Background
Davis, Roy Walton was born on January 15, 1930 in Marion, North Carolina, United States. Son of Roy Walton and Mildred Gertrude (Wilson) Davis.
Davis, Roy Walton was born on January 15, 1930 in Marion, North Carolina, United States. Son of Roy Walton and Mildred Gertrude (Wilson) Davis.
Davidson College (Bachelor of Science, 1952). University of North Carolina (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1955). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif.
Member, Board of Editors, North Carolina Law Review, 1954-1955.
Author and Lecturer, "Good Legal Practice Controls Malpractice," Wake Forest Professional Responsibility Symposium, 1988.
Partner, Davis & Davis, Marion, 1959-1960; from associate to partner, Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes & Davis, Asheville, North Carolina, since 1960. Lecturer in field.
Chancellor Episcopalian Diocese of Western North Carolina, Black Mountain, since 1980. With United States Army, 1956-1959. Fellow American Bar Foundation, American College Trial Lawyers (state chair 1994-1996), International Society Barristers.
Member American Bar Association (tort and insurance practice and litigation sections House of Delegates 1989-1992), North Carolina Bar Association (chairman young lawyers division 1965-1966), North Carolina State Bar (president 1985-1986, trustee IOLTA 1987-1993), North Carolina Association Defense Attorneys, Order of Coif.
Married Madeline Burch Combs, September 10, 1955. Children: R. Walton III, Madeline Trent, Rebekah Wilson, Sally Fielding.