MONTGOMERY COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT

FORMER JUDGES

WILLIAM J. ROWAN III, Associate Judge, Montgomery County Circuit Court, 6th Judicial Circuit, September 7, 2000 to April 4, 2009. Retired April 4, 2009. Senior Judge since April 4, 2009. Member, Judicial Compensation Committee, 2004-09, Maryland Judicial Conference.

Past assistant reporter, Commission to Revise the Annotated Code of Maryland. Counsel to Montgomery County Legislative Delegation, 1965-67. Member, Trial Court Judicial Nominating Commission, 11th Commission District (Montgomery County), 1983-95.

Attended Gonzaga College High School; University of Detroit, B.A., 1961; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., 1964. Law clerk to Judge James H. Pugh and Judge Thomas M. Anderson, Montgomery County Circuit Court. Admitted to Maryland Bar, 1964. Member, Rowan, Quirk & Nalls, 1966-2000. Member, Maryland State Bar Association (board of governors); Montgomery County Bar Association (executive committee). Member, Executive Committee, Maryland Circuit Judges Association, 2000-04. President, Gonzaga College High School Alumni Association, 1968. President, Metropolitan Catholic Youth Organization. Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Fellow, Montgomery County Bar Foundation. Fellow, American Board of Trial Advocates. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 1981 (state chair). Best Lawyer List, Woodward/White, 1993-97. Best Lawyer List, Washingtonian Magazine, 1997.

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