Andre M. Davis
MSA SC 3520-11729
Biography:
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, February 11, 1949. Attended Phillips Academy; University of Pennsylvania, B.A. (American history), 1971; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1978. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1979.
City Solicitor, Department of Law, Baltimore City, since September 1, 2017-. Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, February 28, 2014 to August 31, 2017. Retired August 31, 2017. Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, November 12, 2009 to February 28, 2014. Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, August 14, 1995 to November 12, 2009. Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, December 19, 1990 to August 13, 1995. Member, Correctional Options Advisory Board, 1993-96. Chair, Executive Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1994-95. Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 1, Baltimore City, August 3, 1987 to December 18, 1990. Member, Commissioner Education Committee, District Court of Maryland, 1987-91. Board of Directors, Judicial Institute of Maryland, 1987-91. Appellate Attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1980-81. Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of 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. Board of Visitors, Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Maryland, 2002-.
Law clerk to Judge Frank A. Kaufman, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1978-79, and to Judge Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1979-80. Member, American Bar Association (national conference of federal trial judges, judicial division, 1999-, chair, 2003-04); Maryland State Bar Association (section of judicial administration; section of litigation law council, special joint committee on minorities in the legal profession, 1987; section of correctional reform, 1989-); Baltimore City and Monumental City Bar Associations. Assistant Housing Manager & Equal Employment Opportunity Specialist, Housing Authority of Baltimore City, 1972-74. Director, Baltimore Urban League, Inc., 1975-78. Adjunct professor, Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Maryland, 1981-2017. Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, 1984-87. President, Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., 1985-87. Board of Trustees, Goucher College, 1985-91. Board of Directors, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Central Maryland, Inc., 1989-96, 2001-. Faculty, National Judicial College, 1994-. President, Digges Inn, American Inns of Court, 1997-98. Board of Directors, Open Society Institute - Baltimore, 2000-; Baltimore Urban Debate League. Co-Chair, Committee on Adjudication of International Science Issues, Einstein Institute for Science, Health and the Courts. Member, Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity; Serjeants' Inn Law Club; Rule Day Club; Lawyers Round Table; Wranglers Law Club. American Jurisprudence Award. Myerowitz Moot Court Award, University of Maryland School of Law, 1977. Roger Howell Award, University of Maryland School of Law, 1978. Marshal-Wythe Moot Court Award. Benjamin L. Cardin Public Service Award, University of Maryland School of Law, 2008. Influential Marylanders, Daily Record, 2010. Mary Ellen Barbera Judicial Excellence Award, Francis King Carey School of Law, University of Maryland, 2015. John Marshall Award, Judicial Division and Standing Committee on the American Judicial System, American Bar Association, 2017.
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