Background
SUTHERLAND, BENJAMIN was born on February 19, 1918 in Clintwood, Virginia, United States.
SUTHERLAND, BENJAMIN was born on February 19, 1918 in Clintwood, Virginia, United States.
Berea College (Bachelor of Arts, 1938). University of Kentucky (Master of Arts, 1940). University of Virginia (Bachelor of Laws, 1949).
Member, Town Council, Clintwood, Virginia, 1950-1952.
Assistant United States. Attorney, Western District of Virginia, 1954-1956.
Commonwealth Attorney, Dickenson Company, Virginia. 1972. Town Attorney, Town of Clintwood, Virginia, 1964 1968.
Member, Advisory Board, Clinch Valley College of University of Virginia, 1982-1986.
Member, Board of Trustees of Lonesome Pine Regional Library, 1962-1969 and 1973-1977.
United States. Army Corps of Engineers, Final Rank, Captain, 1941-1946. Working as a partner of BENJAMIN F. SUTHERLAND. Admitted to the bar, 1949, Virginia. 1951, Supreme Court of Virginia, United States.
District Court, Western District of Virginia and United States.
Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit. Major clients of BENJAMIN SUTHERLAND: Dominion National Bank of Greater Hampton Roads.
Manry-Rawls Corporation Mitchell"s Supermarket, Incorporated.
Blake Ford-Mercury, Incorporated. Hubbard Peanut Company, Incorporated, References: Dominion National Bank of Greater Hampton Roads, Courtland, Virginia.
Sovran Bank, North.A. Bank of Franklin.
Dickenson County Bar Association. Virginia State Bar (Member, Council of Virginia State Bar, 1968- 1970). [United States. Army Corps of Engineers, Final Rank, Captain, 1941-1946].