JAMES W. (JACK) DRYDEN, District Administrative Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 7, Anne Arundel County, since April 1998 (Associate Judge, since July 10, 1991). Member, Juvenile Law Committee, 1993-96, and Family and Domestic Relations Law Committee, 1996-99, Maryland Judicial Conference. Member, Administrative Judges Committee, 1998-, and Committee on Criminal and Motor Vehicle Matters, District Court of Maryland. Member, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Anne Arundel County, 1998-. Member, Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 1999-; Drug Treatment Court Commission, 2002-06. Member, Judicial Council, 2006-. Member, Problem-Solving Courts Standing Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 2007-.
Assistant State's Attorney, Anne Arundel County, 1973-82. Master in Chancery, Anne Arundel County Circuit Court, 1982-91. Born in Salisbury, Maryland, July 21, 1947. Attended Pocomoke High School, Pocomoke, Maryland; University of Maryland, College Park, B.A., 1969; University of Texas Law School, J.D., 1972. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1973. Member, Anne Arundel County Bar Association. Member, Maryland State's Attorneys' Association, 1974-82; Maryland Council of Masters, 1986-91 (president, 1989-91); Margaret Brent Inn of Court, 1989-90. One of Outstanding Young Men of America, U.S. Jaycees, 1978.
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