District Court Biographies

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 Hos-
pital Recovery Law. Married; 3 children.

DANIEL FWEDMAN. District Court, District 1,
1971—. Born in Baltimore City, December 4, 1915.
Attended City College High School; University of
Baltimore, LI .B., J.D., 1937. Admitted to the Mary-
land Bar, 1937. Served in the U.S. Navy. Member,
American, Maryland State, and Baltimore City Bar As-
sociations; American Judicature Society. Assistant city
solicitor, Baltimore City, 1947-1954; associate judge,
Orphans' Court of Baltimore City, 1954-1958; chief
judge. Orphans' Court of Baltimore City, 1959-1971.
Outstanding Citizen in Maryland Award, Morris I.
Feld Lodge B'nai B'rith; Metropolitan Achievement
Award, Metropolitan Civic Association; Outstanding
Jewish War Veteran in Maryland, Department of Mary-
land, Jewish War Veterans; Outstanding Citizen Award,
Sports Boosters; Alumnus of the Year, University of
Baltimore, 1969; Man of the Year, Golden Eagle Square
and Compass Club, 1972. Member, AF & AM; 33 De-
gree Mason. Married; 2 children.

SOL J. FMEDMAN. District Court, District 1,
1973—. Born in Baltimore, March 20, 1919. Attended
Baltimore public schools; University of Baltimore,
LL.B., 1945; J.D. Member of the Maryland Bar. For-
mer Unit Chief, Enforcement Section, OPA. Member,
American and Baltimore City Bar Associations. Mary-
land House of Delegates, 1955-1973. Chairman, Labor
Committee, 1963-1967; member. Committee on Legisla-
tive Review, 1965 Session; chairman. Motor Vehicle
Committee, 1967 Session; member. House Judiciary
Committee. Member, Governor's Study Group on Vo-
cational Rehabilitation; Governor's Commission to
Study Workmen's Compensation Laws; Intergovem-
metal Cooperation Committee; Governor's Task Force
to Develop a System of Periodic Motor Vehicle Inspec-
tion; Governor's Commission to Study Driver Educa-
tion. Member, American Jewish Congress, B'nai B'rith;
Citizens Planning and Housing Association; Mt. Wash-
ington Improvement Association; Mason; founder and
Board member, Bonnie View Country Club; Green
Spring Valley Synagogue. Married; 2 children, Bruce
Edelman and Amy Michele.

JOHN H. GARMER. District Court, District 8,
1980—; Administrative Judge. Bom in Baltimore, June
23, 1934. Attended College of the Holy Cross, B.S.,
1956; University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B.,
1964. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1965. Served in
the U.S. Air Force, 1st Lieutenant, 1956-1959. Mem-
ber, Maryland State and Baltimore County Bar Associ-
ations. Assistant State's attorney for Baltimore County,
1970-1980. Member, Optimist Club of Towsontowne

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(past president; past Maryland District lieutenant gov-
ernor); Knights of Columbus. Married; 6 children.

ROBERT JAMES GERSTUNG. District Court, Dis-
trict 1, 1969—. Bom in Baltimore, May 18, 1932.
Attended Mount St. Joseph's High School; Villanova
University, B.S., 1954; University of Maryland, J.D.,
1957; Johns Hopkins University, M.L.A., 1970; attend-
ing St. Mary's University. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1957. Administrator of Loan Laws for Maryland,
1967-1969. Associate professor in Political Science,
Loyola College; associate professor. University College,
University of Maryland. Chairman, Judicial Institute of
Maryland; member, Education Committee of the Judi-
cial Conference; elected member, Executive Committee
and Judicial Compensation Committee, Judicial Confer-
ence; elected member, Administrative Judges' Confer-
ence of the District Court. Baltimore Kicker's Club;
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Man of All Seasons
Award, Thomas More Society, 1978. Married; 5 chil-
dren.

DARROW GLASER. District Court, District 11,
1982—. Born in Hancock, November 6, 1930.
Attended Hancock High School; University of Mary-
land, B.A., 1957; George Washington School of Law,
LL.B., 1960. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1960.
Served in the U.S. Army, 1952-1954. Member, Wash-
ington County Bar Association. Member, Maryland
House of Delegates, 1971-1974; deputy state's attorney
for Washington County, 1975-1978; special counsel, Of-
fice of the Attorney General of Maryland, 1978-1982.
Conservation Legislator of the Year, National Wildlife
Federation (Maryland), 1973. Member, American Le-
gion Amvets; Elks; Tonoloway Rod and Gun Club.
Married; 4 children.

PATRICIA SHIMANEK GRAHAM. District Court,
District 8, 1982—. Bom in Baltimore, April 5, 1941.
Graduated from Maryvale School; Hollins College,
B.A., 1962; University of Baltimore, J.D., 1967. Admit-
ted to the Maryland Bar, 1972. Member, Maryland
State and Baltimore County Bar Associations.

EDWARD DEAL HARDESTY. District Court, Dis-
trict 8, 1971—. Bora in Baltimore City, December 11,
1930. Attended Forest Park High School; University of
Baltimore, A.A., 1950; University of Baltimore Law
School, LL.B., 1953. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1953. Member, Baltimore County Bar Association. As-
sistant County Solicitor; deputy zoning commissioner,
and zoning commissioner, Baltimore County. Member,
Airport Zoning Board; Commission on Judicial
Disabilities. Member, Rotary Club of Arbutus. Three
children.

EDWIN H. W. HARLAN, JR. District Court, District
9, 1978—. Bom in Baltimore, April 21, 1921. Attended
Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Virginia; Washing-
ton and Lee University, A.B., 1948; University of
Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1952. Admitted to the