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Carter Branham Snow Furr
Carter Branham Snow Furr
was born and reared in Norfolk, Virginia and is the son
of Carlton Harris Furr and Marion Carter Snow Furr. He
is married to the former Caroline Ann Huffstutler of
Birmingham, Alabama. They have one son Carter Branham
Snow Furr, Jr. and three grandchildren.
Mr. Furr was educated in
Norfolk public schools graduating from Maury High
School. Thereafter he attended and graduated from
Hampden-Sydney College
in 1954 with a B. S. Degree Magna Cum Laude.
Following college he attended and graduated from the
University of Virginia Law School
in 1957 with a J.D. Degree, at which time he was honored
with membership in the Order of the Coif.
Mr. Furr began the practice
of law in Norfolk, Virginia in 1958, specializing in
maritime law. He was a partner in the firm of Jett,
Berkley, Furr & Padgett until its merger in 1993 with
the firm of McGuire Woods. After later retiring from
McGuire Woods, he has maintained a small solo practice
in Norfolk. Mr. Furr was a thirty year member of the
United States Army Reserve, serving in the Judge
Advocate General’s Corps, retiring with the rank of
Colonel.
Society Memberships
* Order of
First Families of Virginia, 1607-1624/5 (Honorary
President for
Life)
* Jamestowne Society (Governor)
* National Society Sons of the American Revolution
(former Chancellor
Virginia Society and former President of Norfolk Chapter)
* General Society of Colonial Wars (Gentleman of the
Council, Virginia
Society)
* Order of Descendants of Colonial Cavaliers
* Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States
of America
* National Gavel Society
* Order of the Merovingian Dynasty
* Baronial Order of Magna Charta
* One Hundred Descendants of Blood Royal
* Military Order of the Crusades
Other Memberships
* Member of
the Bar of the Supreme Court of Virginia
* Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United
States
* Permanent Member, U. S. Court of Appeals Fourth
Circuit Judicial
Conference
* Virginia State Bar
* Virginia Bar Association
* Norfolk-Portsmouth Bar Association
* Maritime Law Association of the United States
* Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute
* Norfolk Historical Society, Board and past president
* Norfolk Preservation Alliance, vice-president
* Friends of Norfolk’s Historic Cemeteries, Board
* Hampton Roads Naval Historical Foundation, Board
* Norfolk German Club, past president
* Reserve Officers Association of the U. S., past
president of Admiral
Farragut Chapter
* Virginia Club, past president
* Elizabeth River Power Squadron, Law Officer
* Norfolk Yacht & Country Club
* Preservation Virginia
* Virginia Historical Society
* National Trust for Historic Preservation
* Civil War Preservation Trust
* Lifelong member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church of
Norfolk, serving on
the Vestry and as Senior Warden
* Former member of the Executive Board of the Diocese of
Southern Virginia
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