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special committee on adolescent alcoholism, addiction and
alcohol and drug abuse, 1985 -86). Member, American Bar
Association (advisory commission on youth alcohol and
drug problems, 1986). National Council of Juvenile and
Family Court Judges (committee on alcohol and substance
abuse, 1986). Member, Washington County Bar Associa-
tion. Law clerk to Judge William L. Henderson, Maryland
Court of Appeals, 1961. Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1962-64.
Trial magistrate, Washington County, 1965-67. Member,
Board of Visitors (president), Maryland School for the
Deaf, 1965-84. Member, Washington County Council on
Alcoholism. State's Attorney, Washington County, 1971-
75. Former part-time instructor of Business Law, Frost-
burg State College, 1972-76; part-time instructor,
Maryland Police Academy, 1973-85; participant, Ameri-
can Academy for Judicial Education television series for
continuing legal education, 1973-74. Member, Review
Board, Attorney Grievance Commission, 1975-79. Judge,
District Court of Maryland, District 11,1979-82.

JOSEPH F. MURPHY, JR. Baltimore County Circuit
Court, 3rd Judicial Circuit, 1984—. Born in Fitchburg,
Massachusetts, January 9, 1944. Boston College, 1965;
University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1969. Admit-
ted to Maryland Bar, 1969. Member, Maryland State Bar
Association (chair, criminal law section council, 1987-88;
member, criminal pattern jury instructions committee,
1980—). Member, Baltimore County Bar Association;
Maryland State's Attorneys' Association; Maryland Crim-
inal Defense Attorneys Association (president, 1984). As-
sistant State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1970-75; Deputy
State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1975-76. Instructor,
University of Baltimore Law School, 1974—; University
of Maryland Law School, 1979—. Recipient, U.S. Law
Week Award, 1969; Outstanding Part-Time Instructor
Award, University of Baltimore, 1976, 1977. Fellow,
Maryland Bar Foundation, Inc., 1984. Officer and trustee,
Maryland Institute for the Continuing Professional Educa-
tion of Lawyers (MICPEL), 1984—. Member, board of
directors, Maryland Judicial Institute, 1985—. Author,
"Oral Motions in Limine," Litigation (Vol. 14, no. 3)
Spring 1988.

ROBERT C. NALLEY. Charles County Circuit Court,
7th Judicial Circuit, 1980 and 1988—. Born in Washing-
ton, D.C., September 18, 1943. Attended parochial
schools in Charles and St. Mary's Counties; Gonzaga High
School; Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama, B.S.,
1965; Georgetown University School of Law, J.D., 1969.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1969; District of Columbia
Bar, 1970. Served in U.S. Army, 1969-71. Member, Amer-
ican, Maryland State and Charles County Bar Associations.
Assistant/Deputy State's Attorney, Charles County, 1971-
75. State's Attorney, Charles County, 1975-80. Judge,
District Court of Maryland, 1981-88; Administrative
Judge, District 4,1983-88.
WILLIAM M. NICKERSON. Baltimore County Cir-
cuit Court, 3rd Judicial Circuit, 1985—. Born in Balti-
more, December 6, 1933. Baltimore Friends School;
University of Virginia, B.A., 1955. U.S. Coast Guard,
1955-59. University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B.,
1962. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1962. Member, Mary-
land State Bar Association (chairman, committee on ethics,
1984-85). Member, Baltimore County Bar Association.
Member, Review Board, Attorney Grievance Commis-
sion, 1984-85.

J. THOMAS NISSEL. Howard County Circuit Court,
5th Judicial Circuit, 1980—. Born in Baltimore, December
29, 1930. Attended parochial schools in Baltimore
County; Loyola College, B.A., 1952; University of Mary-
land School of Law, LL.B., 1955; J.D., 1969. Admitted
to Maryland Bar, 1955. Member, Trial Lawyers Law Club.
Director, Howard County Bar Association, 1975-76. Of-
fice of the Attorney General, 1957-64. State's Attorney,
Howard County, 1966. County Attorney for Howard
County, 1967. Associate Judge, Howard County People's
Court, 1970; (chief judge, 1971). Chairman, Howard
County Lawyer Referral, 1968-69. Administrative Judge,
District Court of Maryland, District 10,1971-80.

THOMAS E. NOEL. Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th
Judicial Circuit, 1983— Born in Baltimore, August 17,
1948. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute; Morgan State Col-
lege, B.S., 1971; University of Maryland School of Law,
J.D., 1975. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1975. Member,
Maryland State, Monumental City and Baltimore City Bar
Associations. Recipient, Distinguished Alumnus Award,
Black Law Students Association, University of Maryland
School of Law. Attorney, Office of the Public Defender,
1975-81. Assistant attorney general, 1981-83.

DARLENE G. PERRY. Prince George's County Circuit
Court, 7th Judicial Circuit, 1985—. Born in Virginia,
1939. Eastern College of Commerce; University of Balti-
more School of Law, J.D., 1972. Admitted to Maryland
Bar, 1972. Member, Maryland State Bar Association
(board of governors, 1983-84); Prince George's County
Bar Association (executive secretary, 1966-71; board of
directors, 1972-86). Associate Public Defender, Prince
George's County, 1972-85 (chief, felony trial section,
1978-85). Member, inquiry panel of Attorney Grievance
Commission, 1973-82. Partner, Camus &Pcrry, 1978-85.

JOSEPH I. PINES. Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th
Judicial Circuit, 1980—. Born in New York, New York,
February 16, 1922. University of Baltimore School of
Law, LL.B., 1942; LL.M., 1948; The Johns Hopkins
University, M.L.A., 1975. Admitted to Maryland Bar,
1943. Member, American, Maryland State and Baltimore
City Bar Associations. Member, American Trial Lawyers
Association. Chairman, State Advisory Council on Mental
Hygiene. Member, Governor's Commission on Health
Care Policy and Financing (chair, subcommittee on long-
term health care). Member, Executive Committee, Mary-
land Judicial Conference.

JOHN N. PREVAS. Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th
Judicial Circuit, 1986—. Born in Baltimore, September 16,
1947. Baltimore City College; Syracuse University, B.A.,
1968; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1971.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1972. Member, Maryland
State Bar Association (criminal law section council; judicial
administration section, judicial evaluations project). Mem-
ber, Baltimore City Bar Association. Assistant State's At-
torney, 1972-86. Former chief, Narcotics Division,
Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office. Executive Assis-
tant to Senator Paul Sarbancs, 1975-86. Member, National
District Attorneys Association; Maryland State's
Attorneys' Association. Member, TKE Fraternity.

IRMA S. RAKER. Montgomery County Circuit Court,
6th Judicial Circuit, 1982—. Born in Brooklyn, New York.
Attended Midwood High School; Syracuse University,
B.A., 1959; Washington College of Law, American Uni-
versity, J.D., 1972. Hague Academy of International Law,
1959. Admitted toMaiytand Bar, 1973. Member, American,