Background
Somerville, George Arnold was born on December 1, 1951 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of G. Talmage and Mary Frances (Moats) Somerville.
Somerville, George Arnold was born on December 1, 1951 in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. Son of G. Talmage and Mary Frances (Moats) Somerville.
West Virginia University (Bachelor of Arts, 1973). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1980). Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, Virginia Law Review, 1978- 1980.
Law Clerk to Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1980-1982.
Worked at Mays & Valentine, Limited liability partnership (Richmond, Virginia) specializing in General Practice, Litigation, Corporate, Banking, Antitrust, Insurance, Bond, Securities, Trust, Estate, Tax, Labor, Bankruptcy and Real Estate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1980, Pennsylvania 1982 Virginia. Order of the Coif. Virginia Law Review.
Law Clerk to Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1980-1982. Author: "Standards of Appellate Review," Litigation, Spring 1989.
"Developing Water Supplies: Navigating Federal Regulatory Requirements," American Bar Association Section on Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, Water Law: Trends, Policies and Practice, 1995. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section, Appellate Practice Committee.
Section on Natural Resources and Environmental Law.
Vice Chair of Water Resources Committee). Local Government Attorneys of Virginia. Mays & Valentine, Limited liability partnership with approximately 130 lawyers at year-end 1996, is one of the three largest law firms in the State of Virginia and the third largest in the Richmond metropolitan area.
The firm traces its origins to the 1920s.
The firm expanded into Northern Virginia in 1987 (see McLean, Virginia listing), opened its Norfolk office in 1989 (see Norfolk, Virginia listing) and its Virginia Beach office in January, 1996 (See Virginia Beach, Virginia listing). Mays & Valentine is a full-service firm representing a wide diversity of corporate, institutional, governmental and individual clients.
Member American Bar Association (vice chairman water resources committee, section on natural resourcesand environmental law since 1991, member appellate practice committee), Virginia Bar. Association, Richmond Bar Association, Virginia State Bar, Order of the Coif.
Married Susan Cline, June 26, 1976. Children: Matthew C., Thomas A., David R., Stephen E.