Robert A. Zarnoch

Honorable
Robert A. Zarnoch
Judge, Maryland Court of Special Appeals
Assumed office
2008
Nominated by Governor Martin O'Malley

Robert A. Zarnoch (born September 19, 1945) is an American lawyer and jurist. Since February 2008 he has been a judge of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, Maryland's Intermediate Appellate Court.

Background

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Judge Zarnoch graduated with a B.A. in English from Loyola College in Maryland in Baltimore in 1967 and from American University, M.A. in journalism in 1969. He received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1974. While in law school he served as an editor on the Georgetown Law Review. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve.

Judge Zarnoch clerked for Chief Judge Robert C. Murphy, of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1974-75. He is a member of the Maryland Bar and the District of Columbia Bar. From 1977-2008, Judge Zarnoch served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Maryland Attorney General, first in the civil litigation division and then as Counsel to the Maryland General Assembly. In the latter capacity he advised members of the Maryland legislature on the legality and constitutionality of legislation and procedure. He served in the Office of the Attorney General under Attorneys General Stephen H. Sachs, J. Joseph Curran and Douglas F. Gansler.

Judge Zarnoch is an adjunct instructor at the University of Maryland School of Law and the University of Baltimore School of Law.

Awards

Zarnoch has also been the recipient of several awards:


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