Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Martha O. Wyatt (1939-1987)
MSA SC 3520-2911

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 21, 1939.  Attended Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, public schools; St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, B.A., 1961; The Graduate Institute of St. John's College, Sante Fe, New Mexico, 1968; University of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1976.  Law Review.  Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1977.  Died December 14, 1987.

Judge, District Court of Maryland, Anne Arundel County, District 7, 1984-1987
Member, American, Maryland State, Anne Arundel County, District of Columbia and the Maryland Women's Bar Associations.
Chairperson, Maryland Commission for Women, 1981-84.
Member, Women's Law Center, 1978-84.
Member, Attorney Grievance Commission Inquiry Committee, 1983-84.
Intern, Office of the Attorney General, Counsel for the General Assembly, 1977.
Partner, Legum, Cochran, Chartrand and Wyatt, 1977-82.
Partner, Blumenthal, Delavan, Offutt and Moodispaw, 1982-84.
First woman named to the District Court in Anne Arundel County, 1984.
Author, "The Rape System:  Old Roles and New Times," Catholic University Law Review.
Author, "Maryland's Proposed Maximum Security Facilities for Juveniles:  Builder Beware," Maryland Law Forum.
Contributing author, "Follow-up Observations of Adolescent Rape Victims," Clinical Pediatrics.

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Sources:
Frese, Diane P., ed.  Maryland Manual, 1987-1988.  Annapolis:  The Maryland State Archives, 1987.
"First woman named to bench in Arundel," The Baltimore Sun, 2 June 1984.
"Judge Martha Wyatt, of Arundel District Court, dies at 48," The Baltimore Sun, 17 December 1987.

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