Background
Waddell, William Robert was born on November 24, 1940 in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, United States. Son of Ewell Edward and Sara Isabel (Dean) Waddell.
Waddell, William Robert was born on November 24, 1940 in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, United States. Son of Ewell Edward and Sara Isabel (Dean) Waddell.
Williams College (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). University of Virginia (Bachelor of Laws, 1965). Order of the Coif. (Also at McLean (Tysons Comer) Office).
Worked at McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Limited liability partnership (Richmond, Virginia) specializing in General Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1965, Virginia. 1991, North Carolina.
Order of the Coif.
Listed in: Who"s Who in American Law. Who"s Who in America. The Best Lawyers in America.
Author: "Virginia Foreign Money Claims Acting, III," Lex Mundi World Reports 26, March 1991 and supplement
1994; "Foreign-Money Claims Acting," 10 Intrnational Bank. and Finance, Financial. Law 36, 1991.
"Alternative Dispute Resolution," University of Virginia, 1996. Company-Author: with Hicks, "Perfection and Priorities of Security Interests," Virginia State Bar and Virginia Bar Association, 1978.
Contributor: "Uniform Commercial Code Annual Survey," 45 Business.
Law. 2281, 46 Business. Law. viii, 1990. Editor, Cellular Radio and Paging, seminar handbook, American Bar Association Business Section, 1995.
Instructor, Overview of Paralegalism, 1978-1980 and Member, Curriculum Committee, Legal Assisting Program, 1974-1980, Reynolds Community College.
Judge, University of Virginia and T.C. Williams Moot Court Competitions. Adjunct Faculty, Alternative Dispute Resolution, University of Virginia School of Law, 1993. President: Bon Air Community Association, 1979-1980.
Three Ridges Owners Association 1984-1987.
Chairman of the Board: Junior Achievement of Richmond, Incorporated., 1989-1990. The Steward School, 1985-1988.
Member, Board of Directors: The Steward School Foundation. The George Foundation.
Virginia Advance Technology Association.
Member, Board of Directors, 1989-1993 and College of Mediators, Lex Mundi. Member, Advisory Board, University of North Carolina School of Business Law Firm Management Programs, 1991-1992. Arbitration Panels: National Association of Securities Dealers and American Arbitration Association.
Certified Mediator, Commonwealth of Virginia.
Chairman: Telecommunications Committee, 1986-1990 and 1994. Specialization Subcommittee, Committee on Advertising and Specialization, Business Section, 1983-1984.
Company-Chair, Telecommunications Working Group, Task Force on Europe 1992, 1989-1990. Vice Chair, Committee on the Law of Commerce in Cyberspace.
Member: Uniform Commercial Code Committee, Committee on Law Firms, Dispute Resolution Committee, Business Section, American Bar Association.
(Resident, Norfolk Office). McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Limited liability partnership is among the largest law firms in the United States. From its locations in Alexandria, Baltimore, Charlottesville, Jacksonville, Norfolk, Richmond, Tysons Corner, Washington, District of Columbia, Almaty, Republic of Kazakstan, Moscow, Russia, Brussels, Belgium, and Zurich, Switzerland, the firm serves the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast region and other United States. and foreign corporate centers.
This concentration of lawyers in one of the fastest growing, most populous areas of the nation, coupled with a long tradition of excellence and individual attention, distinguishes the firm from most others
President Bon Air Community Association, Richmond, 1979-1980. Board directors, secretary Va.Advanced Technology Association, Richmond, 1986-1996. Chairman The Steward School, 1985-1988, Junior Achievement of Richmond, Inc., 1989-1990.
Member American Bar Association (commercial code committee, sales subcommittee since 1982, chairman telecommunications committee 1986-1990, 94-96, vice-Chairman of Commission on laws of commerce in cyberspace 1996-1998, dispute resolution committee since 1990), Virginia Bar Association, Richmond Bar Association (chairman economics of law practice committee 1978-1979), Norfolk/Portsmouth Bar Association, George Mason U. Century Club (founder), Willow Oaks Country Club, Bull & Bear Club, Order of Coif.
Married Linda Kay Waddle, August 25, 1962. Children: Robert William, Keith Edward, Alex Watson.