Background
Potts, Robert Leslie was born on January 30, 1944. Son of Frank Vines and Helen Ruth (Butler) Potts.
Potts, Robert Leslie was born on January 30, 1944. Son of Frank Vines and Helen Ruth (Butler) Potts.
Newbold College, Bracknell, England and Southern Missionary College (Bachelor of Arts, 1966). University of Alabama (Juris Doctor, 1969). Harvard University (Master of Laws, 1971).
Order of the Coif. Member, Farrah Order of Jurisprudence. Secretary, Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society, 1967-1968. Alabama Editor and Assistant Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1968-1969.
Law Clerk to Chief Judge, United States. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 1969-1970. Instructor in Law, Boston University Law School, 1970-1971.
Law clerk to chief judge The United States of America District Court (northern district) Alabama, 1969—1970. Researcher Herrick, Smith, Donald, Farley & Ketchum, Boston, 1970—1971. Lecturer Boston University, 1971, University Alabama, 1973—1975, 1988.
Partner Potts & Young, Florence, 1971—1984. General counsel University Alabama Systems, 1984—1989. President University North Alabama, 1990—2004.
Chancellor North Dakota University Systems, since 2004. Member National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity, 1994—2001. Committee on colleges Southern Association Colleges and Schools, 2001—2004.
Chairman National Reserve Officers Training Corps subcommittee for Secretary of Army, 1999—2001. Advisory committee rules of civil procedure Alabama Supreme Court, 1973—1988. Chairman Alabama Board Bar Examiners, 1983—1986, Alabama Council College and University President, 2001—2003, National Conference Bar Examiners, 1994—1995.
Casenote, 19 Alabama Law Review 536, 1967. Comment, "Real Covenants in Restraint of Trade-When Do They Run with the Land?" 20 Alabama Law Review 114, 1967. "Terry v. Elmwood Cemetery," 307 F. Supp.369, N.D. Ala., 1969, noted in Time, January 5, 1970, at 32, summarized in 38 United States.L.W. 3262. Comment, "Negro Members of Alabama Bar," 21 Alabama Law Review 306, 1969. "The Alabama System for Investigation of Deaths," 6 International Microform Journal of Legal Medicine No.3, 1971
"Law Clerkship in United States District Court," 33 Alabama Lawyer 163, 1972. "The Unique Alabama System for Investigation of ’Public Interest’ Deaths-А Description, An Evaluation and A Suggestion for Change," 24 Alabama Law Review 353, 1972. "The Alabama Bar Examination and Rules of Admission to the Alabama Bar," 31 Alabama Law Review 383, 1980."Some Reflections on the Alabama Bar from a Brief Out-of-State Perspective," 41 Alabama Law 173, 1980. "Book Review, Alabama Law of Damages," 44 Alabama Law 87, 1983. "Interstate Law Practice by Inhouse Corporate Counsel - A Status Report and A Proposed Solution," 56 The Bar Examiner 4, May, 1987.Lecturer in Law, University of Alabama, 1973-1975.
Editorial Advisory Board, The Alabama Lawyer, 1972-1978. Alabama Supreme Court Standing Advisory Committee on Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure, 1973-1988. Alabama Law Institute Council, since 1975.
Trustee: Alabama State University, 1976-1979. Oakwood College, 1981. President, University of Alabama Law School Alumni Association, 1981-1982.
Partner, Potts & Young, Florence, Alabama, 1971-1983. Member: Birmingham, Lauderdale County, Tuscaloosa County and American Bar Associations. Alabama State Bar (Member, Board of Bar Examiners, 1973-1979.
Chairman, Board of Bar Examiners, 1983-1986. President, Young Lawyers Section, 1979-1980). National Conference of Bar Examiners (Member, Multistate Bar Examination Committee, 1983-1986.
Member, Board of Managers, since 1986). National Association of College and University Attorneys. (General Counsel).
Married Irene Elisabeth Johansson, August 22, 1965. Children: Julia Anna, Robert Leslie.