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John Jenkins Dobler (1852-1923)
MSA SC 3520-14359
Charter Member of the Maryland State Bar Association 1896-1897
Associate Judge of the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City Nov. 26, 1894-Jun. 4, 1922

Biography:

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, June 6, 1852.   Son of John Dobler, School Commissioner, 8th Ward of Baltimore City.  Valedictorian, Baltimore City College, 1868.  Received LL.B., University of Maryland Law School, 1872.  Admitted to the Bar, June 6, 1873.  Four children, Mary Dobler, John S. Dobler, Charles J. Dobler, and George Grape Dobler.  Died, Baltimore, July 12, 1923.

Practiced in the office of prominent attorney Henry Stockbridge, Sr.  Elected to the Supreme Bench of Baltimore City, 1894.  Charter member, Maryland State Bar Association.  Retired from the bench June 2, 1922.  Considered so great a jurist that an effort was made to allow him to serve beyond the constitutional age limit of seventy, which Judge Dobler did not himself support.

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