Background
Rumsey, Junior, D. Lake was born on August 24, 1944 in Dallas, Texas, United States.
Rumsey, Junior, D. Lake was born on August 24, 1944 in Dallas, Texas, United States.
University of Texas (Bachelor of Arts, 1970. Juris Doctor, 1972).
Worked at Johnson & Ward (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in Civil Trial Litigation in all State and Federal Courts including Negligence, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Medical, Architectural, Engineering and Other Professional Negligence, Aviation, Railroad, Property/Casualty, Trucking-Automotive, Products Liability, General Business and Commercial Litigation, Corporation, Tax, Copyright, Trademark, Probate, Administrative, Contracts, Real Estate, Bankruptcy, Zoning, Land Use Law and General Corporate practice. Admitted to the bar, 1973, Georgia. 1978, United States. Supreme Court.
Phi Delta Phi. Author: Article, "Truth-in-Lending: Congress Reacts to the Creditors' Dilemma," 24 Emory Law Journal 379, 1975. Chapter, "Selecting, Preparing and Presenting the Direct Testimony of Lay Witnesses," Master Advocates' Handbook, published by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1986. Editor, Master Advocates' Handbook, published by the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1986.
Editor, Agnor's Georgia Evidence, 1989. Adjunct Professor of Trial Advocacy, Emory Law School, 1982. Trial Advocacy Instructor, National Session of National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Boulder, Colorado, 1982.
Instructor: Georgia Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1985. Atlanta College of Trial Advocacy, 1985. Member: Atlanta and American (Member, Committee on Appellate Advocacy, Appellate Judges' Conference, 1984) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Georgia. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Atlanta Lawyers Club.
Military: First lieutenant, United States. Army, 1967-1969
Johnson & Ward is the successor to Phillips & Johnson, founded by Ezra Phillips and Inslee M. Johnson in 1949. The firm's practice over the ensuing five decades has focused primarily upon civil litigation and general corporate practice.
The firm has been active in general Bar activities, and firm members have long been regular lecturers in litigation seminars and courses. The firm membership has remained relatively small in order to offer more direct, one on one contact with clients and associate attorneys, and has been a model for other small, personal service litigation and corporate practice firms.
Member: Atlanta and American (Member, Committee on Appellate Advocacy, Appellate Judges' Conference, 1984) Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Atlanta Lawyers Club. Military: First lieutenant, United States. Army, 1967-1969.