WALTER. E. BLACK, JR. Chief Judge, U.S. District
Court, since 1991 (Associate Judge, 1982-91). Born in
Baltimore, July 7,1926. Harvard University A.B., 1946;
Harvard University Law School, LL.B., 1949. Admitted
to Maryland Bar, 1949. Member, American, Maryland
State and Baltimore City Bar Associations; Lawyers'
Round Table; Rule Day Club; Harvard/Raddiffe Club of
Maryland; Harvard Law School Association of Maryland.
Assistant U.S. attorney for District of Maryland, 1953-55.
U.S. Attorney for District of Maryland, 1956-57.
Chairman, Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals of
Baltimore City, 1963-67. Member, Mayor's Advisory
Committee for Workable Program for Community
Improvement, Baltimore City, 1963-67; chairman,
Subcommittee on Community Planning Program, Mayor's
Task Force on Civil Rights, Baltimore City 1965-67;
member, Jail Board, Baltimore City, 1971-73. Member,
Governor's Commission to Revise the Annotated Code,
1975-82. Member, Attorney Grievance Commission,
1978-1982. Office telephone: 962-0107.

MABVIN J. GARBIS. Associate Judge, U.S. District
Court, since 1989. Born in Baltimore, June 14,1936. The
Johns Hopkins University, B.E.S., 1958; Harvard
University Law School, J.D., 1961; Georgetown
University Law School, LL.M., 1962. Admitted to District
of Columbia Bar, 1961; Maryland Bar, 1962. Public
defender on E. Barren Prettyman Fellowship Program,
Washington, DC, 1961-62. Trial attorney; Tax Division,
U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, 1963-67.
Private practice of law in Baltimore, 1971-88, as sole
practitioner and, primarily; with firm of Garbis, Marvel &
Junghans (formerly Garbis and Schwait); private practice
of law in Washington, DC, 1988-89 as member of firm of

Johnson and Gibbs. Author of books and articles in
professional journals on tax litigation and related matters.
Former president, Maryland Institute for Continuing
Professional Education of Lawyers (MICPEL). President,
Maryland Chapter, Federal Bar Association. Council
member. Tax Section, American Bar Association. Member,
Maryland Special Joint Committee on Gender Bias in the
Courts. Adjunct Faculty; University of Baltimore and
University of Maryland Law Schools. Office telephone:
962-9090.

JOHN RAYMOND HARGROVE, SR. Associate
Judge, U.S. District Court, since 1984. Born in Atlantic
City; New Jersey; October 25, 1923. St. Catherine's
Academy; Frederick Douglass High School; Morgan State
College; Howard University; B.A., 1947; University of
Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1950. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1950. Served in U.S. Army Member,
National, Maryland State, Baltimore City and
Monumental City Bar Associations; Character Committee,
Court of Appeals. Assistant U.S. attorney for the District
of Maryland, 1955; deputy U.S. attorney, 1957-62.
Associate Judge, People's Court, Baltimore City; 1962-63.
Associate Judge, Municipal Court, Baltimore City,
1968-71. Administrative Judge, District Court of
Maryland, District 1 (Baltimore City), 1971-74. Associate
Judge, Supreme Bench of Baltimore City (Circuit Court for
Baltimore City), 1974-84. Office telephone: 962-0950.

ALEXANDER HARVEY II. Senior Judge, U.S.
District Court, since 1991 (Chief Judge, 1986-91;
Associate Judge, 1966-86). Born in Baltimore, May 3,
1923. llalc University; B.A., 1947; Columbia University
Law School, LL.B., 1950. Served in U.S. Army; 1943-46,
achieving rank of 1st Lieutenant; received Air Medal, Oak