District Court Biographies

Court, Baltimore County, 1961-1971; examiner, Mary-
land Tax Court, 1972-1975. Married; 5 children.

DeLAWRENCE BEARD. District Court, District 6,
1982—. Bom in Okalona, Arkansas, December 26,
1937. Attended Sumner High School, St. Louis, Mis-
souri; University of Missouri, B.A., 1964; University of
Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1970; Georgetown Law
Center, L.L.M., 1977. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1974. Served in the U.S. Navy, 1957-1959. Member,
National and Montgomery Council Bar Associations; J.
Franklyn Bourne Law Club; National Association of
Criminal Defense Lawyers. Senior assistant state's at-
torney tor Montgomery County, 1974-1975 (District
Court), 1975-1979 (Circuit Court); district public de-
fender for Montgomery County, 1979-1982. Member,
Board of Directors, Childrens Hospital National Medi-
cal Center, 1973—; Board of Directors, Suburban
Maryland Fair Housing, 1973-1975; NAACP (life
member); Country Place Citizens Association Cove-
nants Committee (vice-chairman, 1977; chairman, 1978,
Board of Directors, 1981); Board of Regents, Morgan
State University, 1981-1982. Assistant professorial lec-
turer, George Washington University College of Gener-
al Studies, Graduate School of Forensic Science, 1978—;
guest lecturer, Street Law Program, Montgomery Coun-
ty Detention Center, 1979—. Married.

STANLEY Y. BENNETT. District Court, District 11,
1971 . Bom in Frederick, February 11, 1935.
Attended Frederick County public schools; University
of Maryland; University of Baltimore, LL.B., 1959. Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1960. Served in the Mary-
land National Guard. Member, Frederick County Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; American
Judges Association; past president, Frederick County
Bar Association. Trial magistrate for Frederick County,
1960-1971. Member, Evangelical Lutheran Church;
Sons of American Legion. Married; 2 children.

A. GORDON BOONE, JR. District Court, District 8,
1982—. Bom in Baltimore, August 21, 1933. Attended
Georgetown Preparatory School; University of Mary-
land; University of Baltimore Law School, LL.B., 1963.
Served in the U.S. Air Force for four years. Member,
Baltimore County Bar Association; Dissenters Law
Club. Member, B.P.O.E.; Maryland Club; Advisory
Board, St. Joseph Hospital. Three-term member of
Democratic State Central Committee, Baltimore Coun-
ty. Assistant state's attorney, Baltimore County, 1963-
1968: assistant public defender, 1972-1974; assistant
state's attorney, Baltimore City, 1975-1982. Married.

FRANCIS A. BORELLI. District Court, District 5,
1977—. Bora 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

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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.

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

THOMAS R. BROOKS. District Court, District 5,
1971—. Born 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; substitute
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, Maryland
State Bar Association; Cecil County Bar and Library
Association (president, 1968). State Appeals Board,
1957-1971; Susquehanna State Park Advisory Commis-
sion, 1976—; Democratic State Central Committee,
1966-1970. Member, AF & AM; Alpha Tau Omega.
Married; 2 children.

JAMES LOMAX BUNDY. District Court, District 1,
1974—. Bom 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, Na-
tional, Maryland State, and Baltimore City Bar Associ-
ations. Assistant city solicitor, Baltimore City, 1962-
1968; assistant attorney general of Maryland, 1968-
1974. Married; 4 children.