Dale Roberts Cathell (born July 30, 1937) is an American lawyer and jurist who from 1998 to 2007 was a judge on the

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Early life

Dale Roberts Cathell was born on July 30, 1937, in

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, to Charlotte Robert (née Hocker) Terrell and Dale Parsons Cathell. He attended Stephen Decatur High School. He served in the

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from 1955 to 1959. He then attended the

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from 1962 to 1964. He earned a

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from the Mt. Vernon School of Law (now part of the

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) in 1967 and was admitted to the Maryland bar in the same year.

Career

Cathell served as a partner of Cathell & Ewell from 1970 to 1980. He served as an associate judge of the District Court of Maryland, District 2 in Worcester County from 1980 to 1981. He then served as an associate judge from 1981 to 1982 and then an administrative judge of the Worcester County Circuit Court, 1st Judicial Court from 1982 to 1989. In 1997, he was an adjutant professor at the

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. On January 20, 1998, he became a judge of the

. He retired on July 20, 2007, but sat on the bench until his replacement was appointed.

Personal life

Cathell married Charlotte Morgan Kerbin of

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in 1974. They had three children.

Awards

* 2004 – Access to Justice Award, Women's Law Center of Maryland

References

External links

Cathell's profile at the Maryland state archives
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