Background
Verrill, Charles Owen was born on September 30, 1937 in Biddeford, Maine, United States. Son of Charles Owen and Elizabeth (Handy) Verrill.
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Charles Owen Verrill
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AB, Tufts U., 1959; Bachelor of Laws, Duke U., 1962.
Career
Associate, Weaver & Glassie, 1962-1964;
associate, Barco, Cook, Patton & Blow, 1964-1966;
partner, Barco, Cook, Patton & Blow, 1967;
partner, Patton, Boggs & Blow, 1967-1984;
partner, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, since 1984. Adjunct Professor international trade law Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, since 1978, Charles Fahy Distinguished Adjunct Professor, 1993, International Trade Law, Duke U. Law School, 1970-1973, since 1998. Conference chairman The Future of International Steel Industry, Bellagio, Italy, 1984, United States Agenda for Uruguay Round, Airlie House, Warrenton, Virginia, 1986, Polish Joint Venture Law, Cracow, Poland, 1987, International Steel Industry II, Bellagio, 1987, Bulgaria and the General Agreement of Tariff and Trades, Washington, 1977.
Chair, speaker Protection of Intellectual Property from Theft and Piracy Abroad Southwestern Legal Foundation Foreign Investment Symposium, 1995, chair, panel on North American Free Trade Agreement 2 1/2 Years Later, 1996.
Achievements
Membership
Local director Tufts U. Annual Fund, 1965-1969. Member Duke Law Alumni Council, 1972-1975. Trustee International Law Institute, since 1981, chairman of the board of trustees, 1983-1987.
Trustee Bulgarian American Friendship Society, since 1992, Christ Church, Dark Harbor, Maine. Appointed to roster of dispute settlement panelists World Trade Organisation, 1995, 97. Chairman advisory board Institute for Attitudinal Studies, since 1997.
Member American Bar Association, International Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, Order of Coif, Theta Delta Chi, Phi Delta Phi, Metropolitan Club (Washington), Chevy Chase Club (Maryland.), Tarratine Club (Dark Harbor, Maine).
Connections
Married Mary Ann Blanchard, Aug.13, 1960 (deceased). Children: Martha Anne, Edward Blanchard, Ethan Christopher, Elizabeth Handy, Matthew Lawton, Peter Goldthwait. Married Diana Baber, December 11, 1993.
