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GERARD WM. WITTSTADT. District Court, District
8, 1976—. Born in Baltimore, March 25, 1932.
Attended Mt. St. Joseph's High School; University of
Maryland, A.B., 1954; University of Maryland School
of Law, J.D., 1957. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1957. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Member, Amer-
ican, Maryland State, and Baltimore County Bar Asso-
ciations. University of Maryland Law Review. Former
assistant attorney general of Maryland and assistant
public defender of Maryland. Married; 6 children.

SYLVANIA W. WOODS. District Court, District 5,
1976—. Born in Fort Gaines, Georgia, August 4, 1927.
Attended public schools in Fort Gaines; Morris Brown
College, Atlanta, B.A., 1949; Atlanta University; Amer-
ican University, J.D., 1960. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1969. Served in the U.S. Navy. Member, Washing-
ton, District of Columbia, and Prince George's County
Bar Associations. Vice-chairman, Prince George's Coun-
ty Democratic Party and regional vice-chairman of the
Maryland State Democratic Party, 1974-1976; judge
advocate of the American Legion, Department of Mary-
land, 1975. Married; 2 children.

CHARLES W. WOODWARD, JR. District Court,
District 6, 1974—. Born in Poolesville, February 28,

District Court Biographies

1919. Attended Montgomery County public schools;
University of Maryland, A.B., 1941; University of
Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1948. Served in the
U.S. Army- Member of the Maryland State and Mont-
gomery County Bar Associations. Former trustee, Cli-
ents' Security Trust Fund of the Bar of Maryland.
Member, Maryland House of Delegates, 1955-1963.
Former member. Governor's Commission to Revise the
Annotated Code of Maryland; Governor's Judicial Sala-
ry and Pension Review Board.

WILLIAM B. YATES II. District Court, District 2,
1975—. Administrative Judge. Born in Cambridge,
January 27, 1916. Attended Cambridge High School;
University of Maryland; University of Baltimore, J.D.
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1961. Served in the
U.S. Army; Purple Heart, Bronze Star. Member, Mary-
land State Bar Association; past member, American Bar
Association. Judge, Orphans' Court, Dorchester Coun-
ty, 1958-1961; state's attorney, Dorchester County,
1967-1975. Member, VFW; American Legion; Rotary
Club; Cambridge Yacht Club; Cambridge Country
Club. Married; 2 children.