Lawyer, Businessman. Francis King Carey was a founding member of two of the nation's most successful and innovative law firms: (1) Steele, Semmes and Carey later to be known as Semmes, Bowen and Semmes; and (2) Carey, Piper and Hall which eventually would become Piper Rudnick and later would merge into DLA Piper. Carey attended Haverford College and obtained his law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law. Over the course of his career he co-wrote several law textbooks and appeared before the Maryland Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of the United States. He served as President of the Charleston Consolidated Railway, Gas and Electric and as President and then later as Chairman of the Board of the National Sugar Manufacturing Company. In this latter position he was instrumental in saving the sugar beet industry from collapse in the early 1900s. As a business leader he was frequently invited to testify before Congress on issues related to corporate law and tariffs. He was also know for his progressive political views. He served for several years as the Editor of the Civil Service Reformer a journal devoted to progressive and good government ideals. He was a hundred year before his time in pushing for compulsory health insurance for all Marylanders as a member of the Federated Charities Committee on Health Insurance. The University of Maryland School of Law was renamed the Francis King Carey School of Law in his honor, following a $30 million donation to the school by William Polk Carey, Francis King Carey's grandson.
Lawyer, Businessman. Francis King Carey was a founding member of two of the nation's most successful and innovative law firms: (1) Steele, Semmes and Carey later to be known as Semmes, Bowen and Semmes; and (2) Carey, Piper and Hall which eventually would become Piper Rudnick and later would merge into DLA Piper. Carey attended Haverford College and obtained his law degree from the University of Maryland School of Law. Over the course of his career he co-wrote several law textbooks and appeared before the Maryland Court of Appeals and Supreme Court of the United States. He served as President of the Charleston Consolidated Railway, Gas and Electric and as President and then later as Chairman of the Board of the National Sugar Manufacturing Company. In this latter position he was instrumental in saving the sugar beet industry from collapse in the early 1900s. As a business leader he was frequently invited to testify before Congress on issues related to corporate law and tariffs. He was also know for his progressive political views. He served for several years as the Editor of the Civil Service Reformer a journal devoted to progressive and good government ideals. He was a hundred year before his time in pushing for compulsory health insurance for all Marylanders as a member of the Federated Charities Committee on Health Insurance. The University of Maryland School of Law was renamed the Francis King Carey School of Law in his honor, following a $30 million donation to the school by William Polk Carey, Francis King Carey's grandson.
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