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ALAN M. WILNER, Judge, Court of Appeals, 2nd Appellate Circuit, since 1996. Member, Advisory Board, Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office (formerly Maryland Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission), 1998-. Member, Judicial Ethics Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1981-90; Family Court Review Committee, 1993; Gender Equality Committee, 1999-2001. Chair, Board of Directors, Judicial Institute of Maryland, 1999- (member, 1997-).
Chair, Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 1985-96 (member, 1984). Chair, Code Revision Committee, 1986- (chair, article review committees on: education, 1978; state government, 1984; state finance and procurement, 1986-88; correctional services, 1998; criminal law, 2002). Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Management of Litigation, 1991-92. Member, Commission on the Future of Maryland Courts, 1995-97 (chair, committee on structure & governance).
Chief Judge, Court of Special Appeals, At Large, 1990-1996 (Judge, 1977-90).
Assistant attorney general of Maryland, 1965-68. Chief Legislative Officer, Office of the Governor, 1974-77 (staff assistant, 1971-74). Member, Task Force to Study Circuit Court Unification, 1975-77; Task Force on the Board of Public Works, 1976-77; Task Force on Crime, 1976-77; Commission to Study Domestic Relations Laws, 1976-77; Commission on Funding the Education of Handicapped Children, 1976-77. Chair, Commission on the Evaluation and Coordination of Aggressive Offender Treatment, 1976-78. Chair, Task Force on Mentally Ill Offenders, 1985-86. Member, Juvenile Justice Advisory Council, 1988; Task Force on Drunk and Drugged Driving, 1988; Task Force to Examine Crime Victims' Rights Laws in Maryland, 1995-2003; Advisory Panel for Archives of Maryland Online, 2000-. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, January 26, 1937. Attended Baltimore City College; The Johns Hopkins University, A.B., 1958, M.L.A., 1966; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1962. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1962. Associate, Sherbow, Shea & Doyle, 1962-65; Venable, Baetjer & Howard, 1968-71. Member, Maryland State Bar Association; Maryland Bar Foundation; Baltimore County Bar Association; Order of the Coif (national law school honor society), 1962. Member, Council of Chief Judges of Courts of Appeal, American Bar Association, 1990-96. Adjunct Faculty (alternative methods of dispute resolution), University of Maryland School of Law, and University of Baltimore School of Law. Author, The Maryland Board of Public Works: A History (1984). Honorary Order of the Coif, 1993; Distinguished Graduate Award, Alumni Association, University of Maryland School of Law, 1999; Distinguished Service Award, Maryland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration.
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