MONTGOMERY COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT

FORMER JUDGES

JAMES C. CHAPIN (1940-2001)
Associate Judge, Montgomery County Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Circuit, from December 19, 1995 to September 30, 2001. Member, Public Awareness Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1998-2000.

City Attorney, Laurel, 1968-75. County Attorney, Prince George's County, 1975-79. Member, Governor's Commission to Review the Law-Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights, 1976-77. Chair, Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Commission, 7th Judicial Circuit, 1979-82. Member, Inquiry Committee, Attorney Grievance Commission, 1980-86; Advisory Council, Maryland Legal Services Corp., 1987-89; Judicial Compensation Commission, 1988-89; Select Committee on Gender Equality, 1989-91; U.S. Senatorial Blue Ribbon Committee to Study Creation of Southern Division, U.S. District Court, 1989. Chair, Review Board, Attorney Grievance Comission, 1990.

Born in Washington, DC, 1940. Furman University, B.A., 1962; Georgetown University Law Center, LL.B., 1965. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1966 (special commendation, 4th highest grade awarded on bar exam). Partner, Duckett, Orem, Christie & Beckett, 1979-82; Beckett, Cromwell & Myers, 1982-88; Frank, Bernstein, Conaway & Goldman, 1988-92; Miles & Stockbridge, 1992-95. Member, American and District of Columbia Bar Associations; Maryland State Bar Association (president, 1982-83; board of governors, 1976, 1979, 1981-84); Montgomery County Bar Association (designated conciliator, 1993); Prince George's County Bar Association (board of directors, 1975-78); American Judicature Society. Life member, American and Maryland Bar Foundations. Board of Directors, Maryland Municipal League, 1972-75. Vice-President, Maryland Municipal Attorneys Association, 1974-75. Adjunct faculty, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, 1978-82. Member, Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, 1985-95; fund-raising committee, Treatment and Learning Center, Rockville, 1990. Parish Council, St. George's Greek Orthodox Church, Potomac. Died in Washington, DC, September 30, 2001.

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