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1953 and a naturalized citizen since 1959. Attended the
University of Baltimore Law School, LL.B., 1962. As-
sistant state's attorney for Baltimore City, 1967-1973;
assistant attorney general for Maryland, 1973-1974,
1976.

ROBERT BERNARD WATTS. Eighth Judicial Cir-
cuit, 1968—. Born in Baltimore, March 4, 1922.
Attended Douglass High School; Morgan State College,
B.S., 1943; University of Maryland, LL.B., 1949. Served
in the U.S. Army. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1949. Member, Baltimore City and Monumental City
Bar Associations. Assistant chief enforcement attorney,
Office of Price Administration, 1951; assistant police
magistrate, 1956; traffic court magistrate, 1957; judge,
Municipal Court, 1961; Board of Trustees, State Col-
leges of Maryland, 1963-1971. Brotherhood Award,
Exodus Lodge B'nai B'rith, 1962; Board of Managers,
YMCA, 1965; Distinguished Public Service, NAACP,
1962; National Conference of Christians and Jews
Brotherhood Award, 1969; Outstanding Alumni
Award, Douglass High School, 1971; honorary Doctor
of Law Degree, Morgan State College, 1973; honorary
Doctor of Humane Letters, Towson State College,
1976. Prisoner's Aid Association; Bon Secours Hospital;
North Charles General Hospital; Family and Children's
Society; Boys' Town Homes; Dismas House; National
Conference of Christians and Jews; Legal Aid Bureau;
commissioner. War Memorial Commission. Married; 5
children.

WILLIAM W. WENNER. Sixth Judicial Circuit,
1980—. Born in Brunswick, Maryland, September 24,
1930. Attended Brunswick High School and St. James
School; Kenyon College, A.B., 1952; University of
Maryland, LL.B., 1958. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1958. Served in the U.S. Army. Member, Maryland
State and Frederick County Bar Associations; American
Judicature Society. Fellow, Maryland Bar Foundation.
Deputy state's attorney, Frederick County, 1960-1964.
Judge, District Court, District 11, 1978-1980. Married;
2 children.

BRUCE C. WILLIAMS. Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1976—.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, February 11, 1931.
Attended Loomis School, Windsor, Connecticut;
Princeton University, A.B., 1952; University of Virginia
Law School, LL.B., 1958. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1958. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Member,
Anne Arundel County Bar Association. Judge, Peoples
Court of Anne Arundel County, 1964-1971; judge,
District Court, Seventh District, 1971-1976. Married; 4
children.

Circuit Court Biographies

MARTIN A. WOLFF. Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1979—.
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, May 11, 1938. Attended
Baltimore City schools; University of Maryland, B.A.,
1961; University of Baltimore, LL.B., 1964. Admitted
to the Maryland Bar, 1964. Member, Anne Arundel
County Bar Association. Assistant state's attorney,
Anne Arundel County, 1969-1971; deputy state's at-
torney, Anne Arundel County, 1971-1977. Faculty,
University of Maryland, 1978. Judge, District Court,
District 7, 1977-1979. Married; 1 child.

ROBERT J. WOODS. Seventh Judicial Circuit,
1976—. Born in Washington, D.C., February 16, 1933.
Attended Gonzaga High School, Washington, D.C.;
Georgetown University, B.S., 1956; Catholic University,
J.D., 1962. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1963. Mem-
ber, Maryland State and Prince George's County Bar
Associations. Assistant state's attorney. Prince George's
County, 1966-1969. Married; 2 children.

JAMES L. WRAY. Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1970—.
Born in Yellville, Arkansas, October 20, 1923. Attended
Little Rock Senior High School; Rollins College;
George Washington University, A.A., 1949; George
Washington Law School, LL.B., 1951. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1960. Served in the U.S. Army Air
Corps. Member, Maryland State Bar Association;
American Judicature Society. Married; no children.

FREDERICK C. WRIGHT III. Fourth Judicial Circuit,
1979—. Born in Hagerstown, September 4, 1938.
Attended Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Virginia;
University of Virginia, B.S., 1960, LL.B., 1963. Admit-
ted to the Maryland Bar, 1963. Served in the U.S.
Army. Member, American, Maryland State, and Wash-
ington County Bar Associations; North American Trial
Judges Association; Judicature Society. Maryland House
of Delegates, 1966-1971; speaker pro-tern, 1971; chair-
man, Committee on Rules, 1969, 1970, 1971; member,
Judiciary Committee and Committee on Constitution
and Administrative Law. Judge, District Court, District
11, 1971-1979. Mason-Dixon Council of Boy Scouts of
America; Board of Directors for Boys Club of Washing-
ton County and Big Brothers for Washington County;
member, Alcoholism Council, Mental Health Advisory
Council for Washington County; chairman, Public De-
fender Advisory Board (District 11); vestry, St. John's
Episcopal Church; Kiwanis Club of Hagerstown; Elks;
Executive Committee for Maryland Judicial Conference,
1975-1978 and 1980-1982 (presently chairman). Ha-
gerstown Jaycees Outstanding Young Man Award;
Kiwanis International Outstanding Contribution to
Community Award, 1977. Married; 2 children.