|
|
Hon. DeLawrence Beard (Ret.)
|
Practice Areas: |
Experience:
- Chief Judge, Montgomery County Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Circuit of Maryland
- Associate Judge, Montgomery County Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Circuit of Maryland
- Associate Judge, Montgomery County District Court, District 6 of Maryland
- District Public Defender, Montgomery County
- Senior Assistant State's Attorney, Montgomery County
- Adjunct Professor, Business Law, University of Maryland
- Adjunct Professor, Trial Practice, American University, Washington College of Law
- Assistant Professorial Lecturer, Criminal Law and Procedure, George Washington University College of General Studies, Graduate School of Forensic Science
Education:
- LL.M., Georgetown University
- J.D., University of Baltimore
- B.A., University of Missouri
Certification:
- American Bar Association Judicial Division and Section of Dispute Resolution Course
Affiliations:
- Member, State of Maryland Commission on Judicial Disabilities
- Chairman and Member, District Advisory Board for the Public Defender System, Montgomery County
- Committee on Judicial Administration of the Maryland Judicial Conference, Chairman, Member
- Ad Hoc Committee to Study ADR Mechanisms in Civil Litigation in the Circuit Courts
- Judicial Conference Awareness Committee on Mental Health and Alcoholism
- Board of Regents, Morgan State University, Baltimore
- Committee on Correctional Reform, Montgomery County Bar Association, Chairman, Member
- Board of Directors, Children's Hospital National Medical Ctr., Washington, D.C.
- Board of Directors, Suburban Maryland Fair Housing, Bethesda
- Member, Maryland State Bar Association, Phi Beta Gamma Legal Fraternity, American Bar Association, National Bar Association, Montgomery County Bar Association, J. Franklyn Bourne Bar Association (co-founder), National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and American Judicature Society