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Court of Appeals Biofiraphies/611

COURT OF APPEALS BIOGRAPHIES

CHIEFJUDGE

ROBERT C. MURPHY. Chief Judge, 2nd Appellate
Circuit, Court of Appeals, since 1972. Born in Baltimore,
Maryland, October 9, 1926. Attended Forest Park High
School; University of Maryland; University of Maryland
School of Law, J.D., 1951. Admitted to Maryland Bar,
1952. Served in U.S. Navy, 1944-46. Member, American
and Maryland State Bar Associations. Special assistant
attorney general, assistant attorney general, deputy attor-
ney general, and Attorney General of Maryland, 1956-67.
Chief Judge, Court of Special Appeals, 1967-72. Chair-
man, Constitutional Commission on Judicial Disabilities,
1971-72. Chairman, Hall of Records Commission. Mem-
ber, Governor's Advisory Board for Justice Assistance.
Member, Governing Board of Council for State Govern-
ments, 1986—. President, Conference of Chief Justices,
1986-87. Chairman, Board of Directors, National Center
for State Courts, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1986-87. Former
Chairman and present member. Board ofTrustees, Univer-
sity of Maryland Alumni Association-International.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Maryland and
University of Baltimore.

ROBERT M. BELL. Judge, 6th Appellate Circuit, Court
of Appeals, since 1991. Born in Rocky Mount, North
Carolina, July 6, 1943. Dunbar High School; Morgan
State University, A.B., 1966; Harvard University Law
School, J.D., 1969. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1969.
Member, Maryland State, Baltimore City, Monumental
City and National Bar Associations. Judge, District Court
of Maryland, District 1, 1975-80. Associate Judge, Bal-
timore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, 1980-84.
Judge, 6th Appellate Circuit, Court of Special Appeals,
1984-91.

HOWARD S. CHASANOW. Judge, 4th Appellate Cir-
cuit, Court of Appeals, since 1990. Born in Washington,
DC, April 3, 1937. University of Maryland, B.A, 1958;
University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1961; Har-
vard 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). Former
member. Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules
of Practice and Procedure (former chairman, criminal law
subcommittee). Former Chairman, Maryland Sentencing
Guidelines Advisory Board; director. Prince George's
County Bar Association (former chairman, professional
ethics committee, 1973-78). Former chairman. Judicial
Conference Criminal Law Committee, 1976-79. Former
Assistant and Deputy State's Attorney, Prince George's
County, 1963-69. Judge, District Court of Maryland,
1971-77. Judge, Prince George's County Circuit Court,
7th Judicial Circuit, 1977-90. Lecturer, University of
Maryland School of Law, 1973—; faculty member. Na-
tional Judicial College, Reno, Nevada, 1980—; American
Academy of Judicial Education, Washington, DC.

JOHN C. ELDRIDGE. Judge, 5th Appellate Circuit,
Court of Appeals, since 1974. Born in Baltimore,

Maryland, November 13,1933. Gilman School; Harvard
College, B.A., 1955; Harvard University Law School;
University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1959.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1960. Member, Maryland
State, Anne Arundcl County and District of Columbia Bar
Associations; National Lawyers Club. Member, Order of
the Coif. Chief legislative officer. Office of the Governor,
1969-74. Assistant chief, Civil Division, Appellate Section,
U.S. Department of Justice, 1967-69.

ROBERT L. KARWACKI. Judge. 1st Appellate Cir-
cuit, Court of Appeals, since 1990. Born in Baltimore,
Maryland, August 2,1933. Attended Mt. St. Joseph's High
School; University of Maryland, A.B., 1954; University of
Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1956. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1956. Served in U.S. Army Reserve. Mem-
ber, American and Maryland State Bar Associations. Assis-
tant attorney general for Maryland, 1963-65. Member,
Governor's Commission to Revise the Testamentary Laws
of Maryland, 1965-69. President, Board of School Com-
missioners of Baltimore City, 1970-71. Chairman, Juvenile
Justice Commission, 1975-77. Member, Advisory Board,
Juvenile Services Administration, 1976-79; Commission
to Study the Judicial Branch of Government, 1981-82.
Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial
Circuit, 1973-84. Judge, At Large, Court of Special Ap-
peals, 1984-90.

JOHN F. McAULIFFE. Judge, 3rd Appellate Circuit,
Court of Appeals, since 1985. Born in Washington, DC,
November 4, 1932. Bethcsda-Chevy Chase High
School; Montgomery College, A.A., 1952; Washington
College of Law, American University, J.D., 1955. Admitted
to Maryland Bar, 1955. Served in U.S. Army, 1955-
57. Member, Maryland State and Montgomery Coun-
ty Bar Associations; American Judicature Society.
Faculty, American Academy of Judicial Education;

 



 
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