The office ofUS Marshal was established in each
federal Judicial district by the federal Judiciary Act of
1789 As Presidential appointees, Marshals func-
tioned independently within their districts until 1969,
when the US Marshals Service was formed By 1972,
a headquarters m Washington, DC, supervised budg
ets and the hiring and training of deputies nationwide
The federal Marshals Service Act of 1988 further
defined the role ofUS Marshals
The U S Marshal for each district still is appointed
to a four-year term by the President of the United
States with the advice and consent of the U S Senate

UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
Lynne A Battagha, U S Attorney
for the District of Maryland, 1997
Gary P Jordan, First Assistant U S Attorney

Assistant U S Attorneys Larry D Adams, Kaye A
Alhson, James R Alsup, Kathenne J Armentrout,
Jane F Barrett, Ethan L Bauman, Jamie M
Bennett, Stuart A Berman, Judith Bollmger,
Raymond A Bonner, Thomas M DiBiagio, Harvey
E Eisenberg, Maury S Epner, Juliet A Eunch,
Joseph L Evans, Virginia B Evans, Douglas B
Farquhar, Kathleen O Gavin, John V Geise, John
P Gephart, Beth P Gesner, Jefferson M Gray,
Bonme S Greenberg, Lisa M Gnffin, Brent J
Gurney, William W Hamel, Robert R. Hardmg,
Carmma S Hughes, Philip S Jackson, Richard C
Kay, Dale P Kelberman, Amy LeCocq, Christine
Manuelian, Kathleen McDermott, Joyce K
McDonald, Christopher B Mead, Jan P Miller,
Jane F Nathan, Roann Nichols, Andrew G W
Norman, Ira L Onng, Jeanette F Plante, John F
Purcell, Wayne Rich, Susan M Ringler, E Thomas
Roberts, Barbara S Sale, David Salem, Donna
Sanger, Peter M Semel, Robert E Sims, Barbara
S Skalla, Andrea Smith, Robert Thomas, Jr , James
G Warwick, Hollis R Weisman, Gregory Welsh,
Andrew White, Joseph H Young, Stephen
Zimmerman

Garmatz Federal Courthouse, Room 820
101 West Lombard St
Baltimore, MD 21201 (410)962-2458

The Office of the United States Attorney for the
District of Maryland was established by the federal
Judiciary Act of 1789 Under the U S Department
of Justice, the U S Attorney and Assistant Attorneys
are the federal government's principal trial lawyers
Duties of the U S Attorney's Office include prose-
cuting all federal criminal cases and representing the
federal government m civil litigation
The U S Attorney is appointed to a four-year
term bv the President of the United States with the
advice and consent of the U S Senate Assistant
U S Attorneys are appointed by the U S Attorney
General for indefinite terms

FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER
James K. Bredar, Federal Public Defender
for the District of Maryland, 1996
Larry A Nathans, Chief Assistant Federal Public
Defender

Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defenders
Joseph A Baker, Shu-ley M Watts

Assistant Federal Public Defenders Demse Barrett,
Susan M Bauer, Michael T Citaramams, Donna
D'Alessio, Beth M Farber, Mary French, Kathryn
Frey, Carmen Hernandez, Tyier Johnston, Jeffrey
Risberg, Mark Wagner, Ricardo Zwaig

Equitable Bank Center Tower II, Suite 401
100 South Charles St
Baltimore, MD 21201 (410) 962 3962

Presidential Building
6525 Belcrest Road
Hyattsville, MD 20872 (301) 436 8289

The Office of the Federal Public Defender for
the District of Maryland was created in 1974 ac
cording to the Criminal Justice Act of 1964 (18
USC, sec 3006A) That law allows a federal
district court to establish a defender organization
in a district in which at least two hundred persons
annually require the appointment of counsel

The Office of the Federal Public Defender for
the District of Maryland provides representation to
any person financially unable to obtain adequate
representation in actions within the jurisdiction of
the U S District Court for the District of Mary-
land Representation includes counsel and investi
gative, expert and other services necessary for an
adequate defense

The Office includes the Federal Public De
fender, the Chief Assistant Federal Public Defender,
two Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defend
ers, and twelve staff attorneys known as Assistant
Federal Public Defenders They handle caseloads
composed of federal misdemeanors, felonies, parole
and probation violations, habeas corpus, grand jury
representation, direct appeals to the U S Court of
Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, and petitions for a
writ ofcertioran to the U S Supreme Court

The Federal Public Defender tor the District of
Maryland is appointed to a four year term by the
U S Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, after
consideration of recommendations made by the
U S District Court for the District of Maryland
The Federal Public Defender appoints as many
attorneys as the U S Court of Appeals for the
Fourth Circuit approves and other personnel as
approved by the Director of the Administrative
Office of the U S Courts