Archives of
Maryland
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John Carroll Byrnes (1939-)
MSA SC 3520-11735
Associate Judge, 8th Judicial Circuit (Circuit Ct)
Biography:
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, September 1, 1939. Attended Baltimore
City parochial schools. Served in U.S. Army. Loyola College, B.S.,
1961; University of Georgia; The Johns Hopkins University; University
of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1966. President, Student Bar
Association, 1965-66. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1966.
<>Private practice, 1966-82. Delegate, Constitutional Convention
of Maryland, 1967-68. Member, State Senate, representing
District 44 (Baltimore City), 1971-82. Chair, Special Committee on Real
Estate Practices, Legislative Council. Member, Maryland Port Advisory
Committee; Commission to Revise Landlord-Tenant Laws, 1972-75;
governing body, Central Maryland Health Systems Agency, 1975-77. Chair
& Co-Chair, Maryland Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation,
1975-82. Vice-Chair, Finance Committee, 1975-82. Chair, Higher
Education Evaluation Committee, 1979-80. Associate Judge,
Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, from 1982 to
January 15, 2002. Retired January 15, 2002. Chair, Herring Run
Public Watershed Association Commission. Chair, Mitchell Courthouse
Centennial Celebration Committee, 1999-2001. Member, Maryland
State and Baltimore City Bar Associations. Past member, Citizens'
Commission on Maryland Government. Advisory Board, Baltimore
Neighborhoods, Inc.; Baltimore Choral Arts Society. Past
vice-president, Loyola College Alumni Assoc. Adjunct faculty, Morgan
State University, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Loyola College of
Maryland, University of Baltimore. Secretary and board member, The
Baltimore Courthouse and Law Museum Foundation, Inc. President,
Baltimore City Historical Society, 2001-. Board member, Glenwood Life
Counseling, Alternative Directions, Juvenile Reading Project (chair),
and Good Shepherd Center. Member, Wednesday Law Club. Outstanding Young
Man of the Year, Baltimore Jaycees. Man For All Seasons Award, St.
Thomas More Society. Maryland Leadership in Law Award, Daily Record, 2003.
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