Tuesday,  July  8,  2008

(Recalled Magistrate Judge, United States District Court District of Rhode Island) Appointed Magistrate Judge by US District Court Judges. Appointed Recalled Magistrate Judge by Judicial Council of the First Circuit 1995. Born Providence, Rhode Island July 3, 1927. Religious affiliation: Armenian Apostolic. Educated George Washington University A.B. 1957, Georgetown University Law Center and Washington College of Law J.D. 1960. Admitted to practice Virginia 1961, Rhode Island 1964, U.S. Supreme Court 1964, U.S. District Court District of Rhode Island and Eastern District of Virginia, U.S. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Tax Court. Appellate Judge, U.S. Court of Military Review 1967-70.

Former Consultant Rhode Island Commission to Reform Criminal Procedures. Former Director Roger Williams College Law Center. Author "Free Speech in the Military" Congressional Record, 90th Congress Vol. 113 No. 180 at A5434, Nov. 1967; "Due Process of Law and Military Justice Today" Rhode Island B. Jour. Jan 1969; "Police Instructions and the Fourth Amendment" Criminal Law Reporter, Bureau of National Affairs Feb 1969; "Administrative Due Process" Congressional Hearings, Armed Services HR 523, June 8, 1971; Forcing Open the State Courthouse Doors: Federal Court Deference and Its Challenge to the State" 16 No. 2 Suffolk University L. Rev. Rhode Island Survey 1982; and "U.S. Magistrate Judges - A look at the Growth and Development" 39 No. 7 Federal Bar News and Journal Aug 1992. Co-author Courts of Military Review Rules of Practice and Procedure AFM 111-4, AR 27-13, NAVSO P-2319 CG 241A Aug 1, 1969; Federal Practice Manual West Publishing Company 1970; and "State Courts as Guardians of Constitutional Liberties" Boston B. Jour. April 1979 reprinted in Rhode Island B. Jour. Dec 1979. Faculty Member Federal Jurisdiction Providence College and Constitutional Law Roger Williams College (Director 1970-71 and Chairman Advisor Committee on Law Center). Lecturer Federal Judicial Center Washington D.C. Adjunct Professor of Constitutional Rights and Liberties American University Center for the Administration of Justice since 1971. Visiting Professor U.S. Naval War College 1993. Appointed Honors Faculty Fellow Honors Program University of Rhode Island 1994-95. Adjunct Professor Suffolk University Law School. Member Institute of Judicial Administration, American Judges Association, U.S. Army and USAF Clemency and Parole Board, Federal (Past President Rhode Island Chapter, National Council, National Chairman Committee on Criminal Law, Chair U.S. Magistrate Judges Committee) and American (Former Consultant Section of Criminal Justice, Vice Chairman Committee on Adequate Defense and Incentives in the Military, Former Secretary-Reporter Committee on Military Law) Bar Associations. Awarded U.S. Legion of Merit by direction of President for judicial and legal service to government and U.S. Legion of Merit First Oak Leaf Cluster for duties as Appellate Judge. Colonel U.S. Army JAGC (retired) 1944-1970. Chief, Criminal Law Division OTJAG U.S. Department of the Army 1965-67, Group Supervisor Defense Appellate Division U.S. Army Judiciary 1969 and Deputy Staff Judge Advocate, U.S. Commander in Berlin 1960-61. Attended Industrial College of the Armed Forces 1964-65, Graduate Thesis Program in International Law 1964, Federal Judicial Center and Judge Advocate General School. Recipient Army Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster. Former Member Advisory Committee to the President and Board of Trustees on the Administration of Justice American University.