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  Torbert Jr., C.C.
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  2010-01-01  
 
NameC.C. Torbert Jr.
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Born August 31, 1929
DiedJune 02, 2018 (88 years)
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InfoClement Clay "Bo" Torbert Jr.

born Opelika, Alabama, August 31, 1929; admitted to bar, 1954, Alabama; 1988, District of Columbia. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1951); University of Maryland and University of Alabama (L.L.B., 1954). Phi Kappa Phi; Tau Kappa Alpha; Omicron Delta Kappa; Farrah Order of Jurisprudence. Case Note Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1953-1954. Member, Alabama House of Representatives, 1958-1962. Member, Alabama State Senate, 1966-1970, 1974-1977 (Chief Sponsor of the Judicial Article Implementation Act of 1975, which reformed Alabama's judicial system). Chairman, Joint Legislative Committee on Code Revision 1975-1977. Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Alabama, 1977-1989. Appointed by President Reagan as Chairman, State Justice Institute, 1986-1991. Member, Board of Directors, National Institute for Dispute Resolution, 1990-1998. Chairman, Alabama Commission on Tax and Fiscal Policy Reform, 1990-1991. Member, 1977-1989 and President, 1987-1988, Conference of Chief Justices. Chairman, Board of Directors, National Center for State Courts, 1987-1988. Held Leslie S. Wright Chair of Law, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, 1989. Held John Sparkman Chair of Law, University of Alabama School of Law, 1989. Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, Tuskegee University, 1993. Member: Federal and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member, Board of Commissioners, 1971-1977); Alabama Academy of Honor; Alabama Law Institute (Council, 1969-; Executive Committee, 1977-1989); American Judicature Society (Member, Executive Committee, 1983-1985). Alabama Supreme Court's Commission on Dispute Resolution (Inception, present term expires July 1, 2003). (Resident in Montgomery Office). CONCENTRATION: Appellate Practice Law and Alternate Dispute Resolution Law (arbitrations and mediations).

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  11/02/1982 AL State Supreme Court Chief Justice Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/02/1976 AL State Supreme Court Chief Justice Won 74.52% (+49.03%)
  05/04/1976 AL State Supreme Court Chief Justice - D Primary Won 55.15% (+10.30%)
  11/05/1974 AL State Senate 22 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/08/1966 AL State Senate 17 Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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