Bruce Wilcox grew up in Oakland, CA.  He is the oldest of six children claiming that title only by a few minutes as he is a twin.  After graduating from the U. of California @ Berkeley with a degree in Modern European History, Bruce spent eight years traveling across the United States and working at a variety of jobs.
 

For a while, Bruce lived and worked in Washington, D. C. where he met his wife, Nancy.  She had just graduated from Georgetown.   After marrying, they returned to California where Bruce went to law school at Golden State University.  With his law degree in hand, Bruce joined the Navy as a Navy lawyer.  He spent four years on active duty and another 13 as a reservist. 
 

After his four years on active duty, Bruce and his growing family settled in Norfolk in 1982.  He passed the Virginia Bar and joined a general practice.  After four years, Bruce established his own legal practice which ranged from real estate to estates. 
 

In 2001, he became a substitute judge in the Norfolk General Court.  In 2003, he became a full time judge.  The Norfolk General Court has a monthly rotation through Criminal, Traffic, and General (Civil) courts. 
 

Bruce joined the Rotary Club of Norfolk around 1997 but other obligations caused him to resign in 2000.  He rejoined in ­­­­2010.  Bruce is a Director of our club and is a Paul Harris Fellow.  He enjoys the club members and the Club’s community service projects.  He is hopeful that Rotary will continue in its global outreach with a major project when the Polio Plus campaign eradicates this disease.  He believes that clean water projects would help improve the lives of millions.
 

Bruce and Nancy have six children—four boys and two girls.  Three of his sons are in the Norfolk area and the other lives in San Francisco.  One of the daughters is relocating to Richmond and the other lives in Los Angeles.  He enjoys his three grandchildren.
 

He still loves to travel and his two favorite places are Lake Tahoe and beaches in Rhode Island.  He enjoys outdoor activities including running, golf, hiking and bicycling.  He has backpacked with his siblings in the Sierras near Lake Tahoe.