Background
Clarke, Charles Fenton was born on July 25, 1916 in Hillsboro, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles F. and Margaret (Patton) Clarke.
Clarke, Charles Fenton was born on July 25, 1916 in Hillsboro, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles F. and Margaret (Patton) Clarke.
Washington & Lee-University (Bachelor of Arts, 1938). University of Michigan (Bachelor of Laws, 1940). Awarded Doctor of Laws by Cleveland State University, 1971.
President, National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, 1967-1968. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Life Member, United States.
Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference.
Private practice, Detroit, 1942, Cleveland, since 1946. Partner firm Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, since 1957, administrator litigation department, 1979-1985. Trustee Cleveland Legal Aid Society, 1959-1967.
President National Association RailRoad Trial Counsel, 1966-1968. Life member 6th Circuit Judicial Conference. Chairman legislation committee Cleveland Welfare Federation, 1961-1968.
Master bencher Manos Inn of Court, since 1991. Board directors Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Company.
President alumni board directors Washington and Lee University, 1970-1972. President board directors Free Medical Clinic Greater Cleveland, 1970-1986. Trustee Cleveland Citizens League, 1956-1962, Cleveland chapter American Civil Liberties Union, 1986-1993.
Board directors citizens advisory board Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Juvenile Court, 1970-1973. Board directors George Junior Republic, Greenville, Pennsylvania, 1970-1973, Bowman Technology School, Cleveland, 1970-1991. Vice chairman Cleveland Crime Commission, 1973-1975.
Executive committee councilman Bay Village, Ohio, 1948-1953. President, trustee Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center, 1957-1962, Laurel School, 1962-1972, Federation Community Progress, 1984-1990. Member planning commission Cleveland Heights, 1994-2003.
Fellow American College Trial Lawyers. Member Metropolitan Bar Association (trustee 1983-1986), Cleveland Civil War Round Table (president 1968), Cleveland Zoological Society (director 1970), Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Skating, Union (Cleveland).
Married Virginia Schoppenhorst, April 3, 1945 (deceased July 1989). Children: Elizabeth, Margaret, Jane, Charles Fenton, IV. Married Lesley Wells, November 13, 1998.