Background
Latham, Weldon Hurd was born on January 2, 1947 in Brooklyn. Son of Aubrey Geddes and Avril (Hurd) Latham.
Latham, Weldon Hurd was born on January 2, 1947 in Brooklyn. Son of Aubrey Geddes and Avril (Hurd) Latham.
Howard University (Bachelor of Arts, 1968). Georgetown University (Juris Doctor, 1971).
Worked at Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in General Federal, Corporate, Commercial, Administrative and International Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1972, District of Columbia. 1975 United States. Supreme Court.
1982, Virginia.
Guest Professor, University of Virginia Law School, 1976-1991.
Adjunct Professor, Howard University School of Law, 1972-1982. Executive Assistant and Counsel to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Planning Research Corporation, 1983-1986.
Vice President and General Counsel, Sterling Systems Incorporated, 1981-1983. General Deputy Assistant Secretary, United States.
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 1979-1981.
Assistant General Counsel, Executive Office of the President, The White House, Office of Management and Budget, 1974-1976. Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, General Counsel"s Honors Program, The Pentagon, 1973-1974. Member, Board of Advisors, First Union National Bank, 1995.
Chairman, District of Columbia Mayor"s Business Advisory Council, 1994.
Member, United States. Small Business Administrator"s National Advisory Council, 1994.
Board of Directors, Chairman Regional Affairs Committee and Corporate Secretary, Greater Washington Board of Trade, 1991-1995. Member, United States.
Department of Defense Advisory Committee on Technical Data Rights, 1991-1992.
Board of Visitors, George Mason University, 1990-1994. American Bar Association Section on Public Contract Law, Vice Chair Socio-Economic Policies and Regulations Committee, 1990-1993. Board of Visitors, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1985-1989.
Member, Virginia Governor"s Regulatory Reform Advisory Board, 1982-1984.
One of the largest full-service firms in the Washington, District of Columbia area, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge has almost forty years of experience representing local, national, and international clients in a full array of legal practice areas. Using the firm"s extensive interdisciplinary resources, Shaw Pittman"s 250 attorneys work closely with clients to develop creative and cost-effective approaches to their legal questions.
Shaw Pittman is proud of its commitment to its clients and of the legislative, administrative and judicial strategies it develops to help them meet their objectives.
Member Washington steering committee National Association for the Advancement of Colored People LegalDef. Fund, 1975-1995, Fairfax County Airports Advisory committee, 1987-1988. Member of advisory board First Union National Bank, 1995.
Member Clinton Small Business Administration National Advisory Council, 1993, Burger King Corporation.Diversity Action Council, 1996, Maryland.
Economics Development Commission, 1996. Member Governor Maryland.
Transition Team, 1995, Democratic National Committee, 1996, Platform Drafting Committee, 1996. Member American Bar Association (vice-chairman subcommittee public contract law section 1988-1993), Federal Bar Association, National Bar Association, District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce (general.counsel 1979), State Virginia Bar Association, Washington Bar Association, Bar Association District of Columbia, National Contract Management Association.
Member editorial advisory board Washington Business Journal, 1985-1987.
Married Constantia Beecher, August 8, 1948. Children: Nicole Marie, Brett Weldon.