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GEORGE McQUADE LIPMAN, Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 1, Baltimore City, since December 15, 1998. Presiding Judge, Mental Health Court, 2008-. Member, Judicial Education Committee, District Court of Maryland, 2002-05. Chair, Mental Health, Alcoholism and Addiction Committee, 2004-14 (member, 2002-14), Maryland Judicial Conference. Member, Mental Health Oversight Committee, 2007-14, Maryland Judicial Conference. Vice-Chair, Specialty Courts and Dockets Committee, 2015- (chair, mental health, alcoholism, & addiction subcommittee, 2015-), Judicial Council. Chair, Mental Health Committee, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council, Baltimore City.

Member, Maryland State Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, 2004-15; Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, Baltimore City, 2010-; Behavioral Health Advisory Council, 2015-.

Assistant Public Defender, 1978-79, and Chief Attorney, Mental Health Division, 1979-98, Office of Public Defender. Member, Governor's Task Force to Review the Defense of Insanity, 1983-84; Commission on the Future of Maryland Courts, 1996-97.

Born October 10, 1949, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attended Central Catholic High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; The Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 1971; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1976. Law clerk to Judge Robert L. Karwacki, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 1976-77. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1977. Member, Federal Bar Association; District of Columbia Bar Association; Maryland State Bar Association (criminal law & practice section; criminal law & practice section council, 1990, chair, 1996); Baltimore City Bar Association. Board of Directors, Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, 1990-98. Adjunct Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law, 1994-. Presidential Award, Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, 1993, 1998. Robert C. Heeney Award, Criminal Law Section, Maryland State Bar Association, 2013.

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