Michael Edwin RAY

Background

Ray, Michael Edwin was born on December 13, 1949 in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Son of Daniel Shaw Ray and Jane (Horne) Keziah.

Education

Furman University (Bachelor of Arts, 1972). University of South Carolina (Juris Doctor, 1978). Recipient, Algernon Sidney Sullivan Award.

Editor in Chief, South Carolina Law Review, 1977-1978. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of College and University Law, 1984-1986.

Career

Legal administrator Wyche Burgess Freeman & Parham, Greenville, South Carolina, 1973-1975. Associate Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Professional Limited Liability Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1978-1985, member, since 1985.

Achievements

• Bar: North Carolina 1978, South Carolina 1978, United States District Court (eastern, middle and western districts) North Carolina 1978, United States Court Appeals (4th circuit) 1981, United States Court Appeals (Federal circuit) 1989.

Works

• Other Work

  • Editor-in-chief South Carolina Law Review, 1977-1978.

Membership

Board directors Piedmont Opera Theatre, Inc., 1997-1998. South Carolina Manpower Planning Council, Columbia, 1971-1972. Member American Bar Association, International Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, South Carolina Bar Association, Federal Circuit Bar Association (board governors 1994-1997), American Intellectual Property Law Association, Forsyth County Bar Association, Furman University Alumni Association (board governors 1995-2000), Lex Mundi, Inc.

(director 1995-1999, secretary 1996-1997, chair-elect 1997-1998, chair 1998-1999, chair emeritus 1999-2000, Best Lawyers in North Carolina, 2009, North Carolina Legal Elite, 2009).

Interests

• Sailing, woodworking, music.

Connections

Married Janet Langston Jones, July 14, 1973. Children: John Daniel, Jennifer Marjory.

Father:

Daniel Shaw Ray Keziah

Mother:

Jane (Horne) Keziah

Spouse:

Janet Langston Jones

child:

John Daniel Ray

child:

Jennifer Marjory Ray