Background
Greathead, R. Scott was born on May 18, 1946 in Santa Monica, California, United States. Son of Edwin B. and Carolyn (Craig) Greathead.
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R. Scott Greathead
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R. Scott Greathead, American lawyer, human rights advocate. Board directors Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, New York City, since 1980, New York League Conservation Voters, New York City, since 1992; general counsel Center for Reproductive Law & Policy, New York City, since 1992; member board advisors Center for Economic and Social Rights, New York City, since 1995. Member Council on Foreign Relations, Association Bar of the City of New York.
Education
Princeton University (A.B, 1968). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1972). Spoken languages: Spanish.
Career
Worked at Owen & Davis Personal Computer (New York, New York) specializing in Litigation, Trials and Appeals. Alternative Dispute Resolution. Admitted to the bar, 1974, New York, United States.
District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York
United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1989, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
First Assistant Attorney General of the State of New York, 1984-1990. Company-Author: "Preserving the Rule of Law In Hong Kong After July 1, 1997: A Report of a Mission of Inquiry," The Record of the Association of The Bar of the City of New York Volume 51, May 1996.
"Justice in El Salvador: A Report on the Investigation into the Killing of Four United States.
Churchwomen," 14 Columbia Human Rights Law Review 191 (1983). "Report of the Mission of Lawyers to Argentina," The Record of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York Volume 34, October 1979. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Chair, Committee on International Human Rights, 1982-1985), New York State Bar Association (Member, House of Delegates, 1979-1980).
Founded in 1987, Owen & Davis is a specialist litigation firm, serving corporate, institutional and individual clients in a variety of substantive areas, including corporate, commercial and securities law, products liability, banking, insurance, professional liability, employee relations, administrative law and regulation, antitrust, unfair competition and business torts, real estate, oil trading, computer law and bankruptcy.
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Membership
Board directors Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, New York City, since 1980, New York League Conservation Voters, New York City, since 1992. General counsel Center for Reproductive Law & Policy, New York City, since 1992. Member board advisors Center for Economic and Social Rights, New York City, since 1995.
Member Council on Foreign Relations, Association Bar of the City of New York.
Connections
Married Christina Pennoyer, January 30, 1982 (divorced June 1997). Children: Katherine, Frances, Molly.
