Volume 19, Number 8
December 2002
GENERAL PRACTICE, SOLO AND SMALL FIRM
New Officer Welcomed Aboard
After serving as the General Practice, Solo and Small Firm
Division's Budget Officer for the past ten years, Charles A.
White, Jr., was recently made a section officer who will, we
hope, continue to ably manage the Section coffers for decades
more. Charlie, as he is more commonly known, has been a member of
the ABA since 1964, and has served the organization in numerous
capacities during this time: Council representative for the Young
Lawyers Division, the International Law Section, and the General
Practice, Solo & Small Firm Division. In addition to his
current position, he has also served as Chair, Section Officers'
Conference Budget Officers, for seven years, Liaison to the ABA
Board of Governor's Finance Committee, and a member of the Board
Investment Subcommittee for six years.
A native of Mathews County, Virginia, Charlie also is a graduate
of College of William & Mary (undergraduate and law school);
Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy (sponsored by Harvard and
Tufts Universities, M.A. in international relations); and Armor
Officers Basic, Ft. Knox-from whence he retired as a Colonel
after 20 years, 10 months, and 28 days (but who was counting?) in
the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps. During his Army
stint, Charlie was stationed in these foreign countries: Germany
(twice), Okinawa, Vietnam, and the Republic of Texas. He claims
to have walked away from 13 parachute jumps and can drive and
shoot a tank ("an old one, anyway," he clarifies).
Lest it seem that his life has been all work and no play,
however-aside from the parachutes, that is-Charlie also served as
a lifeguard at a Girl Scout summer camp and as a Smokey Bear park
ranger. Be sure to ask him about these at the next meeting.
Seventeen years ago, Charlie founded Business Leasing Associates,
Inc., a commercial finance company servicing equipment leases and
business loans, in Alexandria, Virginia, and currently serves as
its vice president.
On the home front, Charlie and his wife Tricia (an associate
member of the ABA) have two children and five grandchildren. When
not participating in ABA activities, Charlie uses that lifeguard
training while sailing Tricia's 45.5 Bristol sailboat out of
Annapolis. We congratulate Charlie on his appointment.
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