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| Age |
b. May 16, 1932 |
| Education |
Bronx High School of Science - 1945-49
City College of New York - 1949-53
University of Virginia Law School - 1955-58
Member, Editorial Board of VA Law Review -1956-58
DICTA Editor (VA Law Weekly)
Order of the Coif
Phi Delta Phi
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| Married |
Arlene - on February 15, 1953 |
| Children |
Ronny Mark - Attorney, in Nevada
Randy Jean Fama - Geologist/Homemaker, in Virginia
Elizabeth Joyce Riedl - Marketing, in Virginia |
Admitted to MD and VA Bars - 1958
Admitted to Federal District Court, Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit, and U.S. Supreme Court |
| Employment |
1958-59 |
Bailiff (Law Clerk) to Judge Joseph Allen,
Supreme Bench of Baltimore City. |
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1959-68 |
Associate, Law Office of Paul Berman,
Baltimore. |
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1968-to date | Partner, Levin & Hochberg,
Levin, Hochberg & Chiarello;
Hochberg, Chiarello,
Costello & Dowell
Hochberg, Chiarello & Costello
Hochberg, Costello & Baron
(effective 1/1/01)
"Of Counsel" (effective 6/30/02)
Office in Baltimore City until February, 1988
At 528 E. Joppa Rd., Towson, MD since.
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| Areas of Practice |
General Trial and Appellate Practice - |
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| Domestic Relations - | 50% |
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| Personal Injury - Vehicle - | 10% |
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| Personal Injury - Products - | 10% |
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| Contracts - | 10% |
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| Trusts, Estates, Wills - | 10% |
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| Miscellaneous - | 10% |
| Military Service |
Retired, U.S. Army Reserves,
1953-75, served as Infantry and JAG Officer,
retired as major, (12/75) |
Legal Activities and Organizations |
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
(since 1975)
Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules
of Practice and Procedure (1993 - 2002)
American Bar Association (since 1959)
Maryland Delegate to Standing Committee
on State Legislation (1970-73)
Committee on Products, General Liability
and Consumer Laws (1978- to date)
(now Tort & Insurance Practice Section)
Maryland State Bar Association (since 1959)
Committee on Judicial Appointments (1976-77)
Insurance, Negligence and Workmens'
Compensation Section - 1973
Medico-Legal Committee (1979-88)
(Legal-Chairman 1983-86)
Baltimore City Bar Association - 1959-87
Board of Governors 1969-70
Judiciary Committee
Family Law Committee
Committee on Judicial Appointments
Circuit Court Bench - Bar Sub-Committee
Judicial Administration Committee
Products Liability Committee
Committee on Legislation (Chairman 1958-69)
Baltimore County Bar Association - 1992 -
Family Law Committee - 1997
Maryland Trial Lawyers Association (since 1959)
Board of Governors - 1970-76
Co-Chairman, Committee on Legislation -1970-72
Vice-President, Baltimore - 1975
AMICUS Brief Committee - 1979
American Trial Lawyers Association - 1995-2001
Martindale-Hubbel - AV Rating
Life Member, National Registry of Who's Who (1999)
Who's Who in America (since about 1975)
The Best Lawyers in America (1983, 1988-90)
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| Miscellaneous Legal Activities |
MICPEL two week trial advocacy course - regular
instructor for seven-eight years;
Committee to Remove Judges from Election;
Active in Studies of bringing arbitration of
personal injury actions to Maryland
"The Philadelphia Plan";
Active in creating binding Arbitration system
for resolving disputes between physicians
and attorneys.
Fellow, Md. Bar Foundation (1993 - 2002)
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| Other Miscellaneous Activities |
Speaker at various Bar Association activities
in the area of trial practice, discovery
and medico-legal problems;
Author of various articles in the areas of
trial practice and discovery;
Active in connection with the revision of the
Motor Vehicle Laws of the Transportation
Article of the Code of Maryland
(old Article 66 ½);
Active in both the State and City Bar Associations
"No-Fault" Committees, leading to a revision of
the Insurance Code of the State of Maryland;
Judge, National Moot Court Competition, Regional
Arguments, U. Of Baltimore Law School (1987)
Active in Sudbrook Park Club, Inc., community
organization involving matters relating to
status on the National Register of Historic
Districts, and Baltimore County Landmarks
District, Officer, member of the Board,
planning, zoning, involved in extensive work
concerning Federal/State highway efforts and
MTA Metro (1959 - 2002);
Vice President & Director, CKCSC, Inc. - USA, (1993 - 2001)
Chairman, Ethics Committee (1993 - 2002)
Chairman, Legal Advisory Committee (1995 - 2001)
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