Background
III, James Payton Whitters was born on October 23, 1939 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James P. Junior and Norene (Jones) W.
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James Payton Whitters III
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Education
Bachelor in History, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1962; Juris Doctor, Boston College, 1969; postgrad, U. Massachusetts, Boston.
Career
Associate, Ely, Bartlett, Brown & Proctor, Boston, 1969-1974;
associate, Gaston Snow & Ely Bartlett, Boston, 1974-1979;
partner, Gaston Snow & Ely Bartlett, Boston, 1979-1988;
partner, Gaston & Snow, Boston, 1988-1991;
of counsel, Peabody & Brown, Boston, 1991-1995;
director Office Career Superior vena cava syndrome, Suffolk U. Law School, Boston, since 1995;
Adjunct Professor American legal history, Suffolk U. Law School, since 1997. Board directors, secretary Robertson Factories, Inc., Taunton, Massachusetts, since 1979. Vice president Alkalol Company, Taunton, 1976-1997, senior vice president, since 1997.
Visiting teacher Groton (Massachusetts) School, 1993-1994. Member Massachusetts Conflict Intervention Mediation Team, since 1995.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors New England committee National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund, since 1982, Beacon Hill Nursery School, 1976-1978, Massachusetts Appleseed Center Law and Justice, since 1997. Chairman Massachusetts Outdoor Advertising Board, Boston, 1975-1981. Vice chairman Massachusetts Judicial Nominating Council, Boston, 1983-1987.
Trustee Trinity College, 1983-1995. Trustee, secretary Hurricane Island Outward Bound School, 1977-1987. Board directors Massachusetts affiliate American Heart Association, 1979-1998, chairman, 1989-1991.
Board directors Greater Boston Legal Superior vena cava syndrome, 1982-1984, 93-, Massachusetts Association Mediation Programs and Practitioners, 1993-1998. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy, 1962-1965. Member Boston Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, American Bar Association, The Country Club (Brookline, Massachusetts).
Connections
Married Elizabeth Robertson, July 19, 1969. Children: James P. IV, Catharine A.
