tion and the Maryland Bar Association, and of a study on
the civil, criminal, and grand jury system in the Eighth
Judicial Circuit of Maryland. Received Heisler Honor
Key from the University of Baltimore School of Law and
the Afro-American Award of Merit. Consultant on Pre-
Trial Release with LEAA, American University, and
American Corrections Association. Secretary to the
Archdiocesan Holy Name Society; American Legion
judge advocate for the Department of Maryland. Mar-
ried; 8 children.

ROBERT C. NALLEY. District Court, District 4,
1981—; Administrative Judge. Born in Washington,
D.C., September 18, 1943. Attended parochial schools in
Charles and St. Mary's counties; Gonzaga High School;
Spring Hill College, B.S., 1965; Georgetown University,
J.D., 1969. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1969. Served
in U.S. Army, 1969-1971. Member, Charles County,
Maryland State, and American Bar Associations. Assis-
tant/deputy state's attorney for Charles County,
1971-1975; state's attorney for Charles County,
1975-1980. Associate judge. Seventh Judicial Circuit,
1980. Unmarried.

VERNON L. NEILSON. District Court, District 7,
1971—. Born 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, People's Court of Anne Arundel
County, 1969. Delegate, Constitutional Convention,
1967. Member, AF & AM; Boumi Shrine, Baltimore.
Married; 5 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, Harford County Bar Association.
Member of editorial staff, Georgetown Law Review, 1948.
Harford County Republican Central Committee,
1962-1965; trial magistrate, Harford County, 1951-1959;
judge. People's 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 Medal, Catholic Committee on Scout-
ing, 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. Married; 2 children.

C. CLARKE RALEY. District Court, District 4, 1983—.
Born in Washington, D.C., January 9, 1943. Attended
Ryken High School; University of Maryland, College
Park, B.A., 1964; University of Maryland, Law School,
J.D., 1968. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1968. Associ-
ate of Ober, Grimes and Shriver 1968-1969. Private
practice, St. Mary's County, 1969-1974, 1978-1981.
Assistant State's Attorney, St. Mary's County,
1974-1978. State's Attorney, St. Mary's County,
1981-1982. Member, St. Mary's County Bar Association;
Maryland State Bar Association, Litigation Section;

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American Bar Association, Litigation Section. Married; 3
children.

JOHN PERICLES RELLAS. District Court, District 8,
1976—. Bom 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, Dislrid 1, 1974—.
Born in Baltimore, May 14, 1928. Attended Baltimore
City College; University of Maryland, A.B., 1949; Uni-
versity of Maryland School of Law, LL.B., 1952. Admit-
ted to the Maryland Bar, 1952. Served in the U.S. Army.
Member, Maryland State and Baltimore City Bar Associ-
ations; American Judicature Society. Member, Maryland
House of Delegates, 1958-1974; chairman, Insurance
Committee, 1966-1974. Member, executive board of the
Conference of Insurance Legislators of the United States,
1972-1974. Married; 2 children.

MARY ELLEN T. RINEHARDT. District Court, Dis-
trict 1, 1982—. Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, August 6,
1929. Attended Laurel, Maryland, primary and second-
ary schools; University of Maryland, B.A., 1950; Univer-
sity of Baltimore School of Law, LL.B., 1968. Admitted
to the Maryland Bar, 1968. Member, American, Mary-
land State, Baltimore City, and Women's Bar Associa-
tions. Member, Heuisler Honor Society; Women's Law
Center; National Organization for Women; National
Association of Women Judges; Church of the Holy
Nativity. Former member, Governor's Commission on
Workmen's Compensation Laws. Chief of Litigation, The
Legal Aid Bureau, Inc., 1979-1982. Married; 2 children.

R. RUSSELL SADLER. District Court, District 10,
1980—. Born in Baltimore, 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 Coun-
ty Bar Associations. Member, Heuisler Honor Society.
Appeals Tax Court, Howard County, 1970-1972; assis-
tant county solicitor, Howard County, 1972-1974; depu-
ty county solicitor, Howard County, 1974-1979; execu-
tive secretary, Howard County Council, 1979-1980.
Married.

WERNER G. SCHOELER. District Court, District 8,
1971—. Born in Baltimore, September 4, 1930. Attended
Baltimore City public schools; University of Maryland;
University of Baltimore, LL.B. (since converted to J.D.),
1953. Admitted to the Maryland Bar, 1954. Member,
Maryland State and Baltimore County Bar Associations;
past member, American Judicature Society. Associate
judge. People's Court of Baltimore County, 1964-1968.
Member 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—. Born in Baltimore, November 20, 1945. At-
tended Howard County Public Schools; George Wash-
ington University, B.B.A., 1967; University of Maryland