Background
II, Haliburton Fales was born on August 7, 1919 in New York City. Son of DeCoursey and Dorothy Mildred (Mitchell) F.
II, Haliburton Fales was born on August 7, 1919 in New York City. Son of DeCoursey and Dorothy Mildred (Mitchell) F.
Student, Harvard University, 1938-1941; Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1947.
Associate firm, White & Case, New York City, 1947-1958; partner firm, White & Case, New York City, 1959-1988; of counsel, White & Case, New York City, 1988-1990; retired partner, White & Case, New York City, since 1991. Special master Appellate division 1st department New York State Supreme Court, since 1983, chairman departmental discipline committee, 1991-1996, special counsel, since 1997.
Trustee, president emeritus Pierpont Morgan Library. Trustee St. Barnabas Hospital, 1949-1996, trustee emeritus, since 1996. Senior warden St. Luke's Church, 1967-1993.
Board directors Union Theological Seminary, 1986-1994. Board visitors Columbia Law School, 1993-1998, emeritus, since 1998. Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1941-1945.
Fellow American Bar Foundation, New York Bar Foundation, Institute Judicial Administration, American College Trial Lawyers. Member American Bar Association, Albert Gallatin Associations, American Judicature Society, American Law Institute (life), Association of Bar of City of New York, New York County Lawyers Association (William Nelson Cromwell award 1998), New York State Bar Association (president 1983-1984, chair task force on the professor, 1994-1996), Association of Bar of City of New York, Columbia Law School Association, Inc. (president 1991-1992), St. Paul's School Alumni Association (Vice-President 1988-1992), Alumni Federation Columbia University.
Married Katharine Ladd, December 27, 1941. Children: Nancy, Haliburton, Priscilla, Lucy, William E.Ladd.
