Background
Edward Sheffield, James was born on October 25, 1932 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, United States.
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James Edward Sheffield
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University of Illinois (Bachelor of Arts, Policy Science, 1956); Howard University School of Law (Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, with honors, 1963).
Career
Admitted to the bar, 1964, Virginia and District of Columbia. Assistant Editor, Howard University Law Review, 1962-1963. Law Clerk, Legal Counsel, United States.
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, District of Columbia, 1960-1963.
Circuit Court Judge, Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, 1974-1984. Chief Judge, Circuit Court of the City of Richmond, 1983-1984.
Former Substitute Judge, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, County of Henrico, Virginia. Adjunct Professor of Law and Instruction, University of Virginia, 1974 and Therapeutic Community Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, 1974.
Founder and Professor, Paralegal Institute of Law, Virginia Union University, 1968.
Commissioner, Virginia Racing Commission, 1991. Life Member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Member: Old Dominion, Richmond, Virginia and American (Member, Litigation and Judiciary Sections) Bar Associations.
Virginia State Bar.
District of Columbia Bar. Virginia Trial Lawyers Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Richmond Criminal Bar Association.
Military: Staff Sergeant, United States.A.F., 1955-1959.
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Membership
Member: Old Dominion, Richmond, Virginia and American (Member, Litigation and Judiciary Sections) Bar Associations. Virginia State Bar; District of Columbia Bar. Virginia Trial Lawyers Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Richmond Criminal Bar Association. Military: Staff Sergeant, United States.A.F., 1955-1959.
