Background
Stanley, William was born on March 17, 1891 in Laurel, Maryland, United States. Son of Charles Harvey and Margaret (Snowden) Stanley.
Stanley, William was born on March 17, 1891 in Laurel, Maryland, United States. Son of Charles Harvey and Margaret (Snowden) Stanley.
Bachelor of Arts, Saint John's College, Annapolis, Maryland., 1911. Bachelor of Laws, University Maryland, 1913.
Admitted to Maryland. bar, 1913, practicing in Baltimore. Partner Stanley & Boss, 1913-1928. Hershey, Donaldson, Williams & Stanley, 1928-1933.
Appointed special assistant to attorney general of the United States, Washington, District of Columbia, April 1933.
Assistant to the attorney general of the United States, 1933-1935. Formed partnership with Homer Cummings, former attorney general United States, under name of Cummings & Stanley, February 15, 1939.
Appointed member Maryland. Commision on Higher Education, 1928.
Chairman of Commission of arrangements attorney general’s Conference on Crime, December 1934.
Member Attorney General’s Advisory Committee to plan establishment of national scientific and educational center at Washington to train administrators of criminal law, also commission to formulate new rules for pleading, practice and procedure in civil actions in federal district courts.
Member Pi Sigma Kappa. Clubs: Metropolitan, Burning Tree, Chevy Chase (Washington).
Married Mary Gilbert, October 1, 1914. Children: Mary Jane, Elizabeth Snowden (deceased), William, Snowden.