Background
Willis, Junior, William R. was born on March 8, 1931 in Gallatin, Tennessee, United States.
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William R. Willis Jr.
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Middle Tennessee State University (Bachelor of Science, 1952). Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Laws, 1954).
Career
Worked at Willis & Knight. Admitted to the bar, 1954, Tennessee. 1955, United States. Court of Military Appeals.
1961, United States. Supreme Court. Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1953-1954. Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States., 1963-1965.
Member, 1975 and Chairman, 1980. 1981, Tennessee Appellate Court Nominating Commission. Special Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1976.
Chairman, Board of Professional Responsibility, Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1984-1987. Member: Nashville (President, 1990), Tennessee (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1961) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1991) Bar Associations. Tennessee Society of Hospital Attorneys (President, 1975-1978).
Fellow: Nashville Bar Foundation. American College of Trial Lawyers. Director, 1987 and Treasurer, 1988, Tennessee Bar Foundation.
Membership
Member, Board of Editors, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1953-1954. Special Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States., 1963-1965. Member, 1975 and Chairman, 1980.
1981, Tennessee Appellate Court Nominating Commission. Special Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1976. Chairman, Board of Professional Responsibility, Supreme Court of Tennessee, 1984-1987.
Member: Nashville (President, 1990), Tennessee (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1961) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1991) Bar Associations. Tennessee Society of Hospital Attorneys (President, 1975-1978). Fellow: Nashville Bar Foundation.
American College of Trial Lawyers. Director, 1987 and Treasurer, 1988, Tennessee Bar Foundation.
