tenant Laws; Governing
Body, Central Maryland Health Systems Agency, 1975-
77. Member, Citizens' Commission on Maryland Govern-
ment. Member, Advisory Board, Baltimore
Neighborhoods, Inc.; board member, Baltimore Choral
Arts Society. Former vice-president, Loyola College
Alumni Association. Adjunct faculty, Morgan State Uni-
versity, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Loyola Col-
lege of Maryland, University of Baltimore. Secretary and
board member, The Baltimore Courthouse and Law Mu-
seum Foundation, Inc. Member, Wednesday Law Club.
Board member, Glenwood Life Counseling and Alterna-
tive Direction; Good Shepherd Center.
HILARY D. CAPLAN. Baltimore City Circuit Court,
8th Judicial Circuit, 1984—. Born in Baltimore, July 7,
1935. Forest Park High School; The Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1961.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1962; District of Columbia
Bar, 1963. Served in U.S. Army. Member, American,
Maryland State and Baltimore City Bar Associations.
Judge, District Court, Baltimore City, 1976-84. Chair-
man, Judicial Education Committee of the District Court
of Maryland, 1982-84; Judicial Institute of Maryland,
1982-84. Assistant State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1967-
72. Chair, Special Joint Committee on Gender Bias in the
Courts. Past member, Parents Board of Directors, Gilman
School, 1976-78; Bryn Mawr Parents Board of Directors.
WILLIAM O. CARR. Harford County Circuit Court,
3rd Judicial Circuit, 1984—. Born in Havre de Grace,
October 27,1948. Towson State University, 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);
Harford County Bar Association (secretary, 1974-75).
Member, American Judicature Society; Bar of the U.S.
District Court for Maryland; Bar of the Fourth Federal
Judicial Circuit; Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. Member,
Executive Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference,
1988—. Counsel, Harford County Board of Education,
1979-84; counsel, Board of Trustees, Harford Community
College, 1979-84. Master-Examiner in Chancery, 1979-
84. Commissioner, Town of Bel Air, 1977-84 (chair-
man/mayor, 1981-82). Member, Commission to Revise
the Annotated Code of Maryland, 1980-86; Board of
Visitors, Maryland School for the Deaf, 1981—; Harford
County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee,
1985—. Member, Harford County Historical Society;
Maryland Historical Society; Sons of the American Revo-
lution (state chancellor, 1988—); Susquehannock Envi-
ronmental Center (board of directors, 1982—); St.
Matthew Lutheran Church; National Conference of Chris-
tians and Jews; University of Maryland School of Law
Alumni Association (life member).
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JOSEPH S. CASULA. Prince George's County Circuit
Court, 7th Judicial Circuit, 1985—. Born in Shenandoah,
Pennsylvania, December 15, 1933. J. W. Cooper High
School; Mount St. Mary's College, B.S., 1955; Catholic
University Law School, LL.B., 1959. Admitted to Mary-
land Bar, 1962. Served in U.S. Army, 1959-61. Member,
American,Maryland State and Prince George's County Bar
Associations; Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity; National
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Associate Edi-
tor, Catholic University Law Review, law clerk for the
Honorable Charles C. Marbury, Maryland Court of Ap-
peals, 1961-62. Prince George's County legislative officer,
1967-68. Prince George's County attorney, 1973-75. At-
torney for Prince George's County Housing Authority,
1975-80. Attorney for Maryland Municipal League, 1969-
70. Attorney for City of Bowie, 1969-72; Town of
Landover Hills, 1969-73; Town of Capitol Heights, 1969-
73; Town of Morningside, 1978-80. Judge, District Court
of Maryland, Prince George's County, 1980-85.
DALE R. CATHELL. Worcester County Circuit Court,
1st Judicial Circuit, 1981—. Born in Berlin, July 30,1937.
Buckingham Elementary School; Stephen Decatur High
School; University of Maryland, 1962-64; University of
Baltimore School of Law, LL.B., 1967. Admitted to Mary-
land Bar, 1967. Served in U.S. Air Force, 1955-59. Mem-
ber, Maryland State and Worcester County Bar
Associations. City Attorney for Ocean City; member,
Worcester County Shoreline Commission; Charter Revi-
sion Committee; organizer, Legal Intern Program. Judge,
District Court of Maryland, District 2,1980-81.
WILLIAM MacKENZIE CAVE. Montgomery County
Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Circuit, 1978—. Born in Cam-
bridge, Massachusetts, February 4,1934. Attended Mont-
gomery County public schools; University of Maryland,
B.A., 1958; University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B.,
1961; J.D., 1969. Member, Maryland State Bar Associa-
tion. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1961. Served in U.S.
Army. Assistant State's Attorney, Montgomery County,
1967-71. Deputy State's Attorney, Montgomery County,
1971. Judge, District Court of Maryland, Montgomery
County, 1971-78.
JAMES C. CAWOOD, JR. Anne Arundel County Cir-
cuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit, 1982—. Born in Washing-
ton, D.C., June 4,1936. St. Ansclm's Priory High School;
Georgetown University, A.B. (magna cum laude), 1958;
Georgetown University Law School, LL.B., 1961. Admit-
ted to Maryland and District of Columbia Bars, 1961.
Served in U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1953-64. Member,
American and District of Columbia Bar Associations.
Member, Maryland State Bar Association (chairman-elect,
litigation section; co-chairman, alternative resolution of
disputes committee). Trustee, Anne Arundel County Bar
Association. Member, Power Plant Siting Program, 1971-
82 (chairman, 1978-82). Member, Londontowne Publik
House Commission. Member, Fiduciary Rules Subcom-
mittee, 1985—. President, William Paca Inn of Court,
1987—.
HOWARD S. CHASANOW. Prince George's County
Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit, 1977—. Born in Wash-
ington, D.C., April 3,1937. University of Maryland, B.A.,
1958; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1961;
Harvard University Law School, LL.M., 1962. Admitted
to Maryland Bar, 1961. Served in U.S. Air Force. Member,
Maryland State Bar Association (former chairman, judicial
administration section; criminal law section). Member,
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