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DISTRICT COURT

BIOGRAPHIES OF MEMBERS

ROBERT F. SWEENEY. Chief Judge, District Court of Mary-
land, 1971-. Born in Baltimore, September 17, 1926. Loyola
High School; Loyola College; University of Baltimore Law
School, J.D., 1957. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1957. Served in
U.S. Navy. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (vice-presi-
dent, 1969-70). Admitted to practice, Supreme Court of the
United States, 1963. Deputy attorney general of Maryland,
1966-71; chief of the Criminal Division, Office of the Attorney
General, 1964-66; assistant attorney general of Maryland,
1961-64; magistrate. Housing Court of Baltimore City, 1959-61.
Former instructor in law, Villa Julie College; co-founder, Advo-
cate Club of Baltimore (president, 1960). Married; 2 children, 2
grandchildren.

WILLIAM H. ADKINS III. District Court, District 3,
1984-. Born in North Adams, Mass., November 10,
1947. St. James School, St. James, Md.; Hartwick Col-
lege, B.A., 1970; Catholic University School of Law,
J.D., 1973. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1973. Member,
American, Maryland State and Talbot County Bar As-
sociations. Office of the Public Defender, State of Mary-
land, 1981. Married; 2 children.

FRANCIS M. ARNOLD. District Court, District 10,
1980-; Administrative Judge. Bom in Westminster, June
13, 1929. Westminster High School; University of Balti-
more, 1959-64; University of Baltimore Law School,
J.D., 1967. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1967. Served in
U.S. Marine Corps, 1946-48, 1950-51. Member, Ameri-
can, Maryland State and Carroll County Bar Associa-
tions. Director of Employee Relations—American Oper-
ations, Black and Decker Manufacturing Company
(employed 1952-75). Married; 5 children.

CARL W. BACHARACH. District Court, District 1,
1971-. Born in Baltimore, July 27, 1921. Baltimore City
College; University of Maryland, B.A., 1942; University
of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1948. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1947. Served in U.S. Army, 1942-45.
Member, Maryland State and Baltimore City Bar As-
sociations. Assistant city solicitor, Baltimore City,
1952-56. Judge, People's Court of Baltimore City,
1962-71. Maryland House of Delegates, 1951-62. Law
lecturer. Married; 3 children.

WILLIAM S. BALDWIN. District Court, District 8,
1978-. Bom in Hydes, February 14, 1927. Towson High
School; Johns Hopkins University; University of Balti-
more; University of Baltimore Law School, LL.B., 1954.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1954. Served in U.S. Army

Reserve. Member, Maryland State and Baltimore Coun-
ty Bar Associations. Past president, Baltimore County
Bar Association. Trial magistrate, Baltimore County,
1958-64; member, Baltimore County Board of Appeals,
1964—65; chairman, Baltimore County Board of Ap-
peals, 1965-70; commissioner, Maryland Public Service
Commission, 1971-78. Married; 2 children.

H. GARY BASS. District Court, District 1, 1983-.
Born in Baltimore, November 7, 1942. Baltimore City
College High School; Loyola College, B.S., 1964; Uni-
versity of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1967. Admit-
ted to Maryland Bar, 1967. Member, American, Mary-
land State and Baltimore City Bar Associations.
Assistant State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1970-82.
Deputy State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1983. Presi-
dent, University of Maryland Law School Alumni Asso-
ciation, 1982. Married.

A. GORDON BOONE, JR. District Court, District 8,
1982-. Bom in Baltimore, August 21, 1933. Georgetown
Preparatory School; University of Maryland; University
of Baltimore Law School, LL.B., 1963. Served in U.S.
Air Force, four years. Member, Baltimore County Bar
Association; Dissenters Law Club. Assistant state's at-
torney, Baltimore County, 1963-68. Assistant public de-
fender, 1972-74. Assistant state's attorney, Baltimore
City, 1975-82. Three-term member of Democratic State
Central Committee, Baltimore County. Member,
B.P.O.E.; Maryland Club; Advisory Board, St. Joseph
Hospital. Married.

FRANCIS A. BORELLI. District Court, District 5,
1977-. Born 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 Maryland Bar,

 



 
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