District Court Biographies

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.

JOHN PERICLES BELLAS. 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—. Bom 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;
executive board of the Conference of Insurance Legisla-
tors of the United States, 1972-1974. Married; 2 chil-
dren.

MARY ELLEN T. RINEHARDT. District Court, Dis-
trict 1, 1982—. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, August
6, 1929. Attended Laurel, Maryland, primary and sec-
ondary schools; University of Maryland, B.A., 1950;
University of Baltimore School of Law, LL.B., 1968.
Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1968. Member, Ameri-
can, Maryland State, Baltimore City, and Women's Bar
Associations. Member, Commission to Study Work-
men's Compensation Laws, Women's Law Center, Na-
tional Organization for Women, Church of the Holy
Nativity. Chief of Litigation, The Legal Aid Bureau,
Inc., 1979-1982. Married; 2 children.

L. LEONARD RUBEN. District Court, District 6,
1974—. Born in Brooklyn, New York, March 24, 1925.
Attended McKinley High School, Washington, D.C.;
George Washington University, A.B., 1951, LL.B., J.D.,
1954. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1965. Served in
the U.S. Navy. Member, Ethics Commission, Mont-
gomery County; American Arbitration Association.

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Maryland House of Delegates, 1970-1974. Married; 4
children.

R. RUSSELL SADLER. District Court, District 10,
1980—. Born in Ballimure, October 16, 1926. Attended
Baltimore City schools; University of Baltimore, A.A.,
1953; University of Baltimore, LL.B., 1955. Admitted
to the Maryland Bar, 1955. Served in U.S. Navy, 1943-
1946. Member, Maryland State and Howard County
Bar Associations. Member, Hueisler Honor Society.
Appeals Tax Court, Howard County, 1970-1972; assis-
tant county solicitor, Howard County, 1972-1974; dep-
uty county solicitor, Howard County, 1974-1979; exec-
utive secretary, Howard County Council, 1979-1980.
Married.

WERNER G. SCHOELER. District Court, District 8,
1971—. Bom in Baltimore, September 4, 1930.
Attended Baltimore City public schools; University of
Maryland; University of Baltimore, LL.B., 1953. Ad-
mitted to the Maryland Bar, 1954. Member, Maryland
State and Baltimore County Bar Associations; past
member, American Judicature Society. Associate judge,
Peoples Court of Baltimore County, 1964-1968. Mem-
ber and former officer, Sigma Delta Kappa; former
member, Baltimore County Citizens Council on Drug
and Alcohol Abuse. Married; 3 children.

DIANE GAIL SCHULTE. District Court, District 10,
1980—. Bom in Baltimore, November 20, 1945.
Attended Howard County Public Schools; George
Washington University, B.B.A., 1967; University of
Maryland Law School, J.D., 1970. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1970. Law clerk to the Honorable James
R. Miller, U.S. District Court, 1970-1971; assistant
state's attorney, Baltimore City, 1971-1973; assistant
county solicitor, Howard County, 1973-1974; chief
counsel, Maryland Senate Constitutional and Public
Law Committee, 1975-1976. Member, Criminal Law
and Litigation Section Council, Maryland Bar Associa-
tion. Recipient, Governor's Citation for Outstanding
Service to Maryland, 1979; Howard County Woman of
the Year, 1979; Merit Finalist, White House Fellow-
ship, 1976. Bar Examiner for State of Maryland, 1977-
1980; member, Governor's Commission on Racing Re-
form, 1979-1980; Howard County Commission on Fine
Arts, 1976-1978. Board of directors: Howard County
YMCA; Howard County Rape Crisis Center; Talbot
County Humane Society; Howard County Council on
Alcoholism; University of Maryland Law School Alum-
ni Association; Howard County United Fund.
Unmarried.

D. WILLIAM SIMPSON. District Court, District 2,
1978—. Born in Camden, New Jersey, August 27,
1937. Attended Pennsgrove, New Jersey, public schools;
University of Delaware, B.A., 1959; University of
Maryland School of Law, J.D., 1963. Admitted to the
Maryland Bar, 1963. Member, American, Maryland
State, and Wicomico County Bar Associations. Master