Background
King, Clarence LeRoy was born on April 5, 1932 in Salina, Kansas, United States. Son of Clarence L. Senior and Margaret R. (Swift) King.
King, Clarence LeRoy was born on April 5, 1932 in Salina, Kansas, United States. Son of Clarence L. Senior and Margaret R. (Swift) King.
Bachelor, Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina, 1954; Juris Doctor, Washburn U., 1957.
Sole practice, Salina, 1957-1958;
partner, King & Stokes, Salina, 1958-1973;
partner, King, Stokes, Knudson & Nitz, Salina, 1974-1981;
partner, King, Adrian & King, Salina, 1981-1982;
partner, King, Adrian, King & Brown, Salina, 1982-1991;
with, Hampton, Royce, Engleman & Nelson L.C., Salina, since 1991. Faculty Kansas College Trial Advocacy, member governments Regional Committee on Criminal Administration, 1969. Regional chairman White House Conference on Children and Youth, Kansas delegate, member Executive Committee, 1970.
Kansas Highway Commissioner 1974-1975.
Active University Methodist Church. Active against juvenile delinquency. Delegate Democratic National Convention, 1968.
Member state platform committee, 1968, 70, 76. Member adult chapter Fellowship Christian Athletes. Member Kansas Citizens for the Arts Committee.
Life member Parent-Teachers Association. President local Parent-Teachers Association 1966-1967. Secretary youth committee Young Men’s Christian Association, 1972-1973.
Trustee Kansas Wesleyan University. Organizer, honorary board directors Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Salina Youth Care Home Foundation, Inc. Board directors Children's Special Education Center.
Chairman, Board Of Directors Center Kansas Mental Health Center, 1964-1965. Member American Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, American Board Trial Advocates (advisory, national Executive Committee 1985, 1987, chapter president 1983-1984, national president 1991), Kansas BarAssn. (member various committees, chairman litigation section 1983-1985, outstanding service award, 1984, Phil Lewis Medal of Distinction, 1994, board directors), Northwest Kansas Bar Association, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association, Salina County Bar Association (member various committees, president 1973), Kansas Young Lawyers (vice president 1959, president 1964), Defense Research Institute (exceptional performance citation, 1988), Kansas Defense Council (board directors 1978-1983, president 1987-1988), various committees, outstanding young man award), Kansas Wesleyan University AlumniAssn.
(president 1959-1960), American College Legal Medicine (associate in law).
Married Doris I. Altman, August 18, 1951. Children: Jeffrey E., Joni D.