William Daniel Quarles Jr. (born January 16, 1948) is a former

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of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.

Background

Born in

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in 1948, Quarles attended Baltimore City Public Schools and graduated from the

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highschool in 1966. He earned an

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degree from

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in 1967, a

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degree from the

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in 1976, and a

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from the Columbus School of Law at the

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in 1979.

Legal career

From 1979 to 1982, Quarles was a

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to Judge Joseph C. Howard of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. After working in private practice from 1981 to 1982, he joined the U.S. Attorney's Office in Baltimore, where he served as an

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until 1986. He reentered private practice at

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in 1986 and remained with the firm until he became an Associate Circuit Judge for the Circuit Court for Baltimore City in 1996.

Federal judicial service

On January 7, 2003, Quarles was named to the federal bench by President

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, to a seat vacated by

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. Quarles was confirmed by the

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on March 12, 2003, and received his commission on March 14, 2003. He retired from active service on February 1, 2016.District Judge William D. Quarles Jr. Biography
/ref> He is the author of ''Summary Adjudication: Dispositive Motions and Summary Trials'' (1991).

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Background

Legal career

Federal judicial service

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