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Clark, Charles was born on September 12, 1925 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Charles and Anita (Massengill) Clark.
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Charles Clark, American Lawyer. Bar: Mississippi 1948. Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, 51-52. Member Mississippi Bar Association, American College Trial Lawyers, American Arbitration Association, Center for Public Resources (national panel), Judicial Conference United States (chairman budget committee 1981-1987, Executive Committee 1984-1992, chairman of the executive committee 1989-1992).
Education
Student, Millsaps College, 1944. Student, Tulane University, 1944. Bachelor of Laws, University Mississippi, 1948.
Career
Worked at Watkins & Eager (Jackson, Mississippi) specializing in General Civil Practice before all State and Federal Courts. Corporation, Banking, Bonds, Oil and Gas, Probate, Real Estate, Admiralty, Insurance and Tax Law. Admitted to the bar, 1948, Mississippi.
Omicron Delta Kappa.
Phi Alpha Delta. United States Circuit Judge, Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1969-1992. Chief Judge, 1981-1992.
Member, Judicial Conference of the United States (Chairman, Budget Committee, 1981-1987. Executive Committee, 1984-1992.
Chairman, 1989-1992).
Member: Hinds County and Mississippi State Bar Associations. American Inns of Court. Fellow: American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.
American College of Trial Lawyers.
History: Watkins & Eager is a full service, diversified law firm. Its proud heritage began in 1895 when William Hamilton Watkins became the twentieth lawyer at the Jackson Barometer
The influential career of Will Watkins spanned sixty-four years during which he argued over twenty-five cases before the Supreme Court of the United States. Pat H. Eager, Junior joined Will Watkins in 1916 and practiced with the firm until his death in 1970.
Pat Eager was recognized as a premier trial lawyer who served as president of the International Association of Defense Counsel (1943-1944) and who was Mississippi"s initial invitee into the American College of Trial Lawyers.
Foreign several decades the image of the firm was heavily influenced by two of Will Watkins" children. Elizabeth Watkins Hulen, an outstanding appellate advocate, was the first woman in Mississippi history to argue before the Supreme Court of the United States. Thomas H. Watkins earned a national reputation in the representation of corporate and governmental clients.
Many others have contributed and continue to contribute to the growth and progress of the firm that now enjoys an extensive corporate and business practice in addition to its broad trial and appellate practice.
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Membership
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946, 51-52. Member Mississippi Bar Association, American College Trial Lawyers, American Arbitration Association, Center for Public Resources (national panel), Judicial Conference United States (chairman budget committee 1981-1987, Executive Committee 1984-1992, chairman of the executive committee 1989-1992).
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Religion
Episcopalian
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1948