Background
Doremus, Ogden was born on April 23, 1921 in Atlanta. Son of C. Estes and Mary (McAdory) Doremus.
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Ogden Doremus
Ogden Doremus, American, Georgian Lawyer. Bar: Georgia 1947. Named Young Man of Year Atlanta, 1951; recipient Thomas H. gignilliat award Cultural Progress of Savannah, 1969, Tradition of Excellence award Georgia State Bar, 1988, 1st Annual Council of State Court Justices award named Ogden Doremus in his honor, 1993.
Education
Emory University (Bachelor of Arts). Emory University School of Law (Juris Doctor).
Career
Assistant solicitor general, Atlanta, 1947-1949. Partner firm Smith Field Doremus & Ringel, 1949-1960, Falligant, Doremus and Karsman, Savannah, 1960-1972, Doremus, Jones & Smith, Professional Corporation, Metter, 1972-1994. Of counsel Karsman, Brooks & Callaway, 1994—2000.
Judge State Court Candler County, Georgia, 1985—2005. Senior judge State Courts, from 2005. Professor Woodrow Wilson School Law, Atlanta, 1948-1950.
Chair uniform rules committee Council State Courts, 1990-2004. President Georgia Council State Court Judges, 1990-1991, chair legislation committee, 1997-1999. Member Judicial Council State of Georgia, 1989-1991, Unified Trial Court Commission, 1997.
Member court futures committee State Bar Georgia, since 1996. Board director Center for Law in the Public Interest, since 1996, Lifetime Achievement, 2004. Judge Municipal Court, Metter, Georgia, 1997-2001.
Member commission on judiciary Supreme Court Georgia, since 1999.
Achievements
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Ogden Doremus has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.
Membership
Scoutmaster Boy Scouts American, Atlanta, 1951-1960, commission, 1961-1970. Chairman Georgia Day and Savannah Arts Festival, 1968-1972. Member Atlanta City Council, 1950-1953.
Member Savannah Governmental Reorganization Commission, 1960-1961, Georgia Court Futures Commission, 1991-1993, 97—. Advisory committee National Coastal Zone Management Council, 1978-1986. Trustee Georgia Conservancy.
Board directors Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation, 1983-1986, Georgia Hazardous Waste Authority, since 1989, Chatham Environmental Forum, 1990-1993. Member strategic planning committee Council State Courts Georgia, since 1996. Board directors Coastal Environmental Organization Georgia, since 1998, Cancochee Riverkeeper.
Served with United States Army Air Corps, 1942-1946, European Theatre of Operations. Member of American Bar Association (chairman environ law committee, general practice 1976-1977), Atlanta Society, Georgia Institute Trial Advocacy (chairman 1984-1989), Savannah Bar Association, State Bar Georgia (chairman insurance law section 1963-1967, 1977-1983, mediator for United States Postal Service since 1999, certified mediator Georgia commission on dispute resolution), Izaak Walton League (founder Georgia chapter 1950), Willow Lake Country Club, Chatham Tennis Club, Chatham Club, Sierra Club (executive committee Chattahoochee chapter 1965-1975, chair legal committee Georgia chapter 1997—2001, vice chair executive committee Georgia chapter since 2004, Lifetime Achievement Georgia environmental council Citizenship award 1997, Common Cause Citizenship award 1998, Lifetime Achievement Georgia environmental council Citizenship award 1999, Conservation Leadership award Georgia chapter 1999, Lifetime Leadership award 2004).
Connections
Married Carolyn Wooten Greene, August 30,1947 (deceased August 1989). Children: Celia Jane, Frank O., Dale Marie Doremus. Married Linda Parker, December 4, 1992.
- Father:
- C. Estes Doremus
- Mother:
- Mary (McAdory) Doremus
- Spouse:
- Carolyn Wooten Greene
- Spouse:
- Linda Parker
- child:
- Frank O. Doremus
- child:
- Celia Jane Doremus
- child:
- Dale Marie Doremus
