Draft:Irving A. Levine

Irving A. Levine (1924 – October 2, 1978) was a justice of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1972 to 1978.

Levine received an LL.B. from the George Washington University, and served in the U.S. Army Corps during World War II, from 1943 to 1945.

"On October 2, 1978, Irving A. Levine, Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, was suddenly stricken and died. He had served as a member of the Court of Appeals since 1972, and before that as a Judge of the Circuit Court for Montgomery County."

"In Sard v. Hardy, Judge Levine wrote an opinion that brought the doctrine of informed consent to the State of Maryland".

"He was admitted to practice in the District of Columbia in 1950 and Maryland in 1955. Judge Levine's judicial career began as Judge for the Maryland Tax Court (1965-1967) and continued with his service as Judge in the Maryland Circuit Court Sixth Judicial Circuit (1967-1972). Governor Marvin Mandel appointed Levine to the Maryland Court of Appeals in 1972, where he sat until his death in 1978."

"Mandel named Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Irving A. Levine to fill a vacancy created by the death of Judge Thomas B. Finan. ... Levine had been a member of the Circuit Court bench since his appointment in 1967 by Gov. J. Millard Tawes. He was elected to a 15-year term the following year. Before that, Levine was a member of the Maryland tax court for two years."

Levine was succeeded on the court by the appointment of Rita C. Davidson, the first woman to serve on the court of appeals.