PRESENTER BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION 1 CHIEF JUDGE ROBERT M. BELL, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals, since 1996 (Judge, 6th Appellate Circuit, Baltimore City, May 16, 1991-). Chair, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1996- (chair, judicial council, 2000-). Member, Executive Committee, 1996-2000, and Judicial Compensation Committee, 1993-, Maryland Judicial Conference. Chair, Library Committee, State Law Library, 1996-. Member, Judges, Masters and Juvenile Justice Committee, 1996-. Chair, Committee on Building Public Trust and Confidence in the Justice System, 1998-99. Chair, Maryland Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission, 1998-2001. Chair, Hall of Records Commission, 1998- (member, 1996-). Member, State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 1999-2000. Chair, Technology Oversight Board, 1999-. Member, Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council, 2000-02. Chair, Public Trust and Confidence Implementation Committee, 2000-. Chair, Judicial Cabinet, 2000-. Chair, Advisory Board, Maryland Mediation and Conflict Resolution Office, 2001-. Member, State Commission on Public Safety Technology and Critical Infrastructure, 2002-05; Task Force on Child Welfare System Accountability, 2003-04; Task Force to Study Criminal Offender Monitoring by Global Positioning Systems, 2004-05. Board of Directors, National Center for State Courts, 2004-05. Board of Directors, Conference of Chief Justices (president-elect, 2005; 1st vice-president, 2005; vice-chair, committee on access to & fairness in the courts, 2005). Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 1, Baltimore City, 1975-80. Member, Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 1977-82; Commission to Revise the Annotated Code of Maryland, 1980-82. Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, 1980-84. Board of Directors, Judicial Institute of Maryland, 1982-84. 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 and American Bar Associations; Maryland State Bar Association (judicial administration section), Baltimore City and Monumental City Bar Associations. Member, Legal Aid Society, 1973- 75. Board of Directors, Villa Julie College, 1978-85; Sojourner-Douglass College, 1982-91. Chair, Board of Directors, Provident Hospital, 1983-84. Board of Directors, The African-American Community Foundation, 1994-. Board of Visitors, University of Maryland School of Law, 1994-. Board of Trustees, Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2000-. Special Award, Maryland State Bar Association, 1998. Legal Excellence Award for Advancement of Public Service Responsibility, Maryland Bar Foundation, 1999. Rosalyn B. Bell Award, Women's Law Center of Maryland, 1999. Louis M. Brown Award for Legal Access, Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services, American Bar Association, 2000. Access to Justice Tribute Award, Pro Bono Resource Center, 2001. Maryland Top Leadership in Law Award, Daily Record, 2001. Rita C. Davidson Award, Women's Bar Association of Maryland, 2001. D'Alemberte/Raven Award, Dispute Resolution Section, American Bar Association, 2003. First annual Robert M. Bell Award for Leadership in Public Service, Students for Public Interest, University of Baltimore School of Law, 2004. Medal for Access to Justice, Maryland Legal Services Corporation, 2004. Honorary Board Member, Baltimore Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, 2005. Baltimore Peacemaker Award, Community Mediation Program, 2005. Freedom Fighter Award, Frederick County Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 2006. Chief Judge Robert M. Bell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Alternative Dispute Resolution in Maryland, ADR Section, Maryland State Bar Association, 2006. Office: (410) 333-6396. 2 PATRICK L. WOODWARD, Judge, Court of Special Appeals, 7th Appellate Circuit (Montgomery County), since May 26, 2005. Associate Judge, Montgomery County Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Circuit, May 7, 1998 to May 25, 2005. Board of Directors, Judicial Institute of Maryland, 1997-. Chair, Foster-Care Court-Improvement Implementation Committee, 1997- (chair, representation subcommittee, 1997-2004; chair, statistics & judicial information systems subcommittee, 2004-). Member, Public Awareness Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1998-2001. Board of Appeals, City of Rockville, 1982-91 (chair, 1984, 1987). Chair, Neighborhood Planning Advisory Group, Planning Area 4, City of Rockville, 1986-88. Chair, Goals Task Force, City of Rockville, 1988-89. Member, Sensitivity Awareness Day Task Force of Montgomery County Council, 1988-91 (vice-chair, 1991). Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 6, Montgomery County, March 8, 1991 to May 6, 1998. Born in Bethesda, Maryland, November 28, 1948. Attended Landon School, Bethesda; Princeton University, A.B., 1970; Vanderbilt University School of Law, J.D., 1973. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1973. Law clerk to Chief Judge Edward S. Northrop, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1973-74. Served in U.S. Army Reserve (captain), 1974-75. Associate, Law Offices of Rourke J. Sheehan, 1974-78. Partner, Sheehan & Woodward, 1978-80. Partner, Jackson, Campbell & Parkinson, and Director, Jackson & Campbell, P.C., 1980-87. Sole practitioner, 1987-91. Member, Maryland State Bar Association; Montgomery County Bar Association (executive committee, 1981-82, 1988-90). President, West End Citizens Association, 1984-86. President, Rotary Club of Rockville, 1987-88. Vice-President, Jerusalem-Mt. Pleasant Senior Citizens Housing Corporation, 1987-91. President, Montgomery Inn of Court, 1996-97. Operating Vice-President, Montgomery County Historical Society, 1997-2000 (board of directors, 1988-90, 1991-2001). President's Citation, Montgomery County, Maryland Bar Foundation, 1986. Champion for Children Award, Maryland Citizen Board for Review of Foster Care for Children, 1996. Outstanding Jurist Award, Montgomery County Bar Association, 1997. Lifelong member, Rockville United Methodist Church. Office: (301) 217-8100. 3 Judge David W. Young Judge David W. Young is a native of Hagerstown, Maryland. He received his Associate of Arts Degree from Hagerstown Junior College in 1971 and was awarded Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 1974. Judge Young obtained his Juris Doctorate from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1977. In 1978, he began an appellate clerkship with the late Honorable Judge David T. Mason, Associate Judge, Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. In 1980, Judge Young joined the staff of the Baltimore City Solicitor’s Office as an Assistant City Solicitor. He was appointed by Governor Harry Hughes to the District Court of Maryland for Baltimore City in December, 1985. In December 1995, Judge Young was appointed to the Circuit Court for Baltimore by Governor Parris N. Glendening and elected to a fifteen year term in 1996. Judge Young is active in a number of civic and professional organizations. He is one of the founders of the Second Generation Foundation which was established to provide financial assistance to minority students at his alma mater, the University of Maryland Baltimore County. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Family and Children’s Services of Central Maryland; the Board of Managers of the Druid Hill YMCA and the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Central Maryland. In 1996, Judge Young served on the Maryland Foster Care Court Improvement Project Implementation Committee and in 2006, was named the Committee’s Vice-Chairman and has chaired its Training Subcommittee since 1996. He has received numerous honors and awards including being selected as one of the Outstanding Young Men in American in 1977 and, in 1992, Outstanding Alumnus by University 4 of Maryland Baltimore County. In February 1996, Judge Young received the Harrison J. Bryant Religious Service Award from Bethel AME Church. In September 1996, he was named outstanding alumnus by Hagerstown Junior College. In 1998, he was named Volunteer of the Year by the YMCA of Central Maryland. In 2006, Judge Young received The American Bar Associations Scripps Howard Foundation Distinguished Service to Literacy Award. In 2009, he received the 2009 Leadership in Law Award from the Maryland Daily Record. Judge Young previously served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law where he taught legal writing and Moot Court. Since 1996, Judge Young has been a member of the Foster Care Court Improvement Project (FCIPP) Implementation Committee which endeavors to improve the performance of juvenile courts in child abuse and neglect cases. He also serves on the Juvenile Law Subcommittee of the Family Law Committee which seeks to enhance the performance of the juvenile courts in delinquency cases. For the past seventeen years he has been chair of the Training Subcommittee of the Foster Care Court Improvement Project (FCCIP) which oversees the specialized training of judges and masters who preside in juvenile cases. In addition to his civic activities, Judge Young is the Pastor of Adams Chapel A.M.E. Church. He was licensed to preach in the African Methodist Episcopal Church in May 1996 and Ordained an Itinerant Elder in April 2003. Judge Young was awarded a Master of Divinity Degree by Virginia