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FRANK M. KRATOVIL, JR., Associate Judge, District Court of Maryland, District 3, Queen Anne's County, since January 30, 2012. Member, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council, Queen Anne's County, 2004-09, 2012- (past chair). Board of Directors, Maryland Professionalism Center, 2012-.
Member (Democrat) of U.S. House of Representatives, 1st Congressional District (Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne's, Caroline, Talbot, Dorchester, Wicomico, Worcester & Somerset counties; & parts of Anne Arundel, Baltimore & Harford counties), Maryland, January 6, 2009 to January 5, 2011. Member, Agriculture Committee, 2009-11; Armed Services Committee, 2009-11; Natural Resources Committee, 2009-11.
State's Attorney, Queen Anne's County, January 6, 2003 to January 3, 2009.
Member, Court of Appeals Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure, 2006-08.
Assistant State's Attorney, Prince George's County, 1995-97. Assistant State's Attorney, Queen Anne's County, 1997-2001. Deputy State's Attorney, Kent County, 2001. Assistant Deputy State's Attorney, Prince George's County, 2011-12.
Born in Maryland. Western Maryland College, B.A. (political science), 1990 (bates prize awarded to most outstanding graduating male; havens award for outstanding athletic & humanitarian contribution to college); University of Baltimore School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1994 (american jurisprudence award, civil procedure II, spring 1992). Law clerk, Office of Public Defender, Prince George's County, 1990-94. Law clerk to Judge Darlene G. Perry, Prince George's County Circuit Court, 1994-95. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1994. Attorney, Partner, Kratovil & Kratovil, 1999-2001. Member, Maryland State Bar Association, 1994-2008 (board of governors, 2007-08). President, Maryland State's Attorneys' Association, 2005-07 (member, 2003-08). Board of Directors, National District Attorneys' Association, 2005-07. President, Young Democrats of Maryland, 1997-98. Board of Directors, Mental Health Association of Maryland, 2004-07; Mid-Shore Mental Health Systems, 2004-07; Special Olympics Maryland, 2004-07. Adjunct Professor, University of Baltimore School of Law, University of Maryland College Park, University of Maryland Baltimore County, and University of Maryland University College, 2014-20. Alumni Community Service Award, Western Maryland College, 2001. Prosecutor of the Year Award, Daniel O'Connell Law Society, 2003. Life Saver Award, Mid-Shore Council on Family Violence, 2006. Outstanding State's Attorney Award, Mid-Shore Council on Family Violence, 2007. Citizenship Award, Somerset County Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 2010. Member, Christ Episcopal Church, Stevensville, Maryland. Married; five children.
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