Circuit Court Biographies

University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1941.
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1941. Served in the
Counter Intelligence Corps, Military Intelligence. Mem-
ber, American, Maryland State, Second Circuit, and
Kent County Bar Associations; American Judicature
Society. State's Attorney, Kent County, 1955-1956.
Maryland State Senate, 1956-1960. Man of the Year
Award, Maryland Parole Correctional Association,
1971. Married; 2 children.

JAMES MAGRUDER REA. Seventh Judicial Circuit,
1980—. Born in Washington, D.C., March 11, 1924.
Attended Bladensburg High School; University of
Maryland, A.B., 1943; University of Maryland School
of Law, LL.B., 1950. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1951. Served in the U.S. Army. Member, American,
Maryland State, and Prince George's County Bar Asso-
ciations. Chairman, Democratic State Central Commit-
tee, Prince George's County, 1966-1969. Member, Trin-
ity Church, Upper Marlboro; Southern Maryland
Society; Marlborough Hunt Club. Judge, District
Court, District 5, 1969-1980. Widower; 4 children.

DAVID ROSS. Eighth Judicial Circuit, 1968—. Bom
in Washington, D.C., April 11, 1929. Attended public
schools in Anne Arundel County, Washington, D.C.,
Chesterfield County, Virginia, and Petersburg, Virginia;
University of Maryland, LL.B., 1953. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1953. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Member, American, Maryland State, and Baltimore
City Bar Associations; National Conference of State
Trial Judges; Maryland Conference of Circuit Judges
(chairman, 1978-1980); fellow, Maryland Bar Founda-
tion, American Bar Foundation, and American College
of Probate Counsel; chairman. Standing Committee on
Rules of Practice and Procedure, Court of Appeals of
Maryland, 1978-1982; member, Lawyers' Round Table;
participant, 1969, and faculty advisor, 1972, National
Judicial College. Member, Board of Appeals, Depart-
ment of Employment Security, 1957-1959. Member, Or-
der of the Coif. Married; 2 children.

DAVID GRAY ROSS. Seventh Judicial Circuit,
1978—. Born in Quanah, Texas, August 9, 1935.
Attended McKinley High School, Washington, D.C.;
George Washington University; American University,
B.S., 1960; Washington College of Law; American Uni-
versity, J.D., 1964. Served in U.S. Army and U.S.
Army Reserve; retired as colonel, JAGC, after twenty-
six years of service. Member, Maryland State, Prince
George's County, and District of Columbia Bar Associ-
ations. Assistant Corporation Counsel, District of Co-
lumbia, 1965-1967; Associate County Attorney, Prince
George's County, 1967-1968; Master of Juvenile Caus-
es, Prince George's County, 1968-1970. Maryland
House of Delegates, 1970-1978. Appointed by the Pres-
ident to the National Advisory Committee on Juvenile
Justice, 1980. Married; 2 children.

CALVIN R. SANDERS. Sixth Judicial Circuit, 1979—.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, February 20, 1924.

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Attended James Madison High School; Comell Univer-
sity; American University, LL.B., 1955. Admitted to
the Maryland Bar, 1955. Served in the U.S. Army Air
Corps. Member, Maryland State and Montgomery
County Bar Associations. Montgomery County Board
of Appeals, 1965-1969. Judge, District Court, District
6, 1970-1979. Married; 2 children.

JAMES STEPHEN SFEKAS. Third Judicial Circuit,
1980—. Bom 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 Airborne Divi-
sion. Member, Maryland State Bar Association; Ameri-
can Judicature Society. Baltimore City Solicitor's Office,
1956-1959; special attorney. State Roads Commission,
1959-1971; administrative special attorney. State High-
way Administration, 1971-1977. General counsel, Greek
Orthodox Cathedral of Annunciation; general counsel,
United Chios Society. Greek interpreter, Baltimore City,
Baltimore County, and U.S. District courts. Judge, Dis-
trict Court, District 8, 1977-1980. Married; 3 children.

J. FREDERICK SHARER. Fourth Judicial Circuit,
1980—. Born in Cumberland, April 12, 1938. Attended
Allegany County public schools; Washington and Jef-
ferson College, A.B., 1960; University of Maryland
School of Law, LL.B., 1963. Editorial Board, Maryland
Law Review, 1962-1963. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1963. Member, American, Maryland State, and
Allegany County Bar Associations; Maryland State
Board of Law Examiners, 1978-1980; Bar Admissions
Conference, 1981. Former partner, Wilson and Sharer;
deputy state's attorney for Allegany County, 1965-
1966; city solicitor, City of Cumberland, 1966-1980.
Member, Board of Trustees, Allegany Community Col-
lege, 1970-1980 (chairman, 1970-1977); Development
Council, Washington and Jefferson College, 1977-1980.
President, Greater Cumberland Jaycees, 1966-1967.
Married; 2 children.

EDGAR P. SILVER. Eighth Judicial Circuit, 1977—.
Born in Baltimore, July 1, 1923. Attended Baltimore
City College; University of Baltimore, LL.B., 1954. Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1954. Served in the U.S.
Maritime Service. Member, Maryland State and Bal-
timore City Bar Associations; American Judicature So-
ciety. Maryland House of Delegates, 1955-1965; judge,
Municipal Court of Baltimore City, 1965-1971; judge,
District Court of Baltimore City, 1971-1977. Member
of many civic and religious organizations and recipient
of numerous civic and religious awards and citations.
Married; 2 children.

LLOYD L. SIMPKINS. First Judicial Circuit, 1971—.
Bom in Mt. Vernon, Maryland, June 6, 1920. Attended
Washington Academy High School; University of
Maryland, B.S., 1947, J.D., 1952. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1952. Served in the U.S. Navy. Mary-
land House of Delegates, 1951-1958; chairman. House