Gary E Bair
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Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 46 years of experience
Criminal Law, Appellate, Sex Crimes, Federal
50 West Montgomery Ave., Suite 200, Rockville, MD 20850
About Gary E Bair
Practice Areas
- Criminal Law
- Appellate
- Sex Crimes
- Federal
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, District of Columbia, 1976J.D.
- Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1972B.A.
- Major: English
- Honors: cum laude
Representative Cases
- Supreme Court: Maryland v. Pringle, 540 U.S. 366 (2003)
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: United States. v. McKenzie-Gude, 671 F.3d 452 (4th Cir. 2011)
- Maryland Court of Appeals: Unger v. State, 427 Md. 383 (2012); Longshore v. State, 399 Md. 486 (2007); Cooksey v. State, 359 Md. 1 (2000); Busch v. State, 289 Md. 669 (1981)
- Maryland Court of Special Appeals: Shady Grove Psychiatric Group v. State, 128 Md. App. 163 (1999)
- United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit: Tarpley v. Greene, 221 U.S. App. D.C. 227 (1982)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1977
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1977
- U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, 1979
- U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1979
- U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, 1981
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1987
Other Affiliations
- Member of the State Advisory Board for the Department of Juvenile Services (2014-2020).
- President of Montgomery County Chapter, American Inns of Courts (2016-2017).
- Past Chair of the two Sections of the Maryland State Bar Association: the Section of Criminal Law and Practice, and the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
- Appointed as Member, MSBA Standing Committee on Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions (1999-2010) and participated in drafting and redrafting numerous pattern instructions.
- Appointed by the Court of Appeals as Member, Character Committee, State Board of Law Examiners (2004-2011).
- Appointed by Governor William Donald Schaefer in 1992 as Chair of the seven-member Governor's Commission on the Death Penalty to study the death penalty in Maryland.
- Appointed by the General Assembly in 1991, as Member, Committee to Revise Article 27 of the Maryland Code, which was formed by the legislature to study the criminal code of Maryland and recommend revisions to various parts of it.
Articles
Published Works
- “Reflections upon Retirement from the Bench” (Newsletter, The Bar Association of Montgomery County, MD, November 2020).
- “Ten Tips for the Appellate Practitioner” (The Barrister, Howard County Bar Association Newsletter, February 2005; reprinted in The Law Clerk, the monthly publication of the MSBA Solo and Small Firm Practice Section, March 2005).
- Chapter on State appellate practice, Appellate Practice for the Maryland Lawyer (Sandler & Levy, 2d ed. 2001).
- “Delays in the Execution of Death Sentences” (The Maryland Bar Journal, November/December 1995)
- Annual cumulative supplement to Chester J. Antieau, Federal Civil Rights Acts--Civil Practice (2d ed. 1980, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company, Rochester, New York), published annually December 1981-1993.
- Note, The Applicability of Federal Common Law to Aviation Tort Litigation, 63 Geo. L.J. 1083 (1975) (co-authored).
- Circuits Note: 1974-1975 Term, Prisoners' Rights, 64 Geo. L.J. 509 (1975) (authored one section of annual criminal survey issue).
Office Info
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