Raymond Buckner Buckner Witt Jr.

Background

Witt, Raymond Buckner was born on April 20, 1915 in Lenoir City, Tennessee, United States. Son of Raymond Buckner and Gertrude (Jackson) Witt.

Education

University of Chattanooga (Bachelor of Arts, 1937). University of North Carolina (Bachelor of Laws, 1939). Phi Delta Phi. Trustee and Secretary, 1965—and Chairman, Board of Trustees, 1988-1989, University of Chattanooga Foundation, Inc.

Member, 1953-1965 and Special Legal Counsel, since 1965, Board of Education, Chattanooga City Schools. Chairman, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library, 1977-1979. President, YMCA Chattanooga, 1985- 1986.

Chattanooga United Way Campaign Chairman, 1987. Chairman, Board of Trustees, First Centenary Methodist Church, 1988-1989.

Career

Mapp v. Board of Education, 477 F. 2d 851 (6th Cir., 1973); 373 F. 2d 75 (6th Cir., 1967).Worked at Witt, Gaither & Whitaker, P.C. (Chattanooga, Tennessee) specializing in General Civil and Corporate Practice, Trials in all State and Federal Courts, Corporation, Trust, Banking, Real Estate, Probate, Pension and Profit Sharing, Estate Planning, Tax, Labor and Labor Relations, Employment Discrimination, Products Liability, Insurance, Trucks and Trucking, Antitrust, Securities and Environmental Law. Admitted to the bar, 1939, Tennessee. 1963, United States. Supreme Court.

Phi Delta Phi. Trustee and Secretary, 1965— and Chairman, Board of Trustees, 1988-1989, University of Chattanooga Foundation, Inc. Member, 1953-1965 and Special Legal Counsel, 1965—, Board of Education, Chattanooga City Schools. Chairman, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library, 1977-1979.

President, YMCA Chattanooga, 1985-1986. Chattanooga United Way Campaign Chairman, 1987. Chairman, Board of Trustees, 1988-1989 and Administrative Board Chairman, 1993-1994, First Centenary Methodist Church.

Member: Chattanooga, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. The Estate Planning Council of Chattanooga (President, 1955). Fellow: Tennessee Bar Foundation.

Chattanooga Bar Foundation. Military: Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945. Witt, Gaither & Whitaker was founded in 1921.

In 1991, the firm merged with Hutcheson, Pinchak, Powers & Disheroon, the city's preeminent management labor relations law firm. Historically, the firm has engaged in a diverse business practice, including general corporate legal representation and litigation. The firm is general or special counsel to a wide variety of businesses both in the State of Tennessee and across the nation, and its clients include publicly-held corporations whose securities are listed on national securities exchanges, privately-held companies, partnerships, estates, trusts, retirement plans, banks, savings and loans institutions, public agencies, a number of charitable private foundations and many individuals.

The diverse background and experience of the attorneys enable the firm to provide a broad range of services and advice to its clients, ranging from corporate and personal tax planning through mergers, acquisitions, employee relations matters, and general business representation to litigation of complex disputes, both civil and criminal, in all courts.

Membership

President Metropolitan Council Community Services, 1966-1968. Member Chattanooga Board Education, 1953-1965, vice chairman, 1963-1965. Chairman Chattanooga Bicentennial Religious Committee, 1976.

Chairman of the Board Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library, 1976-1978. Trustee Westend Foundation. Member U. Chatanooga Found.Inc., since 1969, trustee, secretary, general counsel, chairman 1988-1990.

President Chattanooga Young Men’s Christian Association, 1986-1987. Chairman United Way Fund campaign, 1987. Chairman of the board of trustees 1st Centenary United Methodist, 1989, chairman administrative board, 1993, 94.

Served to Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1942-1945, PTO. Member American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association.

Connections

Married Florence Elder Bagley, September 14, 1943. Children— Florence Elder, Mary Alice, George Evans.

Father:

Raymond Buckner Witt

Mother:

Gertrude (Jackson) Witt

Spouse:

Florence Elder Bagley