PAUL W. GRIMM
Magistrate Judge Paul W. Grimm was born in 1951 in Yokohama, Japan. Judge Grimm attended the University of California, Davis, where he received an A.B. in 1973, summa cum laude. While at the University of California, Judge Grimm was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Reserve Officer Training Corps. He continued his education at the University of New Mexico School of Law and graduated magna cum laude with a J.D. in 1976. During law school, Judge Grimm was awarded the Order of Coif and served on the Law Review.
In 1973, Judge Grimm was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, was released as a Captain in 1979, and currently serves as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U. S. Army Reserve. Some of Judge Grimm’s active duty assignments included the Judge Advocate General’s Corps at Fort Bliss, Texas, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, and the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Judge Grimm’s civilian career began in 1980, when he joined the State’s Attorney’s Office for Baltimore County, Maryland as an Assistant State’s Attorney. A year later, he became an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maryland, where he remained until 1984. From 1984 until 1997, Judge Grimm worked in private practice. On February 5, 1997, Judge Grimm was appointed a United States Magistrate Judge for the District Court for the District of Maryland.
Several military awards have been bestowed upon Judge Grimm, including the Parachutist Badge, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal and Army Achievement Medal. In addition, Judge Grimm received the Maryland Bar Foundation 2001 Professional Legal Excellence Award for the Advancement of Professional Competence, and the Maryland Institute for the Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers Distinguished Service Award in 1998. Judge Grimm has also written numerous books and articles on evidence, procedure and trial practice, and is an adjunct faculty member of the University of Maryland and University of Baltimore Schools of Law.