COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS

FORMER JUDGES

JOHN J. BISHOP, JR., Judge, Court of Special Appeals, At Large, 1981 to July 1, 1996. Retired July 1, 1996. Member, Executive Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1985-88 (chair, 1987-88).

Past member, Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Committee, 3rd Judicial Circuit.

Member, State Senate, representing District 10, and District 13, Baltimore County, 1967-81. Minority Whip. Member, Judicial Proceedings Committee; Executive Nominations Committee. Chair, Special Committee to Study the Mental Health Laws.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, December 6, 1927. Attended Baltimore parochial schools; Loyola College; Towson State College; University of Baltimore; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1951. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1954. Served in U.S. Coast Guard. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (past member, board of governors); Baltimore County Bar Association. Delegate, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University, 1968. Instructor (political science), University of Baltimore, 1980. Instructor (state & local government), University of Maryland School of Law, 1982-87. Received numerous distinguished service awards and citations.

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