Background
Clair, James Draper St. was born on April 14, 1920 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Clinton Draper and Margaret Joanna (Glenn) St. Clair.
Clair, James Draper St. was born on April 14, 1920 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Clinton Draper and Margaret Joanna (Glenn) St. Clair.
Student, Augustana College, 1938-1939; AB, University of Illinois, 1941; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1947; Doctor of Laws, Gettysburg College, 1975; Doctor of Laws Doctor of Laws, New England School Law, 1975; Doctor of Laws, Emerson College, 1993.
Associate, Hale & Dorr, Boston, 1947-1952;
junior partner, Hale & Dorr, 1952-1956;
senior partner, Hale & Dorr, 1956-1995;
special counsel to, President Richard Nixon, 1974. Lecturer Harvard Law School. Assistant counsel to Army, Army-McCarthy Hearings, 1954.
Co-managing trustee Amelia Peabody Foundation, since 1985.
Member Town Meeting, Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1963-1973. General counsel United Fund, 1966. Member Town of Wellesley Advisory Committee, 1966-1969.
Member steering committee Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1968-1973. Member advisory committee Massachusetts Judicial Conference Committee on Criminal Rules Project, 1972-1973. Trustee, board directors Walker Home for Children, 1951-1973, 75-95.
President Horizons for Youth, 1981-1994, chairman board, since 1994. Board directors The Met in Boston, The Boston Opera Association. Member New England Baptist Health Care Corporation, since 1991.
Chair management review committee Boston Police Department, 1991-1992. Member Corporation Massachusetts General Hospital, since 1992. Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945.
Member American Bar Association (council of litigation section since 1974), Boston Bar Association (council), American Law Institute, American College Trial Lawyers, Practising Law Institute (national advisory council 1967-1973), New England Law Institute (advisory council 1970-1971), Order of Coif. Clubs: Brae Burn Country, Eastward Ho Country.
Married Asenath Nestle, November 25, 1944. Children: Margaret Nestle, David Scott, Thomas Bruce.