Richard Neely
| Richard Neely | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Richard Forlani Neely August 2, 1941 (age 75) |
| Residence | Charleston, West Virginia |
| Other names | Richard Neely |
| Education | A.B. Economics, Dartmouth College, 1964,LL.B. Yale Law School, 1967 |
| Occupation |
Lawyer, Author, Professor, Retired Supreme Court Justice |
| Employer | Neely & Callaghan |
| Known for | Analysis of the how courts work within the larger political, economic and social system. Pioneer work in domestic law that took into account relative bargaining positions of the parties and the disparities in capacities to litigate. |
| Term | 22 years |
| Predecessor | Oliver D. Kessel |
| Successor | Arthur M. Recht |
| Board member of | Member of the Advisory Board, Bureau of National Affairs (BNA) Class Action Litigation Report, 2000- present. |
| Spouse(s) | Carolyn Elmore Neely |
| Children | John Champ Neely, II, M.D. ; Charles Whittaker Neely, |
| Parent(s) | John Champ Neely and Elinore Forlani Neely |
| Website | http://www.neelycallaghan.com/Neely.html |
Lawyer, Author, Professor, Retired Supreme
Richard Forlani Neely (August 2, 1941– ) was a justice and chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals from 1973 to 1995. When he took office, he became the youngest judge of a court of last resort in the English-speaking world in the 20th century.
Neely graduated in 1964 from Dartmouth College, where he studied economics. In 1967 he graduated from Yale Law School. From 1968 to 1969 Neely served as an army artillery captain in Vietnam, where he was assigned to the staff of John Paul Vann and then to the staff of Ambassador Charles S. Whitehouse. Among other duties, Neely supervised the economic development program for a quarter of South Vietnam and then wrote the economic development section of the 1969 American pacification plan. He was awarded the Bronze Star. He is the grandson of Matthew M. Neely, who served as Governor of West Virginia and later as U.S. Senator.
Upon returning to civilian life, Neely started his own law practice in Fairmont, West Virginia and in 1970 was elected to the West Virginia Legislature. Thereafter, he was elected state-wide as a Democrat to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. As a supreme court justice, Neely led reform of the State mental hospitals and juvenile penal schools. Decisions written by him extended greater protections to mental patients, and wiped out the old, brutal state reform school system for both boys and girls, forcing the substitution of real therapeutic models.
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