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Admitted: 1968, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern,
Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and
Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court
Law School: St. Mary's University, Texas, J.D., 1968. Delta Theta
Phi (Chancellor, 1967). Recipient: James R. Norvell 1967 Moot Court Award;
American Jurisprudence Award for Appellate Advocacy, 1967.
College: St. Vincent de Paul, Florida, B.A., 1965.
Memberships:
Jefferson County Bar Association
Director, 1994-1999;
Vice President, 1998-1999;
Board of Directors, Jefferson County Bar Association Pro Bono
Foundation, 2002-2004;
Chairman, biennial “Pro Bono Extravaganza” banquet, 2002-2003
American Bar Association
Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section:
Vice Chair, Sexual Orientation and Gender-Identity Committee;
Judicial Section:
Council of Appellate Lawyers;
Litigation Section:
Appellate Practice Committee;
Appellate Pro Bono Appeals Committee;
Class Actions and Derivative Suits Committee;
Ethics and Professionalism Committee;
Mass Torts Litigation Committee;
Products Liability Litigation Committee;
Trial Evidence Committee;
Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section:
Trial and Appellate Practice Division;
Fifth Circuit Editor, Appellate Advocacy Comittee Newsletter
Center of Professional Responsibility
Fifth Circuit Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Appellate Practice and Advocacy Section:
Pro Bono Committee, 1995—;
Revision of Appellate Rules, 1979
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identification Section:
Council 1998-2000;
Vice Chair, 2000-2001;
Chair, 2001-2002;
Administration of Rules of Evidence Committee, 1989-2002:
Advisory Member, 1998-1999;
Legal Services to the Poor in Civil Matters, 2000-2006:
Chair, Government Code Committee; Member, Awards Committee;
Group and Prepaid Legal Services Committee, 1990-1993
Coordination with Other Professional Groups Committee, 1990-1993
Administration of Justice Committee, 1978-1987:
Secretary, 1978-1979;
Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
Other Law-Related Memberships
Michelle F. Mehaffy American Inn of Court:
Master of the Bench;
Board of Directors, 1994-1999;
Reporter, 1998-1999;
Chair, Program Committee, 2000-2001;
President-Elect, 2001-2002;
President, 2002-2003;
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
National Association of Scholars
Pax Romana
St. Thomas More Society of Southeast Texas:
President, 1994-1996 and 2000-2001;
Chair, Red Mass Committee, 1993-1994);
Texas Trial Lawyers Association
Awards:
John Minor Wisdom Public Service and Professionalism Award, American
Bar Association, 2003;
Dan Rugeley Price Memorial Award, Texas Bar Foundation, 2001;
St. Thomas More Award, 1999;
Michelle F. Mehaffy Pro Bono Award, Jefferson County Bar Association,
1995
Editorships:
Appellate Advocacy Comittee Newsletter, Fifth Circuit Editor,
2003- ;
Survey, State Class Action Law, American Bar Association , Coordinating
Editor, 2001-2003;
Courts, Health, Science and the Law, Associate Editor, 1989-1992;
Insight into Courts, Associate Editor, 1989-1992;
Texas Evidence Law Reporter, Editor-in-Chief, 1984-1994
Certifications:
Civil Appellate;
Civil Trial;
Personal Injury Trial Law;
Texas Board of Legal Specialization;
Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy (Diplomate)
Born: Charleston, West Virginia, August 26, 1940
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