William M. Wunderlich

William Martin Wunderlich was a Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Yosemite Office from 1993 to 2004. He was appointed Associate Justice of the 6th District Court of Appeal by Governor Wilson on January 6, 1993 and was confirmed by the Commission on Judicial Appointments on February 4, 1993. He took his oath the same day and was confirmed by the electorate on November 8, 1994 for an 8-year term. He was re-elected to a 12-year term on November 5, 2002 before retiring on April 30, 2004. Prior to this, he had served as a Judge of the Superior Court of Monterey County from 1985 to 1993, having been elected in 1984 and re-elected unopposed in 1990. He was the Presiding Judge in 1991 and 1992. Before this, he had served as Deputy District Attorney in Monterey County from 1982 to 1985 and from 1973 to 1980. He also had a private law practice in Monterey, California from 1980 to 1982. William was born in Lincoln, Nebraska on November 2, 1946 and raised in Creighton, Nebraska. He graduated from St. Ludgers Academy in Creighton in 1964 as Valedictorian. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Nebraska in 1968 as a Regents Scholar and was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He then went on to receive his Juris Doctor from the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in 1972, where he was a member of the Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity and Traynor Honor Society. He was admitted to the California Bar and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California in December 1972. He was a Republican and a Catholic. William was a member of the California Judges Association (President 1998-99), California Judges Foundation (Vice President 2000-01), former board member of the Monterey Bar Foundation, Kinship Center of Monterey County, Monterey College of Law, American Red Cross, Public Response in Dollars for Education, and Bay Area Nebraska Alumni Association. He was the recipient of the "Young Alumnus of the Year Award" from the University of Nebraska in 1987. He also served as a Program Consultant for the Monterey College of Law and instructor at Monterey Peninsula College from 1974 to 1984. In 1994, he was the Chair of the Appellate Courts Institute in San Francisco. William was married in 1965 and had three adult sons.