DeLAWRENCE BEARD, Associate Judge, Montgomery County Circuit Court
Associate Judge, Montgomery County Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Circuit, since 1984.
Senior Assistant State's Attorney, Montgomery County, 1974-79. District Public Defender, Montgomery County, 1979-82. Member, Montgomery County Criminal Justice Commission, 1979-82. Board of Regents, Morgan State University, 1981-82. Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 6, Montgomery County, 1982-84. Chair, District 6 Advisory Board, Public Defender System, 1984. Member, Maryland Coordinating Committee for Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, 1984-86; Commission on Judicial Disabilities, 1995.
Born in Okalona, Arkansas, December 26, 1937. Sumner High School, St. Louis, Missouri. Served in U.S. Navy, 1957-59. University of Missouri, B.A., 1964; University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., 1970; Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., 1977. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1974. Member, National and Montgomery County Bar Associations; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Co-founder, J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association. Board of Directors, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, 1973-81; Suburban Maryland Fair Housing, 1973-75. Life member, NAACP. Member, Country Place Citizens Association Covenants Committee (vice-chair, 1977; chair, 1978; board of directors, 1981-84). Assistant professorial lecturer, George Washington University College of General Studies, Graduate School of Forensic Science, 1978-80; guest lecturer, Street Law Program, Montgomery County Detention Center, 1979. Lecturer, University of Maryland University College, 1989. Adjunct Faculty, Washington College of Law, The American University, 1991. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., IUL Chapter. Outstanding Citizen of the Year, 1982, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Mu Nu Chapter; Montgomery County NAACP Award, 1984.
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