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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND

Alexander Harvey II, Chief Judge

Associate Judges: Walter E. Black, Jr.; John Raymond Hargrove, Sr.; Joseph C. Howard; J. Frederick Motz;
Herbert E Murray; Paul V Niemeyer; Norman E Ramsey; Frederic N. Smalkin; one vacancy.

Senior Judges: Frank A. Kaufman; Edward S. Northrop; Roszel C. Thomsen; Joseph H. Young.

Joseph A. Haas, Clerk

101 W Lombard St.

Baltimore, MD 21201                                                                                                   962-2600

The United States District Courts are trial courts with general federal jurisdiction. Each state has at
least one district court. The United States District Court for the District of Maryland was established in
1789 by the federal Judiciary Act of 1789.

Judges of the United States District Court are appointed by the President of the United States with
the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate.

U.S. DISTRICT COURT BIOGRAPHIES ALEXANDER HARVEY II. U.S. District Court, Chief Judge since 1986. Ap^^ed in 1966. Born in Baltimore, May 3, 1923. \ale University, B.A., 1947; Columbia University Law School, LL.B., 1950. Served in U.S. Army, 1943-46, achieving rank of 1st Lieutenant; received Air Medal, Oak Leaf Cluster, 1945 European Theater of Operations. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1950. Member, American, Maryland State and Baltimore City Bar Associations; American Judicature Society; Maritime Law Association; Coordinating Committee for Multiple Litigation, 1968-73; Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of the Criminal Law, 1975-83 (chairman, 1978-83); Speedy Trial Planning Group for Maryland. Assistant attorney general for Maryland, 1955-57. Member, Maryland Club; Elkridge Club; Lawyers' Round Table; The Wranglers. Office telephone: 962-4655. WALTER E. BLACK, JR. U.S. District Court, 1982—. Born in Baltimore, July 7,1926. Harvard University, A.B., 1946; Harvard University Law School, LL.B., 1949. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1949. Member, American, Maryland State and Baltimore City Bar Associations; Lawyers' Round Table; Rule Day Club; Harvard/Raddiffe Club of Maryland; Harvard Law School Association of Maryland. Assistant U.S. attorney for District of Maryland, 1953-55. U.S. Attorney for District of Maryland, 1956-57. Chairman, Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals of Baltimore City, 1963-67. Member, Mayor's Advisory Committee for Workable Program for Community Improvement, Baltimore City, 1963-67; chairman, Subcommittee on Community Planning Program,Mayor's Task Force on Civil Rights, Baltimore City, 1965-67; member, Jail Board, Baltimore City, 1971-73. Member, Governor's Commission to Revise the Annotated Code, 1975-82. Member, Attorney Grievance Commission, 1978-1982. Office telephone: 962-0107. JOHN RAYMOND HARGROVE, SR. U.S. District Court, 1984—. Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, October 25, 1923. St. Catherine's Academy; Frederick Douglass High School; Morgan State College; Howard University, B.A., 1947; University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1950. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1950. Served in U.S.

Army. Member, National, Maryland State, Baltimore City and Monumental City Bar Associations; Character Committee, Court of Appeals. Assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland, 1955; deputy U.S. attorney, 1957-62. Associate Judge, People's Court, Baltimore City, 1962-63. Associate Judge, Municipal Court, Baltimore City, 1968-71. Administrative Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 1 (Baltimore City), 1971-74. Associate Judge, Supreme Bench of Baltimore City (Circuit Court for Baltimore City), 1974-84. Office telephone: 962-0950. JOSEPH C. HOWARD. U.S. District Court, 1979—. Born in DesMoines, Iowa, December 9,1922. University of Iowa, B.A., 1950; Drake University Law School, LL.B., 1955, M.A., 1957. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1959. Served in U.S. Army, 1944-47, achieving rank of 1st Lieutenant. Member, American and Monumental City Bar Associations; Judicial Council, National Bar Association; World Association of Judges. Honorary law degree, Morgan State College, 1972; first black in U.S. to be admitted to Phi Alpha Delta National Legal Fraternity; Kappa Alpha Psi Achievement Award, 1973; Man of the Year Award, National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, 1979; Baltimore City Council resolution in recognition of accomplishments, 1979; The Lawyers' Wives Award, 1980. Assistant State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1964-68 (chief, trial section, 1966-67); Assistant City Solicitor, Baltimore City, 1968. Associate Judge, Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, 1968-79. Author, "Administration of Rape Cases in the City of Baltimore and the State of Maryland" (1968); "Why We Organize," Journal of Public Law (1971); "Employment Practices in the Administration of Justice Under the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City," (1975); "Racial Discrimination in Sentencing,"/i«fti:att«"z! (1975). Office telephone: 962-7724. FRANK A. KAUFMAN. U.S. District Court, Senior Judge since 1986. Chief Judge, 1981-1986. Appointed in 1966. Born in Baltimore, March 4, 1916. Dartmouth College, A.B., 1937; Harvard University Law School, LL.B., 1940. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1940. Member, Federal, American, Maryland State and Baltimore City Bar Associations. Former partner in law firm of Frank,