United States District Court for the District of Maryland

The United States District Court for the District of Maryland (in case citation

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s, D. Md.) is the Federal district court

United States district court

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whose jurisdiction is the state of Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

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Appeals from the District of Maryland are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is a federal court located in Richmond, Virginia, with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:*District of Maryland*Eastern District of North Carolina...

(except for patent

Patent

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claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act

Tucker Act

Through the Tucker Act , the United States government has waived its sovereign immunity with respect to certain lawsuits....

, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

-Vacancies and pending nominations:-List of former judges:-Chief judges:Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the court was initially created, Congress had to resolve which chief judge of the predecessor courts would become the first chief judge...

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Notable judges in this district include William Paca

William Paca

William Paca was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and later Governor of Maryland and a United States federal judge.-Early life:...

, a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence

United States Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. John Adams put forth a...

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The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court.

Organization of the court

Under 28 U.S.C. § 100, Maryland consists of a single federal judicial district with two statutory divisions. The Southern Division includes Calvert

Calvert County, Maryland

Calvert County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. It occupies the Calvert Peninsula which is bordered on the east by the Chesapeake Bay and on the west by the Patuxent River. Calvert County is part of the Southern Maryland region. Calvert County's residents are among the highest...

, Charles

Charles County, Maryland

Charles County is a county in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Maryland.As of 2010, the population was 146,551. Its county seat is La Plata. This county was named for Charles Calvert , third Baron Baltimore....

, Montgomery

Montgomery County, Maryland

Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland, situated just to the north of Washington, D.C., and southwest of the city of Baltimore. It is one of the most affluent counties in the United States, and has the highest percentage of residents over 25 years of age who hold post-graduate...

, Prince George's

Prince George's County, Maryland

Prince George's County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland, immediately north, east, and south of Washington, DC. As of 2010, it has a population of 863,420 and is the wealthiest African-American majority county in the nation....

, and St. Mary's counties and sits in Greenbelt

Greenbelt, Maryland

Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Contained within today's City of Greenbelt is the historic planned community now known locally as "Old Greenbelt" and designated as the Greenbelt Historic District...

. The Northern Division includes the rest of the state and sits in Baltimore, although the statute also provides for the court to sit in Cumberland

Cumberland, Maryland

Cumberland is a city in the far western, Appalachian portion of Maryland, United States. It is the county seat of Allegany County, and the primary city of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the city had a population of 20,859, and the metropolitan area had a...

and Denton

Denton, Maryland

Denton is a town in Caroline County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,960 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Caroline County. Denton is the birthplace of former Delaware governor Sherman W. Tribbitt and author Sophie Kerr, as well as the long time home of former Maryland...

Active Judges

#	Judge	Duty station	Born	Appointed	Chief	Appointed by
35	Deborah K. Chasanow Deborah K. Chasanow -Biography:Born in Washington, D.C., Chasanow received a B.A. from Rutgers University in 1970 and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1974. She was a law clerk, Hon. David L. Cahoon, Montgomery County Circuit Court, Maryland from 1974 to 1975. She was in private practice in Washington, D.C. in 1975...	Greenbelt Greenbelt, Maryland Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Contained within today's City of Greenbelt is the historic planned community now known locally as "Old Greenbelt" and designated as the Greenbelt Historic District...	1948	1993	2010–	Clinton
34	Benson Everett Legg Benson Everett Legg Benson Everett Legg is a United States federal judge.Legg was born in Baltimore, Maryland. After receiving his education at the preparatory school Gilman School in Baltimore, graduating in the class of 1966, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in 1970...	Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...	1947	1991	2003–2010	G.H.W. Bush
37	Alexander Williams, Jr. Alexander Williams, Jr. Alexander Williams, Jr. is a United States federal judge.Born in Washington, D.C., Williams received a B.A. from Howard University in 1970 and a J.D. from Howard University School of Law in 1973. He was a law clerk, Hon. James H. Taylor, Seventh Judicial Circuit of Maryland from 1973 to 1974...	Greenbelt Greenbelt, Maryland Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Contained within today's City of Greenbelt is the historic planned community now known locally as "Old Greenbelt" and designated as the Greenbelt Historic District...	1948	1994	——	Clinton
38	Catherine C. Blake Catherine C. Blake Catherine C. Blake is an active United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.Blake was born in Boston, Massachusetts. After receiving an A.B. from Radcliffe College in 1972, she enrolled in Harvard Law School, where she received a J.D. in 1975. She...	Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...	1950	1995	——	Clinton
40	William D. Quarles Jr. William D. Quarles Jr. William Daniel Quarles Jr. is a United States District Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1948, Quarles received an A.A. from Community College of Baltimore in 1967 and a B.S. from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1976...	Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...	1948	2003	——	G.W. Bush
41	Richard D. Bennett Richard D. Bennett Richard D. Bennett is a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Bennett received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969 and a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1973. He was in the United States Army Reserve from 1969 to 1975, and in the Maryland...	Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...	1947	2003	——	G.W. Bush
42	Roger W. Titus Roger W. Titus Roger Warren Titus is a United States federal judge.Born in Washington, D.C., Titus received a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University in 1963 and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1966. He was a Special legal assistant, City of Rockville, Maryland in 1966. He was an Assistant city...	Greenbelt Greenbelt, Maryland Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Contained within today's City of Greenbelt is the historic planned community now known locally as "Old Greenbelt" and designated as the Greenbelt Historic District...	1941	2003	——	G.W. Bush
43	James K. Bredar James K. Bredar James Kelleher Bredar serves as a United States District Judge in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, a position he has held since 2010...	Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...	1957	2010	——	Obama
44	Ellen Lipton Hollander Ellen Lipton Hollander Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander is a United States district judge on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland...	Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...	1949	2010	——	Obama
—	Vacant (Former Seat of Peter Jo Messitte Peter Jo Messitte Peter Jo Messitte is a United States federal judge.Born in Washington, D.C., Messitte received a B.A. from Amherst College in 1963 and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1966. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in São Paulo, Brazil from 1966 to 1968... )

Vacancies and pending nominations

Seat Last Held By	Vacancy Reason	Date of Vacancy	Nominee	Date of Nomination
Peter Jo Messitte Peter Jo Messitte Peter Jo Messitte is a United States federal judge.Born in Washington, D.C., Messitte received a B.A. from Amherst College in 1963 and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1966. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in São Paulo, Brazil from 1966 to 1968...	Senior status Senior status Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges, and judges in some state court systems. After federal judges have reached a certain combination of age and years of service on the federal courts, they are allowed to assume senior status...	September 1, 2008	George Levi Russell, III George Levi Russell, III George Levi Russell, III is an associate judge on the Circuit Court of Maryland for Baltimore, Maryland. He is currently a nominee for District Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.-Biography:...	November 10, 2011

Senior Judges

The following judges hold Senior status

Senior status

Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges, and judges in some state court systems. After federal judges have reached a certain combination of age and years of service on the federal courts, they are allowed to assume senior status...

#	Judge	Duty station	Born	Active service	Chief	Senior Senior status Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges, and judges in some state court systems. After federal judges have reached a certain combination of age and years of service on the federal courts, they are allowed to assume senior status... since	Appointed by
29	J. Frederick Motz J. Frederick Motz J. Frederick Motz is a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Motz received an A.B. from Wesleyan University in 1964 and an LL.B. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1967. He was a law clerk, Hon. Harrison L. Winter, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit from 1967 to...	Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...	1942	1985–2010	1994–2001	2010	Reagan
32	Marvin J. Garbis Marvin J. Garbis Marvin J. Garbis is a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Garbis received a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from Johns Hopkins University in 1958, a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1961, and an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1962. He was a trial attorney in...	Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...	1936	1989–2003	——	2003	G.H.W. Bush
33	William M. Nickerson William M. Nickerson William M. Nickerson is a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Nickerson received a B.A. from the University of Virginia in 1955 and an LL.B. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1962. He was a U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant from 1955 to 1959. He was in private...	Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...	1933	1990–2002	——	2002	G.H.W. Bush
36	Peter Jo Messitte Peter Jo Messitte Peter Jo Messitte is a United States federal judge.Born in Washington, D.C., Messitte received a B.A. from Amherst College in 1963 and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1966. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in São Paulo, Brazil from 1966 to 1968...	Greenbelt Greenbelt, Maryland Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Contained within today's City of Greenbelt is the historic planned community now known locally as "Old Greenbelt" and designated as the Greenbelt Historic District...	1941	1993–2008	——	2008	Clinton

Former Judges

Succession of Seats

border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2>	Seat 1
Established on September 24, 1789 by 1 Stat. 73
William Paca William Paca William Paca was a signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland, and later Governor of Maryland and a United States federal judge.-Early life:...	1789–1799
James Winchester James Winchester James Winchester was an officer in the American Revolutionary War and a brigadier general during the War of 1812. He commanded the American forces at the Battle of Frenchtown, which led to the Massacre of the River Raisin....	1799–1806
James Houston James Houston (judge) James Houston was a Maryland federal judge.Born in Chestertown, Maryland, Houston read law to enter the Bar in 1806....	1806–1819
Theodorick Bland	1819–1824
Elias Glenn Elias Glenn Elias Glenn was a United States federal judge.Born in Elkton, Maryland, Glenn was in private practice in Baltimore before becoming a judge of the Baltimore County Court...	1824–1836
Upton Scott Heath Upton Scott Heath Upton Scott Heath was a United States federal judge.Heath was a city councilman in Baltimore, Maryland from 1825 to 1826, and was in private practice in Maryland until 1835....	1836–1852
John Glenn John Glenn (judge) John Glenn was a Maryland attorney and federal judge.Born in Elkton, Maryland, Glenn read law to enter the bar in 1817. He was in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland for a time, and then became the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland...	1852–1853
William Fell Giles William Fell Giles William Fell Giles was a U.S. Representative from Maryland and later a United States federal judge....	1853–1879
Thomas John Morris Thomas John Morris Thomas John Morris was a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Morris attended Pennsylvania College and received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1856 before reading law to enter the bar in 1861...	1879–1912
Terminated on June 6, 1912 by 36 Stat. 201.
Reestablished on March 3, 1927 by 44 Stat. 1346.
William Caldwell Coleman William Caldwell Coleman William Caldwell Coleman was a United States federal judge.Born in Louisville, Kentucky, Coleman received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1905 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1909. He was in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland from 1909 to 1927. He was an Instructor, University of...	1927–1955
Robert Dorsey Watkins Robert Dorsey Watkins Robert Dorsey Watkins was a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Watkins received an A.B. from Johns Hopkins University in 1922, a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1925, and an LL.B. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1925. He was a Lecturer, Johns Hopkins...	1955–1971
Joseph H. Young Joseph H. Young Joseph H. Young was a United States federal judge.Born in Hagerstown, Maryland, Young was an infantryman in the United States Army during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. He received an A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1948 and an LL.B. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1951...	1971–1987
Marvin J. Garbis Marvin J. Garbis Marvin J. Garbis is a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Garbis received a Bachelor of Environmental Studies from Johns Hopkins University in 1958, a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1961, and an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1962. He was a trial attorney in...	1989–2003
Roger W. Titus Roger W. Titus Roger Warren Titus is a United States federal judge.Born in Washington, D.C., Titus received a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University in 1963 and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1966. He was a Special legal assistant, City of Rockville, Maryland in 1966. He was an Assistant city...	2003–

border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> Seat 2 Established on February 24, 1910 by 36 Stat. 201 John Carter Rose

John Carter Rose

John Carter Rose was a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Rose received an LL.B. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1882 and entered private practice in Baltimore. He also worked as an editorial writer for the Baltimore Sun. He was a supervisor of the 1890...

1910–1922 Morris Ames Soper

Morris Ames Soper

Morris Ames Soper was a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Soper received an A.B. from Johns Hopkins University in 1893 and an LL.B. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1895. He was an Assistant state's attorney of Baltimore City from 1897 to 1899. He was an...

1923–1931 William Calvin Chesnut

William Calvin Chesnut

William Calvin Chesnut was a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Chesnut received an A.B. from Johns Hopkins University in 1892 and an LL.B. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1894. He was an assistant state's attorney of Baltimore from 1896 to 1899. He was in...

1931–1953 Roszel Cathcart Thomsen

Roszel Cathcart Thomsen

Roszel Cathcart Thomsen was a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Thomsen received a B.A. from Johns Hopkins University in 1919 and an LL.B. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1922...

1954–1971 Herbert Frazier Murray

Herbert Frazier Murray

Herbert Frazier Murray was a United States federal judge.Born in Waltham, Massachusetts, Murray was in the United States Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1945. He received a B.A. from Yale University in 1947 and an LL.B. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1951. He was a law clerk, Hon. W....

1971–1988 William M. Nickerson

William M. Nickerson

William M. Nickerson is a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Nickerson received a B.A. from the University of Virginia in 1955 and an LL.B. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1962. He was a U.S. Coast Guard Lieutenant from 1955 to 1959. He was in private...

1990–2002 William D. Quarles 2003– border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> Seat 3 Established on March 19, 1961 by 75 Stat. 80 Edward Skottowe Northrop

Edward Skottowe Northrop

Edward Skottowe Northrop was a United States federal judge.Born in Chevy Chase, Maryland, Northrop received an LL.B. from George Washington University Law School in 1937. He was a Manager, Village of Chevy Chase, Maryland from 1935 to 1941. He was an Attorney, Village of Chevy Chase, Maryland from...

1961–1981 Walter Evan Black Jr.

Walter Evan Black Jr.

Walter Evan Black Jr. is a former United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Black received an A.B. from Harvard University in 1947 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1949. He was in private practice in Baltimore from 1949 to 1953. He served as an assistant United States...

1982–1994 Andre M. Davis

Andre M. Davis

Andre Maurice Davis is a jurist on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He previously was a federal district judge, and was nominated first for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by President Bill Clinton in 2000...

1995–2009 Ellen Lipton Hollander

Ellen Lipton Hollander

Judge Ellen Lipton Hollander is a United States district judge on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland...

2010- border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> Seat 4 Established on March 19, 1961 by 75 Stat. 80 Harrison Lee Winter

Harrison Lee Winter

Harrison Lee Winter was a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Winter received an A.B. from Johns Hopkins University in 1942 and an LL.B. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1944. He was in private practice in Baltimore, Maryland from 1945 to 1959...

1961–1966 Alexander Harvey II

Alexander Harvey II

Alexander Harvey II is a former United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Harvey was in the United States Army during World War II, from 1943 to 1946. He received a B.A. from Yale University in 1947, and an LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1950...

1966–1991 Deborah K. Chasanow

Deborah K. Chasanow

-Biography:Born in Washington, D.C., Chasanow received a B.A. from Rutgers University in 1970 and a J.D. from Stanford Law School in 1974. She was a law clerk, Hon. David L. Cahoon, Montgomery County Circuit Court, Maryland from 1974 to 1975. She was in private practice in Washington, D.C. in 1975...

1993–

border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2>	Seat 5
Established on March 18, 1966 by 80 Stat. 75
Frank Albert Kaufman Frank Albert Kaufman Frank Albert Kaufman was a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Kaufman received an A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1937 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1940. He was an Attorney, Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Treasury from 1940 to 1941...	1966–1986
Paul V. Niemeyer Paul V. Niemeyer Paul Victor Niemeyer is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.- Biography :Niemeyer was born in Princeton, New Jersey. He attended Kenyon College , where he played on the school's . He then studied at the University of Munich, before pursuing his legal...	1988–1990
Benson Everett Legg Benson Everett Legg Benson Everett Legg is a United States federal judge.Legg was born in Baltimore, Maryland. After receiving his education at the preparatory school Gilman School in Baltimore, graduating in the class of 1966, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in 1970...	1991–

border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> Seat 6 Established on June 2, 1970 by 84 Stat. 294 James Rogers Miller, Jr. 1970–1986 Frederic N. Smalkin

Frederic N. Smalkin

The Honorable Frederic N. Smalkin is a Retired Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland and is currently an Instructor at the University of Baltimore School of Law. He was awarded the James A...

1986–2003 Richard D. Bennett

Richard D. Bennett

Richard D. Bennett is a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Bennett received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969 and a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1973. He was in the United States Army Reserve from 1969 to 1975, and in the Maryland...

2003– border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> Seat 7 Established on June 2, 1970 by 84 Stat. 294 Charles Stanley Blair

Charles Stanley Blair

Charles Stanley Blair was a United States federal judge.Born in Kingsville, Maryland, Blair received a B.S. from the University of Maryland in 1951 and an LL.B. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1953. He was a U.S. Maritime Service from 1945 to 1947. He was in the United States Army...

1971–1980 Norman P. Ramsey 1980–1991 Alexander Williams, Jr.

Alexander Williams, Jr.

Alexander Williams, Jr. is a United States federal judge.Born in Washington, D.C., Williams received a B.A. from Howard University in 1970 and a J.D. from Howard University School of Law in 1973. He was a law clerk, Hon. James H. Taylor, Seventh Judicial Circuit of Maryland from 1973 to 1974...

1994– border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> Seat 8 Established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629 Joseph C. Howard, Sr.

Joseph C. Howard, Sr.

Joseph Clemens Howard, Sr. was the first African American to win an election as judge for the Baltimore City Supreme Bench and was later appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, becoming the first African American to serve on that bench...

1979–1991 Peter Jo Messitte

Peter Jo Messitte

Peter Jo Messitte is a United States federal judge.Born in Washington, D.C., Messitte received a B.A. from Amherst College in 1963 and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1966. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in São Paulo, Brazil from 1966 to 1968...

1993–2008 Vacant

border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2>	Seat 9
Established on October 20, 1978 by 92 Stat. 1629
Shirley Brannock Jones Shirley Brannock Jones Shirley Brannock Jones is a former United States federal judge.Born in Cambridge, Maryland, Jones received an A.A. from the University of Baltimore Junior College in 1944 and a J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1946. She was an Attorney, Maryland Department of Employment...	1979–1982
John R. Hargrove, Sr. John R. Hargrove, Sr. John R. Hargrove, Sr. was the first African American to be appointed assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland and was later appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland....	1984–1994
Catherine C. Blake Catherine C. Blake Catherine C. Blake is an active United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.Blake was born in Boston, Massachusetts. After receiving an A.B. from Radcliffe College in 1972, she enrolled in Harvard Law School, where she received a J.D. in 1975. She...	1995–

border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> Seat 10 Established on July 10, 1984 by 98 Stat. 333 J. Frederick Motz

J. Frederick Motz

J. Frederick Motz is a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Motz received an A.B. from Wesleyan University in 1964 and an LL.B. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1967. He was a law clerk, Hon. Harrison L. Winter, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit from 1967 to...

1985–2010 James K. Bredar

James K. Bredar

James Kelleher Bredar serves as a United States District Judge in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, a position he has held since 2010...

2010

U.S. Attorneys for the District of Maryland

Richard Potts
Richard Potts
Richard Potts was an American politician and jurist.-Early life and career:Potts was born in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and lived there until he moved with his family to the Barbados Islands in 1757. He returned to Maryland and settled in the state capital of Annapolis in 1761, where he studied law...

(1789–1792)
Zebulon Hollingsworth (1792–1806)
John Stephen
John Stephen
John Stephen , dubbed by the media "The £1m Mod" and "The King Of Carnaby Street, was one of the most important fashion figures of the 1960s....

(1806–1810)
Thomas B. Dorsey (1810–1812)
Elias Glenn
Elias Glenn
Elias Glenn was a United States federal judge.Born in Elkton, Maryland, Glenn was in private practice in Baltimore before becoming a judge of the Baltimore County Court...

(1812–1824)
Nathaniel Williams
Nathaniel Williams
-Life:Nathaniel Williams was the son of Thomas Williams, from Swansea in south Wales. Nathaniel Williams studied at the University of Oxford, matriculating as a member of Jesus College in 1672 and obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1676. He wrote two books: A Pindaric Elegy on the famous...

(1824–1841)
Z. Collins Lee (1841–1845)
William L. Marshall (1845–1850)
Z. Collins Lee (1850–1853)
William M. Addison (1853–1862)
William Price (1862–1865)
William J. Jones (1865–1866)
William Price (1866–1867)
Andrew Sterett Ridgley (1867–1869)
Archibald Stirling, Jr. (1869–1886)
Thomas Gordon Hayes (1886–1890)
John T. Ensor (1890–1894)
William L. Marbury (1894–1898)
John C. Rose (1898–1910)
John P. Hill (1910–1915)
Samuel K. Dennis (1915–1920)
Robert R. Carman (1920–1922)
Amos W. W. Woodcock (1922–1931)
Simon E. Sobeloff (1931–1934)
Bernard J. Flynn (1934–1953)
George C. Doub (1953–1956)
Walter E. Black, Jr. (1956–1957)
Leon H. A. Pierson (1957–1961)
Joseph D. Tydings (1961–1963)
Robert H. Kernon (1963)
Thomas J. Kenney (1963–1967)
Stephen H. Sachs
Stephen H. Sachs
Stephen H. Sachs is a former Maryland politician and former Attorney General of Maryland.- Background :Sachs was born in Baltimore City, the son of Shirley and Leon Sachs. He is Jewish. Sachs was educated at Haverford College and Yale Law School...

(1967–1970)
George Beall
George Beall
George Beall was a wealthy landowner in Maryland and Georgetown in what is now Washington, D.C..Beall's Levels and Rock of Dunbarton, part of his landholdings, were surveyed in 1752 as a possible site for George Town . Maryland offered Beall two lots in the town, along with the "price of...

(1970–1975)
Jervis S. Finney (1975–1978)
Russell T. Baker (1978–1981)
Herbert Better* (1981)
J. Frederick Motz
J. Frederick Motz
J. Frederick Motz is a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Motz received an A.B. from Wesleyan University in 1964 and an LL.B. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1967. He was a law clerk, Hon. Harrison L. Winter, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit from 1967 to...

(1981–1985)
Catherine C. Blake
Catherine C. Blake
Catherine C. Blake is an active United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.Blake was born in Boston, Massachusetts. After receiving an A.B. from Radcliffe College in 1972, she enrolled in Harvard Law School, where she received a J.D. in 1975. She...

* (1985–1986)
Breckinridge L. Willcox (1986–1991)
Richard D. Bennett
Richard D. Bennett
Richard D. Bennett is a United States federal judge.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Bennett received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969 and a J.D. from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1973. He was in the United States Army Reserve from 1969 to 1975, and in the Maryland...

(1991–1993)
Gary P. Jordan* (1993)
Lynne A. Battaglia
Lynne A. Battaglia
Lynne Ann Battaglia is an American lawyer and jurist from Howard County, Maryland. Battaglia was born in Silver Creek, New York. She earned a J.D. degree from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1974 and was admitted to the bar that same year...

(1993–2001)
Stephen Schenning* (2001)
Thomas M. DiBiagio
Thomas M. DiBiagio
Thomas M. DiBiagio is a former United States Attorney in the state of Maryland. After eight U.S. attorneys were fired by the Bush administration in 2006 for performance-related issues under a clause of the PATRIOT Act Thomas M. DiBiagio is a former United States Attorney in the state of Maryland....

(2001–2005)
Allen F. Loucks* (2005)
Rod J. Rosenstein
Rod J. Rosenstein
Rod J. Rosenstein is the United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.-Background:...

(2005–present)

* designates interim U.S. Attorneys who served when there was no presidentially-appointed U.S. Attorney.

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