Thomas Jeffery Keith

Background

Keith, Thomas Jeffery was born on June 9, 1944 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of Theodore Roosevelt and Margaret (Volpe) Keith.

Education

Bachelor, U. North Carolina, 1967; Juris Doctor, Wake Forest School Law, 1970.

Career

Assistant solicitor, Forsyth County, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1971-1973; juvenile public defender, Forsyth County, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1976-1977; district attorney, Forsyth County, Winston Salem, North Carolina, since 1991; associate, Moore and Green, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1973-1974; associate, Moore, Green, Parrish & Yokely, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1974-1975; partner, Moore & Keith, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1975-1978; partner, Keith & Smithwick, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1978-1986; principal, Law Offices Thomas J. Keith, Winston Salem, North Carolina, 1986-1991. Instructor criminal law Forsyth Technology College, Winston Salem, 1973-1976. Adjunct.clin. instructor criminal law Wake Forest School Law, Winston Salem, 1985-1991.

Member of advisory committee North Carolina Drug Treatment Court, 1995. Member budget advising committee Administrative Office of the Court Justices, 1996. Member Statewide Automated Victim Information and Notification Sys.

Study Commission, since 1996.

Achievements

• Thomas Jeffery Keith has been listed as a reputable District attorney by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Alcohol Residential Care Authority, Winston Salem, 1973-1975;chairman Forsyth County Board Elections, Winston Salem, 1975-1978, 87-90. Member child abuse and neglect protocol task force Forsyth County Juvenile Justice Council, since 1991. Project director Forsyth County Drug Treatment Court, since 1995, Forsyth County Domestic Violence Court, since 1997, Forsyth County Gang Task Force, since 1997.

Coach Optimist Soccer League, 1984-1990. Member North Carolina Bar Association (Board of Governors since 1997), North Carolina Conference District Attorneys (pres.1996-1997), North Carolina District Attorneys Association (president 1996-1997, member governor's crime commission 1993-1994, commission for future of justice and courts in North Carolina, advisor to criminal law subcommittee, North Carolina Supreme Court advising committee for caseflow management 1996, North Carolina sentencing and policy commission, community corrections group1994), Forsyth County Bar Association.

Interests

• Avocations: quail hunting.

Connections

Married Ellen Bouldin, June15, 1968. Children: Jennifer Bouldin, Sarah Adeline.

Father:

Theodore Roosevelt Keith

Mother:

Margaret (Volpe) Keith

Spouse:

Ellen Bouldin

child:

Jennifer Bouldin Keith

child:

Sarah Adeline Keith