Circuit Court Biographies

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, Ex-
odus 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—.
Bom 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.

JAMES OWEN WISE. Second Judicial Circuit,
1982—. Born in Easton, July 8, 1938. Attended Caro-
line High School; Washington and Lee University, B.A.,
1960; University of Maryland School of Law, LL.B.,
1965. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1965. Served in
the U.S. Army, 1961; U.S. Army Reserves, 1961-1969.
Member, American and Maryland State Bar Associa-
tions. State's attorney for Caroline County, 1970-1978;
legal officer, Potomac River Fisheries Commission,
1976-1982; chairman, Caroline County Government
Study Commission, 1981. President, Rotary Club of
Denton, 1981-1982; member. Temple Lodge 128, AF &
AM; president, Denton Volunteer Fire Company, 1970-
1973; member. Board of Trustees, Peninsula Confer-
ence, United Methodist Church. Married; 2 children.

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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 attor-
ney, Anne Arundel County, 1971-1977. Instructor,
paralegal course, University of Maryland, 1978—.
Judge, District Court, District 7, 1977-1979. Married; 1
child.

ROBERT J. WOODS. Seventh Judicial Circuit,
1976—. Bom 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—.
Bom 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 Cir-
cuit, 1979—. Bom 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;
chairman, Committee on Rules, 1969, 1970, 1971; mem-
ber, Judiciary Committee and Committee on Constitu-
tion and Administrative Law. Judge, District Court,
District 11, 1971-1979. Board of Trustees, Washington
County Free Library, Mason-Dixon Council of Boy
Scouts of America; Board of Directors for Boys Club of
Washington County and Big Brothers for Washington
County; member, Alcoholism Council, Mental Health
Advisory Council for Washington County; Advisory
Board of Juvenile Services; chairman, Public Defender
Advisory Board (District 11); vestry, St. John's Episco-
pal Church; Kiwanis Club of Hagerstown; Elks; Execu-
tive Committee for Maryland Judicial Conference, 1975-
1978 and 1980-1982. Hagerstown Jaycees Outstanding
Young Man Award; Kiwanis International Outstanding
Contribution to Community Award, 1977. Married; 2
children.