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Mr. Clarence Evans was born in Epps, Alabama
and was admitted to the Bar in 1941. He attended Vanderbilt
University for two years and in 1939 he graduated from the
United States Military Academy. At that time, by his own
request, he was placed in reserve status, and attended Harvard
Law School for two years before he was recalled in 1941
to active duty with the Air Corps. Serving as a squadron
commander in Europe, he was shot down and became a prisoner
of war in February, 1944 (he retired as a Colonel in the
Air Force Reserve). After the war, he returned to Harvard
Law School and was awarded his LL.B. Degree in 1946. Having
already been awarded his license to practice law in Tennessee
in 1941, he commenced active practice in 1946. That practice
has continued since then, with the exception of three years
during which he served as the Tennessee Commissioner of
Finance and Taxation.
In later years, his public service has included serving
as Chairman of the Davidson County Election Commission and
as Senior Warden of St. George’s Episcopal Church.
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He is a member of the Nashville, Tennessee and
American Bar Associations, the Tennessee Bar Foundation, and the
American Law Institute.
He was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the
United States in 1950. His practice has included cases in both
Alabama and Kentucky’s highest Courts as well as the Tennessee
Supreme Court.
Collateral to his practice, he organized and served as the President
of a newly-formed coal mining operation in Kentucky and also as
President of an over-the-road common carrier operating extensively
in the Mid-South area. As counsel, he also organized the original
Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation, and served as a member of
its Board of Directors.
Contact Information
(615) 259-4685
Reported Cases
Clinard v. Blackwood, 46 S.W.3d 177 (Tenn. 2001); Jackson
Mobilphone Co., Inc. v. Tennessee Public Service Commission,
876 S.W.2d 106 (Tenn.App. 1993); United Mine Workers of America
v. Osborne Mining Company, Inc., 364 U.S. 881, 81 S.Ct. 169
(Mem), 5 L.Ed.2d 103 (1960); Love & Amos Coal Co. v. United
Mine Workers of America, 53 Tenn.App. 37, 378 S.W.2d 430
(Tenn.App. 1963); Schoolfield v. Tennessee Bar Ass’n,
13 McCanless 304, 209 Tenn. 304, 353 S.W.2d 401 (Tenn. 1961);
Tennessee Cartage Co. v. Pharr, 20 Beeler 414, 134 Tenn.
414, 199 S.W.2d 199 (Tenn. 1947).
Born
Epps, Alabama, June 30, 1916 |
Attorney Profile - J. Clarence Evans
