Lucius E. Burch Jr.
Lucius E. Burch Jr. was born in Nashville, Tennessee, United States on January 25th, 1912 and is the American Lawyer. At the age of 84, Lucius E. Burch Jr. biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Burch joined the Memphis law firm of Burch, Minor and McKay, headed at the time by an uncle, Charles N. Burch. The firm's three senior partners died within the next few years and Burch inherited the firm's leadership. Together with new partners Jesse Johnson and John Porter, Burch was to lead the firm, now named Burch, Porter, and Johnson, for some fifty years.
Burch became one of the most active trial lawyers of his era, participating in many well-known trials. He was active in political affairs, opposing the Memphis political machine of E. H. Crump and supporting the civil rights movement. In 1968, he worked on behalf of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a successful effort to lift a U.S. District Court injunction against a planned march in support of the striking workers in the Memphis sanitation strike.
Burch was a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Bar Foundation. He served as Chairman of the Tennessee Game and Fish Commission, president of the Tennessee Conservation League, and a member of the Tennessee Democratic Executive Committee. A life member of the NAACP, he was also a founder, charter member, and president of the Memphis Community Relations Council.