ANDRE M. DAVIS, Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, since August 1995.
Appellate attorney, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1980-81. Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland, 1981-83. Member, Inquiry Committee, Attorney Grievance Commission, 1986-87; Special Joint Committee on Minorities in the Legal Profession, 1987; Judicial Conference of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit; Governor's Task Force on Black and Minority Health, 1987. Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 1, Baltimore City, 1987-90. Member, Commissioner Education Committee, District Court of Maryland, 1987-91. Board of Directors, Judicial Institute of Maryland, 1987-91. Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, 1990-95. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, February 11, 1949. Attended Phillips Academy; University of Pennsylvania, B.A. (history), 1971; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1978. Law clerk to Judge Frank A. Kaufman, U.S. District Court for District of Maryland, 1978-79, and to Judge Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, 1979-80. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1979. Member, American Bar Association (conference of federal trial judges, judicial division); Maryland State Bar Association (council, section on correctional reform); Baltimore City and Monumental City Bar Associations. Director, Baltimore Urban League, Inc., 1975-78. Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, 1984-87. President, Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., 1985-87. Trustee, Goucher College, 1985-91. Director, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Central Maryland, Inc., 1989-96, 2001-. Co-Chair, International Committee, Einstein Institute for Science, Health and the Courts. Faculty, National Judicial College. Adjunct professor, University of Maryland School of Law. American Jurisprudence Award; Myerowitz Moot Court Award; Roger Howell Award, University of Maryland; Marshal-Wythe Moot Court Award. Member, Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity; Serjeants' Inn Law Club; Rule Day Club; Lawyers Round Table; Wranglers. President, Digges Inn, American Inns of Court, 1995-98. Office: (410) 962-0801; e-mail: Judge_Andre_Davis@mdd.uscourts.gov; fax: (410) 962-0820.
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