Background
GARLAND, JAMES was born on November 29, 1959 in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States.
GARLAND, JAMES was born on November 29, 1959 in Gastonia, North Carolina, United States.
University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Science in Commerce, 1941). University of North Carolina Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1946). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, North Carolina Law Review, 1942 and 1946.
Member, North Carolina General Assembly, 1949-1950.
Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees, Gaston College, since 1988. Member, North Carolina Local Government Commission, 1970-1975.
Chairman, Board of Trustees Lineberger Cancer Research Center, since 1988. Mayor, City of Gastonia, North Carolina, since 1987.
Permanent Member, Judicial Conference of the Fourth Circuit.
Working as a partner of GARLAND & WREN, P.A. Admitted to the bar, 1946, North Carolina. 1981, United States. District Court, Western District of North Carolina and United States. Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit.
Gaston County (President, 1960-1961), North Carolina (Vice President, 1984-1985. Chairman, Education Law Committee, 1982-1984) and American Bar Associations. North Carolina State Bar.
Fellow, American Bar Foundation.