BALTIMORE CITY CIRCUIT COURT

FORMER JUDGES

ROBERT B. KERSHAW, Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, February 6, 2006 to February 6, 2022. Retired February 6, 2022. Senior Judge since February 26, 2022. Judge-in-Charge, Juvenile Division, January 2011 to September 1, 2018. Presiding Judge, Family Recovery Court, 2012-22. Member, Foster Care Court-Improvement Implementation Committee, 2012-15. Member, Juvenile Law Committee, 2015-20 (foster care court improvement program subcommittee, 2021-), and Joint Work Group on Human Trafficking, 2016-, Judicial Council. Member, Commission on Judicial Disabilities, 2016-.

Member, Committee on Business and Technology, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 2001-03. Board of Directors, Maryland Legal Services Corporation, 2003-12. Chair, State Prosecutor Selection and Disabilities Commission, 2004-06.

Board of Directors, Maryland Humanities Council, 1994-2009 (executive committee, 1996-2009; chair, 1996-98; treasurer, 2003-2009).

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, 1952. Attended McDonogh School, Owings Mills, Maryland; Princeton University, B.A. (american history), cum laude, 1974; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1977. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1977; New York State Bar, 1983. Admitted to practice before U.S. District Court for District of Maryland, 1978, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, 1983; U.S. Court of Appeals for Fourth Circuit, 1986; U.S. Supreme Court, 1989. Associate, Ober, Grimes & Shriver, 1977-84. Partner, Quinn, Ward & Kershaw, 1984-95; Ward, Kershaw & Minton, P.A., 1995-2002; Ward & Kershaw, P.A., 2002-06. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (litigation law section; board of governors, 2002-04; budget & finance committee, 2003-; senior lawyers section council, 2004-; chair, anti-discrimination matters committee, 2002-10; co-chair, special committee on courthouse construction; co-chair, professionalism committee, 2012-); Baltimore City Bar Association (executive council, 1995-2004; secretary, 1997-98; treasurer, 1998-99; vice-president, 1999-2000; president-elect, 2000-01; president, 2001-02). Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 1999-. Life Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation, 2001-; Baltimore Bar Foundation, 2002- (board of directors, 1997-; secretary, 1997-98; treasurer, 1998-99; president, 1999-2000). Member, Equal Justice Council, Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., 1998-2003. Board of Directors, Baltimore Courthouse and Law Museum Foundation, Inc., 1998-2006. Member, Baltimore City Historical Society (board of directors, 2001-06; executive committee, 2001; nominating committee, 2003); Maryland Historical Society; Preservation Maryland, Inc. (board of directors, 1983-98, 2002-08; executive committee, 1985-90; president, 1987-90). George T. Harrison Volunteer Award, Preservation Maryland, 1990. Champion of Justice Award, Legal Aid Bureau, 2003. Maryland Leadership in Law Award, Daily Record, 2007.

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