Background
Kaplan, Joseph Henry Herbst was born on January 2, 1937 in Brooklyn. Son of Irving Edward and Dorothy (Herbst) Kaplan.
Kaplan, Joseph Henry Herbst was born on January 2, 1937 in Brooklyn. Son of Irving Edward and Dorothy (Herbst) Kaplan.
AB, John Hopkins University, 1957; Juris Doctor, University of Chicago, 1960.
Associate, Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, 1962-1963, 65-69;
assistant attorney, United States Attorney District Maryland., 1963-1965;
partner, Venable, Baetjer & Howard, Baltimore, 1969-1977;
associate judge, Circuit Court Baltimore City, 1977-1984;
administrative judge, Circuit Court Baltimore City, since 1984. Standing committee rules practice and procedure Court Appeals Maryland., since 1982, Conference Circuit Judges, since 1984. Board directors Maryland.
Sentencing Guidelines Advisory Board, chairman, since 1990. Member Commision on the Future Maryland Court Justices, 1995-1997, Commn.on Criminal Sentencing Policy, since 1996.
Commissioner State Commission Human Rels., 1969-1970. Consultant community relations service unites states department Justice, 1970. President Civil Svc. Commission Baltimore, 1972-1977.
Member Equal Opportunity Committee Baltimore. Bs. directors Maryland. chapter Asthma and Allergy Foundation American, 1979-1986. Vice president, board directors Big Brothers-Big Sisters Center Maryland., 1969-1978.
And numerous other committees Lieutenant Judge Advocates Corps. United States Naval Reserve. Member American Bar Association (committee member), Maryland.
State Bar Association (committee member), Bar Association Baltimore City (committee member), Library. Committee Baltimore Bar (president 1979-1983, board directors 1977-1995), United States Attorney Alumni Association, Lawyers Round Table, Serjeants' Inn, Barristers Club, American Inns of Court, J. Dudley Digges Inn (president 1990-1991).
Married Joy Keller, March 30, 1963. Children: Elizabeth Mansfield Fitzgerald, Katherine Herbst, Frederick Thomas Davies.