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1961. Served in U.S. Air Force. Member, American,
Maryland State, District of Columbia and Prince
George's County Bar Associations; executive board,
Prince George's County Bar Association, 1971-75.
Member, Model Cities Committee, 1972-73; Prince
George's County Human Relations Commission,
1973-74. Chairman, Prince George's County Consumer
Protection Commission, 1974-75. Member, Masons.
Married; 3 children.
FREDERICK J. BOWER. District Court, District 11,
1986-. Born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, March 18,
1935. University of Maryland, B.S., 1959; American
University Law School, J.D., 1962. Admitted to Mary-
land Bar, 1963. Served in U. S. Army, 1954-56. Mem-
ber, American, Maryland State and Frederick County
Bar Associations. Deputy State's Attorney, Frederick
County, 1965-71; Assistant State's Attorney, Frederick
County, 1981-86. Member, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fra-
ternity; Defense Research Institute. Married.
ALFRED L. BRENNAN, SR. District Court, District
8, 1984-. Born in Baltimore, December 10, 1928. Loyola
College, 1948-50; University of Baltimore Law School,
LL.B., 1954. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1955. Served
in U.S. Naval Reserve. Member, Maryland State Bar
Association (board member, 1984); Baltimore County
Bar Association (president, 1982-83); Dissenters Law
Club. Substitute magistrate, Baltimore County, 1965-66.
Judge, Baltimore County People's Court, 1967. Member,
Board of Trustees, Franklin Square Hospital, 1966-80;
chairman, Boy Scout Troop 750, 1966-76; president,
Middle River Optimist Club, 1967-68. Married; 5 chil-
dren.
L. EDGAR BROWN. District Court, District 3, 1976 -.
Born in Easton, November 3, 1935. Attended Easton
public schools; University of Maryland, B.A., 1957; Uni-
versity of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1965. Admit-
ted to Maryland Bar, 1965. Member, Maryland State,
Second Judicial Circuit and Caroline County Bar As-
sociations. Married.
ROGER W. BROWN. District Court, District 1, 1985-.
Born in Baltimore, October 12, 1940. Graduated from
Baltimore City public schools; Morgan State College,
B.A., 1965; University of Baltimore School of Law,
J.D., 1973. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1974.
Caseworker, 1965-70, and personnel officer, 1970—74,
Baltimore City Department of Social Services. Assistant
State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1974-75. Board of Di-
rectors, X-Cell, Inc., 1978-85. President, Social Service
Employees Union, 1968-71. Chairman, St. Ann's Parish
Council, 1978-81. Married; 2 children.
JOSEPH ANTHONY CIOTOLA, SR. District Court,
District 1, 1976-; Administrative Judge. Bom in Balti-
more, October 4, 1919. Baltimore City College; Univer-
sity of Baltimore, J.D., 1947. Admitted to Maryland
Bar, 1947. Served in U.S. Army Air Force; Bronze Star.
Member, American, Maryland State and Baltimore City
Bar Associations. Professor of Law, Eastern University,
1968-70. Member, Commission to Revise the Annotated
Code of Maryland, 1973; Property Tax Assessment Ap-
peal Board of Baltimore City, 1974. President, Board of
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Supervisors of Elections, Baltimore City, 1975. Member,
Commission to Revise the Land Patent Section of the
Annotated Code of Maryland, 1975-76; Landlord-Ten-
ant Laws Study Commission, 1980-; Advisory Board,
Mount Saint Joseph's High School, 1963. Married; 2
children.
JOHN T. CLARK III. District Court, District 3,
1979-. Born in Baltimore City, September 15, 1943.
Centreville High School; University of the South, B.A.,
1965; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D.,
1969. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1969. Served in the
Army National Guard. Member, American, Maryland
State and Queen Anne's County Bar Associations.
State's attorney for Queen Anne's County, 1975-79.
Married; 2 children.
EDWIN COLLIER. District Court, District 6, 1983-.
Born in Millville, New Jersey, December 23, 1923.
George Washington University, B.A., 1949; George
Washington University School of Law, LL.B., 1951. Ad-
mitted to Maryland Bar, 1952. Served in U.S. Army.
Member, American, Maryland State and Montgomery
County Bar Associations. Secretary, Client Security
Trust Fund of Bar of Maryland. Fellow, Maryland Bar
Foundation. Married; 5 children.
CHARLOTTE M. COOKSEY. District Court, District
1, 1983-. Bom in Baltimore, October 30, 1947. Louise
S. McGhee School; Newcomb College of Tulane Univer-
sity, B.A., 1968; Loyola University School of Law, J.D.,
1971; University of Cambridge, Institute of Juvenile Jus-
tice, 1980; National College of Juvenile and Family
Court Judges, 1980; National College of Judges, 1985.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1976. Member, American,
Maryland State, Louisiana, District of Columbia, Balti-
more City and Women's Bar Associations. Member,
Women's Law Center. VISTA attorney, New Orleans
Legal Assistance Corporation, 1971-72; staff attorney,
Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., 1972-74; trial attorney, U.S.
Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, 1974-75;
managing attorney, Child Advocacy Project, Legal Aid
Bureau, Inc., 1975-79; Master in Chancery, Circuit
Court for Baltimore City, Division of Juvenile Causes,
1979-83. Member, Judicial Ethics Committee; Baltimore
City Bar Association Juvenile Law Committee; National
Association of Women Judges.
THOMAS J. CURLEY, JR. District Court, District 7,
1964-; Administrative Judge. Bom in Medford, Massa-
chusetts, December 12, 1922. Medford High School,
Medford, Massachusetts; Randies Naval Preparatory
School, Washington, D.C., 1941; U.S. Naval Academy,
B.S., 1944; University of Maryland, J.D., 1949. Served
in U.S. Navy. Five children.
GERARD F. DEVLIN. District Court, District 5,
1986-. Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, May 29,
1933. Boston College; Suffolk University, A.B., cum
laude, 1959; University of Baltimore Law School, J.D.,
1969; University of Maryland, M.A., 1970. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1971. Member, U.S., Maryland State and
Prince George's County Bar Associations. Served in
U.S. Marine Corps, 1955-57. Instructor in history and
political science, Gonzaga College High School, Bowie
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