John William Adams

Background

Adams, John William was born on April 5, 1925 in Atlanta. Son of John William and Kathleen (Grimes) Adams.

Education

Student Vandervilt University, 1942-1944.

Career

Bar: Alabama 1949, United States District Court (southern district) Alabama 1953, United States District Court (northern district) Alabama 1949, United States Court Appeals (5th circuit) 1981, United States Court Appeals (7th circuit) 1979, United States Court Appeals (11th circuit) 1981, United States Court Appeals (District of Columbia circuit) 1979, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1954. Sole practice law, Tuscaloosa, 1949-1951. Attorney Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad, Mobile, Alabama, 1951-1956, commerce counsel, 1956-1958, general attorney, 1958-1970, assistant general solicitor, 1970-1972.

General solicitor Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, Mobile, 1972-1975.

Sole practice, Mobile, 1975-1986. Partner.Inge, McMillan, Adams & Ledyard, 1987-1991.

Private practice Mobile, Alabama, 1991. Chancellor Episcopal Diocese of Center Gulf Coast., 1988.

Achievements

• John William Adams has been listed as a reputable real estate, lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Bar Association, Alabama Bar Association, Mobile County Bar Association, Railroad Transportation Institute (president 1965), American Arbitration Association (panel of arbitrators), Association Transportation Practitioners (vice president 1958). Clubs: Mobile Country, Athelstan (Mobile).

Connections

Married Margaret K. Dugins, May 4, 1949. Children: Cynthia Grimes, John William.

Father:

John William Adams

Mother:

Kathleen (Grimes) Adams

Spouse:

Margaret K. Dugins

child:

John William Adams

child:

Cynthia Grimes Adams