District Court Biographies
Board, 1957 - 1971; Susquehanna State Park Commis-
sion, 1976 — ; Democratic State Central Committee,
1966 - 1970. Member, AF & AM; Alpha Tau Omega.
Married; 2 children.
JAMES LOMAX BUNDY. District Court, District 1,
1974 — . Born in Bluefield, West Virginia, March 6,
1920. Attended public schools in Bluefield; Bluefield
State College, B.S., 1942; University of Maryland, LL.B.,
1949; J.D., 1969. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1949.
Served in the U.S. Air Force. Member, National, Mary-
land State, and Baltimore City Bar Associations. Assis-
tant city solicitor, Baltimore City, 1962 - 1968; assistant
attorney general of Maryland, 1968 - 1974. Married; 4
children.
LUKE K. BURNS, JR. District Court, District 10,
1978 — . Born in Baltimore, January 27, 1934.
Attended Loyola High School; Fordham University,
B.A„ 1957; University of Baltimore Law School, LL.B.,
1964. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1964. Member,
Maryland State Bar Association. Married; 2 children.
HILARY D. CAPLAN. District Court, District 1,
1976—. Born in Baltimore, July 7, 1935. Attended
Forest Park High School; Johns Hopkins University;
University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1961. Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1962.. Served in the U.S.
Army. Member, American, Maryland State, and
Baltimore City Bar Associations, Assistant state's attor-
ney for Baltimore City, 1967 - 1972. Parents Board of
Directors, Oilman School, 1976 - 1978. Married; 2
children.
JOSEPH ANTHONY CIOTOLA, SR. District Court,
District 1, 1976 — . Born in Baltimore, October 4, 1919.
Attended Baltimore City College; University of
Baltimore, J.D., 1947. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1947. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force; Bronze Star.
Member, American, Maryland State, and Baltimore City
Bar Associations. Member, Commission to Revise the
Annotated Code of Maryland, 1973; Property Tax As-
sessment Appeal Board of Baltimore City, 1974; presi-
dent, Board of Supervisors of Elections, Baltimore City,
1975. Professor of Law, Eastern University, 1968 - 1970;
member. Commission to Revise the Land Patent Section
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, 1975 - 1976; mem-
ber, Advisory Board, Mount St. Joseph High School,
1963. Married; 2 children.
JOHN T. CLARK III. District Court, District 3,
1979 —. Born in Baltimore City, September 15, 1943.
Attended Centreville High School; University of the
South, B.A., 1965; University of Maryland School of
Law, J.D., 1969. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1969.
Served in the Army National Guard. Member, Ameri-
can, Maryland State, and Queen Anne's County Bar
Associations. State's attorney tor Queen Anne's County,
1975 - 1979. Married; 2 children.

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RICHARD JOHN CLARK. District Court, District 4,
1976 — . Born in Washington, D.C., June 20, 1942.
Attended Gonzaga College High School, Washington,
D.C.; Catholic University of America; University of
Maryland, B.A„ 1965; University of Maryland School
of Law, LL.B., 1969. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1969. Juvenile master for Charles County; public de-
fender, District 4. Member, Knights of Columbus. Mar-
ried; 2 children.
THOMAS J. CURLEY, JR. District Court, District 7,
1964 — . Administrative Judge. Born in Medford,
Massachusetts, December 12, 1922. Attended Medford
High School, Medford, Massachusetts, and Randies
Naval Preparatory School, Washington, D.C.; U.S. Na-
val Academy, B.S., 1941; University of Maryland, J.D.,
1949. Served in the U.S. Navy. Five children.
LOUIS J. Di TRANI. District Court, District 5,
1978 —. Born in New York. Attended New York City
public schools; Brooklyn College, B.A„ 1954; Emory
University, LL.B., J.D., 1960. Admitted to the Bar,
1960. Served in the U.S. Air Force. Member, Maryland
State, Prince George's County, District of Columbia,
and Georgia Bar Associations; Phi Alpha Delta. Trustee,
Prince George's Community College, 1969 - 1970;
Commissioner, Maryland-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, 1970 - 1973; chairman. Property
Tax Assessment Appeal Board for Prince George's
County, 1973 - 1978. Married; 3 children.
WILLIAM T. EVANS. District Court, District 8,
1972 —; Administrative Judge. Born in Newton Falls,
Ohio, February 14, 1925. Attended Sparrows Point
High School; University of Baltimore, A.A., 1949; J.D.,
1952. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1952. Served in
the U.S. Air Force. Member, American, Maryland
State, and Baltimore County Bar Associations. Magis-
trate, Baltimore County; Baltimore County Planning
Board. Maryland House of Delegates, 1967 - 1972.
Member, Masons. Married; 3 children.
JOHN F. FADER 11. District Court, District 8,
1977 —. Born in Baltimore, February 12, 1941.
Attended Baltimore County schools; University of
Maryland Pharmacy School, B.S., 1963; University of
Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1968. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1968. Married; 2 children.
IRVING H. FISHER. District Court, District 5,
1976 —. Born in Baltimore, February 9, 1920.
Attended Baltimore City College; University of Mary-
land; Mt. Vernon School of Law, LL.B., 1956; Univer-
sity of Baltimore, J.D. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1956. Served in the U.S. Air Force; received three com-
mendation medals. Member, Maryland State and Prince
George's County Bar Associations. Author of Air Force
manual on the Federal Tort Claims Act and on the Hos-
pital Recowry Law. Married; 3 children.