Circuit Court Biographies

can Academy of Judicial Education; adjunct faculty,
Washington College of Law of the American Universi-
ty. Committing magistrate, Montgomery County, 1954-
1955. Member, Standing Committee on Rules, Court of
Appeals of Maryland; trustee, Montgomery-Prince
George's Continuing Legal Education Institute. Mar-
ried; 2 children.

WILLIAM H. McCULLOUGH. Seventh Judicial Cir-
cuit, 1969—; Administrative Judge for Prince George's
County. Born in Washington, D.C., January 22, 1926.
Attended Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington,
D.C.; George Washington University, A.A., 1947, LL.B.,
1950. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1950. Served in
the U.S. Navy. Member, Maryland State, Prince
George's, and District of Columbia Bar Associations.
Attorney for Prince George's County Board of License
Commissioners; judge, Peoples Court, Prince George's
County, 1965-1969. Married; 4 children.

H. KENNETH MACKEY. Second Judicial Circuit,
1967—. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, August 20,
1919. Graduated from Elkton High School; University
of Maryland, B.S., 1953; American University, J.D.,
Cum Laude, 1955; National College of the Judiciary.
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1955. Served in the
U.S. Armed Forces. Member, Maryland State and Cecil
County Bar Associations; Maryland Judicial Confer-
ence. Chairman, Cecil County Property Review Board,
1960-1967; auditor, Circuit Court for Cecil County,
1962-1967. Author of articles in professional journals;
editor in chief, Law Review, 1954-1955. Member, Cher-
ry Hill Methodist Church; Rotary Club; Sons of the
American Revolution; VFW; American Legion; Singerly
Fire Company; 29th Division Association; Reserve Offi-
cers Association. Married; 1 child.

ROBERT H. MASON. Seventh Judicial Circuit,
1978—. Born in Washington, D.C., July 9, 1938.
Attended the University of Maryland, B.A., 1963; Uni-
versity of Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1969. Admit-
ted to the Maryland Bar, 1969. Member, American and
Prince George's County Bar Associations; National
Council of Juvenile Court Judges; Metropolitan Council
of Family and Juvenile Court Judges. Married; 3 chil-
dren.

JOSEPH A. MATTINGLY. Seventh Judicial Circuit,
1972—. Born in Leonardtown, January 2, 1916.
Attended St. Mary's Academy; University of Maryland;
Mount St. Mary's; University of Maryland School of
Law, LL.B., 1941, J.D., 1969. Admitted to the Mary-
land Bar, 1941. Served in the U.S. Navy. Member,
Maryland State and St. Mary's County Bar Associa-
tions. Maryland House of Delegates, 1946-1950; Mary-
land State Senate, 1955-1958. State's Attorney, St.
Mary's County, 1951-1954, 1958-1961; member. Board
of Parole and Probation Association, 1961-1967; Assis-
tant Attorney General, 1967-1972. Member, American
Legion, Veteran of Foreign Wars, Knights of Colum-

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bus, St. Mary's Historical Society, Navy League of the
United States. U.S. Treasury Savings Bond Chairman,
1950-1978; citation from the St. Mary's Fraternal Or-
der of Policemen, 1975. Married; 12 children.

AUDREY EARNSHAW MELBOURNE. Seventh Ju-
dicial Circuit, 1978—. Born in Chicago, Illinois, De-
cember 20, 1930. Attended Drake Academy, New
York, New York; Roanoke College; George Washing-
ton University, B.A., 1955; University of Maryland
School of Law, LL.B., 1962. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1962. Member, Maryland State and Prince
George's County Bar Associations; Prince George's
County Women Lawyers Caucus. Woman of the Year
(BPW), 1969; Ten Most Outstanding Women of Laurel,
1971; Outstanding Citizen, Soroptimist International,
Laurel, 1976. Divorced; 4 children.

WILLIAM C. MILLER. Sixth Judicial Circuit, 1982—.
Born in Kokomo, Indiana, June 15, 1930. Attended
Coolidge High School, Washington, D.C.; University of
Maryland, B.A., 1953; George Washington Law School,
LL.B., J.D., 1957. Admitted to the Maryland Bar,
1958. Served in the U.S. Air Force, 1953-1955. Mem-
ber, American, Maryland State, and Montgomery
County Bar Associations. Legislative counsel to Mont-
gomery County delegation, 1961, 1967; member, Judi-
cial Nominating Commission of the Sixth Judicial Cir-
cuit, 1971-1975. Judge, District 6, District Court of
Maryland, 1980-1982. Married; 5 children.

JOHN J. MITCHELL. Sixth Judicial Circuit, 1974—.
Born in Maiden, Massachusetts, December 26, 1926.
Attended Gonzaga College High School, Washington,
D.C.; Georgetown University; American University
Law School, LL.B., 1956. Admitted to the Maryland
Bar, 1957. Served in the U.S. Navy, 1944-1946. Mem-
ber, Maryland State Bar Association; Maryland Judicial
Conference; National Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers; Maryland State's Attorneys Association;
American Judicature Society. Public defender, Mont-
gomery County, 1968-1972; public defender, Sixth Dis-
trict, 1972-1973; judge, District Court of Maryland,
1973; chairman, District Advisory Board, Public De-
fender, Sixth District, 1975—. Member, Garrett Park
Players; Smithsonian Associates; National Historical
Society. Married; 5 children.

DANIEL W. MOYLAN. Fourth Judicial Circuit,
1982—. Born in Baltimore City, February 21, 1934.
Western Maryland College, A.B., 1956; University 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 As-
sociation; trustee (1979) and part-time faculty (1976—),
MICPEL; former part-time instructor of Business Law,
Frostburg State College, 1972-1976; part-time instruc-
tor, Maryland Police Academy, 1973—; participant,
American Academy for Judicial Education television