ST. MARY'S COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT

FORMER JUDGES

MARVIN S. KAMINETZ, County Administrative Judge, St. Mary's County Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit, August 1, 2002 to November 4, 2005 (Associate Judge, November 9, 1989 to August 1, 2002, and November 5, 2005 to January 13, 2006). Retired November 5, 2005. Member, Committee on Juvenile Law, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1990-93. Member, Foster-Care Court-Improvement Implementation Committee, 1997-2004; Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, St. Mary's County, 2004-05. Presiding Judge, Juvenile Drug Court Program, 2006-.

Member, Appellate Judicial Selection Commission, 1970-75. Master for Juvenile Causes, St. Mary's County Circuit Court, 1974-89. Member, Governor's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, 1975-79. Member, Commission for Women, St. Mary's County, 1981-89. Co-Chair, Child Abuse Task Force, St. Mary's County, 1985-86. Chair, Rape Crisis Prevention Committee, St. Mary's County, 1986-87; Task Force on Child Abuse and Child Sexual Assault Prevention, St. Mary's County, 1986-87. Member, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Board (chair, rape crisis prevention committee, 1987-88), St. Mary's County; Public Schools Crisis Management Consultants Group, St. Mary's County, 1987-90. President's Leadership Cabinet, St. Mary's College of Maryland, 1987 (institution review board, 1986). Member, Alliance for Alcohol and Drug Abuse, St. Mary's County, 1989-90; School Health Council, St. Mary's County, 1989-90. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 11, 1943. Served in U.S. Army Reserve, 1960-68. University of Maryland, B.S., 1965; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1968; National College of Juvenile Justice, University of Nevada-Reno, 1979. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1968. Partner, Kenney, Kaminetz & Lacer, 1969-89. Member, American and Maryland State Bar Associations; St. Mary's County Bar Association (president, 1970-71); American Trial Lawyers Association, 1973-89; National Council of Juvenile Court Judges, 1975; American Judicature Society, 1975; Maryland Masters Association, 1985-89; Maryland Trial Lawyers Association, 1988-89. Representative of Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, 1983-85. Patuxent River Council Navy League of the U.S., 1986 (elected Judge Advocate, 1987). Board of Directors, St. Mary's Hospital, 1977-78. Lexington Park Rotary Club (president, 1975-76); St. Mary's County Chamber of Commerce, 1974-89.

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