Roger Duffey REDDEN

Background

Redden, Roger Duffey was born on December 19, 1932 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Layman J. and Elizabeth (Duffey) Redden.

Education

Yale University (Bachelor of Arts, 1954) Harvard University and University of Maryland (Bachelor of Laws, 1957). Assistant Attorney General of Maryland, 1964-1965.

Career

Law clerk to judge The United States of America Court Appeals (4th circuit), 1957-1958. Associate Smith, Somerville & Case, Baltimore, 1959-1963, partner, 1965-1968. Assistant attorney general State of Maryland, 1964-1965.

Partner DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary, Baltimore, 1969—1997, partner emeritus, from 1998. Board directors Peoples Water Service Company. Draftsman Maryland State Department Legislation Reference, 1958.

Counsel Maryland Savings and Loan Study Commission, 1960-1961. Member Governor's Commission to revise testamentary laws of Maryland, 1965-1970. Member standing committee on rules of practice and procedure Maryland Court Appeals, 1969-1973, 88-91, Maryland code revision committee, since 1970, Appellate Judicial Nominating Commission, 1975-1979, Commission to study Maryland Tax Court, 1978-1979, Governor's Task Force on Energy, 1991-1995.

Chairman Task Force on Permits Simplification, 1979-1981.

Works

• Other Work

  • Editor (in chief): (University law review) Maryland Law Review, 1956-1957. Contributor articles to legal journals.

Membership

With United States Army, 1958-1959, 61-62. Fellow American Bar Foundation, Maryland Bar Foundation. Member Maryland State Bar Association (chairman probate and estate law section 1966-1968, chairman long range planning committee 1972-1973, chairman committee on laws 1988-1989, council section administrative law 1980-1982, council section business law 1978-1981), Baltimore City Bar Association (chairman committee on continuing legal education 1976-1977, chairman committee on judiciary 1978-1979, chairman committee on by-laws 1981-1982), American Bar Association, Judicial Conference United States Court Appeals for 4th Circuit (conference study committee 1982-1983).

Connections

Married Gretchen Sause, July 14, 1962.

Father:

Layman J. Redden

Mother:

Elizabeth (Duffey) Redden

Spouse:

Gretchen Sause