District Court Biographies

1962. Served in the U.S. Army, 1959-1961. Member,
American, Maryland State, and Prince George's County
Bar Associations; Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity; Na-
tional Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Asso-
ciate Editor of the Catholic University Law Review; law
clerk tor the Honorable Charles C. Marbury, Maryland
Court of Appeals, 1961-1962. Prince George's County
legislative officer, 1967-1968; Prince George's County
attorney, 1973-1975; attorney for Prince George's
County Housing Authority, 1975-1980. Attorney for
City of Bowie, 1969-1972; attorney for Town of
Landover Hills, 1969-1973; attorney for Town of Capi-
tol Heights, 1969-1973; attorney for town of Morn-
ingside, 1978-1980; attorney for Maryland Municipal
League, 1969-1970. Unmarried.

DALE R. CATHELL. District Court, District 2,
1980—. Born in Berlin, July 30, 1937. Attended
Buckingham Elementary School; Stephen Decatur High
School; University of Maryland, 1962-1964; University
of Baltimore, LL.B., 1967. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1967. Served in U.S. Air Force, 1955-1959. Mem-
ber, American, Maryland State, and Worcester County
Bar Associations. City Attorney for Ocean City; mem-
ber, Worcester County Shoreline Commission; Charter
Revision Committee. Organizer, People to People Pro-
gram. Married; 3 children.

JOSEPH ANTHONY CIOTOLA, SR. District Court,
District 1, 1976—. Born in Baltimore, October 4, 1919.
Attended Baltimore City College, University of Baiti
more, J.D., 1947. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1947.
Served in the U.S. Army Air Force; Bronze Star. Mem-
ber, American, Maryland State, and Baltimore City Bar
Associations. Member, Commission to Revise the An-
notated Code of Maryland, 1973; Property Tax Assess-
ment Appeal Board of Baltimore City, 1974; president,
Board of Supervisors of Elections, Baltimore City, 1975.
Professor of Law, Eastern University, 1968-1970;
member. Commission to Revise the Land Patent Sec-
tion of the Annotated Code of Maryland, 1975-1976;
member, Advisory Board, Mount SainI Joseph's High
School, 1963. Married; 2 children.

JOHN T. CLARK HI. 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 for Queen Anne's County,
1975-1979. Married; 2 children.

THOMAS J. CURLEY, JR. District Court, District 7,
1964—; Administrative Judge. Born in Medford, Mas-
sachusetts, December 12, 1922. Graduated Medtord
High School, Medford, Massachusetts, 1940; Randies
Naval Preparatory School, Washington, D.C., 1941;
U.S. Naval Academy, B.S., 1944; University of Mary-
land, J.D., 1949. Served in the U.S. Navy. Five children.

LOUIS J. DiTRANI. District Court, District 5,
1978—. Born in New York. Attended New York City
public schools; Brooklyn College, B.A., 1954; Emory

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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; Com-
missioner, Maryland-National Capital Park and Plan-
ning 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. Magistrate, Balti-
more County; Baltimore County Planning Board. Mary-
land House of Delegates, 1967-1972. Member, Masons.
Married; 3 children.

JOHN F. FADER II. District Court, District 8,
1977—. Bom in Baltimore, February 12, 1941. Attended
Baltimore County schools; University of Maryland Phar-
macy 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 Maryland; Mt.
Vernon School of Law, LL.B., 1956; University of
Baltimore, J.D. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1956.
Retired U.S. Air Force, Lt. Colonel, Judge Advocate
General's Department, 1963; received three commenda-
tion 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 Hospi-
tal Recovery Law. Married; 3 children.

DANIEL FRIEDMAN. District Court, District 1,
1971—. Born in Baltimore City, December 4, 1915.
Attended City College High School; University of
Baltimore, LL.B., J.D., 1937. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1937. Served in the U.S. Navy. Member, American,
Maryland State, and Baltimore City Bar Associations;
American Judicature Society. Assistant city solicitor,
Baltimore City, 1947-1954; associate judge. Orphans'
Court of Baltimore City, 1954-1958; chief judge, Or-
phans' Court of Baltimore City, 1959-1971. Outstand-
ing Citizen in Maryland Award, Morris I. Feld Lodge
B'nai B'rith; Metropolitan Achievement Award, Metro-
politan Civic Association; Outstanding Jewish War
Veteran in Maryland, Department of Maryland, Jewish
War Veterans; Outstanding Citizen Award, Sports
Boosters; Alumnus of the Year, University of Baltimore,
1969; Man of the Year, Golden Eagle Square and Com-
pass Club, 1972. Lecturer, Baltimore School of Law.
Member, AF & AM; 33 Degree Mason. Married; 2 chil-
dren.

SOL J. FRIEDMAN. District Court, District 1,
1973—. Bom in Baltimore, March 20, 1919. Attended
Baltimore public schools; University of Baltimore,
LL.B., 1945; J.D. Member of the Maryland Bar. Former