Society of Senates Past
Roster

JOHN CARROLL BYRNES
 Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court

Born in Baltimore, September 1, 1939.  Attended Baltimore City parochial schools; Loyola College, B.S., 1961; University of Georgia; The Johns Hopkins University; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1966.  Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1966.

General Assembly:
Member of Senate, 1971-82.  Chair, Special Committee on Real Estate Practices, Legislative Council.  Member, Maryland Port Advisory Committee.  Chair and Co-Chair, Maryland Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation, 1975-82.  Vice Chair, Finance Committee, 1975-82.  Chair, Higher Education Evaluation Committee, 1979-80.

Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in U.S. Army.  President, Student Bar Association, 1965-66.Private law practice, 1966-82.  Delegate, Constitutional Convention of Maryland, 1967-68.  Chair, Herring Run Public Watershed Association Commission.  Member, Commission to Revise Landlord-Tenant Laws, 1972-75; Governing body, Central Maryland Health Systems Agency, 1975-77.  Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, since 1982.  Member, Maryland State and Baltimore City Bar Associations.  Past member, Citizens' Commission on Maryland Government.  Advisory Board, Baltimore Neighborhoods, Inc.  Board member, Baltimore Choral Arts Society.  Past Vice President, Loyola College Alumni Association.  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. 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.

Compiled March 16, 2000 from the biographical files of the Maryland Manual, ©Maryland State Archives.