FREDERIC N. SMALKIN, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, since October 26, 2001 (Judge, December 1, 1986-October 26, 2001).
U.S. Magistrate for District of Maryland, 1976-86. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, May 21, 1946. Attended McDonogh School; The Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 1968; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1971. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif (law school honor society). Law clerk to Chief Judge Edward S. Northrop, U.S. District Court for District of Maryland, 1971-72. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1972. Served in U.S. Army, 1968-76 (Meritorious Service Medal, Oak Leaf Cluster); Captain, Ordnance Corps and Judge Advocate General's Corps, and Assistant to General Counsel of the Army; Recorder, Army Contract Adjustment Board, 1974-76. Lt. Colonel, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary (CAP)(Distinguished Service Medal). Member, Federal Bar Association. Lecturer (commercial law), University of Maryland School of Law, 1978-. Former faculty member, Maryland Institute for the Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers (MICPEL); Trial Advocacy Institute, University of Virginia. Member, 14 West Hamilton Street Club.
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