Wilson received a
Bachelor of Arts degree from
Lehigh University in 1963. He received a
Juris Doctor from
Brooklyn Law School in 1967. He received a
Master of Laws from
George Washington University Law School in 1973. He was a trial attorney of the
Tax Division of the
United States Department of Justice from 1968 to 1971. He was an
Assistant United States Attorney of
Los Angeles,
California from 1971 to 1977. He was the Chief of the Fraud and Special Prosecutions Section from 1973 to 1977. He was in private practice of law in
Beverly Hills, California from 1977 to 1985. He was an adjunct professor of law at
Loyola Law School from 1975 to 1979. He was the Chairman of the Federal Indigent Defense Panel Committee of the District Court in Los Angeles from 1979 to 1980. He was an adjunct professor of law at the
University of San Diego School of Law in 1984. He also presided over the 2002 case of
Sherman Austin. ==See also==