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Christopher West's Biography

Office:

Contact Information

Office

303 James Senate Office Building
11 Bladen Street
Annapolis, MD 21401

1134 York Road Suite 200
Lutherville, MD 21093

Full Name:

Christopher 'Chris' R. West

Gender:

Male

Family:

Wife: Anne; 1 Child: Christopher

Birth Date:

04/07/1950

Birth Place:

Baltimore, MD

JD, University of Pennsylvania, 1975

BA, Williams College, 1972

Senator, Maryland State Senate, District 42, 2019-present

Candidate, Maryland State Senate, District 42, 2022

Delegate, Maryland State House of Delegates, District 42B, 2015-2019

Former Member, Death with Dignity Workgroup Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Estates and Trusts Subcommittee of the Health and Government Operations Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Federal Relations Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Health Facilities and Pharmaceuticals Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Health and Government Operations Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Insurance Subcommittee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Former Member, Regional Revitalization Work Group Committee, Maryland State House of Delegates

Co-Chair, American Bar Association’s Maryland Fellows

Chair, Business Law Department, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes

Legal Counsel, Maryland Republican Party, 1982-1996,1998-2003

Member, State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy, 2021-present

Member, Task Force to Study Maryland Orphans Court, 2021-present

Member, Workgroup to Study the Transformation of Manufacturing in Maryland's Emerging Digital Economy, 2021-present

Member, Governor's Family Violence Council, 2019-present

Member, Maryland Historical Trust, 2019-present

Member, Board of the Ruxton Area Foundation, present

Former Chair, Baltimore County Republican Party

Former President, Bar Association of Baltimore City

Member, Board of the Radio Reading Network of Maryland for the Blind and Disabled

Member, Board of the Thomas Wilson foundation

Member/President, Board of the Young Victorian Theatre Company

Member, Emmanuel Episcopal Church

Former Vice Chair, Maryland State Arts Council

Member, Maryland State Bar Association’s Board of Governors

Executive Director, Maryland State Republican Party

Former President, Ruxton-Riderwood-Lake Roland Area Improvement Association

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