Ramsay D. Potts

Background

Potts, Ramsay Douglas was born on October 24, 1916 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of Ramsay Douglas and Ann Clifton (VanDyke) Potts.

Education

University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Science, 1941). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, 1948).

Career

Worked at Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in General Federal, Corporate, Commercial, Administrative and International Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1948, Tennessee. 1954, District of Columbia.

1957, United States.

Supreme Court. Phi Beta Kappa.

One of the largest full-service firms in the Washington, District of Columbia area, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge has almost forty years of experience representing local, national, and international clients in a full array of legal practice areas. Using the firm"s extensive interdisciplinary resources, Shaw Pittman"s 250 attorneys work closely with clients to develop creative and cost-effective approaches to their legal questions.

Shaw Pittman is proud of its commitment to its clients and of the legislative, administrative and judicial strategies it develops to help them meet their objectives.

Achievements

• Ramsay Douglas Potts has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member State Council Higher Education for Virginia, 1968-1971. Trustee Air Force History Foundation, president, 1971-1975. President Washington Area Tennis Patrons Foundation, 1984-1987.

Trustee emeritus. Physicians for Peace, 199789-. Member American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, Metropolitan Club (Washington), Army Navy Country Club (Arlington, Virginia), International Lawn Tennis Club (United States, Great British, India), Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Married Veronica Hamilton Raynor, December 22, 1945 (deceased May 1993). Children: Ramsay Douglas, David Hamilton, Lesley Ann, Lindsay Veronica.

Father:

Ramsay Douglas Potts

Mother:

Ann Clifton (VanDyke) Potts

Spouse:

Veronica Hamilton Raynor

child:

Lindsay Veronica Potts

child:

David Hamilton Potts

child:

Ramsay Douglas Potts

child:

Lesley Ann Potts