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. On finding by temperament and character himself 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 attorney for the defence, subsequently establishing in [[Annapolis]] his independent office, [https://www.williamcookelaw.com/ The Law Office of William Cooke]