Background
Adamson, Terrence B. was born in 1946.
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Terrence B. Adamson
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Emory University (Bachelor of Arts, 1968. Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1973).
Career
Worked at Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, Limited Liability Partnership (New York, New York) specializing in Complex Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1973, Georgia. 1981, District of Columbia.
Phi Delta Phi.
Order of the Coif. Omicron Delta Kappa. Henry Luce Scholar, Ishii Law Office, Tokyo, Japan, 1975-1976. Fellow, Institute of Politics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1979-1980.
Reporter, The Atlanta Constitution, 1969-1971.
Executive Editor, Articles and Book Reviews, Emory Law Journal, 1972-1973. Law Clerk to Honorary Griffin B. Bell, Judge, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1973-1974. Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1977-1979.
Director, Office of Public Affairs, Chief Spokesman, Department of Justice, 1978-1979.
Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Asia Foundation, San Francisco, 1984. Member, Executive Committee, Board of Trustees (Nominated by Presidents Bush and Clinton, United States. Senate confirmed), State Justice Institute, Alexandria, Virginia., 1990.
Planning Committee, Federal Judicial Center/National Center for State Courts, National Conference on Mass Torts (1994).
General Counsel, Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Board of Councillors, Carter Presidential Center, Atlanta, 1985. Executive Committee, Defense Counsel Section, National Libel Defense Resource Center, New York, 1987.
Company-Chair, Newspaper Association of America/LDRC/National Association of Broadcasters National Conference on Libel Law (1991, 1993, 1995). Past Chair, Defamation and Media Torts Committee, Torts and Insurance Practice Section, 1992-1993.
Keynote Speaker, District of Columbia Circuit Judicial Conference, 1985, 111 F.R.D. 109-134.
Member, Clinton-Gore Justice Transition, 1992-1993. Member: District of Columbia Bar. State Bar of Georgia.
American Bar Association.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Executive Committee, Board of Trustees (Nominated by Presidents Bush and Clinton, United States. Senate confirmed), State Justice Institute, Alexandria, Virginia., 1990. Planning Committee, Federal Judicial Center/National Center for State Courts, National Conference on Mass Torts (1994).
General Counsel, Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Board of Councillors, Carter Presidential Center, Atlanta, 1985.
Executive Committee, Defense Counsel Section, National Libel Defense Resource Center, New York, 1987. Company-Chair, Newspaper Association of America/LDRC/National Association of Broadcasters National Conference on Libel Law (1991, 1993, 1995).
Past Chair, Defamation and Media Torts Committee, Torts and Insurance Practice Section, 1992-1993. Keynote Speaker, District of Columbia Circuit Judicial Conference, 1985, 111 F.R.D. 109-134.
Member, Clinton-Gore Justice Transition, 1992-1993.
Member: District of Columbia Bar. State Bar of Georgia. American Bar Association.
Fellow, Institute of Politics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 1979-1980.
Reporter, The Atlanta Constitution, 1969-1971. Executive Editor, Articles and Book Reviews, Emory Law Journal, 1972-1973.
Law Clerk to Honorary Griffin B. Bell, Judge, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1973-1974.
Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1977-1979.
Director, Office of Public Affairs, Chief Spokesman, Department of Justice, 1978-1979. Chairman of the Board of Trustees, The Asia Foundation, San Francisco, 1984. Member, Executive Committee, Board of Trustees (Nominated by Presidents Bush and Clinton, United States.
Senate confirmed), State Justice Institute, Alexandria, Virginia., 1990.
Planning Committee, Federal Judicial Center/National Center for State Courts, National Conference on Mass Torts (1994). General Counsel, Board of Directors, Executive Committee, Board of Councillors, Carter Presidential Center, Atlanta, 1985.
Executive Committee, Defense Counsel Section, National Libel Defense Resource Center, New York, 1987. Company-Chair, Newspaper Association of America/LDRC/National Association of Broadcasters National Conference on Libel Law (1991, 1993, 1995).
Past Chair, Defamation and Media Torts Committee, Torts and Insurance Practice Section, 1992-1993.
Keynote Speaker, District of Columbia Circuit Judicial Conference, 1985, 111 F.R.D. 109-134. Member, Clinton-Gore Justice Transition, 1992-1993.
