The United States District Courts are trial
courts with general federal jurisdiction Each state
has at least one federal district court Under juris-
diction of the U S District Court are the U S
Bankruptcy Judges, the U S Magistrate Judges,
probation officers, court reporters, and their staffs
The United States District Court for the District
of Maryland was established in 1789 by the federal
Judiciary Act of 1789 The Court convened for the
first time in 1790 at Baltimore and alternated ses
sions between Baltimore and Easton until 1822,
when the Court moved to the New Masonic Hall
on St Paul Street, Baltimore The Court moved to
its present site in 1976
Judges of the U S District Court are appointed
by the President of the United States with the
advice and consent of the U S Senate Presently,
sixteen judges sit on the U S District Court for the
District of Maryland The Chief Judge and nine
judges serve full time Six senior Judges still hear
cases but no longer assume full-time duties

US DISTRICT COURT BIOGRAPHIES
CHIEF JUDGE
J FREDERICK MOTZ. Chief Judge, U S District
Court for the District of Maryland, since 1994 (Judge,
198594) Assistant U S Attorney, District of Maryland,
1969 71 US Attorney, District of Maryland, 1981 85
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 30, 1942 Wesleyan
University, A B, 1964, University of Virginia School of Law,
LLB, 1967 Law clerk to Judge Harnson L Winter, US
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1967-68 Admitted
to Maryland Bar, 1968 Member, American, Maryland
State and Baltimore City Bar Associations, American
College of Trial Lawyers Venable, Baet/er and Howard,
1968-69, 1971-81 (partner, 197681) Board of Trustees,
Friends School of Baltimore, 1970 77, 1981 88, Sheppard
and Enoch Pratt Hospital, 1987— Member, Serjeants'Inn,
Wednesday Law Club Office (410)9620782

JUDGES
CATHERINE C BLAKE, Judge, U S District Court
tor the District of Maryland, since 1995 Assistant U S
Attorney, 1977 83, then First Assistant U S Attorney tor
District of Maryland, 1983 85, 1986 87 U S Attorney
(court appointed), 1985 86 U S Magistrate Judge tor
District Court of Maryland, 1987 95 Born in Boston,
Massachusetts, July 27, 1950 Radcliffe College, BA,
magna cum laude, 1972, Harvard University Law School,
JD, cum laude, 1975 Admitted to Massachusetts Bar,
1975, Maryland Bar, 1977 Member, Maryland State Bar
Association, National Association of Women Judges
Member, Rule Day Club, Wednesday Law Club, Round
Table Office (410) 962 3220

DEBORAH K. CHASANOW. Judge, US District
Court for the District of Maryland, since 1993 Chief,
Criminal Appeals Division, Office of Attorney General,
1979 87 Consultant to criminal & appellate rules
subcommittees of Court of Appeals Standing Committee
on Rules of Practice and Procedure Member, Governor s
Advisory Board on Rape and Sexual Offenses, 1982 84,
Governor's Task Force to Review the Defense of Insanity,
1982 84 U S Magistrate Judge, 1987 93 Born in
Washington, DC, April 23, 1948 Douglass College, Rutgers

University, BA, 1970, Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford
University, J D, 1974 Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1974,
District of Columbia Bar, 1975 Law clerk to Judge David
L Cahoon, Montgomery County Circuit Court, 1974 75
Member, Maryland State Bar Association (committee on
pattern Jury instructions, criminal, past chair, section on
criminal law & practice, council member, section on
litigation) Member, Prince George's County and Women's
Bar Associations Private practice of law, Cole and Groner,
Washington, DC, Aug Dee 1975 Past lecturer
(constitutional criminal procedure). University of
Maryland School of Law and University of Baltimore School
of Law Faculty member, Maryland Institute for
Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (MICPEL)
Member, Marlborough American Inn of Court (pastpres),
Wrangler's Law Club, National Association of Women
Judges Office (301) 344 0634

ANDRE M. DAVIS Judge, U S District Court for the
District of Maryland, since 1995 Assistant U S Attorney
for Maryland, 1981 83 Member, Inquiry Committee,
Attorney Grievance Commission, 1986 87, Special Joint
Committee on Minorities in the Legal Profession, 1987,
Judicial Conference of U S Court of Appeals for the 4th
Circuit, Governor's Task Force on Black and Minority
Health, 1987 Associate Judge, District Court of
Maryland, District 1, Baltimore City, 1987 90
Commissioner Education Committee, District Court of
Maryland, 1987 91 Board of Directors, Judicial Institute
of Maryland, 1987 91 Associate Judge, Baltimore City
Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, 1990 95 Born in
Baltimore, Maryland, February 11, 1949 University of
Pennsylvania, BA, 1971, University of Maryland School of
Law, J D, cum laude, 1978 Law clerk to Judge Frank A
Kaufman, US District Court, 197879, and to Judge
Francis D Murnaghan, Jr, US Court of Appeals for the
4th Circuit, 1979-80 AdmUltd lu Maryland Bai, 1979
Member, American, Maryland State, Baltimore City and
Monumental City Bar Associations Director, Baltimore
Urban League, Ine, 1975 78 Assistant Professor,
University of Maryland School of Law, 1984-87 President,
Legal Aid Bureau, Inc , 1985-87 Trustee, Goucher College,
1985-91 Director, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Central
Maryland, Inc, 1989— American Jurisprudence Award,
Myerowitz Moot Court Award, Rogei Howell Award,
University of Maryland, Marshal Wythe Moot Court
Award Member, Phi Alpha Delta legal Fraternity,
Serjeants' Inn Law Club, Rule Day Lawyers Roundtable,
Wranglers President, Digges Inn, American Inns of Court,
1995— Office (410) 962 0801

MARVIN J. GARBIS Judge, U S District Court for the
District of Maryland, since 1989 Public Defender on E
Barrett Prettyman Fellowship Program, Washington, DC,
1961 62 Trial attorney. Tax DiMsion, U S Department
of Justice, 1963 67 Member, Special Joint Committee on
Gender Bias in the Courts Born in Baltimore, Maryland,
June 14, 1936 The Johns Hopkins University, BES, 1958,
Harvard University Law School, J D, 1961, Georgetown
University Law School, LLM, 1962 Admitted to District
of Columbia Bar, 1961, Maryland Bar, 1962 Private
practice of law in Baltimore, 1971-88, as sole practitioner
and, primarily, with Garbis, Marvel wJunghans (formerly
Garbisand Schwait), private practice of law in Washington,
DC, 1988 89 as member of firm of Johnson and Gibbs
President, Maryland Chapter, Federal Bar Association
Council member. Tax Section, American Bar Association
Past president, Maryland Institute for Continuing
Professional Education of Lawyers (MICPEL) Author of