Background
Derby, Ernest Stephen was born on July 10, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Elmer Goodrich and Lucy (Davis) Derby.
Derby, Ernest Stephen was born on July 10, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Elmer Goodrich and Lucy (Davis) Derby.
AB with distinction, Wesleyan University, 1960; Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Harvard University, 1965.
Law clerk to presiding justice, United States District Court Maryland. and United States Court of Appeals 4th circuit, 1965-1966; associate, Piper & Marbury, Baltimore, 1966-1971; partner, Piper & Marbury, Baltimore, 1973-1987; assistant attorney general, Attorney General Maryland., 1971-1973; judge, United States Bankruptcy Court, Baltimore, since 1987. Adjunct faculty U. Maryland. School Law, 1987, 90-.
President Dismas House, Baltimore Inc., since 1969. Trustee Enoch Pratt Free Library., Baltimore, 1977-1993. Fellow American College Bankruptcy, Maryland.
Bar Foundation; member Maryland. State Bar Association, Anne Arundel County Bar Association, Paca/Brent American Inn of Court (president 1993-1994).
Married Gretel Hanauer, June 10, 1961. Children: Anne Gray, Michael Stephen.