Emmett Jessee Ballard II

Background

II, Emmett Jessee Ballard was born on June 16, 1950 in Lexington, Virginia, United States. Son of Emmett Jessee and Natalie Ann (Cregg) B.

Education

Bachelor, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1982; Juris Doctor, Suffolk U., 1986.

Career

Owner, North Coast Music, Fort Bragg and Ukiah, California, 1978-1981; assistant district attorney, supervising prosecutor, Essex County, Amesbury, Massachusetts, l987-89; supervising prosecutor, Essex County, Haverhill, Massachusetts, l989-90; supervising prosecutor, Essex County, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1990-1991; supervising prosecutor, Superior Court, 1991-1993; associate, Office of Carmine DiAdamo, Lawrence, 1983-1994; private practice, Lawrence, 1994-1995; with, West Virginia Public Defenders Office, Peterstown, since 1995. Adjunct Professor paralegal program Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, Massachusetts, 1987-1994. Clinical programs professor Harvard University Law School, 1989-1994.

Achievements

• Emmett Jessee Ballard II has been listed as a noteworthy Public defender by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member advisory county Lawrence Human Rights Commission, 1988-1994. Member board of managers, 2d vice president Sons of the American Revolution, Concord, N.H., 1983-1994, chancellor, 1991-1995. Member American Bar Association, West Virginia Bar Association, Mensa.

Connections

Married Marla June Goerss, July 18, 1982. Children: Erin Ann, Natalie June.

Father:

Emmett Jessee B.

Mother:

Natalie Ann (Cregg) B.

Spouse:

Marla June Goerss

child:

Erin Ann II

child:

Natalie June II