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Maryland Manual 1994-1995 District Court of Maryland/645

DISTRICT COURT OF MARYLAND BIOGRAPHIES

CHIEFJUDGE

ROBERT F. SWEENEY. Chief Judge, District Court
of Maryland, since 1971. Member, Executive Committee,
Maryland Judicial Conference. Born in Baltimore, Mary-
land, September 17, 1926. Loyola High School. Served in
U.S. Navy, 1944-46. Loyola College; University of Balti-
more School of Law, J.D., 1957. Admitted to Maryland
Bar, 1957. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (vice-
president, 1969-70). Admitted to practice, U.S. Supreme
Court, 1963. Magistrate, Housing Court of Baltimore
City, 1959-61. Assistant attorney general of Maryland,
1961-64. Chief of Criminal Division, Office of Attorney
General, 1964-66. Deputy attorney general of Maryland,
1966-71. Member, Governor's Commission on Law En-
forcement and the Administration of Justice, 1971-82;
Task Force on Violence and Extremism, 1981-87; Mary-
land Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, 1982-87;
Task Force on Mentally ill Offenders, 1985-86; Gover-
nor's Advisory Board for Juvenile Assistance, 1987—;
Drunk and Drugged Driving Task Force, 1988. Board of
Trustees, Villa Julie College. Co-founder, Advocate Club
of Baltimore (president, 1960).

WILLIAM H. ADKINS III. Associate Judge, Talbot
County, District 3, District Court of Maryland, since 1984.
Born in North Adams, Massachusetts, November 10,
1947. St. James School, St. James, Maryland; Hartwick
College, Oneonta, New York, B.A., 1970; Catholic Uni-
versity School of Law, J.D., 1973. Admitted to Maryland
Bar, 1973. Member, Maryland State and Talbot County
Bar Associations. Office of Public Defender, State of Mary-
land, 1981.

H. GARY BASS. Associate Judge, Baltimore City, Dis-
trict 1, District Court of Maryland, since 1983. Born in
Baltimore, Maryland, November 7, 1942. Baltimore City
College High School; Loyola College, B.S., 1964; Uni-
versity of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1967. Admitted
to Maryland Bar, 1967. Member, American, Maryland
State and Baltimore City Bar Associations. Assistant
State's Attorney, Baltimore City, 1970-82. Deputy State's
Attorney, Baltimore City, 1983. President, University of
Maryland Law School Alumni Association, 1982.

LOUIS A. BECKER III. Associate Judge, Howard
County, District 10, District Court of Maryland, since
1989. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, January 28, 1944.
Loyola High School; Loyola College, B.S., 1965; Univer-
sity of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1970. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1970. Served in U.S. Army, 1965-67; U.S.
Army Reserves, 1967-92 (graduated from Air War Col-
lege, 1990; Commandant's list, U.S. Army Command and
General Staff College, 1979). Member, American Bar
Association. Member, Maryland State Bar Association
(board of governors, 1982-84; ethics committee, 1982—;
judicial selection committee, 1987-89). Member, Howard
County Bar Association (president & director, 1980-82).
Meinber, Inquiry Panel, Attorney Grievance Commission,
1975-80. Board of Trustees, Howard County Library
System, 1988-89. Master of the Bench, American Inns of
Court. President-elect, Macgill Inn of Court. Tribute for

outstanding service, Maryland State Bar Association,
1982-83.

RICHARD R. BLOXOM. Associate Judge, Worcester
County, District 2, District Court of Maryland, since 1990.
Born in Chincoteague, Virginia, September 22, 1947.
University of Maryland, B.S., 1969. Served in U.S. Navy,
1969-79 (Achievement Medal; Commendation Medal).
University of Virginia Law School, J.D., 1976. Special
Court-Martial Military Judge, 1977-79. Admitted to
Maryland Bar, 1980. Member, Maryland State, Virginia
State and Worcester County Bar Associations. Member,
Maryland Trial Lawyers Association. Attorney, Worcester
County Board of Education, 1981-90. Assistant Public
Defender, Worcester County, 1983-88.

A. GORDON BOONE, JR. Associate Judge, Baltimore
County, District 8, District Court of Maryland, since 1982.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 21, 1933. George-
town Preparatory School; University of Maryland; Univer-
sity of Baltimore School of Law, LL.B., 1963. Served in U.S.
Air Force, four years. Member, Baltimore County Bar Asso-
ciation; Dissenters Law Club. Assistant State's Attorney,
Baltimore County, 1963-68. Assistant Public Defender, Bal-
timore County, 1972-74. Assistant State's Attorney, Balti-
more City, 1975-82. Three-term member of Democratic
State Central Committee, Baltimore County. Member,
B.P.O.E.; Advisory Board, St. Joseph Hospital; Navy
League; American Legion; National Rifle Association.

FREDERICK J. BOWER. Associate Judge, Frederick
County, District 11, District Court of Maryland, since
1986. Born in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, March 18, 1935.
Served in U.S. Army, 1954-56. University of Maryland,
B.S., 1959; American University Law School, J.D., 1962.
Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1963. Member, Maryland
State and Frederick County Bar Associations. Deputy
State's Attorney, Frederick County, 1965-71. Assistant
State's Attorney, Frederick County, 1981-86.

 



 
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