Associations. Member, Prince George's County Bar Asso-
ciation (executive board, 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.

FREDERICK J. BOWER. District 11, District Court of
Maryland, 1986—. Born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,
March 18,1935. University of Maryland, B.S., 1959; Amer-
ican University Law School, J.D., 1962. Admitted to Mary-
land Bar, 1963. Served in U.S. Army, 1954-56. Member,
American, Maryland State and Frederick County Bar Asso-
ciations. Deputy State's Attorney, Frederick County, 1965-
71. Assistant State's Attorney, Frederick County, 1981-86.
Member, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity.

L. EDGAR BROWN. District 3, District Court of Mary-
land, 1976—. Born in Easton, November 3, 1935. At-
tended Easton public schools; University of Maryland,
B.A., 1957; University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B.,
1965. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1965. Member, Mary-
land State, Second Judicial Circuit and Caroline County
Bar Associations.

JOSEPH ANTHONY CIOTOLA, SR. District 1, Dis-
trict Court of Maryland, 1976—; Administrative Judge.
Born in Baltimore, October 4,1919. Baltimore City College;
University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1947. Admit-
ted to Maryland Bar, 1947. Served in U.S. Army Air Force;
Bronze Star. Member, American, Maryland State and Balti-
more City Bar Associations. Professor of Law, Eastern Uni-
versity, 1968-70. Member, Commission to Revise the
Annotated Code of Maryland, 1973; Property Tax Assess-
ment Appeal Board of Baltimore City, 1974. President,
Board of 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—. Member, Advisory
Board, Mt. St. Joseph's High School, 1963.

JOHN T. CLARK III. District 3, District Court of
Maryland, 1979—. Born in Baltimore, 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, Queen Anne's County, 1975-79.

EDWIN COLLIER. District 6, District Court of Mary-
land, 1983—. Born in Millville, New Jersey, December 23,
1923. George Washington University, B.A, 1949; George
Washington University School of Law, LL.B., 1951. Admit-
ted to Maryland Bar, 1952. Served in U.S. Army. Member,
American, Maryland State and Montgomery County Bar
Associations. Secretary, Clients' Security Trust Fund of Bar
of Maryland. Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation.

CHARLOTTE M. COOKSEY. District 1, District
Court of Maryland, 1983—. Born in Baltimore, October
30,1947. Louise S. McGehee School; Newcomb College
ofTulane University, B.A., 1968; Loyola University School
of Law, J.D., 1971; University of Cambridge, Institute of
Juvenile Justice, 1980; National College of Juvenile and
Family Court Judges, 1980; National College of Judges,
1985. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1976. Member, Ameri-
can, Maryland State, Louisiana, District of Columbia,
Baltimore City and Women's Bar Associations. Member,
Women's Law Center. VISTA attorney, New Orleans
Legal Assistance Corporation, 1971-72. Staff attorney,

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Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., 1972-74 (managing attorney,
child advocacy project, 1975-79). Trial attorney, U.S.
Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, 1974-75;
Master in Chancery, Circuit Court for Baltimore City,
Division of Juvenile Causes, 1979-83. Member, National
Association of Women Judges.

THOMAS J. CURLEY, JR. District 7, District Court
of Maryland, 1964—; Administrative Judge. Born in Med-
ford, Massachusetts, December 12, 1922. Medford High
School, Medford, Massachusetts; Randies Naval Prepara-
tory School, Washington, D.C., 1941; U.S. Naval Acad-
emy, B.S., 1944; University of Maryland School of Law,
J.D., 1949. Served in U.S. Navy.

LAWRENCE ROBERT DANIELS. District 8, Dis-
trict Court of Maryland, 1989—. Born in New Haven,
Connecticut, August 27, 1947. The Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity, B.A., 1969; University of Connecticut School of
Law, J.D., 1972. Served in U.S. Army, 1973-77; U.S.
Army Reserve, 1977—. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1978.
Member, Maryland State and Baltimore County Bar As-
socations. Member, Justinian Society; OSIA.

ANDRE M. DAVIS. District 1, District Court of Mary-
land, 1987—. Born in Baltimore, February 11, 1949.
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., 1971; University of
Maryland School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1978. Admitted
to Maryland Bar, 1979. Member, American, Maryland
State, Baltimore City and Monumental City Bar Associa-
tions. Assistant U.S. Attorney (Maryland), 1981-83. As-
sistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Law,
1984-87. Member, Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity;
Serjeants' Inn Law Club. Director, Baltimore Urban
League, Inc., 1975-78. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge
Frank A. Kaufman, 1978-79. Law Clerk to U.S. Circuit
Judge Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., of Fourth Circuit, U.S.
Court of Appeals, 1979-80. President, Legal Aid Bureau,
Inc., 1985-87. Trustee, Goucher College, 1985—. Mem-
ber, Inquiry Committee of Attorney Grievance Commis-
sion, 1986-87; Special Joint Committee on Minorities in
the Legal Profession, 1987. Judicial Conference of U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; Governor's Task
Force on Black and Minority Health, 1987. Recipient,
American Jurisprudence Award; Myerowitz Moot Court
Award; Roger Howell Award (Univ. of Md.); Marshal-
Wythe Moot Court Award.

ROBERT SCOTT DAVIS. District 2, District Court of
Maryland, 1989—. Born in Salisbury, July 16,1950. Uni-
versity of Maryland, B.S., 1972; University of Baltimore
School of Law, J.D., 1977. Admitted to Maryland Bar,
1977. Member, Maryland State and Wicomico County Bar
Associations. Former counsel to Somerset County Board
of Supervisors of Elections and Somerset County Board of
Liquor License Commissioners. Member, Crisfield Cham-
ber of Commerce, 1977-84; Crisfield Kiwanis Club, 1977-
84; Masons. General Co-Chairman, Crisfield National
Hard Crab Derby, 1978,1979.

GERARD F. DEVLIN. District 5, District Court of
Maryland, 1986—. Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts,
May 29, 1933. Boston College; Suffolk University, A.B.,
cum laude, 1959; University of Baltimore School of Law,
J.D., 1969; University of Maryland,M.A., 1970. Admitted
to Maryland Bar, 1971. Member, American, Maryland
State and Prince George's County Bar Associations. Served
in U.S. Marine Corps, 1955-57. Instructor, Gonzaga High
School, Bowie State University, and Prince George's Com-
munity College. Professional staff member, U.S. House