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TRUSTEES OF THE CLIENTS'
SECURITY TRUST FUND OF THE
BAR OF MARYLAND
Victor H Laws, Esq , Chair, 2001
Appointed by Court of Appeals Charles O Fisher,
Esq , 1998, Vincent I Gingench, Esq , 1998,
Barbara Ann Spicer, Esq , 1999, Theodore W
Bcaulieu, 2000, William V Meyers, Esq , 2000,
RichardA Reid, Esq ,2002, CarolynC Woodside,
2002, Isaac Hecht, Esq , 2003
208 Calvert St
Salisbury, MD 21801—2804 (410) 543-8410
1610 West St, Suite 204 (410)2694272
Annapolis, MD 21401 fax (410) 269 4275
Annual Report to Court of Appeals
In 1965, the Clients' Security Trust Fund of the
Bar of Maryland was established The Fund reim
burses clients for losses caused by fraudulent activi
ties of members of the Bar of the State of Maryland,
acting either as attorneys or fiduciaries (except to
the extent to which the} are bonded)
Appointed to seven year terms by the Court
of Appeals, nine trustees oversee the Fund The
Fund is supported by annual assessments upon
members of the Bar as a condition of practicing
law (Md Rule 1228)
STATE LAW LIBRARY
Michael S Miller, Director
Robert C Murphy Courts of Appeal Building
361 Rowe Blvd (410) 974 3395
Annapolis, MD 21401 fax (410) 974 2063
e mail mmiller@epfl2 epflbalto org
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 830 am —4 30 p m
Tuesday & Thursday, 8 30 am —9 00 p m
Saturday, 9 00 a m —i 00 p m
BUDGET (CODE CA0008, formerly 22 01 00 08)
FY1994 FY1995 FY1996
Funds (actual) (tcmal) (approp)
General $705 088 $747 646 $720 589
Special $ 444 $ 5 704 $ 17,700
Total Funds $705 S32 $753 349 $738,289
Staff
Authorized 10 10 10
Contractual (FTE) 000
Total Statt 10 10 10
HISTORICAL EVOLUTION
State Library, 1827 1978
State Law library, 1978—-
MANDATED REPORTS
None
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ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Chair Robert C Murph\ Chief Judge
Court of Appeals (410) 887 4810
Appointed by Court of Appeals' John ( Hdndge, Judge
Court of Appeals, Robert L Karwacki, Judge, Court of
Appeals, Alan M Wilncr, Chief Judge ( ourt of Special
Appeals, George B Riggin Jr State Court Administrator,
Alexander L Cummings, Clerk, Court of Appeals
DIRECTOR
Michael S Miller (appointed b) Library Committee)
(410) 974 3395
Ruth Henderson Administrative Assistant
(410)974 3395
Gerald L Wilsoil, Library Assistant
(410)974 3395
Ralph S Densmore Library Assistant
(410) 974 3395
SERIALS CONTROL
Bermce Bernstein (410) 974 3395
REFERENCE & STATE PUBLICATIONS
Ruth Hodgson (410) 974 3395
LAW REFERENCE
Dee T Van Nest (410) 974 3395
U S PUBLICATIONS & INTERLIBRARY LOAN
ShirleyC Aronson (410)9743395
LIBRARY ASSISTANT
Cmdy Terrv (410) 974 3395
CATALOGING
Shirlev Rittenhouse (410) 974 3395
The State Law Library began in 1827 as the
State Library, an agency of the executive branch
(Chapter 53, Acts of 1827) It served the legal and
general reference needs of the Legislature and Ju
diciary Renamed the State I aw Library, it came
under the Judiciary in 1978 (Chapter 128, Laws of
1978)
The State Law Library provides legal mforma
tion to the State's appellate courts and other
branches of State government and sen es as a re
source center tor Circuit Court libraries through
out the State Open to the public, the Library
encourages the use of its extremely valuable refer
ence resources, including laws, general leference
materials. State and federal government docu
ments, and State and local histories and genealo
gies With a total collection of almost 300,000
volumes, the Library offers the researcher access to
unique resources The collection, basically corn
posed of reference material, does not circulate,
except to State agency personnel Much of the
collection, however, is available on interlibrary loan
and photocopy facilities are available to patrons
Legal Materials Legal materials constitute most
of the collection They include reported court de
cisions from all appellate jurisdictions across the
country and Great Britain Laws, both in session
law form and as statutory compilations, also are
filed in the Library from nearly everv state, as are
all federal and some foreign statutes Library hold
ings of legal periodicals include 500 subscriptions
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