GARY L. CRAWFORD, Associate Judge, Montgomery County, District 6, District Court of Maryland, since May 30, 2006. Member, Professionalism Task Force, 2002-03. Inquiry Committee (Montgomery County), Attorney Grievance Commission, 1995-98.
Major Frauds Investigator, Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office, 1978-79. Assistant State's Attorney, Montgomery County, 1979-83. Chief's Advisory Council, Gaithersburg City Police Department, 2000-.
Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, March 19, 1949. LaSalle College, B.A. (history), 1971; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1978 (president, student bar association, 1977-78). Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1978; District of Columbia Bar, 1984. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (co-chair, membership committee, 2005-; bar fellow, 1998-; liaison, criminal law section, 2000-02, 2005-; ad hoc committee for study of report by conference of circuit judges on trial procedures, 2000; Judge Anselm Sodaro judicial civility award committee, 2002, 2004-); Montgomery County Bar Association (executive committee, 1985-86, 1992-94; chair, unauthorized practice of law committee, 1984; co-chair, membership committee, 1999-2000; vice-chair, workers' compensation committee, 1999-2000; ad hoc special membership committee, 2000); District of Columbia Bar Association; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Maryland Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Associate, Ward & Klein, 1983-85. Partner, Clarke, Crawford & Bonifant, 1985-94; Clifford, Debelius, Crawford, Bonifant & Fitzpatrick, 1994-2006. Member, Montgomery County Inn of Court (president, 2002-03). Member, Annual Charity Tournament Committee, Maryland Bar Foundation, 1990-97. Mentor, Mentoring Program, University of Baltimore School of Law, 1997-. Moot Court Judge, University of Baltimore School of Law, 1993; George Washington University School of Law, 1998. Member, Charity Tournament Committee, Shady Grove Adventist Hospital Foundation, 1999-2003. Professionalism Award, Executive Committee, Montgomery County Bar Association, 2003. Certificate of Appreciation, Board of Governors, Maryland State Bar Association, 2004.
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