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Many amusing anecdotes exist about Mr. Cooke's childhood in Baltimore, no doubt influenced by his time in the wilderness. On one occasion while playing in the beck near the family home, he caught and killed a rattlesnake and had already eaten some significant part of the tail by the time his adoptive mother wrested it from him. On another occasion, having taken a series of street cars across town he was found in the wild bluffs that overlook the city, wearing the skins of wild animals and preparing a possum by a small fire. And who, knowing him in his earlier years, can forget his dog Hooper, whom he found wandering behind the greyhound stadium one night and whom for many years was his loyal companion among the shady glens around his home and places of refreshment. | Many amusing anecdotes exist about Mr. Cooke's childhood in Baltimore, no doubt influenced by his time in the wilderness. On one occasion while playing in the beck near the family home, he caught and killed a rattlesnake and had already eaten some significant part of the tail by the time his adoptive mother wrested it from him. On another occasion, having taken a series of street cars across town he was found in the wild bluffs that overlook the city, wearing the skins of wild animals and preparing a possum by a small fire. And who, knowing him in his earlier years, can forget his dog Hooper, whom he found wandering behind the greyhound stadium one night and whom for many years was his loyal companion among the shady glens around his home and places of refreshment. | ||
==Education== | ==Education== | ||
Having a natural aptitude for lettering he was enrolled in day school while still young and, impressing the school prelate with his casuistry and understanding of the lives of the saints he was enrolled in [https://loyolacollege.edu/ Loyola Collage] of the Jesuit order in [[Maryland]] | Having a natural aptitude for lettering he was enrolled in day school while still young and, impressing the school prelate with his casuistry and understanding of the lives of the saints he was enrolled in [https://loyolacollege.edu/ Loyola Collage] of the Jesuit order in [[Maryland]]; and having drunk deeply from the Jesuitical well graduated as Bachelor of Arts. Subsequently enrolling at the University of Baltimore's School of Law was granted Doctor of Jurisprudence, [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cum_laude cum laude]. | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
As befits a journeyman lawyer seeking the widest possible experience over crude monetary gain, on being called to the Maryland Bar he begin his career at the office of the [https://www.stattorney.org/ State's Attorney] for Baltimore. | As befits a journeyman lawyer seeking the widest possible experience over crude monetary gain, on being called to the Maryland Bar he begin his career at the office of the [https://www.stattorney.org/ State's Attorney] for Baltimore. Finding himself by temperament and character better suited to the role of defence, the wide range of experience of the State Attorney's office being gained, after five years he took up his present craft as defence attorney, subsequently establishing in [[Annapolis]] his independent office, [https://www.williamcookelaw.com/ The Law Office of William Cooke] | ||
===Famous Cases=== | ===Famous Cases=== | ||
* [https://www.williamcookelaw.com/2017/04/19/not-guilty-murder-1d/ Terrence Robert Proctor], not guilty of murder. | * [https://www.williamcookelaw.com/2017/04/19/not-guilty-murder-1d/ Terrence Robert Proctor], not guilty of murder. | ||