Court of Special Appeals Biographies

dicature Society; Rule Day Club. Maryland House of
Delegates, 1954-1962; chairman. House Judiciary Com-
mittee, 1958-1962. Member, Charter Board of Anne
Arundel County, 1962-1963; Maryland Constitutional
Convention Commission, 1965-1966. Associate judge,
Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, 1966-1974.
Member, Rules Committee of Court of Appeals, 1967-
1974. Member, Annapolis Yacht Club; Sailing Club of
the Chesapeake; South River Club; B.P.O. Elks; Saint
Anne's Episcopal Church. Married; 3 children.

JOHN P. MOORE. Court of Special Appeals, 1973—.
Born in New York, New York, March 14, 1916.
Attended Regis High School, New York City; Manhat-
tan College, B.B.A., 1937; Catholic University, J.D.,
1940. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1956. Served in
the U.S. Naval Reserve. Member, American, Maryland
State, and Montgomery County Bar Associations;
American Judicature Society; Institute of Judicial Ad-
ministration; U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society;
Maryland Bar Foundation. Chairman, Executive Com-
mittee, Maryland Judicial Conference, 1971-1972. Chief
counsel, U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Privileges and
Elections, 1951-1953; member, Montgomery County
Board of Appeals, 1954-1957 (chairman, 1956-
1957). Maryland House of Delegates, 1962-1966.
Judge, Circuit Court for Montgomery County, 1966-
1973. Recipient, Agnes Bruce Greig Award for "Lead-
ership on Behalf of Handicapped Children in the State
of Maryland," 1967; John Dubois Medal for Distin-
guished Public Service, National Alumni, Mt. Saint
Mary's College, Emmitsburg, Md., 1968; Law and the
Courts Award, Catholic University Alumni Association,
1974; first annual Distinguished Service Award, United
Cerebral Palsy Association of Maryland, 1976; E.
Brooke Lee Award, Distinguished Public Service, Silver
Spring Board of Trade, 1977. Married; 2 children.

JAMES COOKE MORTON, JR. Court of Special
Appeals, 1967—. Born in Baltimore, March 7, 1913.
Attended Severn School; Johns Hopkins University;
University of Maryland, LL.B., 1937. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1937. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard
Reserve. Member, Maryland State and Anne Arundel
County Bar Associations. Maryland General Assembly,
1939-1946. State's attorney, Anne Arundel County,
1948-1952; counsel to Anne Arundel County Commis-
sioners, 1959-1961; executive assistant to the Governor
of Maryland, 1961-1967; chairman. Board of Trustees,
Anne Arundel Community College, 1970-1971. Board
of Editors, Maryland Law Review. Married; 2 children.

CHARLES E. MOYLAN, JR. Court of Special Ap-
peals, 1970—. Born in Baltimore, December 14, 1930.

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Attended Baltimore City College; Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity, B.A., 1952; University of Maryland School of
Law, J.D., 1955. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1958.
Served as a special agent in the Counter Intelligence
Corps. Member, American, Maryland State, and
Baltimore City Bar Associations; The Seldon Society.
Assistant state's attorney, Baltimore City, 1959-1962;
deputy state's attorney, Baltimore City, 1963; state's at-
torney, Baltimore City, 1964-1970. Lecturer on consti-
tutional-criminal law for the American Academy of Ju-
dicial Education, the National College of District
Attorneys, and other organizations. Distinguished Ser-
vice Award, National District Attorneys Association,
1968. Married; 3 children.

CHARLES AWDRY THOMPSON. Court of Special
Appeals, 1967—. Born in Hurlock, June 23, 1915.
Attended Hurlock High School; Washington and Lee
University, A.B., 1936; University of Maryland, LL.B.,
1940. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1940. Served in
the U.S. Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Member, Ameri-
can, Maryland, and Dorchester County Bar Associa-
tions; American Judicature Society. Member, House of
Delegates, 1950-1954; chairman, Ways and Means
Committee, and majority floor leader, 1954. Attorney
for Dorchester County Commissioners, 1954-1958;
member. Economic Development Commission of Mary-
land, 1959-1963; attorney for Commissioners of Cam-
bridge, 1961-1966; state's attorney for Dorchester
County, 1963-1966. Cambridge Rotary Club; B.P.O.
Elks. Married; 2 children.

EDWARD 0. WEANT, JR. Court of Special Appeals,
1979—. Born in Westminster, April 9, 1918. Attended
Westminster public schools; St. James School, St.
James; Donaldson School, Ilchester; Western Maryland
College, A.B., 1941; University of Maryland, LL.B.,
1949; Harvard Graduate School of Business Adminis-
tration. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1949. Served in
the U.S. Army. Member, American, Maryland State,
and Carroll County Bar Associations. Maryland Senate,
1959-1965; judge. Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1965-1979.
Life member, American Legion; VFW. Married; 2 chil-
dren.

ALAN M. WILNER. Court of Special Appeals, 1977—.
Born in Baltimore, January 26, 1937. Attended Balti-
more City College; Johns Hopkins University, A.B.,
1958, M.L.A., 1966; University of Maryland School of
Law, J.D., 1962. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1962.
Member, Maryland State Bar Association. Order of the
Coif. Assistant attorney general of Maryland, 1965-
1968; chief legislative officer, governor's staff, 1974-
1977. Married; 2 children.