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DUNCAN W. KEIR, Associate Judge, November 12, 1993 to April 1, 2011. Chief Judge, September 6, 2005 to May 31, 2012. First retired April 1, 2011. Associate Judge (recalled), April 1, 2011 to April 13, 2023. Retired April 13, 2023.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1946. Gettysburg College, B.A., 1968 (political science). Served in U.S. Navy, 1968-72. University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1975 (order of the coif, national law school honorary society). Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1975. Associate, 1975-81, and Partner, 1981-91, Miles & Stockbridge (practice group chair, bankruptcy & creditors rights group). Deputy General Counsel, Office of Special Assets Counsel, Maryland National Bank and American Security Bank, 1991-93. Fellow, American College of Bankruptcy, 1993. Circuit Governor, Fourth Circuit, Board of Directors, National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges, 1999-2002.
portrait: www.mdb.uscourts.gov/judges-info/portraits/judge-duncan-w-keir

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