Practice & Procedure; Commission on Judicial Disabili-
ties. Member, NAACP.

KENNETH LAVON JOHNSON. Associate Judge,
Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, since
1982. Born in Columbia, Mississippi, July 26, 1937. Globe
Academy; Southern University, B.A., 1959; Howard Uni-
versity Law School, J.D., 1962. Member of editorial staff
and notes editor, Howard Law Journal, 1961-62. Served as a
captain in U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps,
1962-66 (National Defense Service Medal for foreign service
in Pacific area, 1963-66). Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1970.
Member, American, Maryland State, District of Columbia,
Louisiana and Monumental City Bar Associations. Maryland
7th Congressional District Award for Community Service;
Public Spirit Award for Outstanding Leadership; J. S. Clark
Memorial Award for high academic achievement.

CHRISTIAN M. KAHL. Associate Judge, Baltimore
County Circuit Court, 3rd Judicial Circuit, since 1990. As-
sociate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 8, Balti-
more County, 1984-90. Master in Juvenile Causes,
Baltimore County Circuit Court, 1969-84. Born in Balti-
more, Maryland, December 21, 1935. The Johns Hopkins
University, A.B., 1958; Mt. Vernon School of Law, LL.B.,
1963. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1963; U.S. Supreme
Court, 1968. Member, Baltimore County Bar Association;
Maryland State Bar Association (council member, family &
juvenile law section, 1972-78, 1981-87). Assistant County
Solicitor, Baltimore County, 1965-68. Member, Governor's
Commission on Juvenile Justice, 1975-76.

MARVIN S. KAMINETZ. Associate Judge, St. Mary's
County Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit, since 1989. Mem-
ber, Committee on Juvenile Law, Maryland Judicial Confer-
ence, 1990—. Master for Juvenile Causes, St. Mary's County
Circuit Court, 1974-89. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Au-
gust 11, 1943. Served in U.S. Army Reserve, 1960-68.
University of Maryland, B.S., 1965; University of Maryland
School of Law, J.D., 1968; National College of Juvenile
Justice, University of Nevada-Reno, 1979. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1968. Member, American and Maryland
State Bar Associations; St. Mary's County Bar Association
(president, 1970-71); American Trial Lawyers Association,
1973-89; National Council of Juvenile Court Judges,
1975—; American Judicature Society, 1975; Maryland Mas-
ters Association, 1985-89; Maryland Trial Lawyers Associa-
tion, 1988-89. Member, Appellate Judicial Selection
Commission, 1970-75; Governor's Commission on Law
Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, 1975-79;
Member, St. Mary's County Commission for Women, 1981-
89. Chair, St. Mary's County Rape Crisis Prevention Com-
mittee, 1986-87. Chair, St. Mary's County Task Force on
Child Abuse and Child Sexual Prevention, 1986-87. St.
Mary's County Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Board
(chair, rape crisis prevention committee, 1987-88). Co-
Chair, St. Mary's County Child Abuse Task Force, 1985-86.
St. Mary's County Alliance for Alcohol and Drug Abuse,
1989-90; St. Mary's County School Health Council, 1989-
90; St. Mary's County Public Schools Crisis Management
Consultants Group, 1987-90. President's Leadership Cabi-
net, St. Mary's College of Maryland, 1987—; Institution
Review Board, St. Mary's College of Maryland, 1986—.
Representative of Maryland Coalition Against Sexual As-
sault, 1983-85. Patuxent River Council Navy League of the
U.S., 1986— (elected Judge Advocate, 1987—). Board of
Directors, St. Mary's Hospital, 1977-78. Lexington Park
Rotary Club (president, 1975-76); St. Mary's County
Chamber of Commerce, 1974-89.

RAYMOND J. KANE, JR. Associate Judge, Howard
County Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit, since 1982.
Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 10,
Howard County, 1977-82. Born in Baltimore, Maryland,
June 9,1938. Calvert Hall High School; Loyola College;
University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1963.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1964. Served in U.S. Army
Reserve. Member, Maryland State Bar Association;
Howard County Bar Association (president, 1976-77).
Assistant State's Attorney, Howard County, 1966. Coun-
sel to Howard County Welfare Board, 1967; counsel to
Howard County Park Board. Past president, Ellicott City
Junior Chamber of Commerce. Co-editor, Howard County
Code, 1970 and 1972 editions.

JOSEPH H. H. KAPLAN. Circuit Administrative Judge,
Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, since 1984
(Associate Judge, 1977-84). Chair, State-Federal Judicial
Council, 1989—. Member, Conference of Circuit Judges,
1984—. Executive Committee, Maryland Judicial Confer-
ence, 1983-87. Member, Sentencing Guidelines Committee,
Maryland Judicial Conference, 1981— (chair, 1990—).
Born in Brooklyn, New York, January 2, 1937. The Johns
Hopkins University, A.B., 1957; University of Chicago Law
School, J.D., 1960. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1961. Served
in U.S. Army, U.S. Army National Guard, U.S. Air Force
Reserve, and U.S. Navy Reserve. Member, American and
Baltimore City Bar Associations. Member, Maryland State
Bar Association (co-chair, alternative dispute resolution
committee, 1985-88). Member, Court of Appeals Standing
Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 1982—.
Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland, 1963-65. Past
executive secretary, Mayor's Advisory Commission on
Crime, Baltimore City. Member, Maryland Commission on
Human Relations, 1969-71. President, Civil Service Com-
mission of Baltimore City, 1972-77. Member, Baltimore
City Expenditure Control Committee and Board of Ethics,
1972-77. Chair, Baltimore City Executive Pay Plan Com-
mittee, 1975-77. President, Library Company of the Balti-
more Bar, 1979-83 (board member, 1977—). Chair,
Alcoholism Services Advisory Committee of Alcohol and
Drug Abuse Program, University of Maryland School of
Medicine, 1979-85. President, Quarter Way House, Inc.,
1977-79; trustee, Woodbourne Center, 1967-82; honorary
board member. Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America,
Maryland Chapter. Past officer. Big Brothers and Big Sisters
of Central Maryland, Inc.; Dismas House. Member, Ser-
jeants' Inn Law Club; Barristers' Law Club; Lawyers Round
Table Law Club. President, J. Dudley Digges Inn, American
Inns of Court, 1990-91.

WARREN J. KRUG. Associate Judge, Calvert County
Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit, since 1993. Standing Exam-
iner, Calvert County Circuit Court, 1972-93. Born in Wash-
ington, DC, March 28, 1942. George Washington University,
BA., 1964; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1969.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1969; U.S. District Court of
Maryland, 1973; U.S. Supreme Court, 1973. Member, Ameri-
can, Maryland State and Calvert County Bar Associations (past
member, Federal Bar Association). Member, Delta Theta Phi
legal fraternity. Director, Calvert County Chapter, American
Cancer Sodety. Director, past president, German Orphan
Home Association, Inc. Teacher, Calvert County Adult Edu-
cation Program. Estate Tax Attorney, Internal Revenue Serv-
ice, 1969-71. Attorney, Handen and Krug, PA. (formerly,
Handen & Singerman), 1971-93.

GARY G. LEASURE. Associate Judge, Allegany County
Circuit Court, 4th Judicial Circuit, since 1983. Born in