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THE DISTRICT COURT OF MARYLAND
BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS

ROBERT F. SWEENEY. Chief Judge, District Court of Mary-
land, 1971 — . Born in Baltimore, September 17, 1926.
Attended Loyola High School; Loyola College; University of
Baltimore Law School, J.D., 1957. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1957. Served in the U.S. Navy. Member, Maryland State
Bar Association (vice president, 1969 - 1970). Admitted to
practice. Supreme Court of the United States, 1963. Deputy at-
torney general of Maryland, 1966 - 1971; chief of the Criminal
Division, Office of the Attorney General, 1964 - 1966; assistant
attorney general of Maryland, 1961 - 1964; magistrate. Housing
Court of Baltimore City, 1959 - 1961. Former instructor in law,
Villa Julie College; co-founder. Advocate Club of Baltimore
(president, 1960). Married; 2 children.

CARL W. BACHARACH. District Court, District 1,
1971 — . Born in Baltimore, July 27, 1921. Attended
Baltimore City College; University of Maryland, B.A.,
1942; University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B.,
1948. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1947. Served in
the U.S. Army, 1942 - 1945. Member, Maryland State
Bar Association. Assistant city solicitor, Baltimore City,
1952 - 1956; judge. People's Court of Baltimore City,
1962 - 1971. Maryland House of Delegates, 1952 -
1956. Law lecturer. Married; 3 children.
AARON A. BAER. District Court, District 1,
1971 — . Born in Baltimore, January 25, 1914.
Attended Forest Park High School; University of Mary-
land; University of Baltimore, LL.B., 1937. Admitted to
the Maryland Bar, 1937. Assistant attorney general of
Maryland, 1947-1954; assistant city solicitor,
Baltimore City, 1954 - 1958. Maryland State Senate,
1959 - 1961. Judge, Municipal Court of Baltimore
City, 1961 - 1971. Married; 2 children.
WILLIAM S. BALDWIN. District Court, District 8,
1978 — . Born in Hydes, February 14, 1927. Attended
Towson High School; Johns Hopkins University; Uni-
versity of Baltimore; University of Baltimore Law
School, LL.B., 1954. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1954. Served in the U.S. Army Reserve. Member,
Maryland State and Baltimore County Bar
Associations. Past president, Baltimore County Bar As-
sociation. Trial magistrate, Baltimore County, 1958 -
1964; member, Baltimore County Board of Appeals,
1964 - 1965; chairman, Baltimore County Board of
Appeals, 1965 - 1970; commissioner, Maryland Public
Service Commission, 1971 - 1978. Married; 2 children.
DAVID N. BATES. District Court, District 8, 1975 — .
Born in Baltimore County, December 22, 1927. Attended

Sparrows Point High School; University of Baltimore;
University of Baltimore Law School, LL.B., J.D., 1950.
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1952. Served in the U.S.
Navy. Member, American, Maryland State, and
Baltimore County Bar Associations; American Judica-
ture Society. Assistant county solicitor, Baltimore Coun-
ty, 1959 - 1961; associate judge, Peoples Court,
Baltimore County, 1961 - 1971; examiner, Maryland
Tax Court, 1972 - 1975. Married; 5 children.
MARTIN S. BECKER. District Court, District 6,
1976—. Born in Washington, D.C., June 3, 1926,
Attended Washington, D.C., public schools; Emory and
Henry College; University of Virginia; George Washing-
ton University Law School, LL.B., 1950. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1956. Served in the U.S. Navy. Former
member and board member. Young Democratic Club of
Montgomery County. Member, American, Maryland
State, and Montgomery County Bar Associations; Phi
Sigma Delta. Former member and legal counsel, Silver
Spring Junior Chamber of Commerce. Member of the
House of Delegates, 1967 - 1976. Chairman, Economic
Matters Committee, 1971 - 1976. Chairman, Montgom-
ery County delegation, 1971 Session. Member, Legisla-
tive Council, 1971 - 1976. Married.
ROBERT M. BELL. District Court, District 1,
1974 —. Born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, July
6, 1943. Attended Dunbar High School; Morgan State
University, A.B., 1966; Harvard Law School, J.D.,
1969. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1969. Member,
American, Maryland State, Baltimore City, Monumen-
tal City, and National Bar Associations. Unmarried.
ROSALYN BLAKE BELL. District Court, District 6,
1978 — . Born in Trenton, New Jersey, April 22, 1923.
Attended Trenton High School; Simmons College, B.S.,



 
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