Flavel Allen Wright

Background

Wright, Flavel Allen was born on May 15, 1913 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, United States. Son of Fred Allen and Elizabeth (Royer) Wright.

Education

Bachelor of Arts Nebraska, 1936. Bachelor of Laws cum laude, University Nebraska, 1936. Doctor of Laws, University Nebraska, 1980.

Career

Worked at Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather. Admitted to the bar, 1936, Nebraska. Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif.

Associate Editor, Nebraska Law Bulletin, 1934-1936.

Member, State of Nebraska Judicial Council, 1957-1972. President, Nebraska State Bar Foundation, 1963-1970.

President, Nebraska State Bar Association, 1959-1960. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (Member, Board of Regents, 1972-1976).

American Law Institute.

Military: Lieutenant, United States. Navy, 1943-1945 (Retired). Cline, Williams, Wright, Johnson & Oldfather, a Nebraska-based regional law firm, was founded by Turner Marquett, the first practicing lawyer in Nebraska.

The firm"s lawyers practice in virtually all areas of law from offices located in Lincoln and Omaha.

The firm represents both businesses and individuals, and regularly represents leading commercial, financial, service and industrial companies in Nebraska.

Achievements

• Flavel Allen Wright has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Lancaster County Tuberculosis Association, 1956. Chairman advisory building committee Lincoln Auditorium, also member operation committee. Director, chairman board directors University Nebraska Foundation, 1974-1976.

Past pres Nebraska State Bar Foundation. Member Nebraska Water Management Board, 1985-1987. Served as lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945.

Fellow American College Trial Lawyers (regent 1972-1976), American College Probate Counsel. Member American Bar Association, Nebraska Bar Association (president 1959-1960, past chairman taxation section), Lincoln Bar Association (executive committee 1958-1961), American Law Institute, Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, Phi Kappa Psi, Phi Delta Phi. Clubs: Lincoln Country (president 1962).

Connections

Married Marian Fleetwood, October 28, 1936. Children– Lynn Elizabeth (Mistress James William Brown), William Flavel, Gregg Fleetwood, Scott Allen.

Father:

Fred Allen Wright

Mother:

Elizabeth (Royer) Wright

Spouse:

Marian Fleetwood

child:

Scott Allen Wright

child:

Gregg Fleetwood Wright

child:

Lynn Elizabeth Wright (Mistress James William Brown)

child:

William Flavel Wright