Robert Daniel Potter

Personal

Birthday: 
4/4/1923
Birthplace: 
Wilmington, NC
Date of Death: 
7/2/2009
Place of Death: 
Charlotte, NC
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Army, 1944-1947
Private practice, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1951-1981
Commissioner, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1966-1968

Education

Name of School: 
Duke University
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1947
Name of School - Second: 

Duke University School of Law

Duke Law School is an ambitious, forward-thinking, and innovative institution whose mission is to prepare students for responsible and productive lives in the legal profession. As a community of scholars, the Law School also provides leadership at the national and international levels in efforts to improve the law and legal institutions through teaching, research, and other forms of public service.

Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1950

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Western District of North Carolina
Court Name: 

North Carolina Western District Court

President Nominating: 
Ronald Reagan
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
10/29/1981
Retirement from Active Service: 
5/1/1994
Termination Date: 
7/2/2009
Termination Reason: 
Death