County, 1974-78. State's Attorney, St. Mary's County,
1981-82. Member, Annapolis Yacht Club.

MARTHA P. RASIN. Associate Judge, Annc Arundel
County, District 7, District Court of Maryland, since 1989.
Born in Chcstertown, Maryland, June 25, 1947. Mary
Baldwin College, B.A., 1969; University of Baltimore
School of Law, J.D., 1981. Admitted to Maryland Bar,
1981. Member, Maryland State, Anne Arundel County
and Women's Bar Associations. Member, Women's Law
Center; American Inns of Court; Heuislcr Honor Society.
Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Baltimore School of
Law.

JOHN PERICLES RELLAS. Associate Judge, Bal-
timore County, District 8, District Court of Maryland,
since 1976. Born in Nashua, New Hampshire, July 26,
1926. Tilton Prep, Tilton, New Hampshire; Stetson
University, A.B., 1949; University of Baltimore School of
Law, LL.B., 1955. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1961.
Served in U.S. Navy. Assistant Public Defender, Baltimore
County, 1972-76.

ALAN M. RESNICK. Associate Judge, Baltimore City,
District 1, District Court of Maryland, since 1974. Born in
Baltimore, Maryland, May 14,1928. Baltimore City Col-
lege; University of Maryland, A.B., 1949; University of
Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1952. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1952. Served in U.S. Army. Member,
House of Delegates, 1958-74 (chairman, insurance com-
mittee, 1966-74). Member, executive board. Conference
of Insurance Legislators of the United States, 1972-74.

THURMAN H. RHODES. Associate Judge, Prince
George's County, District 5, District Court of Maryland,
since 1988. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 18,
1949. Morgan State College. B.A, 1972; Catholic Univer-
sity School of Law, J.D., 1975. Admitted to Maryland Bar,
1976. Member, American, Maryland State, Prince
George's County and J. Franklin Bourne Bar Associations.
Member, Inquiry Committee of Attorney Grievance Com-
mission. Associate General Counsel to Maryland-National
Capital Park and Planning Commission, 1975-1988. As-
sistant Attorney General, 1988. Instructor, Paralegal Pro-
gram, Prince George's Community College.

MARY ELLEN T. RINEHARDT. Associate Judge,
Baltimore City, District 1, District Court of Maryland,
since 1982. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, August 6,
1929. Attended Laurel, Maryland, primary and secondary
schools; University of Maryland, B.A., 1950; University
of Baltimore School of Law, LL.B., 1968. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1968. Member, Court of Appeals Standing
Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure. Member,
Maryland State, Baltimore City and Women's Bar Associa-
tions. Member, Heuisler Honor Society; Women's Law
Center; National Association of Women Judges. Former
member. Governor's Commission on Workmen's Com-
pensation Laws. Chief of Litigation, Legal Aid Bureau,
Inc., 1979-82. Member, National Organization for
Women; Church of the Holy Nativity.

HERBERT L. ROLLINS. District Administrative
Judge, Frederick County, District 11, District Court of
Maryland, since 1986 (Associate Judge, 1985—). Born in
Brunswick, Maryland, November 15, 1928. Frederick
High School. Served in U.S. Army (8th Army, Korea).
University of Maryland, A.B., 1958; University of
Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1959. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1959. Member, Maryland State Bar As-

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sociation (board of governors, 1982-83); Frederick Coun-
ty Bar Association (president, 1972). Member, Sixth Cir-
cuit Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Commission,
1980-84. Board of Trustees, Maryland Institute for the
Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (MIC-
PEL), 1984-85. Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation. Mem-
ber, Frederick Rotary Club; Calvary United Methodist
Church.

G. DARRELL RUSSELL, JR. Associate Judge, Bal
timore County, District 8, District Court of Maryland,
since 1990. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, December 18,
1941. Loyola College, B.S., 1964; University ofBaltimore
Law School, J.D., 1967; Towson State University, M.A.,
1988. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1969. Member,
Maryland State and Baltimore County Bar Associations.
Assistant Attorney General, 1970-74. Member,
Democratic State Central Committee, 1978-82. Member,
St. Thomas More Society; Hibernians. Member, Wilton-
dale Community Board; Optimist Club; Towson YMCA
Board. Author, Lincoln and Kennedy Looked at Kindly
Together (1972); Hotbed far Hybrids: Lacrosse »nd Soccer in
Baltimore (1978).

R. RUSSELL SADLER. Associate Judge, Howard
County, District 10, District Court of Maryland, since
1980. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 16, 1926.
Attended Baltimore City schools. Served in U.S. Navy,
1943-46. University of Baltimore, A.A., 1953; University
ofBaltimore School of Law, LL.B., 1955. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1955. Member, Maryland State and Howard
County Bar Associations. Member, Heuisler Honor Society.
Appeals Tax Court, Howard County, 1970-72. Assistant
county solicitor, Howard County, 1972-74; deputy county
solicitor, Howard County, 1974-79. Executive secretary,
Howard County Council, 1979-80.

I. MARSHALL SEIDLER. Associate Judge, Baltimore
County, District 8, District Court of Maryland, since 1989.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 23, 1934.
University of Maryland, B.S., 1957; University of
Maryland School of Law, J-D., 1959. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1959. Maryland Air National Guard, 1959-
65. Member, American, Maryland State, Baltimore City
and Baltimore County Bar Associations. Attorney, Legal
Aid Bureau, 1959-60.

E. ALLEN SHEPHERD. Associate Judge, Prince
George's County, District 5, District Court of Maryland,
since 1991. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, March 26,
1937. U.S. Naval Air Reserve, 1954-62. University of
Maryland, B.S., 1960; George Washington University, J.D.,
1963. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1964. Member, Maryland
State and Prince George's County Bar Associations;
Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association;
Maryland State's Attorneys' Association. Assistant State's
Attorney for Prince George's County, 1967-71. District
Public Defender, District 5 (Prince Gcoige's County), 1985-
91. Recipient of James R. White Award for Outstanding and
Distinguished Service in Criminal Defense from Maryland
Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association, 1990.

H. THOMAS SISK, JR. Associate Judge, Kent County,
District 3, District Court of Maryland, since 1981. Born in
Washington, DC, August 29, 1926. Served in U.S. Navy,
1943-46. Vets High School Center, Washington, DC;
University of Maryland, B.S., 1952; George Washington
University School of Law, J.D., 1956. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1962. Member, Maryland State and Kent
County Bar Associations.