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Maryland Manual 1994-1995 Court of Special Appeals/617

COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS BIOGRAPHIES

CHIEF JUDGE

ALAN M. WILNER. Chief Judge, Court of Special Ap-
peals, At Large, since 1990 (Judge, 1977-90). Born in
Baltimore, Maryland, January 26, 1937. Baltimore City
College; The Johns Hopkins University, A.B., 1958,
M.L.A., 1966; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D.,
1962. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1962. Member, Maryland
State Bar Association; Order of the Coif. Assistant attorney
general of Maryland, 1965-68. Chief legislative officer. Of-
fice of the Governor, 1974-77. Chairperson, Commission on
the Evaluation and Coordination of Aggressive Offender
Treatment, 1976-78. Member, Task Force to Study Circuit
Court Unification, 1975-77; Task Force on the Board of
Public Works, 1976-77; Task Force on Crime, 1976-77;
Commission to Study Domestic Relations Laws, 1976-77;
Commission on Funding the Education of Handicapped
Children, 1976-77. Chairman, Court of Appeals Standing
Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 1985—.
Chairman, Code Revision Committee, 1990—. Author, The
Maryland Board of Public Works: A History (1984).

PAUL E. ALPERT. Judge, Court of Special Appeals, 2nd
Appellate Circuit, since 1982. Associate Judge, Baltimore
County Circuit Court, 3rd Judicial Circuit, 1977-82. Asso-
ciate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 8, Baltimore
County, 1972-77. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September
1, 1935. Baltimore City College; University of Baltimore,
AA., 1954; University of Baltimore School of Law, LL.B.,
J.D. (magna cum laude), 1957. Admitted to Maryland Bar,
1957. Served in U.S. Army, 1957; Maryland National
Guard, 1958-63. Member, Maryland State Bar Association
(member, standing committee on Maryland civil pattern jury
instructions). Member, House of Delegates, 1967-72 (vice-
chair, judiciary committee). Associate Professor (business
law), Towson State University, 1980-90. Board member,
Jewish Big Brother League; member, Center Lodge AF &
AM, 1978-91.

JOHN J. BISHOP, JR. Judge, Court of Special Appeals,
At Large, since 1981. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, De-
cember 6,1927. Baltimore parochial schools; Loyola Col-
lege; Towson State College; University of Baltimore;
University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1951. Ad-
mitted to Maryland Bar, 1954. Served in U.S. Coast
Guard. Member, Maryland State and Baltimore County
Bar Associations. Past member. Board of Governors,
Maryland State Bar Association; Third Judicial Circuit
Committee on Judicial Appointments. Member, State Sen-
ate, 1967-81 (minority whip; member, judicial proceed-
ings committee, executive nominations committee; chair,
special committee to study the mental health laws). Dele-
gate, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University,
1968. Instructor (political science), University of Balti-
more, 1980. Instructor (state & local government). Uni-
versity of Maryland School of Law, 1982-87. Member,
Executive Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference,
1985-88 (chair, 1987-88). Received numerous distin-
guished service awards and citations.

THEODORE G. BLOOM. Judge, Court of Special Ap
peals, 5th Appellate Circuit, since 1983. Born in Baltimore,
Maryland, July 18,1926. Baltimore, Maryland, and Durham,
North Carolina, public schools. Served in U.S. Navy, 1944-46,

1950-51. University of Maryland, BA., 1949; University
of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1953. Scholastic honors:
Phi Eta Sigma (national freshman honor society); Phi
Kappa Phi (national scholastic honor society); Order of
the Coif (national law school honor society). Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1952. Member, Maryland State Bar Asso-
ciation (board of governors, 1971-72); Annc Arundel
County Bar Association (president, 1975-76). Member,
Anne Arundel County Charter Commission, 1971-72;
Attorney Grievance Commission, 1982-83. Chairman,
Commission on Judicial Disabilities, 1990—.

DALE R. CATHELL. Judge, Court of Special Appeals,
1st Appellate Circuit, since 1989. Associate Judge,
Worcester County Circuit Court, 1st Judicial Circuit,
1981-89. Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 2,
1980-81. Born in Berlin, Maryland, July 30, 1937.
Stephen Decatur High School. Served in U.S. Air Force,
1955-59. University of Maryland, 1962-64; University of
Baltimore School of Law, LL.B., 1967. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1967. Member, Maryland State and
Worcester County Bar Associations. City Attorney for
Ocean City. Member, Worcester County Shoreline Com-
mission; Charter Revision Committee. Organizer, Legal
Intern Program.

ARRIE W. DAVIS. Judge, Court of Special Appeals, 6th
Appellate Circuit, since 1990. Associate Judge, Baltimore City
Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, 1983-90. Judge, District
Court of Maryland, District 1, 1981-83. Born in Baltimore,
Maryland, July 21, 1940. Frederick Douglass Senior High
School; Morgan State College, BA., 1963; New York Uni-
versity, M.A., 1966; University of Baltimore School of Law,
J.D., 1969. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1969. Member, Mary-
land State, Baltimore City and Monumental City Bar Associa-
tions. Bailiff to Supreme Bench of Baltimore, 1968-69.
Assistant State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1970-71. Assistant
attorney general, Criminal Appeals Division, 1971 -79, counsel
to Division of Correction, 1979-81. Member, Committee to
Study Sentencing and Correctional Alternatives for Women
Convicted of Crime, 1987-88. Member, Legislative Subcom-

 



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