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Evangelical Lutheran Church; Sons of American Le-
gion. Married; 2 children.

FRANCIS A. BORELLI. District Court, District 5,
1977—. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November
19, 1929. Attended Washington, D.C., public schools;
George Washington University, A.A., 1951; American
University, J.D., 1959. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1961. Served in the U.S. Air Force. Member, American,
Maryland State, District of Columbia, and Prince
George's County Bar Associations; executive board,
Prince George's County Bar Association, 1971-1975.
Member, Model Cities Committee, 1972-1973; Prince
George's County Human Relations Commission, 1973-
1974; chairman, Prince George's County Consumer
Protection Commission, 1974-1975. Member, Masons.
Married; 3 children.

EDWARD F. BORGERDING. District Court, District
1, 1973—; Administrative Judge. Born in Baltimore,
June 18, 1923. Attended Baltimore Polytechnic Insti-
tute; Canisius College; University of Baltimore; Univer-
sity of Baltimore Law School, LL.B., J.D., 1950; Uni-
versity of Baltimore Graduate School, LL.M., 1953.
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1951. Served in the
U.S. Army Air Force, U.S. Air Force Reserve. Mem-
ber, Judicial Conference of Maryland; Trial Table Law
Club. Chairman, Executive Committee, Judicial Confer-
ence, 1976; chairman, Committee on Liaison with Bar
Association, Judicial Conference, 1974-1975. Associate
judge. District Court of Maryland, 1973; assistant at-
torney general of Maryland, 1965-1973; member,
Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals, Baltimore
City, 1962-1965; executive assistant to the Mayor of
Baltimore City, 1959-1962; assistant state's attorney,
Baltimore City, 1954-1959. Associate professor, Uni-
versity of Maryland, and formerly at the University of
Baltimore School of Law, Mt. Vernon School of Law,
and Essex Community College, teaching criminal law,
administrative law, and labor law. Consultant, Confer-
ence of Circuit Administrative Judges, 1975-1978;
member, Mayor's Coordinating Council on Criminal
Justice, 1974-present. Member, Board of Governors,
National Conference of Christians and Jews; Board of
Directors, The Orchards Improvement Association.
Married; 8 children.

J. LOUIS BOUBLITZ. District Court, District 11,
1971 —; Administrative Judge. Born in Baltimore, May
21, 1913. Attended Baltimore Polytechnic Institute;
University of Baltimore, LL.B., 1936. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1936. Served in the U.S. Army; Combat
Infantry Medal; Bronze Star. Member, Maryland State
and Washington County Bar Associations; American
Judges Association. Hagerstown city attorney, 1962-
1966; attorney to Washington County Election Board.
Member, Maryland Court of Appeals Standing Com-
mittee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. Former
president, Hagerstown Civitan Club; former president,
Hagerstown Torch Club. Married; 2 children.

MILLER BOWEN. District Court, District 12, 1971—.
Born in Zihiman, Maryland, August 9, 1924. Attended
Beall High School, Frostburg; Frostburg State; Univer-
sity of Maryland; University of Maryland School of

District Court Biographies

Law, LL.B., 1951. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1951. Served in the U.S. Air Force. Member, Maryland
State and Allegany County Bar Associations. Married;
2 children.

THOMAS R. BROOKS. District Court, District 5,
1971—. Bom in Raleigh, North Carolina, August 2,
1916. Attended Hyattsville public schools; University of
Maryland; University of Baltimore, LL.B., 1949. Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1948. Member, American,
Maryland State, and Prince George's County Bar Asso-
ciations. Assistant state's attorney. Prince George's
County, 1954-1958; attorney to the Board of Zoning
Appeals, Prince George's County, 1959-1963; substi-
tute judge, Peoples Court, Prince George's County,
1963-1971. Member and former president, Kiwanis
Club of Prince George's County. Married; 2 children.

L. EDGAR BROWN. District Court, District 3,
1976—. Born in Easton, November 3, 1935. Attended
Easton public schools; University of Maryland, B.A.,
1957; University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B.,
1965. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1965. Member,
Maryland State, Second Judicial Circuit, and Caroline
County Bar Associations. Married; no children.

WALTER E. BUCK, JR. District Court, District 3,
1978—. Born in Port Deposit, April 18, 1922.
Attended Tome School for Boys; University of Mary-
land, B.A., 1943; University of Maryland School of
Law, LL.B., 1948. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1948. Served in the U.S. Army. Member, American and
Maryland State Bar Associations; Cecil County Bar and
Library Association (president, 1968). State Appeals
Board, 1957-1971; Susquehanna State Park Advisory
Commission, 1976—; Democratic State Central Com-
mittee, 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.

HILARY D. CAPLAN. District Court, District 1,
1976—. Born in Baltimore, July 7, 1935. Attended For-
est Park High School; Johns Hopkins University; Uni-
versity of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1961. Admitted
to the Maryland Bar, 1962. Served in the U.S. Army.
Member, American, Maryland State, and Baltimore City
Bar Associations. Assistant state's attorney for
Baltimore City, 1967-1972. Parents Board of Directors,
Gilman School, 1976-1978. Married; 2 children.

JOSEPH S. CASULA. District Court, District 5,
1980—. Bom in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, December
15, 1933. Attended J. W. Cooper High School; Mount
St. Mary's College, B.S., 1955; Catholic University Law
School, LL.B., 1959. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,