Background
Torbert, Junior, C. C. was born on August 31, 1929 in Opelika, Alabama, United States.
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C. C. Torbert Jr.
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Auburn University (Bachelor of Science, 1951). University of Maryland and University of Alabama (Bachelor of Laws, 1954).
Career
Worked at Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. (Birmingham, Alabama) specializing in General Civil Practice. Litigation, Municipal Bonds, Insurance, Public Utility, Corporation, Banking, Real Estate, Trusts and Estates, Taxation, Antitrust, Securities, Labor, Environmental and Bankruptcy Law. Trials in all State and Federal Courts.
Admitted to the bar, 1954, Alabama. 1988, District of Columbia. Phi Kappa Phi; Tau Kappa Alpha.
Omicron Delta Kappa; Farrah Order of Jurisprudence. Case Note Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1953-1954. Member, Alabama House of Representatives, 1958-1962.
Member, Alabama State Senate, 1966-1970, 1974-1977 (Chief Sponsor of the Judicial Article Implementation Act of 1975, which reformed Alabama's judicial system). Chairman, Joint Legislative Committee on Code Revision, 1975-1977. Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Alabama, 1977-1989.
Appointed by President Reagan as Chairman, State Justice Institute, 1986-1991. Member, Board of Directors, National Institute for Dispute Resolution, 1990. Chairman, Alabama Commission on Tax and Fiscal Policy Reform, 1990-1991.
Member, 1977-1989 and President, 1987-1988, Conference of Chief Justices. Chairman, Board of Directors, National Center for State Courts, 1987-1988. Held Leslie S. Wright Chair of Law, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, 1989.
Held John Sparkman Chair of Law, University of Alabama School of Law, 1989. Member: Federal and American Bar Associations. Alabama State Bar (Member, Board of Commissioners, 1971-1977).
Alabama Academy of Honor. Alabama Law Institute (Council, 1969. Executive Committee, 1977-1989).
American Judicature Society (Member, Executive Committee, 1983-1985). (Resident in Montgomery Office). Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., regularly represents a variety of local, national and international business entities, as well as many charities and individuals.
Its work encompasses virtually all aspects of legal practice, including litigation, corporate law, banking and commercial law, real estate law, estates and trusts, antitrust municipal and industrial financing, taxation, securities law, labor law, environmental law, bankruptcy law, intellectual property law and entertainment law.
Membership
Member, Alabama House of Representatives, 1958-1962. Member, Alabama State Senate, 1966-1970, 1974-1977 (Chief Sponsor of the Judicial Article Implementation Act of 1975, which reformed Alabama's judicial system). Chairman, Joint Legislative Committee on Code Revision, 1975-1977.
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Alabama, 1977-1989. Appointed by President Reagan as Chairman, State Justice Institute, 1986-1991. Member, Board of Directors, National Institute for Dispute Resolution, 1990.
Chairman, Alabama Commission on Tax and Fiscal Policy Reform, 1990-1991. Member, 1977-1989 and President, 1987-1988, Conference of Chief Justices. Chairman, Board of Directors, National Center for State Courts, 1987-1988.
Held Leslie S. Wright Chair of Law, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, 1989. Held John Sparkman Chair of Law, University of Alabama School of Law, 1989. Member: Federal and American Bar Associations.
Alabama State Bar (Member, Board of Commissioners, 1971-1977). Alabama Academy of Honor. Alabama Law Institute (Council, 1969.
Executive Committee, 1977-1989). American Judicature Society (Member, Executive Committee, 1983-1985). (Resident in Montgomery Office).
