COURT OF APPEALS

ROBERT MACK BELL, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals

Chair, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1996-. Member, Executive Committee, 1996-, and Judicial Compensation Committee, 1996-, Maryland Judicial Conference. Chair, Library Committee, State Law Library, 1996-. Chair, Maryland Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission, 1998-. Chair, Committee on Building Public Trust and Confidence in the Justice System, 1998-. Member, Maryland Judicial Commission on Pro Bono, 1998-.

Member, Judges, Masters and Juvenile Justice Committee, Dept. of Juvenile Justice, 1996-. Chair, Hall of Records Commission, 1998- (member, 1996-).

Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 1, Baltimore City, 1975-80.

Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, 1980-84.

Judge, Court of Special Appeals, 6th Appellate Circuit (Baltimore City), 1984-91.

Born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, July 6, 1943. Attended Dunbar High School, Baltimore, Maryland; Morgan State College, A.B. (history & political science), 1966; Harvard University Law School, J.D., 1969. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1969. Member, National, American, Maryland State, Baltimore City and Monumental City Bar Associations. Special Award, Maryland State Bar Association, 1998. Legal Excellence Award for Advancement of Public Service Responsibility, Maryland Bar Foundation, 1999.

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