COURT OF APPEALS
STANDING COMMITTEE ON RULES
OF PRACTICE & PROCEDURE

Chair Alan M Wilner, Cliief Judge,
Court of Special Appeals

Sandra F Haines, Esq , Reporter

100 Community Place, Room 1 517
Crownsville, MD 21032—2030 (410) 514 7040
fax (410)987-3226

BUDGET (CODE CA0007, formerly 22.01.00.07)
FY1994 FY1995 FY1996

Funds (actual) (actual) (approp)

General $110,698 $129,330 $159,023
Total Funds $110,698 $129,330 $159,023

Staff

Authorized 2 20 20
Contractual (FTE) 066
Total Staff 2 26 26

HISTORICAL EVOLUTION

Court of Appeals, Ad Hoc Committee on Rules,
1940-46
Court of Appeals, Standing Committee on Rules
of Practice & Procedure, 1946—

MANDATED REPORTS

Biannual Report to Court of Appeals due March
31 e^Sept 30

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

COURT OF APPEALS

Robert C Murphy, Chief Judy (410) 887 4810

COURT OP APPEALS STANDING COMMITTEE
ON RULES OF PRACTICE 6c PROCEDURE

Cfctt'r-AIan M Wilner, Chief Judge, Court
of Special Appeals, 1999 (410) 887 2677

Appointed by Court of Appeals lowellR Bowen,Esq,
Bayard Z Hochberg, Esq , James J Lombardi, Esq ,

Melvm J Sykes, Esq , Robert A Zarnoch, Fsq Terms
expire 1996

Robert L Dean, Esq , H Thomas Howell, Fsq , G
R Ho\ey Johnson, Joseph H H Kaplan, Richard M
Karceski, Esq , Robert D Klein, Esq , Joyce H Knox,
Esq , Mary Ellen T Rinehardt, Larry W Shipley
Terms expire 1997

Albert D Brault, Esq , Harrv S Johnson, Fs>q , Anne
C Ogletree, Esq , Linda M Schuett, Esq , Roger W
Titus, Esq , James N Vaughan Terms expire 1998

Norman R Stone, Jr , Senate
Joseph F Vallano, Jr , House of Delegates

Members ementi Robert R Bowie, John F McAuliffe,
Kenneth C Proctor

REPORTER

Sandra F Haines, Esq (410) 514 7040

The Court of Appeals Standing Committee on
Rules of Practice and Procedure, known also as the
Rules Committee, was appointed bv order of the
Court of Appeals in 1946 The Committee suc-
ceeded an ad hoc committee on rules appointed by
the Court in 1940
The Court of Appeals is responsible for making
the rules that govern the practice and procedure of
law and judicial administration in Maryland The
Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Pro-
cedure assists the Court in developing these rules
Appointed by the Court of Appeals, Committee
members serve three-year terms They include law
yers, Judges, and others competent in judicial practice,
procedure, or administration A senator nominated by
the Senate President and a delegate nominated by the
Speaker of the House of Delegates are ex officio
members (Code Courts and Judicial Proceedings
Article, sec 13 301, Md Rule 1225)