| The law firm of Henderson & Henderson was
founded in 1923 when two brothers from Wilkes County, Worth D.
and T. Glenn Henderson, opened their practice in the old
Banner Building in downtown Greensboro. Though the firm
handled a wide variety of legal matters, the brothers and
their clients quickly learned that they had a special ability
and passion for defending serious criminal cases before
juries. For nearly sixty years, the two brothers were fire-and-brimstone trial lawyers in the old-school tradition and
defended many of the most serious and notorious criminal cases
tried in Guilford County in the twentieth century. They took
great pride in having privately schooled, along with the late
attorney Clifford Frazier, the first African-American lawyer
licensed to practice law in Guilford County; i.e., Herbert
Parks, Esquire; and they were known for giving minority
defendants the same vigorous defense enjoyed by other citizens
in an era when such was the exception rather than the norm.
Glenn retired in 1972, and died in 1983 at the age of
eighty-eight. Worth retired in 1982, and died in 1996 at the
age of ninety-eight. The general
practice of the law firm of Henderson and Henderson continues
today in the names of J. Douglas Henderson, Worth's son, and
Doug's wife, Cathe Champion Henderson. Particular emphasis is
placed upon the following areas of practice:
criminal trials,
traffic violations, juvenile law (including
juvenile
delinquents, juvenile DSS cases; i.e., parents charged with
child abuse, child neglect, and child dependency, and
termination of parental rights), probate, deceased persons'
estates, wills,
real estate, and
personal injury. Doug has for
many years defended some of the county's most publicized
capital murder cases and other serious felony prosecutions. Cathe has long and broad experience in the areas of
probate
law, deceased persons' estates, and
real estate law and is
Public Administrator for Guilford County, Greensboro Division. |
