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DANIEL A. (DAN) FRIEDMAN, Judge, Appellate Court of Maryland, At Large, since September 23, 2014 (prior to Dec. 14, 2022, Appellate Court of Maryland was named Court of Special Appeals). Judge, Court of Special Appeals, At Large, September 23, 2014 to December 14, 2022. Member, Court Technology Committee, Judicial Council, 2015-16. Member, Legislative Committee, Judicial Council, 2017. Chair, Rules Review Subcommittee of Equal Justice Committee, 2020-, Judicial Council.
Associate City Solicitor and Chief of Litigation, Baltimore City Department of Law, 2000-02. Assistant Attorney General and Counsel to General Assembly, Office of Attorney General, 2008-14.
Born in Panorama City, California. University of Maryland College Park, B.A. (government & politics) magna cum laude, 1988. University of Maryland School of Law, J.D. (with honors), 1994. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1994; District of Columbia Bar, 1997; U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 1996, District of Columbia, 1998; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, 2005, Fourth Circuit, 2012. Law clerk to Judge John Carroll Byrnes, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 1994-95; Judge Robert L. Karwacki, Court of Appeals, 1995-96. Litigation Associate, Miles & Stockbridge, P.C., 1996-2000. Special Counsel, Saul Ewing LLP, 2006-08 (associate, 2002-05). Member, Maryland State Bar Association; Baltimore City Bar Association; Baltimore County Bar Association. Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland School of Law, 1998-. Trustee, Baltimore Bar Foundation, 2006-08. Board of Directors, Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, 2005-08; Baltimore Courthouse and Law Museum, Inc., 2006-08. Editorial Advisory Board, Daily Record, 2008-09. Executive Board, Lawyers' Campaign Against Hunger, 2000-04. Volunteer Attorney, Maryland Volunteer Lawyer Service, 2005-08. Member, Wranglers Law Club, 2006-08. Board of Directors, University of Maryland School of Law Alumni Association, 2008- (chair, nominations committee, 2010-11). Board of Directors, Greater Pikesville Recreation Council Lacrosse, 2009-11 (assistant coach, 2004-07; head coach, 2007-11). Author, The Maryland State Constitution: A Reference Guide (republished by Oxford University Press, 2011; originally published by Greenwood Press, 2005). Leadership in Law Award, Daily Record, 2009.
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