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DOUGLAS F. GANSLER, Attorney General (Democrat)
Member, Board of State Canvassers, 2007-; Commission on Correctional Standards, 2007-; Correctional Training Commission, 2007-; Criminal Justice Information Advisory Board, 2007-; State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 2007-; Task Force on Health Care Access and Reimbursement, 2007-; Police Training Commission, 2007-; Task Force to Study Prison Violence in Maryland, 2007-; State Prosecutor Selection and Disabilities Commission, 2007-; Maryland State Employees Surety Bond Committee, 2007-; State Board of Victim Services, 2007-.
State's Attorney, Montgomery County, January 1999 to January 2, 2007.
Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland, 1992-98. Vice-Chair, Governor's Task Force on Childproof Guns, 1999. Member, Task Force on Pedestrian Safety, Montgomery County, 2000. Member, Cease Fire Council, 2000-03; Steering Committee, Bi-County Task Force on Gang Activity, 2004. Member, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, Montgomery County, 2004-07. Former member, Commission on Aging, Montgomery County.
Attended Sidwell Friends School; Yale University, B.A., cum laude; University of Virginia School of Law, J.D. Former law clerk to Judge John C. McAuliffe, Court of Appeals. Admitted to Maryland Bar. Attorney. Former associate, Howrey & Simon, 1990-92. Vice-President, Maryland State's Attorneys' Association. Board member, Criminal Justice Coordinating Commission; Jewish Community Center for Greater Washington; Jewish Foundation for Group Homes; Teen Court. Advisory Board, CeaseFire Maryland. Former chair, Criminal Justice Committee, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Montgomery County. Adjunct faculty, Washington College of Law, American University. Champion of Children Award, Victims' Rights Foundation, 2000. Hero Award, Mothers' Against Drunk Driving, 2002. Married; two children.
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