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of Law, J.D., 1972. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1972.
Member, American, Maryland State and Frederick County
Bar Associations. Attorney for City of Frederick, 1974-90.
Member, Inquiry Committee, 1980-88, and Review
Board, 1989-91, of Attorney Grievance Commission.

NELSON W. RUPP, JR. Associate Judge, Montgomery
County, District 6, District Court of Maryland since 1993.

G. DARRELL RUSSELL, JR. Associate Judge, Balti-
more County, District 8, District Court of Maryland, since
1990. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, December 18, 1941.
Loyola College, B.S., 1964; University of Baltimore
School of Law, J.D., 1967; Towson State University,
M.A., 1988. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1969. Member,
Maryland State and Baltimore County Bar Associations.
Assistant attorney general, 1970-74. Member, Democratic
State Central Committee, 1978-82. Member, St. Thomas
More Society; Trial Table Law Club; Hibernians; Towson
YMCA; Greyhound Club; Safety First Club; Baltimore
Bike Club. Board member, Loyola High School (1972-77)
and Loyola College (1977-82) Alumni Associations. Ad-
junct Faculty, Loyola College, 1974-79; Towson State
University, 1979-84. Board member, Center for Teaching
and Study of Writing, Towson State University. Member,
Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. Author, Lincoln and Ken-
nedy Looked at Kindly Together (1972); Hotbed for Hybrids:
Lacrosse and Soccer in Baltimore (1978).

R. RUSSELL SADLER. Associate Judge, Howard
County, District 10, District Court of Maryland, since 1980.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 16, 1926. Baltimore
City public schools. Served in U.S. Navy, 1943-46. Univer-
sity of Baltimore, AA., 1953; University of Baltimore
School of Law, LL.B., magna cum laude, 1955. Admitted
to Maryland Bar, 1955. Member, Howard County Bar
Association. Appeals Tax Court, Howard County, 1970-72.
Assistant county solicitor, Howard County, 1972-74. Dep-
uty county solicitor, Howard County, 1974-79. Executive
secretary, Howard County Council, 1979-80. Member,
Heuisler Honor Society.

LOUISE G. SCRIVENER. Associate Judge,
Montgomery County, District 6, District Court of Maryland,
since 1992. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, June 16, 1951.
Notre Dame Preparatory School; University of Pennsylva-
nia, B.A., 1972; Catholic University School of Law, J.D.,
1975. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1975. Member, Maryland
State, Montgomery County and Women's Bar Associations.
Member, National Association ofWomen Judges; American
Trial Lawyers Association. Dorothy Beatty Memorial
Award. Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation.

I. MARSHALL SEIDLER. Associate Judge, Baltimore
County, District 8, District Court of Maryland, since 1989.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 23, 1934. Univer-
sity of Maryland, B.S., 1957; University of Maryland School
of Law, J.D., 1959. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1959.
Member, American, Maryland State and Baltimore County
Bar Associations. Attorney, Legal Aid Bureau, 1959-60.
Served in Maryland Air National Guard, 1959-65.

E. ALLEN SHEPHERD. Associate Judge, Prince
George's County, District 5, District Court of Maryland,
since 1991. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, March 26,
1937. Served in U.S. Naval Air Reserve, 1954-62. Univer-
sity of Maryland, B.S., 1960; George Washington University
Law School, J.D., 1963. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1964.
Member, Maryland State and Prince George's County Bar
Associations; Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Asso-

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ciation; Maryland State's Attorneys' Association. Assistant
State's Attorney, Prince George's County, 1967-71. Dis-
trict Public Defender, District 5, Prince George's County,
1985-91. James R. White Award for Outstanding and
Distinguished Service in Criminal Defense, Maryland
Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association, 1990.

NANCY B. SHUGER. Associate Judge, Baltimore
City, District 1, District Court of Maryland, since 1993.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, May 10, 1949. Cornell
University, B.A. (history), cum laude, 1971; University of
Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1974. Admitted to Mary-
land Bar, 1975. Member, Maryland State and Baltimore
City Bar Associations; The Women's Law Center, Inc.
Member, J. Dudley Digges Inn of Court. Former assistant
attorney general. Jennifer L. Robbins Award from Mary-
land Attorney General in recognition of special achieve-
ment in field of human services, 1991.

H. THOMAS SISK, JR. Associate Judge, Kent County,
District 3, District Court of Maryland, since 1981. Born
in Washington, DC, August 29, 1926. Served in U.S.
Navy, 1943-46. Vets High School Center, Washington,
DC; University of Maryland, B.S., 1952; George Wash-
ington University School of Law, J.D., 1956. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1962. Member, Maryland State and Kent
County Bar Associations.

LEE MATOTAN SISLEN. Associate Judge,
Montgomery County, District 6, District Court of Maryland,
since 1992. Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, September
14, 1953. Newcomb College, Tulane University, B.A.,
1975; University of New Mexico School of Law, J.D., 1979.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1980. Member, Maryland State,
Montgomery County and Women's Bar Associations. Semi-
nar lecturer. University of Maryland School of Social Work,
1988—. Volunteer lecturer, tutor, and translator,
Montgomery County Public Schools, 1988—.

DONALD M. SMITH. Associate Judge, Carroll
County, District 10, District Court of Maryland, since
1971. Born in York, Pennsylvania, May 21, 1931. At-
tended public schools in Taneytown, Maryland; Western
Maryland College, A.B., 1952. Served in U.S. Army,
1952-54, George Washington University Law School,
J.D., cum laude, 1957. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1957.
Member, American Legion; Taneytown Rod and Gun
Club; Lutheran Church.

R. NOEL SPENCE. Associate Judge, Washington
County, District 11, District Court of Maryland, since
1993. Trial Magistrate, Hagerstown, 1967-69. Born in
Hagerstown, Maryland, February 19, 1934. Washington
and Lee University, B.A., 1956; University of Maryland
School of Law, LL.B., 1958. Admitted to Maryland Bar,
1958. Member, Maryland State and Washington County
Bar Associations; National District Attorneys Association.
Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1959-60.
Member, House of Delegates, 1963-67. Deputy State's
Attorney, Washington County, 1988-93 (Assistant State's
Attorney, 1984-88).

PAUL J. STAKEM. District Administrative Judge, Alle-
gany County, District 12, District Court of Maryland,
since 1983 (Associate Judge, 1981—). Born in Cumber-
land, Maryland, October 10, 1939. Attended La Salle
High School, Cumberland; St. Vincent College, B.A.,
1961; University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B.,
1964. Order of the Coif, University of Maryland, 1964.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1964. Member, Maryland