L. EDGAR BROWN. Associate Judge, Caroline
County, District 3, District Court of Maryland, since 1976.
Born in Easton, Maryland, November 3, 1935. Attended
Easton public schools; University of Maryland, B.A.,
1957. Served in U.S. Army, 1958-60. University of Mary-
land School of Law, LL.B., 1965. Admitted to Maryland
Bar, 1965. Member, Maryland State, Second Judicial Cir-
cuit and Caroline County Bar Associations.

RALPH M. BURNETT. Associate Judge, Garrett
County, District 12, District Court of Maryland, since
1993. Born in Seneca Falls, New York, January 5, 1943.
St. Paul's School for Boys, Brooklandville, Maryland;
Dickinson College, B.A., 1965. Served in U.S. Army,
1966-68. University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D.,
1972. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1972. Member, Federal,
Maryland State, Arizona State and Garrett County Bar
Associations. State's Attorney, Garrett County, 1974-78.

GALE RASIN CAPLAN. Associate Judge, Baltimore
City, District 1, District Court of Maryland, since 1992.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 9, 1952. Kent
County public schools; National Cathedral School for
Girls; Duke University, B.A., 1973; Georgetown Univer-
sity Law Center, J.D., 1976. Admitted to Maryland Bar,
1976. Member, Maryland State, Baltimore City, Kent
County and Women's Bar Associations.

STEPHEN LANSDALE CLAGETT. Associate Judge.
Calvert County, District 4, District Court of Maryland,
since 1990. Born in Washington, DC, September 3, 1947.
Severn School; Washington College, B.A., 1969; Univer-
sity of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1973. Admitted
to Maryland Bar, 1973. Served in Maryland Army Na-
tional Guard. Member, Maryland State and Calvert
County Bar Associations; Maryland State's Attorneys' As-
sociation. Deputy State's Attorney, Calvert County, 1975-
88. Court Auditor, Calvert County, 1976-90.

JOHN T. CLARK III. Associate Judge, Queen Anne's
County, District 3, District Court of Maryland, since 1979.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 15, 1943. Centreville
High School; University of the South, BA., 1965; University
of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1969. Admitted to Maryland
Bar, 1969. Served in Army National Guard. Member, Ameri-
can, Maryland State and Queen Anne's County Bar Associa-
tions. State's Attorney, Queen Anne's County, 1975-79.

CHARLOTTE M. COOKSEY. Associate Judge, Balti-
more City, District 1, District Court of Maryland, since
1983. Member, Executive Committee and Child Support
Enforcement Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference.
Master in Chancery, Division of Juvenile Causes, Circuit
Court for Baltimore City, 1979-83. Born in Baltimore,
Maryland, October 30, 1947. Louise S. McGehee School;
Newcomb College of Tulane University, B.A., 1968; Loyola
University School of Law, J.D., 1971; Institute of Juvenile
Justice, University of Cambridge, 1980; National College of
Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 1980; National College
of Judges, 1985. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1976. Member,
American, 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, Legal Aid
Bureau, Inc., 1972-74. Trial attorney, Civil Rights Division,
U.S. Department of Justice, 1974-75. Managing attorney,
child advocacy project, 1975-79. Member, National Asso-
ciation of Women Judges; Judicial Ethics Committee; P.L.
99-660 Planning Council of Maryland Advisory Committee
on Mental Hygiene; Trial Table Law Club.

THOMAS LEWIS CRAVEN. Associate Judge,
Montgomery County, District 6, District Court of Mary-
land, since 1994.

ROBERT SCOTT DAVIS. Associate Judge, Wicomico
County, District 2, District Court of Maryland, since 1989.
Born in Salisbury, Maryland, July 16, 1950. University of
Maryland, B.S., 1972; University of Baltimore School of
Law, J.D., 1977. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1977. Mem-
ber, 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 Chamber of Commerce,
1977-84; Crisfield Kiwanis Club, 1977-84; Masons. Gen-
eral Co-Chairman, Crisfield National Hard Crab Derby,
1978, 1979. Member, Salisbury Rotary, 1991—.

GERARD F. DEVLIN. Associate Judge, Prince
George's County, District 5, District Court of Maryland,
since 1986. Born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, May 29,
1933. Served in U.S. Marine Corps, 1955-57. Boston
College; Suffolk University, A.B., cum laude, 1959; Uni-
versity 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. Instructor, Gonzaga
High School, Bowie State University, and Prince George's
Community College. Professional staff member, U.S.
House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. Maryland Na-
tional Relations Officer, 1969-72. Delegate, White House
Conference on Food and Nutrition and Health, 1969.
Founder, Maryland Commission on the Concerns of Span-
ish-Speaking People, 1970. Member, House of Delegates,
1975-86 (vice-chair, ways & means committee, 1979-86).
Chair, Committee on Environmental and Natural Re-
sources, Southern Legislative Conference. Freshman Leg-
islator of the Year, Maryland Young Democrats, 1975;
Legislator of the Year, Prince George's Municipal Associa-
tion, 1983,1985,1986.

JAMES W. (JACK) DRYDEN. Associate Judge, Anne
Arundel County, District 7, District Court of Maryland,
since 1991. Master in Chancery, Anne Arundel County
Circuit Court, 1982-91. Born in Salisbury, Maryland, July
21, 1947. Pocomoke High School; University of Maryland
College Park, B.A., 1969; University of Texas Law
School, J.D., 1972. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1973.
Member, Anne Arundel County Bar Association. Assistant
State's Attorney, Anne Arundel County, 1973-82. Mem-
ber, Maryland State's Attorneys' Association, 1974-82;
Maryland Council of Masters, 1986-91 (president, 1989-
91); Margaret Brent Inn of Court, 1989-90. One of Out-
standing Young Men of America, U.S. Jaycees, 1978.

ROBERT N. DUGAN, Associate Judge, Baltimore
County, District 8, District Court of Maryland, since 1993.
Master in Chancery, Baltimore County Circuit Court, 1984-
93. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 14, 1941. Wash-
ington College, BA., 1965; University of Maryland School of
Law. J.D., 1966. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1968. Member,
Maryland State and Baltimore County Bar Associations.

JOHN L. DUNNIGAN. Associate Judge, Harford
County, District 9, District Court of Maryland, since 1989.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 20,1943. Served in
U.S. Navy, 1961-65. University of Baltimore School of
Law, J.D., 1970. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1971. Mem-
ber, Harford County Bar Association. Assistant State's
Attorney, Baltimore City, 1971-78. Assistant State's At-
torney, Harford County, 1978-86.