District Court Biographies

ber, American, Maryland State, District of Columbia,
and Montgomery County Bar Associations; American
Judicature Society; American Judges Association; Asso-
ciation of Trial Lawyers of America. Married; 1 child.

I. SEWELL LAMDIN. District Court, District 1,
1961—. Born in Foxwells, Virginia, October 5, 1917.
Attended Baltimore City College; Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity; Mt. Vemon School of Law, J.D., 1950. Admitted
to the Maryland Bar, 1950. Served in the U.S. Navy.
Member, American, Maryland State, and Baltimore Bar
Associations; American Judicature Society. Potentate,
Boumi Temple, 1972; chairman, Committee on Griev-
ances and Appeals, Shrine of North America; president,
Mid-Atlantic Shrine Association. Married; 3 children.

LARRY D. LAMSON. District Court, District 4,
1979—. Born in Denver, Colorado, May 7, 1948.
Attended Damascus High School; Frostburg State Col-
lege, 1969-1971; University of Nebraska, J.D., 1971.
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1972. Served in the Ne-
braska Army National Guard. Member, American, Ne-
braska, District of Columbia, and Maryland State Bar
Associations; American Judicature Society; American
Trial Lawyers' Association. Deputy state's attorney for
Calvert County, 1972-1974; state's attorney for Calvert
County, 1979. Married; 2 children.

BESS B. LAVINE. District Court, District 5, 1978—.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 29,
1927. Attended Washington, D.C., primary and second-
ary schools; George Washington University, B.A., 1949;
University of Baltimore, LL.B., J.D., 1959. Admitted to
the Maryland Bar, 1959. Member, Maryland State,
Prince George's County, and Womens Bar Associations.
Who's Who of American Women. Chief judge, Orphans'
Court of Prince George's County, 1954-1962; master
for Juvenile Causes, 1970-1977; Family Court master,
1977-1978. Married; 3 children.

HAROLD LEWIS. District Court, District 1, 1968—.
Born in Baltimore, August 2, 1913. Attended Baltimore
City College; University of Baltimore School of Law,
LL.B. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1940. Member,'
Baltimore City Bar Association; American Judges Asso-
ciation; Trial Judges Association of Maryland, Inc. As-
sistant city solicitor, Baltimore City, and member of
Hardship Committee, Baltimore City Treasurer's Office,
eighteen and one-half years. Former substitute trial
magistrate, Baltimore City. Past president and chairman
of the Board of Trustees, and current Board member
and chairman of High Holy Days Israel Bond Appeal,
Ohr Knesseth Israel-Anshe Sphard Congregation and
Brotherhood; member of Board, Jewish Educational Al-
liance Fellowship Alumni Association; past president,
Council of Orthodox Jewish Brotherhoods of Baltimore;
formerly active in Associated Jewish Charities and Wel-
fare Fund Drives; member, Safety First Club of Mary-
land, Inc. Widowed; 2 children.

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ALAN B. LIPSON. District Court, District 1, 1981—.
Born in Providence, R.I., October 10, 1930. University
of New Hampshire, B.A., 1952; University of Maryland
School of Law, LL.B., 1962. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1962. Served in the U.S. Air Force, 1952-1954,
plus several short tours in subsequent years; achieved
rank of captain. Member, American, Maryland State,
and Baltimore City Bar Associations; active in several
committees of City and State Bar Associations. Associ-
ated with the firm of Sherbow, Shea and Doyle, 1970-
1979 (partner, 1976-1979). Assistant state's attorney,
Baltimore City, 1965-1967; assistant U.S. attorney for
Maryland, 1967-1970; assistant attorney general of
Maryland, 1979-1981. Married; 2 children.

THOMAS A. LOHM. District Court, District 6,
1980—. Administrative Judge. Bom in Clarksburg,
West Virginia, June 20, 1922. Graduate, Bethesda-
Chevy Chase High School; U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy, engineering, 1943; George Washington Uni-
versity, B.A., 1949; George Washington School of Law,
LL.B., 1951. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1954.
Served in the U.S. Navy, 1943-1946. Member, Ameri-
can, Maryland State, and Montgomery County Bar As-
sociations. Member, Lions Club; American Legion.
Married; 2 children.

DONALD M. LOWMAN. District Court, District 7,
1982—. Born in Anne Arundel County, January 19,
1928. Attended Glen Bumie schools; Eastern College;
Mt. Vernon School of Law, LL.B., J.D., 1968. Admit-
ted to the Maryland Bar, 1969. Member, Maryland
State and Anne Arundel County Bar Associations.
Served in the U.S. Navy, 1946-1948. Office of the Pub-
lic Defender, Anne Arundel County, 1972-1982. Mem-
ber, Elks; Masonic Order. Married; 1 child.

ROBERT N. LUCRE, SR. District Court, District 7,
1977—. Bom in Washington, D.C., March 1, 1924.
Attended Annapolis High School; University of Maine;
University of Maryland, B.S., 1950; University of Mary-
land School of Law, LL.B., J.D., 1959. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1959. Served in the U.S. Army. Mem-
ber, American, Maryland State, and Anne Arundel
County Bar Associations; American Trial Lawyers As-
sociation; Inquiry Panel of the Attorney Grievance
Commission of Maryland. Agent and inspector, U.S.
Treasury Department, 1950-1953; chief. Alcoholic Bev-
erages Enforcement, Comptroller of the Treasury of
Maryland, 1953-1962. Past president, Fairwinds Com-
munity Association, Pines Community Association,
Sevema Park Chamber of Commerce, Severna Park Ro-
tary Club; commodore, Rotary Yacht Squadron of the
Chesapeake; past vice-president, Anne Arundel County
YMCA. Married; 3 children.

GRAYDON S. McKEE III. District Court, District 5,
1977—; Administrative Judge. Born in New Brighton,
Pennsylvania, November 8, 1937. Attended McGuffy