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Attended Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington,
D C , George Washington University, A A , 1947, LL B ,
1950 Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1950 Served in the
U S Navy Member, Maryland State, Pnnce George's,
and District of Columbia Bar Associations Attorney for
Pnnce George's County Board of License
Commissioners, Judge, Peoples Court, Pnnce George's
County, 1965 - 1969 Married, 4 children
JAMES MacCILL. Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1955 — ,
Chief Judge Born in Baltimore, November 9, 1912
Attended Calvert School, public schools of Howard
County, and Donaldson Preparatory School, Johns
Hopkins University, B A, 1934, University of Mary-
land, LLB, 1939 Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1939 Served as an ambulance driver with the Ameri-
can Field Service, 1941 - 1944 Member, Maryland
State and American Bar Associations Howard County
Zoning Commissioner, 1948 - 1953, Howard County
Planning Commissioner, 1951 - 1953 Marned, 2 chil-
dren
H. KENNETH MACKEY. Second Judicial Circuit,
1967 — Born in Wilmington, Delaware, August 20,
1919 Graduated from Elkton High School, University
of Maryland, B S , \0">">, American University, J D,
Cum Laude, 1955, National College of the Judiciary
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1955 Served in the
U S Armed Forces Member, Maryland State and
Cecil County Bar Associations, Maryland Judicial
Conference Chairman, Cecil County Property Review
Board, 1960 - 1967, auditor. Circuit Court for Cecil
County, 1962 - 1967 Author of articles in profession-
al Journals, editor in chief. Law Review, 1954 - 1955
Member, Cherry Hill Methodist Church, Rotary Club;
Sons of the American Revolution, VFW, American
Legion, Singerly Fire Company, 29th Division Associ-
ation, Reserve Officers Association Marned, 1 child
JOHN N. MAGUIRE. Third Judicial Circuit,
1966 — Born in Wilmington, Delaware, September
19, 1914 University of Virginia, University of Maryland
School of Law Served as a Special Agent in the Count-
er Intelligence Corps, received the bronze star Magis-
trate, Baltimore County, 1949 - 1954 Maryland House
of Delegates, 1955 - 1966 Chairman, Democratic State
Central Committee for Baltimore County, 1964 - 1966
Member, Delta Upsilon, Gamma Eta Gamma, Rotary
Club Marned, 1 child
ROBERT H. MASON. Seventh Judicial Circuit,
1978 — Born in Washington, DC, July 9, 1938
Attended the University of Maryland, B A , 1963, Uni-
versity of Maryland School of Law, J D , 1969 Admit-
ted to the Maryland Bar, 1969 Member, Amencan,
Maryland State, and Pnnce George's County Bar
Associations, National Council of Juvenile Court
Judges, Metropolitan Council of Family and Juvenile
Court Judges Marned, 3 children

Circuit Court Biographies
JOSEPH M. MATHIAS. Sixth Judicial Circuit,
1965 —. Administrative Judge Born in Frankfort,
Kentucky, January 23, 1914 Attended Central High
School, Washington, DC, University of Maryland,
AB, 1935, Southeastern University, LLB, 1942 Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1942 Served in the US
Navy and Reserves Member, Amencan, Maryland
State, and Montgomery County Bar Associations,
Amencan Judicature Society Judge, Maryland Tax
Court, Baltimore City, 1959 - 1965 Former reporter
and assistant city editor, Washington Post, former part-
time instructor in Journalism, George Washington Uni-
versity Marned, 3 children
JOSEPH A. MATTINGLY. Seventh Judicial Circuit,
1972 — Born in Leonardtown, January 2, 1916
Attended St Mary's Academy, University of Mary-
land, Mount St Mary's, University of Maryland
School of Law, LL B, 1941, J D, 1969 Admitted to
the Maryland Bar, 1941 Served in the US Navy
Member, Maryland State and St Mary's County Bar
Associations Maryland House of Delegates, 1946 -
1950, Maryland State Senate, 1955 - 1958 State's At-
torney, St Mary's County, 1951 -1954, 1958 - 1961,
member. Board of Parole and Probation Association,
1961 - 1967, Assistant Attorney General, 1967 -
1972 Member, Amencan Legion, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, Knights of Columbus, St Mary's Histoncal So-
ciety, Navy League of the United States U S Treasury
Savings Bond Chairman, 1950 - 1978, citation from
the St Mary's Fraternal Order of Policemen, 1975
Marned, 12 children
AUDREY EARNSHAW MELBOURNE. Seventh Ju-
dicial Circuit, 1978 — Born in Chicago, Illinois, De-
cember 20, 1930 Attended Drake Academy, New
York, New York, Roanoke College, George Washing-
ton University, B A, 1955, University of Maryland
School of Law, LL B, 1962 Admitted to the Mary-
land Bar, 1962 Member, Amencan, Maryland State,
and Prince George's County Bar Associations, Amen-
can Judicature Society, Womens Bar Association,
Pnnce George's County Women Lawyers Caucus
Woman of the Year (BPW), 1969, Ten Most Outstand-
ing Women of Laurel, 1971, Outstanding Citizen, So-
roptimist International, Laurel, 1976 Divorced, 4 chil-
dren
SAMUEL W. H. MELOY. Seventh Judicial Circuit,
1965 — Born in Washington, DC, March 4, 1915
Attended Eastern High School, Washington, D C,
University of Maryland, A B, 1936, George Washing-
ton University, M P L, J D, 1939 Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1939 Served in the US Navy Mem-
ber, Amencan, Maryland State, and Pnnce George's
County Bar Associations, Amencan Judicature Society
Member, M Club, University of Maryland, president,
Terrapin Club, University of Maryland, member,
Vansville Farmers Club Marned, 3 children