Admitted
1949, Maryland and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1950, U.S. District Court, Maryland; 1955, U.S. Supreme Court
Law School
Harvard University, LL.B., magna cum laude, 1948
Law School Graduation Year
1948
College
Johns Hopkins University, A.B., with honor, 1943
Memberships
Bar Association of Baltimore City; Maryland State and American Bar Associations; American Law Institute
Biographical
Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Board of Editors, Harvard Law Review, 1947-1948. Author: Inter Vivos Transfers in Violation of the Rights of Surviving Spouses, 10 Md. Law Review, 1; West's Maryland Law Encyclopedia Probate Forms (pocket part), 1966; Of Men and Laws: Murphy, Cornford, Arnold, Potter, Parkinson, Peter, Maccoby and Gall, 38 Maryland Law Review 37; A Modest Proposal For A Change in Maryland's Statutes Quo, 43 Maryland Law Review, 647. Co-author, Sykes and Tabor, West's Maryland Law Encyclopedia Procedural Forms, 1964. Law Clerk, Honorable Morris A. Soper, U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, 1948-1949. Legislative Draftsman, Maryland Department of Legislative Reference, 1949-1950. Research Consultant, State Commission on Administrative Organization, 1951-1952. Reporter: State Commission to Study the Judiciary, 1953; State Commission to Revise Laws Relating to Public Service Commission, 1953-1955. Director, 1957-1966 and President, 1962-1964, Baltimore City Bar Library. Member: Legislative Council Committee on Revision of Condemnation Laws, 1961-1963; Baltimore City Charter Revision Commission, 1962-1963; Maryland Constitutional Convention Commission, 1966-1967. Consultant, Governor's Commission to Revise and Recodify the Testamentary Laws, 1968-1969. Member, Governor's Commission to Study State Aid to Non-public Education, 1969-1971. Member, Governor's Commission to Revise the Annotated Code of Maryland, 1970-1978. Member, The Court of Appeals of Maryland Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 1954-1972; 1978—. Co-Author: Jewish Law (mishpat ivri); Cases and Materials, Matthew Bender, 1999. Co-transl., Elon, Jewish Law: History, Sources, Principles (4 Vols., JPS, 1994). Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; American College of Trial Lawyers; The Maryland Bar Foundation (Vice-Chairman, 1979-1981; Chairman, 1981-1983); American Bar Foundation.