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Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1965. Served in the U.S.
Navy. Member, Ethics Commission, Montgomery Coun-
ty; American Arbitration Association. Maryland House
of Delegates, 1970-1974. Judge, District Court for Mont-
gomery County, 1974-1983. Married; 4 children.

CALVIN R. SANDERS. Sixth Judicial Circuit, 1979—.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, February 20, 1924.
Attended James Madison High School; Cornell Universi-
ty; 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—. Born 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 Division.
Member, Maryland State Bar Association; American
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,
District Court, District 8, 1977-1980. Married; 3 chil-
dren.

J. FREDERICK SHARER. Fourth Judicial Circuit,
1980—. Born in Cumberland, April 12, 1938. Attended
Allegany County public schools; Washington and Jeffer-
son 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 College, 1970-1980
(chairman, 1970-1977); Development Council, Washing-
ton 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. Admitted
to the Maryland Bar, 1954. Served in the U.S. Maritime
Service. Member, Maryland State and Baltimore City
Bar Associations; American Judicature Society. Mary-
land 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 numer-
ous civic and religious awards and citations. Married; 2
children.

LLOYD L. SIMPKINS. First Judicial Circuit, 1975—.
Born in Mt. Vernon, Maryland, June 6, 1920. Graduated

from Washington Academy High School; University of
Maryland, B.S., 1947, LL.B., 1952, J.D., 1969. Admitted
to the Maryland Bar, 1952. Served in the U.S. Navy,
Naval Aviation, South Pacific. 1941-1946. Maryland
House of Delegates, 1950-1958; chairman, House Judi-
ciary Committee, 1955-1958; Governor's staff,
1958-1961; Secretary of State, 1961-1967; judge, District
Court, 1971-1975. Member, Lions, Elks, Masons,
V.F.W., American Legion. Married; 1 child.

JAMES H. TAYLOR. Seventh Judicial Circuit, 1969—.
Born in Elkridge, July 7, 1926. Attended Howard
County public schools; Howard University; Washington
College of Law, American University, J.D., 1953. Admit-
ted to the Maryland Bar, 1956. Served in the U.S. Army
Air Corps. Member, Prince George's County Bar Associ-
ation; Monumental Bar Association; Dean's Council,
Washington College of Law. Assistant state's attorney,
1963-1966; master for Juvenile Causes, 1966-1968.

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS THAYER III. Fourth Judi-
cial Circuit, 1977—. Chief Judge and County Adminis-
trative Judge. Born in Cumberland, April 29, 1933.
Attended Oakland public schools; College of Wooster,
B.A., 1955; Duke University, J.D., 1958. Served in the
Maryland National Guard. Member, American and
Maryland State Bar Associations; American Judicature
Society. President, Garrett County Bar Association,
1960-1961; State's Attorney for Garrett County,
1962-1974; secretary, Maryland State's Attorney Associ-
ation, 1968-1974. Editor, Duke Law Journal, 1957-1958.
Past Master, Oakland Lodge No. 192, AF & AM; Ali
Ghan Shrine; Court 117 Jesters; St. John's Episcopal
Church; Oakland Volunteer Fire Department (ret.);
graduate. North American College of Piping. Married; 1
child.

RAYMOND G. THIEME, JR. Fifth Judicial Circuit,
1977—; Circuit Administrative Judge. Born in Baltimore
City, November 17, 1930. Attended Loyola High School;
Loyola College, A.B., 1952; University of Maryland
School of Law, J.D., 1956. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1956. State's attorney for Anne Arundel County,
1970-1973; district judge, Seventh District, 1973-1977.
Married; 3 children.

ALFRED T. TRUITT, JR. First Judicial Circuit,
1977—. Born in Salisbury, April 5, 1927. Attended
Wicomico High School; Western Maryland College,
A.B., 1950; University of Maryland, J.D., 1953. Admit-
ted to the Maryland Bar, 1952. Served in the U.S. Army
Signal Corps. Member, Wicomico County Bar Associa-
tion; Maryland State's Attorneys' Association. State's
attorney, Wicomico County, 1959-1971; public defender,
1972-1977. Married; 5 children.

MORRIS TURK. Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1975—. Chief
Judge. Born in Baltimore, April 14, 1921. Attended the
University of Baltimore, LL.B. (J.D.), 1939. Admitted to
the Maryland Bar, 1951. Served in the U.S. Armed
Forces. Member, American, Maryland State, and Anne
Arundel County Bar Associations; American Judicature
Society; past president, Anne Arundel County Bar
Association, 1971-1972. Chairman, State Appeal Board,
1963-1975; counsel to the Board of Election Supervisors,