Joseph Williamson Grier

Background

Grier, Joseph Williamson was born on August 5, 1915 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph Williamson and Beulah Mae (Wallace) Grier.

Education

University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Arts, 1937). Harvard Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1940). Member, Grier, Parker, Poe, Thompson, Bernstein, Gage and Preston, 1946-1983.

Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, since 1953.

Career

Senior partner, Grier, Parker, Poe, Thompson, Bernstein, Gage & Preston, Charlotte, 1946-1983; partner, Grier & Grier, P.A., Charlotte, 1984-1997; of counsel, Grier & Furr, P.A., Charlotte, since 1998.

Achievements

• JOSEPH GRIER has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member North Carolina Board Higher Education, 1964-1965. Chairman of the board of trustees Queens College, Charlotte, since 1974, chairman, 1974-1982, chairman emeritus, since 1982. Chairman permanent judicial commission Presbyterian Church, 1966-1971.

Trustee Presbyterian Foundation, 1972-1978, vice president, 1973-1976, president, 1977-1978. Chairman Charlotte Parks and Recreation Commission, 1959-1963, Presbyterian Hospital Foundation, since 1980. President Charlotte-Mecklenburg Young Men’s Christian Association, 1968-1970, trustee, since 1986.

Board directors Cmty. School Arts, Ginter Foundation. Board visitors U. North Carolina, Charlotte, since 1987, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, since 1994.

Member Nalle Clinic Foundation, 1988. Vice chair Commission to Present Charter of Consolidation of City and County Government. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American Law Institute, Presbyterian Hospital Foundation.

Member American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association (Board of Governors, vice president 1983, inducted General Practice Hall of Fame 1989), American Judicature Society, 26th Judicial District Bar Association (president 1956), American Legion (department commander North Carolina 1948-1949), Charlotte Country Club, Charlotte City Club, Phi Delta Theta.

Connections

Married Catherine Langdon Smart, October 28, 1949. Children: Joseph Williamson, III, Catherine Grier Kelly, Susan Grier Bennett, Roy Smart, Bruce Taliaferro, Robin Wallace.

Father:

Joseph Williamson Grier

Mother:

Beulah Mae (Wallace) Grier

Spouse:

Catherine Langdon Smart

child:

Joseph Williamson Grier

child:

Bruce Taliaferro Grier

child:

Roy Smart Grier

child:

Susan Grier Bennett Grier

child:

Catherine Grier Kelly Grier

child:

III Grier

child:

Robin Wallace Grier