WILLIAM O. CARR, County Administrative Judge, Harford County Circuit Court, 3rd Judicial Circuit, since May 4, 1994 (Associate Judge, 1984-94; Chief Judge, 2004-). Executive Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1988-92. Board of Directors, Judicial Institute of Maryland, 1991. Member, Child Support Enforcement Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1997-2000; Foster-Care Court-Improvement Implementation Committee, 1997-; Judicial Council, 2002-. Circuit Representative, Conference of Circuit Judges, 2002-. Member, Editorial Board, Justice Matters, 2000-.
Member, Town Commission, Town of Bel Air, 1977-84 (chair & mayor, 1981-82). Master-Examiner in Chancery, Harford County, 1979-84. Counsel, Board of Education, Harford County, 1979-84. Counsel, Board of Trustees, Harford Community College, 1979-84. Member, Commission to Revise the Annotated Code of Maryland, 1980-86. Member, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Harford County, 1990. Born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, October 27, 1948. Towson State College, B.S., 1970; University of Maryland School of Law, 1973; The Johns Hopkins University, M.L.A., 1987. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1973. Member, American Bar Association; Maryland State Bar Association (board of governors, 1980-81); Harford County Bar Association (secretary, 1974-75). Member, Bar of the U.S. District Court for Maryland; Bar of the Fourth Federal Judicial Circuit; Bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. Board of Directors, Northeast Region, American Red Cross, 1992. Member, Executive Committee, Harford County Bar Foundation, Inc., 2003-. Member, Harford County Historical Society; Maryland Historical Society; Sons of the American Revolution; Susquehannock Environmental Center (board of directors, 1982-88); St. Matthew Lutheran Church. Member, University of Maryland School of Law Alumni Association (life member); Susquehanna Law Club. Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation. Outstanding Achievement Award, Family Violence Council, 1998. Arthur W. Machen, Jr. Award, Maryland Legal Services Corporation, 1999.
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