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[photo, Mary-Dulany James, State Delegate] MARY-DULANY JAMES
Democrat, District 34A, Cecil & Harford Counties


Member of House of Delegates since January 13, 1999. Member, Appropriations Committee, 1999- (oversight committee on personnel, 1999-2003; oversight committee on program open space & agricultural land preservation, 1999-2002; vice-chair, transportation & the environment subcommittee, 2003-06, member, 1999-2006; chair, oversight committee on pensions, 2003-06, member, 2003-; chair, health & human resources subcommittee, 2007-); Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Preservation, 2003-; Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 2003- (house chair, 2003-06). Member, Joint Committee on the Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area, 2003-07. Chair, Harford County Delegation, 2001-02 (vice-chair, 1999-2000). Member, Maryland Green Caucus, 1999-; Women Legislators of Maryland, 1999- (co-chair, legislative committee, 2005-); Maryland Rural Caucus, 2002-; Maryland Bicycle and Pedestrian Caucus, 2003-; Maryland Veterans Caucus, 2005-. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (economic development, trade & cultural affairs committee).

Member, Commission for Women, Harford County, 1989-92. Board of Trustees, Chesapeake Bay Trust, 1996-2000 (treasurer). Member, Statewide 800-MHz Communications System Oversight Committee, 1999; Bainbridge Development Advisory Board, 1999-; Commission on Maryland's Fiscal Structure, 2002-03; Maryland Environmental Trust, 2002-; Maryland Military Installation Strategic Planning Council, 2003-06. Co-Chair, Task Force to Study Retiree Health-Care Funding Options, 2005. Member, Cecil/Harford Bridges Work Group, 2006-; Maryland Military Installation Council, 2006-; Blue Ribbon Commission to Study Retiree Health-Care Funding Options, 2007-.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, February 1, 1960. Attended Havre de Grace High School; University of Maryland, B.S. (psychology), with honors, 1981; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., with honors, 1986. Law clerk to Judge Edward S. Northrop, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 1986-87. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1986. Attorney. Partner, Venable, Baetjer and Howard, 1997-99. Partner, Litigation Division, Hodes, Ulman, Pessin & Katz, 1999-. Member, American, Federal, Maryland State, Baltimore County, Harford County and Women's Bar Associations. Director and Treasurer, Sexual Assault Rape Crisis Center, Harford County, 1990-. Director, Dyslexia Society of Maryland, 1991. Director, Harford Land Trust, 1992-. Member, St. Patrick School Task Force, 1997-; Maryland Advisory Council to Trust for Public Land, 1998-. Married; three children.

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