District Court Biographies
Holy Name Society, American Legion judge advocate
for the Department of Maryland Marned, 8 children
DANIEL W. MOYLAN. District Court, District 11,
1979— Born in Baltimore City, February 21, 1934
Attended Western Maryland College, A B, 1956, Uni-
versity of Maryland School of Law, LL B, J D, 1961
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1961 Served in the US
Army Member, Amencan, Maryland State, and Wash-
ington County Bar Associations, Maryland Trial
Lawyers Association, trustee (1979) and part-time faculty
(1976—), MICPEL, former part-time instructor of Busi-
ness Law, Frostburg State College, 1972 - 1976, partici-
pant, Amencan Academy for Judicial Education televi-
sion senes for continuing legal education, 1973 - 1974,
member, Review Board, Attorney Grievance Commis-
sion of Maryland, 1975 - 1979 Law clerk to Judge Wil-
liam L Henderson, Maryland Court of Appeals, 1961,
assistant U S attorney, 1962 - 1964, tnal magistrate,
Washington County, 1965 -1967, state's attorney,
Washington County, 1971 - 1975 Member, Board of
Visitors (chairman. Executive Committee), Maryland
School for the Deaf, 1965 - 1979 Marned, 4 children
VERN J. MUNGER. Distnct Court, District 1, 1967 —
Born in Baltimore, October 20, 1915 Attended Polytech-
nic Institute, University of Baltimore, A A , 1949, Univer-
sity of Baltimore Law School, LL B, 1952 Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1952 Served in the US Merchant Mannes
Assistant city solicitor, Baltimore City, 1957 -1967
Member, Masons, Shnne Marned, 2 children
WILLIAM H. MURPHY, SR. Distnct Court, Distnct
1, 1970— Born in Baltimore, Apnl 20, 1917
Attended Baltimore City public schools, Oberlin Col-
lege, A B, 1939, University of Maryland School of
Law, LLB, 1947 Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1947 Served in the US Army Member, Monumental
City Bar Association, Judicial Council, National Bar
Association Marned, 5 children
VERNON L. NEILSON. Distnct Court, Distnct 7,
1971 — Born in Baltimore, Apnl 19, 1926 Attended
Catonsville High School, University of Baltimore, A A,
1948, LLB, 1951 Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1951 Served in the US Navy Member, Anne Arundel
County Bar Association Judge, Peoples Court of Anne
Arundel County, 1969 Delegate, Constitutional Con-
vention, 1967 Member, AF & AM, Boumi Shnne,
Baltimore Marned, 5 children
J. THOMAS NISSEL. Distnct Court, Distnct 10, 1971
—, Administrative Judge, Born in Baltimore, December
29, 1930 Attended parochial schools in Baltimore Coun-
ty, Loyola College, B A, 1952, University of Maryland
School of Law, LL B , 1955, J D , 1969 Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1955 Member, Maryland State Bar Asso-
ciation, Tnal Lawyers Law Club Director, Howard
County Bar Association, 1975 - 1976 Office of the At-

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tomey General, 1957 -1964, state's attorney for
Howard County, 1966, county attorney for Howard
County, 1967, associate judge, Howard County Peoples
Court, 1970, chief judge, Howard County Peoples
Court, 1971 Chairman, Howard County Lawyer Re-
ferral, 1968-1969 President and council member, Res-
urrection Church, Ellicott City, 1974 - 1975 Marned,
6 children
JOHN C. NORTH 11. Distnct Court, Distnct 3,
1971 — Born in Easton, October 16, 1930 Attended
Mercersburg Academy, University of Virginia, B A, 1951,
Harvard Law School, J D , 1954 Admitted to the Mary-
land Bar, 1956 Served in the US Coast Guard Member,
Maryland State Bar Association State's attorney, Talbot
County, 1963 - 1971 Member, Chesapeake Bay Yacht
Club, Tred Avon Yacht Club Marned, 2 children
HARRY ST. A. O'NEILL. Distnct Court, Distnct 9,
1971 — Born in Bel Air, December 8, 1924 Attended
Bel Air High School, Mount St Mary's College, A B ,
1943, Georgetown Law School, J D , 1949 Admitted to
the Maryland Bar, 1949 Served in the US Army,
Combat Infantry Badge, Purple Heart with Cluster,
Bronze Star Member, Amencan, Maryland State, and
Harford County Bar Associations Member of editonal
staff, Georgetown Law Review, 1948 Harford County
Republican Central Committee, 1962 - 1965, tnal mag-
istrate, Harford County, 1951 - 1959, judge. Peoples
Court for Harford County, 1967 - 1971 (chief judge,
1967 - 1969), former member, Harford County Human
Relations Committee Silver Beaver Award, Baltimore
Area Council, Boy Scouts of Amenca, 1961, St George
Medal, Catholic Committee on Scouting, Baltimore
Area Council, Boy Scouts of Amenca, 1964, Catholic
War Veterans' Man of the Year, 1965, For God and
Youth Award, National Catholic Youth Organization,
1976 Member, Executive Board, Baltimore Area Coun-
cil, Boy Scouts of Amenca Marned, 2 children
JAMES MAGRUDER REA. Distnct Court, Distnct 5,
1969 — , Administrative Judge, Born in Washington, D
C , March 11, 1924 Attended Bladensburg High School,
University of Maryland, A B , 1943, University of Mary-
land School of Law, LL B , 1950 Admitted to the Mary-
land Bar, 1951 Served in the US Army Member, Amen-
can, Maryland State, and Pnnce George's County Bar
Associations Chairman, Democratic State Central Com-
mittee, Pnnce George's County, 1966 - 1969 Member,
Tnnity Church, Upper Mariboro, Southern Maryland So-
ciety, Mariborough Hunt Club Marned, 4 children
JOHN PERICLES RELLAS. Distnct Court, Distnct 8,
1976— Born in Nashua, New Hampshire, July 26,
1926 Attended Tllton Prep, Tilton, New Hampshire,
Stetson University, A B , 1949, University of Baltimore,
LLB, 1955 Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1961
Served in the U S Navy Assistant public defender,
Baltimore County, 1972 - 1976 Marned, 2 children