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Garrett College will hold its 2010 commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 15, at 10:30 a.m. in the college gymnasium. Leonard J. Eiswert, associate judge for the Garrett County District Court of Maryland, will be this year’s commencement speaker.
A resident of Pleasant Valley, Eiswert has played a key role in Garrett County since 1977, when he became the county’s assistant state’s attorney, a position he held until 1980. Partnering with Ralph M. Burnett in 1977, Eiswert started the Law Firm of Burnett & Eiswert in Oakland and spent many years handling cases for people in the area. The firm, now known as Janes & Kepple, PA, still operates today.
Eiswert was born and reared in Baltimore. He graduated from Calvert Hall College High School in Baltimore in 1961, received his bachelor of science degree from Loyola College, now Loyola University, in 1965, and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1972.
While at Loyola, Eiswert began a military career. He was commissioned as second lieutenant in the United States Army ROTC in 1965. He entered active duty in August of that year and was assigned to the 459th Signal Battalion at Ft. Huachuca, Ariz. He served in the Republic of South Vietnam when his battalion was deployed there until 1967, when his active duty was completed.
Eiswert was assigned to reserve duty with the 1176 Transportation Headquarters in Curtis Bay, Baltimore, in 1968. After eight years of service, Eiswert terminated his military service in 1973, ranked at captain in the U.S. Army Reserves.
After a lengthy career as an attorney in Garrett County, Eiswert was appointed associate judge in October of 2008, an appointment that carries a 10-year term.
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