Background
Shelton, Thomas Wall was born on December 8, 1870 in Ringgold, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Jefferson and Sarah Elizabeth Williams (Motley) Shelton.
Shelton, Thomas Wall was born on December 8, 1870 in Ringgold, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Jefferson and Sarah Elizabeth Williams (Motley) Shelton.
Preparatory education Denna’s Preparatory School, Highland Falls, New York, and Virginia Military Institute. Bachelor of Laws, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1893. Unmarried.
Admitted to Virginia bar, 1893. City attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, 1894-1896. Specializes in constitutional law, law of corporations.
And statutory and common law liens.
Member board visitors Virginia Military Institute 7 years. Member National Conference Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (Chairman of Commission on judicial opinions). Member Rules Committee of Supreme Court of Virginia.