State Trial Judges of American Bar Association. Member,
Board of Governors, Maryland State Bar Association
(chair, criminal law and practice section; chair, committee
to draft pattern jury instructions in criminal cases). Mem-
ber, Executive Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference,
1985-89; National District Attorneys Association. Assis-
tant State's Attorney, Montgomery County, 1973-79.
Member, Montgomery County Advisory Commission on
Environmental Law, 1979; Montgomery County Com-
mission on Battered Spouses; Advisory Commission on
Child Abuse and Neglect. Board of Directors, Hebrew
Home for Greater Washington. Partner, Sachs,
Greenebaum, and Taylcr. Publication: The Right of the
Police to Break and Enter: No-Knock," American Univer-
sity Law Rtpiew (1970-71). Adjunct professor, Washington
College of Law. Recipient, American Judicature Book
Award for Torts, Criminal Procedure; Lura E. Turley
Award from Washington College of Law; Law Review,
American University. Judge, District 6, District Court of
Maryland, 1980-82.

JAMES MAGRUDER REA. Associate Judge, Prince
George's County Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit, since
1980. Born in Washington, DC, March 11, 1924.
Bladcnsburg High School; University of Maryland, A.B.,
1943; University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B.,
1950. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1951. Served in U.S.
Army. Member, American, Maryland State and Prince
George's County Bar Associations. Chairman, Democratic
State Central Committee, Prince George's County, 1966-
69. Member, Trinity Church, Upper Marlboro; Southern
Maryland Society; Marlborough Hunt Club. Judge, Dis-
trict 5, District Court of Maryland, 1969-80.

EDWARD D. E. ROLLINS, JR. Associate Judge,
Cecil County Circuit Court, 2nd Judicial Circuit, since
1983. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, March 29, 1932.
Archmcre Academy; attended Loyola College, 1950-53;
University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1956.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1956. Member, American,
Maryland State and Cecil County Bar Associations. Past
president, Cecil County Bar Association; past member,
Character Committee and Grievance Committee,
Maryland State Bar Association. Member, Constitutional
Convention of Maryland, 1967-68.

RICHARD T. ROMBRO. Associate Judge, Baltimore
City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, since 1989. Born
in Brooklyn, New York, January 13, 1929. Lycoming
College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania; University of
Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1953. Student Editor,
Maryland Law Rmew. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1953.
Served in U.S. Army. Member, House of Delegates, 1958-
62. Member, Legislative Council, 1961-62. Member,
Legislative Council Committee to Study Capital Punish-
ment. Member, Governor's Comini&sion on Provident
Hospital. Member, American, Maryland State and Bal-
timore City Bar Associations.

DAVID BOSS. Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit
Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, since 1968. Born in
Washington, DC, April 11, 1929. Attended public
schools in Annc Arundel County; Washington, DC;
Chesterfield County, Virginia; and Petersburg, Virginia.
University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1953.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1953. Served in U.S. Marine
Corps. Member, American, Maryland State and Bal-
timore City Bar Associations; National Conference of
State Trial Judges; Maryland Conference of Circuit

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Judges (chairman, 1978-80). Fellow, Maryland Bar Foun-
dation; American Bar Foundation; American College of
Probate Counsel. Chairman, Court of Appeals Standing
Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 1978-82.
Member, Lawyers Round Table; participant, 1969, and
faculty advisor, 1972, National Judicial College. Member,
Board of Appeals, Department of Employment Security,
1957-59. Member, Order of the Coif.

DAVID GRAY ROSS. Associate Judge, Prince
George's County Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit,
since 1978. Born in Quanah, Texas, August 9, 1935.
McKinley High School, Washington, DC; George
Washington University; American University, B.S.,
1960; Washington College of Law, American Univer-
sity, J.D., 1964. Served in U.S. Army and U.S. Army
Reserve; retired as colonel, JAGC (Judge Advocate
General's Corps), after twenty-six years of service. Mem-
ber, Maryland State, Prince George's County and Dis-
trict of Columbia Bar Associations. Assistant
Corporation Counsel, District of Columbia, 1965-67.
Associate County Attorney, Prince George's County,
1967-68. Master of Juvenile Causes, Prince George's
County, 1968-70. Member, House of Delegates, 1970-
78. Appointed by the President to National Advisory
Committee on Juvenile Justice, 1980.

L. LEONARD RUBEN. Associate Judge,
Montgomery County Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Circuit,
since 1983. Born in Brooklyn, New York, March 24,
1925. McKinley High School, Washington, DC. Served
in U.S. Navy, 1943-46. George Washington University,
A.B., 1951; George Washington University Law School,
LL.B., J.D., 1954. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1965. Mem-
ber, Maryland State Bar Association (public awareness com-
mittee) . Member, Montgomery County Ethics Commission.
Member, American Arbitration Association. Member,
House of Delegates, 1970-74. Judge, District Court of
Maryland, District 6, Montgomery County, 1974-83.

LAWRENCE H. B.USHWORTH. Associate Judge,
Annc Arundel County Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit,
since 1989. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 23,
1933. Graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute.
University of Baltimore, LL.B., J.D., 1960; graduate
school at George Washington University. Served in U.S.
Navy; Korean War veteran. Admitted to Maryland Bar,
1961, U.S. Court of Military Appeals and U.S. Tax Court,
1970. Member, District of Columbia Bar Association.
Annc Arundel County Assistant Public Defender, 1972-
82; Deputy Public Defender, 1982-85. Judge, District 7,
District Court of Maryland, 1985-89. Member, Board of
Directors, Methodist Church Council; Sigma Delta
Kappa; American Legion.

JAMES L. RYAN. Associate Judge, Montgomery Coun-
ty Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Circuit, since 1991. Born in
Washington, DC, January 5,1941. Montgomery College,
A.A., 1962; University of Maryland, B.A., 1964; Catholic
University School of Law, J.D., 1969. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1969. Member, Maryland State and
Montgomery County Bar Associations, Master for Domes-
tic Relations, Montgomery County, 1982-87. Associate
Judge, Montgomery County, District 6, District Court of
Maryland, 1987-91.

THOMAS A. RYMER. Associate Judge, Calvcrt
County Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit, since 1987.
Born in Ashcville, North Carolina, February 10, 1925.
Served in U.S. Navy in World War II. University of