Background
Proctor, Vernon Robert was born on June 24, 1954 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Stewart and Jean Ursula (Lamont) Proctor.
Proctor, Vernon Robert was born on June 24, 1954 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William Stewart and Jean Ursula (Lamont) Proctor.
Harvard College (Bachelor of Arts, 1976). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, 1979).
Worked at Bayard, Handelman & Murdoch, P.A. (Wilmington, Delaware) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1979, Delaware. Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Delaware State (Member, 1981 and Council, 1994, Corporation Law Section) and American (Member, Section of Business Law, 1982.
Chair, Publications Subcommittee, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee, 1992) Bar Associations.
Bayard, Handelman & Murdoch, P.A. was formed through the merger of two long established and well known law firmsthe litigation firm of Bayard, Brill & Handelman, and the tax and transactional boutique of Murdoch & Walsh. The firm is staffed and equipped to serve the demands of an aggressive and modern general practice.
From its main office in Wilmington and satellite offices in Newark and Dover, the firm services every county in Delaware. The hallmark of the firm is its ability to combine the benefits of specialization found in larger firms with the personal client contact typical of smaller firms.
The firm"s moderate size provides the flexibility to coordinate diverse legal specialties, in a team approach, to solve client problems.
Board directors St. Michael's Day Nursery, Inc., Wilmington, 1987-1992, 97-2000, president, 1992-1993. Vestryman St. Andrew's Church, Wilmington, 1982-1985, 86-89, Church of the Advent, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, 2000-2003. Schools committee chair Harvard Club of Delaware, 1997-2000.
Director Delaware Valley Chorale, since 2005. Member American Bar Association (committee on business litigation, section business and law), Delaware State Bar Association, Vicmead Hunt Club, Wilmington Club, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Margaret Selfridge Boyer, May 27, 1978. Children: Edward Ford, Elizabeth Hammond.