Background
Slaughter, Edward Ratliff was born on September 15, 1931 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Edward Ratliff and Mary McBee (Hoke) Slaughter.
Slaughter, Edward Ratliff was born on September 15, 1931 in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Son of Edward Ratliff and Mary McBee (Hoke) Slaughter.
AB, Princeton University, 1953; postgraduate (Rotary Foundation fellow), U. Brussels, 1955-1956; Bachelor of Laws, University of Virginia, 1959.
Association firm, McGuire, Woods & Battle (now McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe) and predecessors, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1959-1964;
partner, McGuire, Woods & Battle and predecessors, 1964-1979;
head department litigation, McGuire, Woods & Battle and predecessors, 1964-1979;
special assistant for litigation to attorney general United States, 1979-1981;
partner firm, Whitman & Ransom, Washington, 1981-1984;
principal, Slaughter & Redinger, Professional Corporation, Charlottesville, 1984-1995;
principal, Slaughter, Izakowitz, Clarke & Nunley, Professional Corporation, 1995-1996;
principal, Woods, Rogers & Hazlegrove, The Property Letting Centre, since 1996. Visiting lecturer trial advocacy University of Virginia, 1970-1977, Virginia procedure, 1986-1991. Distinguished lecturer U. Tunis, 1996.
Chairman standing commission on commissioner of accounts Judicial Council of Virginia, since 1995.
Chairman Albemarle County (Virginia) Democratic Committee, 1969-1973. President Charlottesville-Albemarle United Way, 1972. Commissioner accounts Albemarle County, since 1986.
Trustee Lime Kiln Arts, Inc., 1992-1998. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1953-1955. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Trial Lawyers.
Member American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar, Charlottesville-Albemarle Bar Association (president 1976-1977), Virginia BarAssn. (president 1978), Virginia State Bar (Board of Governors international practice section since 1992), Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, Thomas Jefferson Inn Court (president 1995-1996).
Married Anne Limbosch, July 25, 1957. Children: Anne-Marie, Hoke, Bryan.