Background
Gordon, Leland James was born on March 17, 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Leland James and Doris Mellor (Gilbert) Gordon.
Gordon, Leland James was born on March 17, 1927 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Leland James and Doris Mellor (Gilbert) Gordon.
Bachelor, Denison University, 1950. Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1953.
Bar: Ohio 1953, United States District Court (southern district) Ohio 1957, United States Tax Court 1979,Supreme Court of the United States Court 1978, United States Court Appeals (6th district) 1992. Association East.Clark Morrow, Newark, Ohio, 1953-1960. Partner Morrow & Gordon, Newark, 1960-1967, senior partner Morrow, Gordon & Byrd, Newark, 1967-1998, counsel, 1998.
Weakley Apts, Incorporated.
Company, Newark. President board education Granville Exempted Village, Ohio, 1969-1979. President United Way of Licking County, Newark, 1972-1974.
President Granville Foundation, 1991-1992.
God has revealed and continues to reveal God's self through the Bible, through the created order, through mighty acts in history, and, preeminently, through God the Son, Jesus Christ.
President board education, Granville Exempted Village, Ohio, 1969-1979. President United Way of Licking County, Newark, 1972-1974. President Granville Foundation, 1991-1992.
Served with United States Air Force, 1945-1947. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers, American Bar Foundation, Ohio Bar Foundation, American Board Trial Advocates (advisory). Member Ohio State Bar Association (chairman negligence law committee 1986), Licking County Bar Association (president 1968), Mental Health Association Licking County (president 1986), Newark Area Chamber of Commerce (treasurer 1983-1984), Masons, Kiwanis (president 1965), Rotary (president 1992-1993).
Married Jane Busby, June 10, 1950. Children: James Douglas, Leslie Anne, John Scott.