Mr. Kudel graduated cum laude from the University of Maryland in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology and received his Juris Doctor Degree in 1980 from American University, Washington College of Law. Prior to his 1980 admission to the Maryland Bar, Mr. Kudel was engaged in other law-related activities. In 1971, Mr. Kudel was sworn in as a Police Officer with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, where he was assigned to the Narcotics and Internal Affairs Divisions. In 1978, Mr. Kudel worked as a white collar crime investigator in the Office of the State's Attorney for Montgomery County, Maryland. From 1986 to 2000, along with practicing law, Mr. Kudel was an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, University College. In 2000, Mr. Kudel was elected President of the Bar Association of Montgomery County, Maryland, and the following year, he served as President of the Montgomery County Bar Foundation. In 2002, Mr. Kudel was a Delegate representing Montgomery County, Maryland in the American Bar Association House of Delegates. Also in 2002, Mr. Kudel was elected to serve on The Board Of Governors of the Maryland State Bar Association where he served as a Governor until 2005. Mr. Kudel served five consecutive terms as Treasurer of the Maryland State Bar Association and in 2010, he was elected President-Elect. From 2012 to 2013, Mr. Kudel served as the 119th President of the Maryland State Bar Association. Since 2000, Mr. Kudel has been "Of Counsel" to the Law Firm of Karp, Frosh, Lapidus, Wigodsky and Norwind, P.A., and has represented the firm's clients who are charged with criminal, traffic, juvenile, and domestic disputes in the State of 2010, he formed Kudel, McGann & Del Pino, LLC and in 2013, they added a fourth partner to the Firm, now known as Kudel, McGann, Del Pino & Hughes, LLC where Mr. Kudel continues to serve as the firm's Managing Partner.