Record #:

12385

Author(s):

Not Given

Abstract:

In 1884, Heriot Clarkson opened a law office in Charlotte. Clarkson was later an associate justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court. Today, Clarkson's firm known as Parker, Poe, Thompson, Bernstein, Gage & Preston is one of the oldest law firms in continuous practice in North Carolina.

Source:

We the People of North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 43 Issue 1, Jan 1985, p36-37, 51-52, il, por

Subject(s):

Law firms--Charlotte; Clarkson, Robert Heriot, 1863-1942

Record #:

20760

Author(s):

Lawrence, R.C.

Abstract:

Clarkson was a man of various interests. He did much humanitarian service, such as a lifelong interest in the YMCA, supporting Charlotte's Florence Crittenden Home, and serving as a director of the State Hospital in Morganton, as well as other activities. He was a staunch prohibitionist. He was appointed as associate justice of the NC Supreme Court in 1923 and was reelected several times. At the time of his death in 1942 he was the senior associate justice on the court.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 14 Issue 22, Oct 1946, p7, 23-24

Subject(s):

Clarkson, Robert Heriot, 1863-1942