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mittee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1989—. Board of
Directors, Academy of St. James Episcopal Church.

ROBERT F. FISCHER. Judge, Court of Special Ap-
peals, At Large, since 1988. Associate Judge, Howard
County Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit, 1977-88. Associ-
ate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 10,1973-77.
Born in Baltimore County, Maryland, February 29, 1932.
Southern High School, Baltimore; University of Maryland,
B.A., 1954; University of Baltimore School of Law, LL.B.,
1961. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1961. Served in U.S. Air
Force and Maryland Air National Guard. Member, Mary-
land State and Howard County Bar Associations. County
Solicitor, Howard County, 1972-73.

JOHN J. GARRITY. Judge, 4th Appellate Circuit,
Court of Special Appeals, since 1982. Born in New Haven,
Connecticut, December 3, 1933. St. Joseph's Orphanage,
Burlington, Vermont; St. Michael's parochial schools,
Brattleboro, Vermont; Montgomery Junior College; Uni-
versity of North Carolina; American University, B.A.,
1961; American University School of Law, J.D., 1963.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1964. Served in U.S. Navy,
1955-59. Member, American, Maryland State and Prince
George's County Bar Associations; Association of Trial
Lawyers of America; Delta Theta Phi law fraternity. As-
sistant State's Attorney, Prince George's County, 1967-69.
Assistant Attorney General of Maryland, 1969-71. Mem-
ber, Prince George's County Council, 1971-74 (chairman,
1973). Member, House of Delegates, 1975-78 (vice-chair-
man, Prince George's County delegation, 1975-78). Mem-
ber, State Senate, 1978-82. Outstanding Legislator of the
Year, Maryland State's Attorneys' Association, 1981; Leg-
islator of the Year, Maryland Association of Counties,
1975 and 1979. Founder, Breakfast of Champions, Prince
George's County; member. Ancient Order of Hibernians,
Emerald Isle Division; charter member, Friendly Sons of
St. Patrick. Author, Appellate Writing, Practice and Pro-
cedure (Montgomery-Prince George's County Continuing
Education Program); "A History of the Irish in Mary-
land," National Hibernian Digest (June 1981).

GLENN T. HARRELL, JR. Judge, At Large, Court of
Special Appeals, since 1991. Born in Ashland, Kentucky,
June 27, 1945. University of Maryland, B.A., 1967; Uni-
versity of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1970. Admitted
to Maryland Bar, 1970. Member, American, Maryland
State and Prince George's County Bar Associations. Asso-
ciate County Attorney, Prince George's County, 1971-73.
Hearing Examiner, State Board of Education, 1977-84.
Member, Maryland Bar Foundation; Law Foundation of
Prince George's County Bar Association.

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ. Judge, 6th Appellate Cir-
cuit, Court of Special Appeals, since 1991. Born in Wash-
ington, DC. Stone Ridge High School, Bethesda,
Maryland; Vassar College, B.A., 1965; University of Vir-
ginia School of Law, LL.D., 1968. Admitted to Maryland
Bar, 1969. Member, American and Maryland State Bar
Associations. Chief of Litigation, Office of Attorney Gen-
eral, 1982-86. Member, Federal Courts Study Committee,

1989-90. Member, American Law Institute; American Bar
Foundation; Maryland Bar Foundation.

CHARLES E. MOYLAN, JR. Judge, At Large, Court
of Special Appeals, since 1970. Born in Baltimore, Maryland,
December 14, 1930. Baltimore City College; The Johns
Hopkins University, B.A., 1952; University of Maryland
School of Law, J.D., 1955. Admitted to Maryland Bar,
1958. Served as a special agent in Counter Intelligence
Corps. Member, American, Maryland State and Baltimore
City Bar Associations; The Selden Society. Assistant State's
Attorney, Baltimore City, 1959-62; Deputy State's Attor-
ney, Baltimore City, 1963; State's Attorney, Baltimore City,
1964-70. Lecturer on constitutional/criminal law for Ameri-
can Academy of Judicial Education, National Judicial Col-
lege, National College of District Attorneys, and other
organizations. Distinguished Service Award, National Dis-
trict Attorneys Association, 1968.

JOSEPH F. MURPHY, JR. Judge, At Large, Court of
Special Appeals, since 1993. Associate Judge, Baltimore
County Circuit Court, 3rd Judicial Circuit, 1984-93. Born
in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, January 9, 1944. Boston
College, 1965; University of Maryland School of Law,
J.D., 1969. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1969. Member,
Maryland State Bar Association (chair, criminal law sec-
tion council, 1987-88; member, criminal pattern jury in-
structions committee, 1980—; committee on laws,
1988—). Member, Baltimore County Bar Association;
Maryland State's Attorneys' Association; Maryland Crimi-
nal Defense Attorneys Association (president, 1984). As-
sistant State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1970-75; Deputy
State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1975-76. Instructor,
University of Baltimore School of Law, 1974—; Univer-
sity of Maryland School of Law, 1979—. Recipient, U.S.
Law Week Award, 1969; Outstanding Part-Time Instructor
Award, University of Baltimore, 1976, 1977; Robert C.
Heeney Memorial Award, 1990. Fellow, Maryland Bar Foun-
dation, Inc., 1984. Officer and trustee, Maryland Institute for
the Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers
(MICPEL), 1984—. Board of Directors, Maryland Judicial
Institute, 1985—. President, J. Dudley Digges Inn of Court,
1989-90. Author, "Oral Morions in Limine," Litigation (vol.
14, no. 3) Spring 1988; Maryland Evidence Handbook, 1989
(cumulative supplements, 1990,1991,1992).

WILLIAM W. WENNER. Judge, 3rd Appellate Cir-
cuit, Court of Special Appeals, since 1985. Associate
Judge, Frederick County Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Cir-
cuit, 1980-85. Judge, District Court of Maryland, District
11, 1978-80. Born in Brunswick, Maryland, September
24, 1930. Brunswick High School and St. James School;
Kenyon College, A.B., 1952; University of Maryland
School of Law, LL.B., 1958. Admitted to Maryland Bar,
1958. Served in U.S. Army. Member, Maryland State and
Frederick County Bar Associations; American Judicature
Society. Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation. Deputy State's
Attorney, Frederick County, 1960-64. Member, Judicial
Ethics Committee, 1988— (chairman, 1990—).