The Christian Recorder - Transition of Rev. O. Jerome Green, Esq., Member of the Judicial Council and President of Shorter College

Reverend O. Jerome Green, Esq. was an ordained itinerant elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and a licensed attorney with over 25 years of experience in litigation and transactions involving business, education, politics, church law matters, and economic development. Green received his B.A. degree from Miles College, his M.A. degree from The Ohio State University, and his J.D. degree from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He studied at Jackson Theological Seminary in North Little Rock, Arkansas, with further study at the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta.  A former Assistant City Attorney for the City of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, in 1991 Green became the first black partner in the Little Rock law firm of Gill, Wallace, Clayton & Elrod (now the Gill Firm), after clerking for three years for U.S. Magistrate John Forster at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. In 1993, Green opened his own law firm, Jerome Green & Associates (with offices in Little Rock and Washington, DC), representing clients such as the Little Rock National Airport, 3M Corporation, Donrey Media, the Arkansas Medical Dental & Pharmaceutical Association, and the 12th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.   Green was appointed by then Governor Bill Clinton in 1991 to a five-year term on the Arkansas Ethics Commission, which he chaired from 1994 to 1995. In 1995, Green was appointed by President Bill Clinton to a six-year term on the Panel of Conciliators for the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (a division of The World Bank). Green was also an external economic development consultant for USDA’s Rural Business Administration from 1996 to 2000 and was a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee. Green was actively involved in developing farm cooperatives across the South as a part of the Clinton Administration’s “New Market Initiative” and was a facilitator of the USDA/Burger King Corporation Memorandum of Understanding, which created millions of dollars in new markets for small and minority vendors. Green returned to his home state of Alabama in 2005 and lectures frequently to groups on church property litigation and public policy issues. From 2005-2012, he was employed as a Visiting Professor of Government/Director of Government Relations at Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama. He was registered on the Alabama Supreme Court’s list of approved mediators. He also served as pastor of Gaines Chapel AME Church in Anniston, Alabama. In 2012, he became President of Shorter College and served until his death. He was also a member of the Judicial Council of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the Connectional Board of Trustees (Board of Incorporators). He was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi and Sigma Pi Phi Fraternities.  Please keep the Green family and the Shorter College community in prayer. Arrangements are forthcoming.   Not on our list? Join Here The News Digest contains selected articles from the newspaper.  Click below to get full access! Buy Here

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