1956-59. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1963. Member,
American, Maryland State and Harford County Bar As-
sociations. President, Harford County Bar Association,
1984-85. Married.

JOHN S. LANDBECK, JR. District Court, District 9,
1985-. Bom in Baltimore, May 28, 1941. Attended Ab-
erdeen public schools; Harford Community College;
Eastern College of Commerce and Law; University of
Baltimore Law School, J.D., 1965. FBI agent, 1965-70.
Realtor, 1970-84. Civilian employee, Aberdeen Proving
Ground, 1972-73. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1972.
Member, American, Maryland State and Harford Coun-
ty Bar Associations. Married; 4 children.

BESS B. LA VINE. District Court, District 5, 1978-.
Bom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 29, 1927.
Attended Washington, D.C., primary and secondary
schools; George Washington University, B.A., 1949;
University of Baltimore, LL.B., J.D., 1959. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1959. Past President, Prince George's
Women's Bar Association. Member, Maryland State Bar
Association; Maryland Judicial Conference (judicial ad-
ministration and public awareness committees). Chair,
Prince George's County Domestic Violence Criminal
Law Task Force; Member, District Court Commission-
er's Education Committee, 1981-83; District Court
Criminal Law Committee, 1985-86. Who's Who of
American Women. Chief Judge, Orphans' Court of
Prince George's County, 1954-62; Master for Juvenile
Causes, 1970-77; Family Court Master, 1977-78. Mar-
ried; 3 children, 5 grandchildren.

ALAN B. LIPSON. District Court, District 1, 1981-.
Bom in Providence, R. I., October 10, 1930. University
of New Hampshire, B.A., 1952; University of Maryland
School of Law, LL.B., 1962. Admitted to Maryland Bar,
1962. Served in U.S. Air Force, 1952-54, plus several
short tours in subsequent years; achieved rank of Cap-
tain. Member, Maryland State and Baltimore City Bar
Associations; active in several Bar Association commit-
tees. Associated with Sherbow, Shea and Doyle,
1970-79 (partner, 1976-79). Assistant State's Attorney,
Baltimore City, 1965-67. Assistant U.S. Attorney for
Maryland, 1967-70. Assistant Attorney General of
Maryland, 1979-81. Married; 2 children.

THOMAS A. LOHM. District Court, District 6, 1980-.
Administrative Judge. Born in Clarksburg, West Virgin-
ia, June 20, 1922. Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School;
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, engineering, 1943;
George Washington University, B.A., 1949; George
Washington School of Law, LL.B., 1951. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1954. Served in U.S. Navy, 1943-46.
Member, Maryland State and Montgomery County Bar
Associations. Member, American Legion. Married; 2
children.

DONALD M. LOWMAN. District Court, District 7,
1982-. Born in Anne Arundel County, January 19,
1928. Attended Glen Burnie schools; Eastern College;
Mt. Vemon School of Law, LL.B., J.D., 1968. Admitted
to Maryland Bar, 1969. Member, Maryland State and
Anne Arundel County Bar Associations. Served in U.S.

Navy, 1946-48. Office of the Public Defender, Anne
Arundel County, 1972-82. Member, Elks; Masonic Or-
der. Married; 1 child.

ROBERT N. LUCKE, SR. District Court, District 7,
1977-. Born in Washington, D.C., March 1, 1924. An-
napolis High School; University of Maine; University of
Maryland, B.S., 1950; University of Maryland School of
Law, LL.B., J.D., 1959. Admitted to Maryland Bar,
1959. Served in U.S. Army. Member, American, Mary-
land State and Anne Arundel County Bar Associations;
American Trial Lawyers Association; Inquiry Panel, At-
torney Grievance Commission of Maryland. Agent and
inspector, U.S. Treasury Department, 1950-53; chief,
Alcoholic Beverages Enforcement, Comptroller of the
Treasury of Maryland, 1953-62. Past president,
Fairwinds Community Association, Pines Community
Association, Severna Park Chamber of Commerce,
Severna Park Rotary Club; commodore. Rotary Yacht
Squadron of the Chesapeake; past vice-president, Anne
Arundel County YMCA. Married; 3 children.

KEITH E. MATHEWS. District Court, District 1,
1983-. Bom in Steubenville, Ohio, March 2, 1944. Mor-
gan State College, B.S., 1966; University of Baltimore
School of Law, J.D., 1972. Admitted to Maryland Bar,
1972. Served in U.S. Air Force, 1966-68. Staff attorney,
Legal Aid Bureau, 1972-73. Legislative assistant and
special counsel to Representative Parren J. Mitchell,
1973-74. Attorney, Antitrust Division, U.S. Dept. of
Justice, 1974-75. Partner, Foster, Mathews & Hill,
1975-82. Assistant State's Attorney, Baltimore City,
1978-83.

GRAYDON S. McKEE III. District Court, District 5,
1977-; Administrative Judge; cross-designated to Circuit
Court, 7th Circuit. Born in New Brighton, Penn-
sylvania, November 8, 1937. McGuffy High School,
Claysville, Pennsylvania; Baldwin-Wallace College, Ber-
ea, Ohio; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D.,
1967; University of Virginia (international law); College
of Juvenile Justice; National Judicial College on Court
Administration, 1980. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1967.
Served in U.S. Marine Corps. Member, American,
Maryland State and Prince George's County Bar As-
sociations; chairman, Mental Health Committee; mem-
ber, National Council of Juvenile Court Judges. Mem-
ber, Prince George's County Board of Education;
1972-73; master of Juvenile Causes, 1970-75. Past presi-
dent, New Carrollton Recreation Club; member, Prince
George's County Joint Committee on Mental Health;
chairman, Prince George's County Corrections Advisory
Board, 1982-; trustee, Cheltenham Methodist Church.
Married; 2 children,

JAMES CHARLES McKINNEY. District Court, Dis-
trict 3, 1986-. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, January
7, 1946. Attended Cecil County public schools; Wash-
ington College, B.A., 1968; University of Baltimore Law
School, J.D., 1975. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1975.
Member, Maryland State and Cecil County Bar Associa-
tions. Assistant State's Attorney, Cecil County,
1977-81. Deputy State's Attorney, Cecil County,
1982-86. Treasurer, Cecil County Democratic Central
Committee, 1982-86. Married; 2 children.