HOWARD COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT


DENNIS M. SWEENEY, Associate Judge, Howard County Circuit Court

Associate Judge, Howard County Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit, since March 14, 1991. Member, Civil Law and Procedure Committee, 1991-93, and Judicial Ethics Subcommittee, 1993-, Maryland Judicial Conference. Member, Executive Committee, Maryland Circuit Judges Association, 1994-; Council on Jury Use and Management, 1999-.

Assistant Federal Public Defender, 1975.

Assistant attorney general and Special Assistant to Attorney General, 1979-81. Chief, Civil Division and Chief, General Counsel, Office of Attorney General, 1981-84. Deputy Attorney General, 1984-91.

Member, U.S. District Court Trial Experience Committee, 1984-88.

Member, Governor's Task Force on Administrative Hearing Officers, 1987-88; Advisory Council to Maryland Legal Services Corporation, 1987-89. Chair, State Advisory Council on Administrative Hearings, 1989-91; General Assembly's Task Force on Uninsured Employers, 1990. Vice-Chair, Governor's Prescription Drug Commission, 1990-91. Member, Special Ad Hoc Committee to Implement Maryland's New Domestic Violence Law, 1992.

Member, County Executive's Ad Hoc Committee on Human Rights, Howard County, 1993-.

Member, Judicial Clerkship Advisory Committee, University of Maryland School of Law, 1995-; Family Violence Council, 1995-.

Co-Chair, Family and Sexual Violence Coordinating Council, 1997-.

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, July 23, 1945. Loyola College, B.A., 1967; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1971. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1971. Member, American Bar Association (vice-chair, committee on health & human services, 1978-82); Maryland State Bar Association (chair, administrative law section, 1984); Howard County Bar Association. Staff attorney, Baltimore Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., 1971-75. Chief Attorney, Baltimore Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., 1975-79. President, Public Lawyers Legal Services Program, Inc., 1989-91. Member, Maryland Coalition for Civil Justice Private Bar Task Force, 1995-; Children's Justice Act Committee, 1995-. President, James Macgill American Inn of Court, 1995-. Award of Distinction, Domestic Violence Center of Howard County, 1998.

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