District Court Biographies
retary to the Archdiocesan Holy Name Society; Ameri-
can Legion judge advocate for the Department of
Maryland. Married; 8 children.
DANIEL W. MOYLAN. District Court, District 11,
1979—. Bom 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
U.S. Army. Member, American, Maryland State, and
Washington County Bar Associations; Maryland Trial
Lawyers Association; trustee (1979) and part-time facul-
ty (1976—), MICPEL; former part-time instructor of
Business Law, Frsotburg State College, 1972-1976; par-
ticipant, American Academy for Judicial Education
television series for continuing legal education, 1973-
1974; member, Review Board, Attorney Grievance
Commission of Maryland, 1975-1979. Law clerk to
Judge William L. Henderson, Maryland Court of Ap-
peals, 1961; assistant U.S. attorney, 1962-1964; trial
magistrate, Washington County, 1965-1967; state's at-
torney, Washington County, 1971-1975. Member,
Board of Visitors (chairman. Executive Committee),
Maryland School for the Deaf, 1965-1979. Married; 4
children.
VERN J. MUNGER. District Court, District 1,
1971—. Born in Baltimore, October 20, 1915. Attended
Polytechnic Institute; Johns Hopkins University; Uni-
versity of Baltimore, A.A., 1949; University of
Baltimore Law School, LL.B., 1952. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1952; Supreme Court of the United
States, 1958. Served in the U.S. Merchant Marines.
Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on
Interstate Highways, 1957-1958. Assistant city solici-
tor, Baltimore City, 1958-1967. People's Court for
Baltimore City, 1967-1971. Member, Waverly Lodge
#152, Masons (AF&AM); Buomi Temple, Shrine of
North America. Married; 2 children.
WILLIAM H. MURPHY, SR. District Court, District
1, 1970—. Born in Baltimore, April 20, 1917. Attended
Baltimore City public schools; Oberlin College, A.B.,
1939; University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B.,
1947. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1947. Served in
the U.S. Army. Member, Monumental City Bar Associ-
ation; Judicial Council; National Bar Association. Mar-
ried; 5 children.
VERNON L. NEILSON. District Court, District 7,
1971—. Bom in Baltimore, April 19, 1926. Attended
Catonsville High School; University of Baltimore, A.A.,
1948, LL.B., 1951. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1951. Served in the U.S. Navy. Member, Anne Arundel
County Bar Association. Judge. Peoples Court of Anne
Arundel County, 1969. Delegate, Constitutional Con-
vention, 1967. Member, AF & AM; Boumi Shrine,
Baltimore. Married; 5 children.
JOHN C. NORTH II. District Court, District 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
Maryland Bar, 1956. Served in the U.S. Coast Guard.
Member, Maryland State Bar Association. State's attor-
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ney, Talbot County, 1963-1971. Member, Chesapeake
Bay Yacht Club; Tred Avon Yacht Club. Married; 2
children.
HARRY ST. A. O'NEILL. District Court, District 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 U.S. Army;
Combat Infantry Badge, Purple Heart with Cluster,
Bronze Star. Member, Maryland State and Harford
County Bar Associations. Member of editorial staff,
Georgetown Law Review, 1948. Harford County Repub-
lican Central Committee, 1962-1965; trial magistrate,
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 America, 1961; St. George Med-
al, Catholic Committee on Scouting, Baltimore Area
Council, Boy Scouts of America, 1964; Catholic War
Veterans' Man of the Year, 1965; For God and Youth
Award, National Catholic Youth Organization, 1976.
Member, Executive Board, Baltimore Area Council,
Boy Scouts of America. Married; 2 children.
IRMA S. RAKER. District Court, District 6, 1980—.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, April 24, 1938. Attended
Midwood High School; Syracuse University, B.A.,
1959; Washington College of Law, American Universi-
ty, J.D., 1972. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1973.
Member, American, Maryland State, Montgomery
County, and District of Columbia Women's Bar Associ-
ations. National District Attorneys' Association. Recip-
ient, American Judicature Book Award for Torts, Crim-
inal Procedure; Lura E. Turley Award from Wash-
ington College of Law; Law Review, American Uni-
versity. Assistant state's attorney, Montgomery County,
1973-1979. Member, Montgomery County Advisory
Commission on Energy Conservation, 1979; Montgom-
ery County Commission on Battered Spouses; Advisory
Commission on Child Abuse and Neglect. Partner in
law firm of Sachs, Greenbaum, and Taylor. Attended
Hague Academy of International Law, 1959. Publica-
tion: "The Right of the Police to Break and Enter: No-
Knock," American University Law Review (1970-
1971). Married; 3 children.
JOHN PERICLES RELLAS. District Court, District
8, 1976—. Born in Nashua, New Hampshire, July 26,
1926. Attended Tilton Prep, Tilton, New Hampshire;
Stetson University, A.B., 1949; University of Baltimore,
LL.B., 1955. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1961.
Served in the U.S. Navy. Assistant public defender,
Baltimore County, 1972-1976. Married; 2 children.
ALAN M. RESNICK. District Court, District 1,
1974—. Born in Baltimore, May 14, 1928. Attended
Baltimore City Collge; University of Maryland, A.B.,
1949; University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B.,
1952. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1952. Served in
the U.S. Army. Member, Maryland and Baltimore City
Bar Associations; American Judicature Society. Mary-
land House of Delegates, 1958-1974; chairman. Insur-
ance Committee of the House of Delegates, 1966- 1974;
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