DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, since June 1994. Member, Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules, U.S. Judicial Conference.
Assistant Attorney General, 1972-81, and Chief of Litigation, 1981-86, Office of Attorney General. Member, Federal Courts Study Committee, 1989-90. Judge, Court of Special Appeals, 6th Appellate Circuit, 1991-94. Member, Task Force on Feasibility of Future Consolidation of State Psychiatric Hospitals, 1993-95. Born in Washington, DC., July 15, 1943. Attended Stone Ridge High School, Bethesda, Maryland; Vassar College, B.A., 1965; University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1968. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1969. Member, American and Maryland State Bar Associations. Member, American Law Institute; American Bar Foundation; Maryland Bar Foundation. In private practice, Frank, Bernstein & Conaway, 1986-91. Board of Trustees, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1992 - (executive committee, 1994-); Young Victorian Theatre; Baltimore City Bar Library. National Advisory Board, Bioethics Institute, The Johns Hopkins University. Maryland's Top 100 Women, Daily Record, 1996, 2001. Rita C. Davidson Award, Women's Bar Association of Maryland, 1997.
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DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, since June 1994. Member, Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules, U.S. Judicial Conference.