MARVIN S. KAMINETZ, Associate Judge, St. Mary's County Circuit Court, 7th Judicial Circuit, since 1989. Member, Committee on Juvenile Law, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1990-93. Member, Foster-Care Court-Improvement Implementation Committee, 1997-.
Member, Appellate Judicial Selection Commission, 1970-75. Master for Juvenile Causes, St. Mary's County Circuit Court, 1974-89. Member, Governor's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, 1975-79. Member, Commission for Women, St. Mary's County, 1981-89. Co-Chair, Child Abuse Task Force, St. Mary's County, 1985-86. Chair, Rape Crisis Prevention Committee, St. Mary's County, 1986-87; Task Force on Child Abuse and Child Sexual Assault Prevention, St. Mary's County, 1986-87. Member, Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Board (chair, rape crisis prevention committee, 1987-88), St. Mary's County; Public Schools Crisis Management Consultants Group, St. Mary's County, 1987-90. President's Leadership Cabinet, St. Mary's College of Maryland, 1987 (institution review board, 1986). Member, Alliance for Alcohol and Drug Abuse, St. Mary's County, 1989-90; School Health Council, St. Mary's County, 1989-90. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, August 11, 1943. Served in U.S. Army Reserve, 1960-68. University of Maryland, B.S., 1965; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1968; National College of Juvenile Justice, University of Nevada-Reno, 1979. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1968. Partner, Kenney, Kaminetz & Lacer, 1969-89. Member, American and Maryland State Bar Associations; St. Mary's County Bar Association (president, 1970-71); American Trial Lawyers Association, 1973-89; National Council of Juvenile Court Judges, 1975; American Judicature Society, 1975; Maryland Masters Association, 1985-89; Maryland Trial Lawyers Association, 1988-89. Representative of Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Assault, 1983-85. Patuxent River Council Navy League of the U.S., 1986 (elected Judge Advocate, 1987). Board of Directors, St. Mary's Hospital, 1977-78. Lexington Park Rotary Club (president, 1975-76); St. Mary's County Chamber of Commerce, 1974-89.
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