Horace Taliaferro Ward

Judge Horace Taliaferro Ward

Personal

Birthday:

1927

Birthplace:

LaGrange, GA

Race or Ethnicity:

African American

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Instructor, Arkansas AM&N College, 1950-1951
Instructor, Alabama State College, 1951-1953, 1955-1956
U.S. Army corporal, 1953-1955
Claims authorizer, U.S. Social Security Administration, Chicago, Illinois, 1959-1960
Private practice, Atlanta, Georgia, 1960-1974
Deputy city attorney, Atlanta, Georgia, 1969-1970
Assistant county attorney, Fulton County, Georgia, 1970-1974
State senator, Georgia, 1965-1974
Judge, Fulton County [Georgia] Civil Court, 1974-1977
Judge, Superior Court of Georgia, 1977-1979

Education

Name of School:

Morehouse College

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1949

Name of School - Second:

Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University)

Degree - Second:

M.A.

Degree Year - Second:

1950

Name of School - Third:

Northwestern University School of Law

At Northwestern Law we go beyond teaching the basics of legal reasoning to enable our students to make sound and ethical judgements, understand and improve the delivery of justice, and respond to the changing contexts in which law and legal institutions operate. Accordingly, the overarching goal of our curricular plan is to empower our graduates to adapt to and master the challenges of the changing world better than those of any other law school.

Degree - Third:

J.D.

Degree Year - Third:

1959

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia

Court Name:

Georgia Northern District Court

President Nominating:

Jimmy Carter

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

12/6/1979

Retirement from Active Service:

12/31/1993