I. Beverly Lake

Background

Lake, I. Beverly was born in 1934 in Raleigh, North Carolina, LAW0. Son of I. Beverly, Senior and Gertrude Lake.

Education

Student, Mars Hill College, 1951; Bachelor of Science, Wake Forest U., 1955; Juris Doctor, Wake Forest U., 1960.

Career

Private practice, 1960-1969, 76-85; assistant attorney general, State of North Carolina, 1969-1974; deputy attorney general, State of North Carolina, 1974-1976; Governor's legislation liason, chief lobbyist, 1985; judge, Superior Court, 1985-1991; associate justice, North Carolina Supreme Court, since 1992.

Achievements

• I. Beverly Lake has been listed as a noteworthy State supreme court justice by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman of the board of trustees Ridge Road Baptist Church, 1968-1969. Member North Carolina Senate, 1976-1980, chairman Senate Judiciary Committee. Republican nominee Governor North Carolina, 1979-1980.

Delegate Republican National Convention, 1980. Republican state finance chairman, member center committee, member Executive Committee, 1980-1982. North Carolina eastern chairman Reagan-Bush Campaign,1984.

Board visitors Wake Forest U. School Law, since 1995. Board visiting Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Intelligence staff officer United States Army, 1956-1958;captain United States Army Reserve, 1960-1968. Colonel North Carolina State Militia, 1989-1992.

Member American Veterans of World World War II, Korea, Vietnam, North Carolina Bar Association, Wake County Bar Association, Association Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioners, Navy League, American Legion, Masons, Shriners, Phi Alpha Delta.

Connections

Married Susan Deichmann Smith. Children: Lynn Elizabeth, Guy, Laura Ann, I. Beverly III.

Father:

I. Beverly

Mother:

Gertrude Lake

Spouse:

Susan Deichmann Smith

child:

Laura Ann Lake

child:

Guy Lake

child:

Lynn Elizabeth Lake

child:

I. Beverly III Lake