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Frederick Motz's Biography

Contact Information

Office

101 West Lombard Street, Chambers 5AD
Baltimore, MD 21201

Full Name:

J. Frederick Motz

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

1942

Birth Place:

Baltimore, MD

LLB, University of Virginia School of Law, 1967

AB, Wesleyan University, 1964

Chair, Budget Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States, 2008-2013

Senior Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, 2010-present

Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, 1985-1994, 2001-2010

Chief Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, 1994-2001

United States Attorney, District of Maryland, 1981-1985

Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, April 23, 1985

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, District of Maryland, July 11, 1985

Attorney, Venable, Baetjer and Howard, 1968-1969, 1971-1981

Assistant United States Attorney, United States Attorney's Office, District of Maryland, 1969-1971

Law Clerk, Honorable Harrison L. Winter, United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1967-1968

Member, Budget Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States, present

Member, American Bar Association

Member, American Bar Foundation

Member, American College of Trial Lawyers

Member, American Law Institute

Member, Baltimore City Bar Association

Member, Lawyers Roundtable, present

Former Board of Editors, Manual of Complex Litigation

Member, Maryland Bar Foundation, present

Member, Maryland State Bar Association, present

Trustee, The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Health System, present

Member, Wednesday Law Club, present

Member, United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 2001-2009

Board of Trustees, Friends School of Baltimore, 1970-1977, 1981-1988

Advisory Board, Baltimore City Department of Social Services, 1973-1981

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