Background
Beckham, Junior, Walter H. was born on April 18, 1920 in Albany, Georgia, United States.
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Walter H. Beckham Jr.
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Emory University (Bachelor of Arts, 1941). Harvard University (Juris Doctor, 1969 replaced Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, 1948).
Career
Worked at Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A. (Miami, Florida) specializing in General Civil and Criminal Practice in all Courts. Aviation, Antitrust, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death. Trial and Appellate Practice.
Admitted to the bar, 1949, Florida. 1956, United States. Supreme Court. 1978, District of Columbia.
Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Phi Alpha Delta. Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1947-1948. Professor of Law, 1967-1982 and Professor Emeritus, 1982, University of Miami Law School.
President: Greater Miami YMCA, 1963-1967. YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly Board of Trustees, Past Chairman, 1977-1979. President, Dade County Crippled Children's Society, 1968-1969.
Emory University, Dean's Council, 1992-1994. Director, Medical Institute for Attorneys, University of Miami Law Center, 1968-1983. Member, Board of Trustees, 1976-1987 and Chairman, 1983-1985, National Institute for Trial Advocacy.
Member: Dade County (Member: Board of Directors, 1950-1952. Executive Committee, 1951-1952), American (Chairman, Torts and Insurance Practice Section, 1974-1975. Member: National Conference of Representatives, American Medical Association and American Bar Association, 1968-1974.
House of Delegates, 1979-1986, 1990-1995. Secretary, 1987-1990) and Inter-American Bar Associations (Member, Board of Trustees, National Judicial College, 1990. Vice-Chair, 1993-1994, Chair, 1994-1996.
Chair Emeritus, 1996). The Florida Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Chairman, Aviation Law Section, 1966-1968). American Judicature Society.
International Academy of Trial Lawyers (President, 1973-1974). American Law Institute. Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers.
Fellow: American Bar Foundation. American College of Trial Lawyers. American Board of Trial Advocacy (Founding Member).
Military: Captain, S.C., United States Naval Reserve, Retired. Podhurst Orseck Josefsberg Eaton Meadow Olin & Perwin, P.A. continues a legal practice, established in 1967, concentrating exclusively in trial and appellate litigation. The firm is dedicated to offering the highest caliber legal representation in both federal and state trial and appellate courts.
The firm's general tort practice places a major emphasis upon aviation, automobile, products liability and medical malpractice litigation. In addition, the firm has a substantial practice in commercial, matrimonial and criminal litigation. From its inception, the firm has also cultivated an appellate practice, handling appeals of not only the firm's own litigators, but also of other lawyers throughout the State of Florida, in the various state and federal appellate courts.
The firm's practice serves clients and corporations throughout the United States, and in several foreign countries.
Membership
Member, Board of Trustees, 1976-1987 and Chairman, 1983-1985, National Institute for Trial Advocacy. Member: Dade County (Member: Board of Directors, 1950-1952. Executive Committee, 1951-1952), American (Chairman, Torts and Insurance Practice Section, 1974-1975.
Member: National Conference of Representatives, American Medical Association and American Bar Association, 1968-1974. House of Delegates, 1979-1986, 1990-1995. Secretary, 1987-1990) and Inter-American Bar Associations (Member, Board of Trustees, National Judicial College, 1990.
Vice-Chair, 1993-1994, Chair, 1994-1996. Chair Emeritus, 1996). The Florida Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Chairman, Aviation Law Section, 1966-1968).
American Judicature Society. International Academy of Trial Lawyers (President, 1973-1974). American Law Institute.
Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers. Fellow: American Bar Foundation. American College of Trial Lawyers.
American Board of Trial Advocacy (Founding Member). Military: Captain, S.C., United States Naval Reserve, Retired.
