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HILARY D. CAPLAN. District Court, District 1,
1976—. Born in Baltimore, July 7, 1935. Attended
Forest Park High School; Johns Hopkins University;
University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1961. Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1962. Served in the U.S.
Army. Member, American, Maryland State, and Bal-
timore City Bar Associations. Assistant state's attorney
for Baltimore City, 1967-1972. Parents Board of Direc-
tors, Oilman School, 1976-1978. Married; 2 children.

JOSEPH S. CASULA. District Court, District 5,
1980—. Born 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,
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 for 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
Morningside, 1978-1980; attorney for Maryland Munic-
ipal League, 1969-1970. Unmarried.

JOSEPH ANTHONY CIOTOLA, SR. District Court,
District 1, 1976—; Administrative Judge. Born in
Baltimore, October 4, 1919. Attended Baltimore City
College; University of Baltimore, J.D., 1947. Admitted
to the Maryland Bar, 1947. Served in the U.S. Army
Air Force; Bronze Star. Member, American, Maryland
State, and Baltimore City Bar Associations. Member,
Commission to Revise the Annotated Code of Mary-
land, 1973; Property Tax Assessment Appeal Board of
Baltimore City, 1974; president, Board of Supervisors of
Elections, Baltimore City, 1975. Professor of Law, East-
ern University, 1968-1970. Member, Commission to
Revise the Land Patent Section of the Annotated Code
of Maryland, 1975-1976; Landlord-Tenant Laws Study
Commission, 1980—; Advisory Board, Mount Saint Jo-
seph's High School, 1963. Married; 2 children.

JOHN T. CLARK III. 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. Bom in Medford, Mas-

District Court Biographies

sachusetts, December 12, 1922. Graduated Medford
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 chil-
dren.

ARRIE W. DAVIS. District Court, District 1, 1981—.
Born in Baltimore, July 21, 1940. Attended Frederick
Douglass Senior High; Morgan State University, B.A.,
1963; New York University, M.A., 1966; University of
Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1969. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1969. Member, Maryland State,
Baltimore City, and Monumental City Bar Associa-
tions. Bailiff to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore, 1968-
1969; assistant state's attorney, Baltimore City, 1970-
1971; assistant attorney general, 1971-1979; counsel to
Division of Correction, Office of the Attorney General,
1979-1981. Married; 2 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
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. Trust-
ee, Prince George's Community College, 1969-1970;
Commissioner, Maryland-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, 1970-1973; chairman, Property
Tax Assessment Appeal Board for Prince George's
County, 1973-1978. Married; 3 children.

THEODORE R. ESCHENBURG. District Court, Dis-
trict 2, 1981—. Born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, June
30, 1940. Attended Steven Decatur High School; Uni-
versity of Baltimore, A.A., 1962; University of
Baltimore School of Law, LL.B., 1965. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1965. Member, American, Maryland
State, and Worcester County Bar Associations; Nation-
al District Attorneys Association. Recipient of Sigma
Delta Kappa Award for highest scholastic average.
Deputy state's attorney, Worcester County, 1966-1970;
public defender, Worcester County, 1971-1977. Mem-
ber, Jaycees; Lions Club. Married; 2 children.

WILLIAM T. EVANS. District Court, District 8,
1972—. 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, Baltimore Coun-
ty; Baltimore County Planning Board. Maryland House
of Delegates, 1967-1972. Member, Masons. Married; 3
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