Background
Everett, Robinson Oscar was born on March 18, 1928 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Son of Reuben Oscar and Kathrine McDiarmid (Robinson) Everett.
Everett, Robinson Oscar was born on March 18, 1928 in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Son of Reuben Oscar and Kathrine McDiarmid (Robinson) Everett.
Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1947). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1950). Duke Law School (Master of Laws, 1959).
Worked at Everett, Gaskins, Hancock & Stevens, Limited Liability Partnership (Raleigh, North Carolina. Also Charlotte) specializing in Administrative Law, Civil and Criminal Appeals, Commercial Real Property, Commercial Litigation, Construction Litigation, Voting Rights, Zoning and Land Use Regulation. Admitted to the bar, 1950, North Carolina.
1954, District of Columbia. Phi Beta Kappa. Professor, Duke Law School, 1950-1951, 1956.
Chief Judge, 1980-1990.
Senior Judge, 1990-1991, United States. Court of Military Appeals (now called United States. Court of Appeals for Armed Forces).
Chairman, Durham Redevelopment Commission, 1958-1975.
Member, 1983-1991 and Chairman, 1983-1984, North Carolina IOLTA Board of Trustees. Founder, Center of Law, Ethics and National Security, 1993.
Chairman, North Carolina Bar Continuing Legal Education Board, 1992. Member: Wake County, Durham County, North Carolina (Vice President, NCBA, 1995), Federal (Chairman, Judiciary Section, 1985-1987.
Member, Advisory Committee on Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 1988-1991.
Member, Committee to Review the Criminal Justice Acting, 1991-1993) and American (Member, Advisory Committee on Law and National Security. Chairman, Standing Committee on Military Law, 1977-1979) Bar Associations. North Carolina State Bar (Councilor, 1978-1983).
American Law Institute (Life Member).
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform Laws (Life Member). Military: United States.
Air Force Reserve (Retired 1978 as Colonel) (Also Counsel to Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, Charlotte, North Carolina).
Member, 1983-1991 and Chairman, 1983-1984, North Carolina IOLTA Board of Trustees. Founder, Center of Law, Ethics and National Security, 1993. Chairman, North Carolina Bar Continuing Legal Education Board, 1992.
Member: Wake County, Durham County, North Carolina (Vice President, NCBA, 1995), Federal (Chairman, Judiciary Section, 1985-1987.
Member, Advisory Committee on Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 1988-1991. Member, Committee to Review the Criminal Justice Acting, 1991-1993) and American (Member, Advisory Committee on Law and National Security.
Chairman, Standing Committee on Military Law, 1977-1979) Bar Associations. North Carolina State Bar (Councilor, 1978-1983).
American Law Institute (Life Member).
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform Laws (Life Member). Military: United States. Air Force Reserve (Retired 1978 as Colonel) (Also Of Counsel to Everett, Gaskins, Hancock & Stevens, Raleigh, North Carolina).
Married Linda Moore McGregor, August 27, 1966. Children: Robinson Oscar Junior, James Douglas McGregor, Lewis Moore.