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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 Associa-
tion (vice-president, 1969-1970). Admitted to practice. Supreme
Court of the United States, 1963. Deputy attorney 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). Mar-
ried; 2 children.

ARTHUR A. ANDERSON, JR. District Court, Dis-
trict 7, 1980—. Born in Baltimore, June 14, 1914.
Attended Baltimore City College; University of Balti-
more, J.D., 1937. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1938.
Served in U.S. Army Air Corps, 1941-1946. Member,
Anne Arundel County and Maryland State Bar Associ-
ations. Auditor, Circuit Court for Anne Arundel Coun-
ty, 1963-1973; Master in Chancery, Circuit Court for
Anne Arundel County, 1973-1980. Married.

FRANCIS M. ARNOLD. District Court, District 10,
1980—. Born in Westminster, June 13, 1929. Attended
Westminster High School; University of Baltimore,
1959-1964; University of Baltimore Law School, J.D.,
1967. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1967. Served in
U.S. Marine Corps, 1946-1948, 1950-1951. Member,
Carroll County, Maryland State, and American Bar As-
sociations. Director of Employee Relations—American
Operations, Black and Decker Manufacturing Company
(employed 1952-1975). Married; 5 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, 1951-1962
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 Maryland; 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, Mu-

nicipal 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 Associa-
tions. Past president, Baltimore County Bar Associa-
tion. 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; Ameri-
can Judicature Society. Assistant county solicitor,
Baltimore County, 1959-1961; associate judge. Peoples
Court, Baltimore County, 1961-1971; examiner, Mary-
land Tax Court, 1972-1975. Married; 5 children.

STANLEY Y. BENNETT. District Court, District 11,
1971—. Born in Frederick, February 11, 1935.
Attended Frederick County public schools; University
of Maryland; University of Baltimore, LL.B., 1959. Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1960. Served in the Mary-
land National Guard. Member, Maryland State and
Frederick County Bar Associations; American Judica-
ture Society; American Judges Association; past presi-
dent, Frederick County Bar Association. Trial magis-
trate for Frederick County, 1960-1971. Member,

 



 
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