Background
Rather, Gordon Smeade was born on April 6, 1939 in Little Rock. Son of Gordon Smeade and Katherine Elsie (Mitchener) Rather.
Rather, Gordon Smeade was born on April 6, 1939 in Little Rock. Son of Gordon Smeade and Katherine Elsie (Mitchener) Rather.
Bachelor cum laude, Vanderbilt University, l96l; Juris Doctor, Duke U., l968.
Partner, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, l968-.
Member Arkansas Territorial Restoration Commission, Little Rock, l97l--. Lieutenant United States Navy, l96l-65. Member American Bar Association, American Board Trial Advocates (president Arkansas 1987-1988, national board directors 1987, 89-, national president-elect 1995, national president 1996), Maritime Law Association United States (proctor), Association Defense Trial Attorneys, Arkansas Bar Association Beta Kappa.
Married Phyllis Hayden Yow, January 23, l978. Children: Hal Mitchener, Elizabeth Creighton. Stepchildren: George Bernard Richardson Junior, Geoffrey Hayden Richardson.