• Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles

  Judge

  1973 – 1989 · 16 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

• Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles

  trial-jud

  1971 – 1973 · 2 yrsAppointed by Ronald Reagan

• Supreme Court of the United States

  Judge

  1791 – 1793 · 2 yrsAppointed by George Washington

Career

• confirmed

  March 3

  1801 – present · 225 yrs

• Chief judge

  Maryland General Court

  1790 – 1791 · 1 yr

• confirmed

  September 26

  1789 – present · 237 yrs

• State delegate

  Maryland

  1786 – 1788 · 2 yrs

• Private practice

  1780 – 1790 · 10 yrs

• State delegate

  Maryland

  1780 – 1782 · 2 yrs

• Governor

  Maryland

  1777 – 1780 · 3 yrs

• Maryland Militia brigadier general

  1776 – 1777 · 1 yr

• Delegate

  Continental Congress

  1774 – 1777 · 3 yrs

• Member

  Lower House, Maryland Proprietary Assembly

  1762 – 1774 · 12 yrs

• Private practice

  1760 – 1762 · 2 yrs