• Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

  Judge

  2009 – 2014 · 5 yrsAppointed by Barack Hussein Obama 2

• District Court, D. Maryland

  Judge

  1995 – 2009 · 14 yrsAppointed by William Jefferson Clinton

Career

• Associate judge

  Maryland Circuit Court, Baltimore City

  1990 – 1995 · 5 yrs

• Judge

  District Court of Maryland, Baltimore City

  1987 – 1990 · 3 yrs

• Professor

  University of Maryland School of Law

  1984 – present · 42 yrs

• Private practice

  1983 – 1984 · 1 yr

• Assistant U.S. attorney

  District of Maryland

  1981 – 1983 · 2 yrs

• Appellate attorney

  Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice

  1980 – 1981 · 1 yr

• Law clerk, Hon. Francis D. Murnaghan

  Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

  1979 – 1980 · 1 yr

• Law clerk, Hon. Frank Kaufman

  U.S. District Court, District of Maryland

  1978 – 1979 · 1 yr

Education