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1965-1969; president, Board of School Commissioners
of Baltimore City, 1970-1971; chairman. Juvenile Jus-
tice Commission, 1975-1977; member, Advisory Board,
Juvenile Services Administration, 1976-1979; member,
Commission to Study the Judicial Branch of Govern-
ment, 1981-1982. Married; 3 children.

JAMES H. LANGRALL. Third Judicial Circuit, 1980
—. Graduated from Johns Hopkins University, B.A.,
1947; University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B.,
1951. President, Bar Association of Baltimore City,
1979; member. Board of Governors, Maryland State
Bar Association, 1980. Assistant divisional attorney,
Bendix Aviation Corp., 1951-1953. Named assistant
U.S. attorney in 1953; deputy U.S. attorney, 1956-1957.
Associated with firm of Weinberg and Green, 1957-
1980 (partner, 1961-1980). Member, Baltimore County
Firearms Control Committee, 1965; Baltimore County
Citizen's Advisory Commission, 1965-1967; chairman,
Committee on the Judiciary, 1977.

RICHARD B. LATHAM, SR. Sixth Judicial Circuit,
1975—. Born in Patchogue, New York, June 12, 1926.
Attended Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School; Universi-
ty of Maryland; University of Maryland Law School,
J.D., 1952. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1952.
Served in the U.S. Army. Member, Maryland State and
Montgomery County Bar Associations; American
Judges Association; American Judicature Society; Mary-
land Bar Foundation (Board of Directors, 1980—).
Past president, Montgomery County Bar Association;
treasurer, Maryland State Bar Association, 1978-1980.
Member, Ethics Commission of Montgomery County,
1967-1970; Sentencing Guidelines Project Advisory
Board, 1979—; Conference of Circuit Court Judges,
1981—. Judge, Peoples Court, 1970-1971; associate
judge. District Court of Maryland, 1971-1975. Married;
3 children.

EUGENE M. LERNER. Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1979—.
Born in Annapolis, December 18, 1931. Attended An-
napolis Grammar School and Annapolis High School;
University of Maryland, 1948-1950; University of
Baltimore, J.D., 1954. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1954.
Served in U.S. Army, 1954-1956. Member, Anne
Arundel County Bar Association (president, 1976-1977;
treasurer, 1962-1963); Maryland State Bar Association
(Board of Governors, 1979-1980); American Bar Associ-
ation; District of Columbia Bar Association; Maryland
Municipal Attorneys Association (president, 1977-1979).
Maryland Trial Magistrate, 1958-1959; alderman. City
of Annapolis, 1961-1965; city attorney for City of An-
napolis, 1969-1979; attorney for Anne Arundel County
Electrical Board, 1957-1958; member, Annapolis Plan-
ning and Zoning Commission, 1961-1963. Member, Jew-
ish War Veterans; B'nai B'rith; Amos Lodge—Masons;
Trial Judges Association of Maryland; American Judica-
ture Society. Married; 3 children.

JACOB S. LEVIN. Seventh Judicial Circuit, 1975—.
Born in Washington, D.C., December 23, 1923.

Circuit Court Biographies

Attended American University; George Washington
University, J.D., 1949. Admitted to the D.C. Bar, 1949,
and the Maryland Bar, 1957. Served in the U.S. Army.
Member, Maryland State, Montgomery County, and
Prince George's County Bar Associations. Alumni
Achievement Award, George Washington University
Law School, 1975. Member, Board of Governors,
Maryland State Bar Association, 1975; president, Prince
George's County Bar Association, 1974. President,
George Washington Law Alumni Association, 1980.
Married; 3 children.

MARSHALL A. LEVIN. Eighth Judicial Circuit,
1971—. Born in Baltimore City, November 22, 1920.
Attended Baltimore City College High School; Univer-
sity of Virginia, B.A., 1941; Harvard Law School, J.D.,
1947. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1947. Served in
the U.S. Navy. Member, American, Maryland State,
and Baltimore City Bar Associations. Assistant city so-
licitor, Baltimore City, 1949; Department of Legislative
Reference, State of Maryland, 1948-1949; magistrate,
Baltimore City, 1951-1959; judge, Housing Court of
Baltimore City, 1955-1959. Fellowship recipient. Na-
tional Endowment of the Humanities, University of Ari-
zona, 1976. Author of articles published in the Mary-
land Law Review and University of Baltimore Law
Review. Lecturer on new judge orientation; chairman,
Judicial Advisory Board, Sentencing Guidelines Panel;
faculty, University of Baltimore (Legal Studies graduate
course); faculty, National Judicial College; faculty,
Community College of Baltimore, paralegal course.
Married; 3 children.

JAMES S. McAULIFFE, JR. Sixth Judicial Circuit,
1981—. Bom in Washington, D.C., March 24, 1931.
Attended Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School; Mont-
gomery College, A.A., 1951; Washington College of
Law, American University, J.D., 1954. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1954. Served in the U.S. Army. Mem-
ber, American, Maryland State, and Montgomery
County Bar Associations; American Judicature Society;
fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Assistant
state's attorney, Montgomery County, 1959-1962;
Montgomery County Ethics Commission, 1967-1970;
trustee, Montgomery College Board of Trustees, 1968-
1971. Maryland House of Delegates, 1963-1967; Mary-
land State Senate, 1971-1975. Eagleton Institute Out-
standing Legislator Award; Law School American Ju-
risprudence Awards in Bailments, Bills and Notes,
Evidence and Sales. Judge, District 6, District Court of
Maryland, 1978-1981. Married; 4 children.

JOHN F. McAULIFFE. Sixth Judicial Circuit, 1972—.
Bom in Washington, D.C., November 4, 1932.
Attended Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School; Mont-
gomery College, A.A., 1952; Washington College of
Law, American Unviersity, J.D., 1955. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1955. Served in the U.S. Army. Mem-
ber, Maryland State and Montgomery County Bar As-
sociations; American Judicature Society; faculty, Ameri-