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{{Short description|Judge of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals from 2008 to 2015}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{One source|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|office = Judge of the [[Appellate Court of Maryland|Maryland Court of Special Appeals]]<br/>from the at-large circuit
|term_start = February 27, 2008
|term_end = September 19, 2015
|nominator = [[Martin O'Malley]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|09|15}}
|birth_place = [[Baltimore]], Maryland
|education = {{ubl|class=nowrap|[[Loyola University Maryland]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])|[[American University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])|[[Georgetown University Law Center]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])}}
}}
'''Robert A. Zarnoch''' (born September 19, 1945) is an American lawyer and judge who served as a judge of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals (now the [[Appellate Court of Maryland]]) from 2008 to 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert A. Zarnoch, Maryland Court of Special Appeals Judge |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/30sp/former/html/msa11513.html |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=msa.maryland.gov}}</ref>

== Biography ==
Zarnoch was born September 19, 1945, in [[Baltimore]], Maryland. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in English from [[Loyola University Maryland]] in 1967, a [[Master of Arts]] in journalism from [[American University]] in 1969, and a [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Georgetown University Law Center]], where he edited ''[[The Georgetown Law Journal]]'' from 1973 to 1974, in 1974. He was also a member of the [[United States Army Reserve]] from 1968 to 1976.<ref name="MSA">{{Cite web |title=Robert A. Zarnoch, Maryland Court of Special Appeals Judge |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/30sp/former/html/msa11513.html |access-date=October 13, 2024 |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=[[Maryland State Archives]]}}</ref>

Zarnoch's legal career began as a clerk for chief judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals (now the [[Supreme Court of Maryland]]) [[Robert C. Murphy (judge)|Robert C. Murphy]] from 1974 to 1975. He was admitted to the Maryland and Washington, D.C., [[bar (law)|bar]]s in 1974 and 1975, respectively. He served in the office of the [[attorney general of Maryland]], first as an assistant in the civil division from 1977 to 1979 then as a [[counsel]] to the [[Maryland General Assembly]] from 1979 to 2008. He was the chair of the [[Maryland State Bar Association]] from 1992 to 1993.<ref name="MSA" />

Zarnoch was appointed as an at-large judge of the Court of Special Appeals on February 27, 2008. As a judge, Zarnoch served as chair of the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission Law Review Committee from 2008 to 2010, a member of the Code Revision Committee from 2008 to 2015, chair of the General Provisions Article Review Committee from 2012 to 2014, and vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure from 2012 to 2015. He reached the [[mandatory retirement]] age of 70 on September 19, 2015.<ref name="MSA" />

Zarnoch was an [[adjunct professor]] at the [[University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law|University of Maryland School of Law]] and [[University of Baltimore School of Law]] and a lecturer to the [[Judicial Institute of Maryland]].<ref name="MSA" />

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