Background
Knowles, Junior, Ralph I. was born on May 22, 1944 in Lumberton, North Carolina, United States.
Knowles, Junior, Ralph I. was born on May 22, 1944 in Lumberton, North Carolina, United States.
University of Alabama (Bachelor of Arts, 1966. Juris Doctor, 1969).
Worked at Doffermyre, Shields, Canfield, Knowles & Devine (Atlanta, Georgia) specializing in Personal Injury, Products Liability, Fraud, Constitutional Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1969, Alabama. 1973, United States. Supreme Court.
1990, Georgia.
Omicron Delta Kappa.
Order of the Coif. President, Student Government Association, 1969. Member, University of Alabama Law Review, 1968-1969.
Recipient: Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Roderick Beddow Award, 1982. Civil Liberties Union of Alabama Award, 1978.
Member, Alabama Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Promulgation of Rules of Evidence, 1988.
Company-Chair, Plaintiffs" Steering Committee, In Re: Silicone Gel Breast Implant Product Liability Litigation, Molecular Design Limited Number. 926. Member, Faculty, Continuing Legal Education Seminar on Advanced Trial Advocacy, University of Alabama, 1981-1984. President, Tuscaloosa Trial Lawyers Association, 1981-1982.
Member: Tuscaloosa (President, 1986-1987.
Member, Executive Committee, 1982-1988. Chairman, Grievance Committee, 1975-1976.
1981-1984) and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Georgia.
Alabama State Bar (Chairperson, Task Force on Judicial Election, Selection and Evaluation, 1986.
Chairperson, Committee on Correctional Institutions and Procedures, 1987-1988 ). Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Executive Committee, 1988-1991. Board of Governors, 1986-1991).
Georgia Trial Lawyers Association.
Tuscaloosa County American Inn of Court (Master of the Bench, 1990-1991).
Member, University of Alabama Law Review, 1968-1969.