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Speaking With Experts: Judge Andre Davis interviewed by Steve Klepper Part 2
Judge Andre Davis, retired Fourth Circuit Judge and Baltimore City Solicitor, continues his conversation with Kramon & Graham's Steve Klepper about mentors and role models. In this episode they discuss Judge Davis's experience teaching at the University of Maryland Law School, judicial politics in Maryland, his appointments as judge in the District Court of Maryland, Circuit Court for Baltimore City and then the US District Court, and his relationship with his former law clerks. Steve Klepper is the head of the appellate practice at Kramon & Graham.
00:00:00 Teaching at the University of Maryland Law School
00:07:14 The decision to become a judge in the District Court of Maryland
00:19:45 Judicial politics in the 1980s and appointment to the Circuit Court for Baltimore City
00:26:23 Becoming a US District Court judge
00:35:49 Judge Davis's relationship with his former law clerks: "family, family, family"
00:37:25 Thoughts on name changes for Maryland's high courts and hopes for the future
00:40:07 Judge Davis's memories of Steve's mentor and colleague Max Lauten
