Life Member

James B. Craven, III

Durham, NC
Craven Law Firm
Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, AB
Duke University Divinity School, MDiv
Duke University School of Law, JD

I have spent my professional career in the federal courts, beginning as a law clerk for Judge Oren Lewis (EDVirginia) and with the Ciil Rights Division of USDOJ, fighting the Klan in the Deep South. I have been on the Criminal Justice Act appointed counsel list for the MDNC and the 4th Circuit since 1969,longer than anyone. I am a priest in the Episcopal Church, ordained since 1985, and am a retired Lieutenant Commander, USNR, Class of 1964 - US Naval Academy. I have been married to Sara for 59 years. We have 3 grown sons and 2 grandchildren. At 81 I have no retirement plans, nor do I know what I want to be when I grow up. I have been a Durham Bulls baseball season ticket holder forever, and spend the summer at the ballpark.