Background
Torbert, Clement Clay was born on August 31, 1929 in Opelika, Alabama, United States. Son of Clement Clay Senior and Lynda (Meadows) Torbert.
Torbert, Clement Clay was born on August 31, 1929 in Opelika, Alabama, United States. Son of Clement Clay Senior and Lynda (Meadows) Torbert.
Student, United States Naval Academy, 1948-1949; Bachelor of Science, Auburn U., 1951; postgraduate, U. Maryland., 1952; Bachelor of Laws, University Alabama, 1954.
Practiced in, Opelika, 1954-1977;
city judge, Opelika, 1954-1958;
partner firm, Samford, Torbert, Denson & Horsley, 1959-1974;
chief justice, Alabama Supreme Court, 1977-1989;
partner firm, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, since 1990. Past chairman Alabama Judicial Study Commission, Judicial Coordination Committee. Past pres.Conf. Chief Justices.
Supervisory board Alabama Law Enforcement Planning Agency, 1977-1983. Board directors Alabama Criminal Justice Information Systems, National Institute for Dispute Resolution, First National Bank Opelika, State Justice Institute, 1986-1992. Member panel of arbitrators American Arbitration Association.
Panelist-at-large Center for Public Resources. Held Leslie S. Wright Chair of Law, Cumberland School Law, 1989, John Sparkman Chair, U. Alabama School Law.
Member Alabama House of Representatives, 1958-1962, Alabama Senate, 1966-1970, 74-77. Served to captain United States Air Force, 1952-1953. Member American Judicature Society, Farrah Law Society, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Tau Omega.
Married Gene Hurt, May 2, 1952. Children: Mary Dixon, Gene Shealy, Clement Clay III.