378'/'Maryland Manual
ALAN M. RESNICK. District Court, District 1,
1974 — Born in Baltimore, May 14, 1928 Attended
Baltimore City College, University of Maryland, A B,
1949, University of Maryland School of Law, LL B , 1952
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1952 Served in the US
Army Member, Maryland and Baltimore Qty Bar
Associations, American Judicature Society Maryland
House of Delegates, 1958 - 1974, chairman, Insurance
Committee of the House of Delegates, 1966 - 1974, exec-
utive board of the Conference of Insurance Legislators of
the United States, 1972 - 1974 Marned, 2 children
JEROME ROBINSON. District Court, District 1,
1971 — Born in Baltimore, March 31, 1911 Attended
Baltimore City College, University of Baltimore Law
School, LLB, 1931 Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1932 Member, Maryland State and Baltimore City Bar
Associations Former vice-president and chairman of the
Committee on Laws, Maryland State Bar Association
Municipal Court of Baltimore City, 1961 - 1971 Mary-
land House of Delegates, 1939 - 1961 (speaker pro tern,
1950 - 1961, vice-chairman, House Ways and Means
Committee, House deputy majority leader) Former presi-
dent, Maryland Association for Mental Health, former
member, Executive Board, National Association for Men-
tal Health (chairman, Council for Legislation and Public
Policy), former member, Advisory Committee, National
Association of State Mental Health Directors Former
member, Advisory Committee for the Revision of the
Baltimore City Charter, Executive Committee, National
Legislative Council, Congressional Joint Commissions on
Correctional Manpower and Training, Legislative Council
of Maryland (chairman of the committee that drafted the
original Defective Delinquent Statute) Author of article
on defective delinquency in State Government News. Hon-
orary Fellow, Maryland Psychiatric Society Unmarried
L. LEONARD RUBEN. District Court, District 6,
1974 — Born in Brooklyn, New York, March 24,
1925 Attended McKinley High School, Washington,
D C , George Washington University, A B, 1951, LLB,
J D , 1954 Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1965 Served
in the US Navy Member, Ethics Commission, Mont-
gomery County, American Arbitration Association
Maryland House of Delegates, 1970 - 1974 Marned, 4
children
CALVIN R. SANDERS. District Court, Diatnct 6,
1970 — , Administrative Judge Born in Brooklyn,
New York, February 20, 1924 Attended James Madi-
son High School, Comell University, American Univer-
sity, LL B , 1955 Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1955
Served in the US Army Air Corps Member, Maryland
State and Montgomery County Bar Associations
Montgomery County Board of Appeals, 1965 - 1969
Marned, 2 children
WERNER G. SCHOELER. Distnct Court, Distnct 8,
1971 — Born in Baltimore, September 4, 1930

District Court Biographies
Attended Baltimore Qty public schools. University of
Maryland, University of Baltimore, LL B, 1953 Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1954 Member, Maryland
State and Baltimore County Bar Associations, past
member, American Judicature Society Associate Judge,
Peoples Court of Baltimore County, 1964 - 1968
Member and former officer, Sigma Delta Kappa, former
member, Baltimore County Citizens Council on Drug
and Alcohol Abuse Marned, 3 children
JAMES STEPHEN SFEKAS. Distnct Court, Distnct
8, 1977 — Born in Racine, Wisconsin, August 25,
1918 Attended Baltimore City College High School,
Johns Hopkins University, B S, 1939, University of
Maryland School of Law, J D, 1948 Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1948 Battery Commander, 13th Air-
borne Division Member, Maryland State Bar Associa-
tion, Amencan Judicature Society Baltimore City Solic-
itor's Office, 1956 - 1959, special attorney, State Roads
Commission, 1959 - 1971, administrative special attor-
ney, State Highway Administration, 1971 - 1977 Gen-
eral counsel, Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Annuncia-
tion, general counsel, United Chios Society Greek
interpreter, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and U S
Distnct courts Marned, 3 children
D. WILLIAM SIMPSON. Distnct Court, Distnct 2,
1978 — Born in Camden, New Jersey, August 27,
1937 Attended Pennsgrove, New Jersey, public schools,
University of Delaware, BA, 1959, University of
Maryland School of Law, J D, 1963 Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1963 Member, Amencan, Maryland
State, and Wicomico County Bar Associations Master
of Juvenile Causes, Wicomico County, 1976 - 1978
Member, Optimist Club of Maryland, Elks Club, Advi-
sory Council of the Salvation Army, Boys Club Coun-
cil, and the Salvation Army Marned, 2 children
DONALD M. SMITH. Distnct Court, Distnct 10,
1971 — Born in York, Pennsylvania, May 21, 1931
Attended public schools in Taneytown, Carroll County,
Western Maryland College, A B, 1952, George Wash-
ington University Law School, J D , with honors, 1957
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1957 Served in the
U S Army Member, Carroll County Bar Association
Member, Amencan Legion, VFW, Taneytown Rod and
Gun Club, Taneytown Chamber of Commerce Luther-
an Church member. Marned, 2 children,
ALLEN B. SPECTOR. Distnct Court, Distnct 1,
1977 — Born in Baltimore, January 17, 1934 Attended
Baltimore City College, Eastern College, A A, 1960,
University of Maryland, University of Baltimore, J D,
1962 Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1962 Served in the
Judge Advocate General Corps Member, Amencan,
Maryland State, and Baltimore City Bar Associations
Maryland House of Delegates, 1966 - 1971 Baltimore
City Council, 1971 - 1977 Governor's Commission on
Law Enforcement and Justice, 1976 - 1977 Law