United States Court of Military Appeals Nomination of Robinson O. Everett To Be a Judge.

The President today announced that he will nominate Robinson O. Everett, of Durham, N.C., to be a judge of the U.S. Court of Military Appeals. He would replace Matthew Perry, resigned. Everett has been a professor at the Duke University Law School since 1955 and has practiced law in Durham since 1955.

He was born March 18, 1928, in Durham. He received an A.B. (1947) and J.D. (1950) from Harvard University and an LL.M. from Duke University in 1959. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1953.

From 1953 to 1955, Everett was a Commissioner of the U.S. Court of Military Appeals. Since 1955 he has practiced law with the firm of Everett, Everett, Creech, and Craven, with offices in Durham and Raleigh, N.C., and in Washington, D.C. As a professor at Duke University, since 1956 he has taught courses in criminal procedures and criminal law.

From 1961 to 1964, Everett was counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights, and from 1964 to 1966, he was a consultant to that subcommittee. During this period he worked on hearings and research which led to proposals that were incorporated into the Military Justice Act of 1968.

Everett is a commissioner of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. He is the author of the book "Military Justice in the Armed Forces of the United States" and of numerous articles on military law.