Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Elsbeth Levy Bothe
MSA SC 3520-11724

Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, 1978-1996

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 17, 1927.  Attended Park School; University of Chicago, A.B., 1947; University of Zurich; University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1952.  Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1952.

Member, Constitutional Convention Commission, 1965-67.
Member, Board of Patuxent Institution, 1965-72.
Delegate, Constitutional Convention of Maryland, 1967.
Assistant Public Defender, Baltimore City, 1972-78.
Elected to American Law Institute, 1976.
President, American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland; Member, National Board of American Civil Liberties Union (resigned 1978).
Vice-President, Citizens Planning and Housing Association (resigned 1978).
Member, America, Maryland State, Baltimore City and Women's Bar Associations.

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Source:
Frese, Diane P., ed.  Maryland Manual 1994-1995.  Annapolis:  The Maryland State Archives, 1994.

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