Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Joel Chasnoff
MSA SC 3520-13241

Biography:

Born in Uncasville, Connecticut, July 18, 1936.  Attended University of Connecticut, B.A., 1957; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1964.  Admitted to the D.C. Bar, 1965; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1967; U.S. Supreme Court, 1969.  Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1970.  Three children.

General Assembly:
House of Delegates, Howard, Montgomery counties, 1975-94.  Vice-chair, Judiciary Committee.  House chair, Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, 1989-90.  House chair, Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, 1987-90.  Vice-chair Montgomery County Delegation, 1985-86.  Member, Southern Legislative Conference; chair, Transportation Committee, 1987-89.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Intelligence officer, U.S. Army Security Agency, 1958-61.  Special projects officer, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1961-65.  Trial and appellate attorney, Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, 1965-68.  Attorney in private practice, Montgomery County, areas of estate planning, personal injury, family law, criminal law, real estate.  Chair and member, Board of Directors, MGHHSI, Inc., 1982-93.  Member, Executive Committee, Southern Legislative Conference, 1990-94.  Chair and member, Board of Directors, Montgomery General Hospital and Friends of Olney Theatre.  President, Tamarack Triangle Civic Association, and William Tyler Page PTA.  Board member, Committee for Public Schools, Montgomery Muscular Dystrophy Association, and National Health Lawyers Association.  Hospital Trustee of the Year, Montgomery Medical Society, 1983.  Member,  D.C, Montgomery County, Maryland State and Federal Bar Associations.  Member, Phi Delta Phi.

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