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Table of Contents
COVER STORY
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FACULTY NEWS
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LETTER
Fall, 1994
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
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MEMORIAL
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CLASS NOTES
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Dear Alumni and Friends of the Texas Tech Law School:
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In our spring issue of The Cornerstone, I called your attention to the Rededication of the Law
School Building. That Rededication was accompanied by a program in which we recognized twentyfive years of public service by graduates of the Texas Tech School of Law. The summer issue of The
Cornerstone contained photographs relating to our Rededication and to the banquet celebrating
twenty-five years of public service.
Attention Quilliam Fans!
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Final Tour T-Shirt
commemorating
professor Quilliam's last semester at the
law school. Designed and marketed by
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(front)
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The Farewell Tour
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Someday My Trust Will Come
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Volume Ten
Number Four
Fall 1994
The name Cornerstone was derived from the
relationship between the law school and its
alumni: the Tech Law School serves as the
cornerstone for a successful career in law; and
the alumni, through their support, serve as the
cornerstone for developing excellence in the law
school.
Comments from readers are welcome. Please
send them to Cornerstone, Texas Tech
University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas
79409. The contents of the Cornerstone do not
necessarily represent the views of the
foundation, its officers or trustees, the law
school administration, or Texas Tech University.
Cornerstone editor: Kay Patton Fletcher
Cover Photo: Mark Mamawal
The summer issue of The Cornerstone noted that as we were going to press, the Texas Tech
School of Law Moot Court team had just been named as 1994 National Champions at the Annual
ABA Convention held in New Orleans. As promised, we provide a complete story on that team and
their accomplishments in this issue. Our students continue to excel when they compete with their
counterparts nationwide. In part this success is related to the fact that we attract very gifted students.
In 1994 we received over 1500 applications for admission. This is an increase over 1993. The
average LSAT for our 1994 class rose slightly as did the average GPA. Our students come from the
top 25% of law school applicants nationwide. Minority students constitute 17% of the entering class
and women students constitute just over 36% of the entering class. These students are drawn from 36
colleges and universities in Texas, and 38 colleges and universities outside of Texas.
In the spring issue of The Cornerstone I noted that the major strength of the Texas Tech Law
School has always been its faculty. Our current faculty is composed of both veteran members and
members who bring us renewed enthusiasm for legal education and for new ideas. It is important that
you continue to follow the careers of our distinguished veteran faculty and that you come to know
our newer faculty members. Therefore we have dedicated this issue of The Cornerstone to bringing
you short profiles on current activities of the members of our Law School faculty. As you will see,
they are a diverse, talented and interesting group.
W. Frank Newton
Dean
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Tech Wins National Championshi~
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TIie.,Texas Tech University School of Law Moor ,
Court Team brought another national championship
to our.law school at the National Appellate Advocacy
Competition held in New Orleans in August. The,'.
team, composed of Jessica Wllitacre, Mai Lan Isler
and -¥1k~ Truesdale (brief writer), advanced to
Natiunal after winning the regional competition in
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member Jessica Whitacre was named Best
OraIist at the national competition.
The final round of the competition pitted the
Texas :T ech team against a team from South Texas
College of Law. In previolls rounds, Tech defeated
teamsfrQm Baylor, the University of Texas,
Minnesota and South Carolina.
Beginning in January, 1994, the team got the
problem and started working on it. The issues were
the right of a parent to discipline her child and the
state's right to require the implantation of the
.. NorpIantcontraceptive device as a condition of
probation. Both Jessica and Mai Lan enjoyed the
. problem. "It was easy to get into the arguments
because the topics were so interesting. They were
somel:hiiig that everyone probably has an opinion on,
so we 'could find plenty of ideas to debate,"
coinmented Mai Lan.
When asked what contributed to their success" .,
Jess~ca
and Mai Lan said, ."Losing is not something
we enjoy. In fact, we have never lost on orals. Coach
HunOikes to win as much, -Of more, than we do. His
experience is invaluable. He"coaches on every aspect
of the competition, from liow to react to a line of
questions to how to dress for a competition. His
knowledge is extraordinary and he brought out the
best in us."
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. Jessica acknowledged that the support of the law
school is critical to the advocacy competition
program. '~Dean Newton supports the program with
financial help and with his per~~)llal interest in us.
We are successful also because so many Tech
alums give their time to judge or contribute to the '
school by sponsoring a competition."
Jessica's entire family, plusher best friend from'
Boston, attended the competition it:l New Orlearis.
Her father, Texas Tech Regent Ed Whitacre, was one
of the team's biggest fans: Ma.iLan's husband, Lt." .Matt Isler, an instructor pilot .atReese AFB, attended:' .
the regional competition as well as the national. -"HeY"
was a source of confidence," said Mai Lan. "He was,
so familiar with the problem by the time we got to
New Orleans, he could tell Us when we were doing
well."
Mike Truesdale did not make the conipetition In.
New Orleans because he had just completed the July '
Bar exam at the end of July.
began clerking fot .
Justice Craig Enoch of the Texas Supreme Court in ' '.., , .........~;q
September.
Mike
Winning the national competition means
unseating South Texas Conege~ofLaw who had
dominated this competition bY ,wirlning for the last ,,'"':,;:iif';;,;C",YJ
four years. "We knew they were ,going to be atou~···'·ii.,...:;'~;;;:·l
competitor. So, when we foundlhat all the final .
round judges had voted for Tech, we were ecstatic,"
said JessIca.
"Itreally didn't sink in that we were national
champions until we returned to our clerkships," said
Mai Lan. "I was clerkiiig at Fulbright & Jaworski in
Houston and the trophy is donated and named the
Fulbright Award. When 1 got congratulations from
the members' of the finn, I think it really dawned on
me that we were national champs."
"1 think I realized we were champions when I
was asked at Vinson & Elkins (Dallas office) how we
had done. When I was able to say that we won, I
really felt the importance of that statement," 'aid
Jessica.
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THOMAS E. BAKER
Alvin R. Allison Professor, 1979
B.S., Florida State University, 1974
J.D., University of Florida, 1977
Admitted to practice in Florida
Last summer Professor Baker taught a Federal
Courts course at his alma mater, the University of
Florida. "It was strange to go back home and to be on the
other side of the podium," Baker said, "but I thoroughly
enjoyed the teaching and the collegiality of myoid - they
kept correcting me to say 'former' - professors ."
This fall semester he is teaching a new course,
American Legal and Constitutional History to 20 hardworking and dedicated students. In November, Baker will
give an address on
Facing Future Issues
with State-Federal
Implications at the
Middle Atlantic
Conference on StateFederal Relations;
Justice O'Connor also is
on the program. He will
also deliver a paper on
Judicial Federalism in
the United States, at an
international conference
for judges, attorneys and
professors from Australia, Canada and the U.S.
Professor Baker is a prolific writer. West Publishing
Company came out with his latest book, RATIONING
JUSTICE ON APPEAL - THE PROBLEMS OF THE U.S. COURTS
OF APPEALS in February and early reviews have been
highly praiseworthy. The Eleventh Circuit Historical
Society published a monograph he coauthored on the history of that U.S. Court of Appeals. During the year, he
also wrote many articles.
Professor Baker continues his work on the
Committee on the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the
U.S. Judicial Conference, which is responsible for all the
rules of procedure of the federal courts. He chairs a subcommittee that currently is studying ways to improve the
rulemaking process itself.
DANIEL H. BENSON
Professor of Law, 1973
B.A., University of Texas, 1958
J.D., University of Texas, 1961
M.A., Texas Tech University, 1974
Admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and Texas
As more than one generation of law students will
recall from accounts of his courtroom battles as counsel,
Professor Benson has happily combined the roles of classroom teacher and trial lawyer. "I remain convinced that
trial experience brings a breadth and depth to one's law
teaching which is attainable in no other way," he says.
NEWS
Professor Benson's
legal career is diverse.
He conducted litigation
in private practice both
in Austin and Lubbock
and while serving as an
Army legal officer at
posts in the U.S. and
Germany, including duty
as a military judge. He
was also a trial attorney
with the U.S. Department of Justice in
Washington, D.C. As a
law faculty member, in addition to handling cases in the
old clinical program, he has successfully represented
plaintiffs in several civil rights lawsuits in federal court in
Lubbock. His only regret is that currently he is not
involved in ongoing litigation. "They have me safely confined to the classroom," he laments .
This year, Professor Benson's criminal law casebook
was published and it is already in its second printing. The
casebook was not only a literary achievement, but it
marked Professor Benson's entrance into the computer
age.
Professor Benson says, on a related matter, that over
the past three years he has gained a new and different
view of law professors from his son, Stephen, who completed a J.D. at the University of North Dakota last May.
Benson's only comment is that it has been "humbling."
CHARLES P. BUBANY
Professor Law, 1971
B.A., St. Ambrose University, 1962
J.D., Washington University School of Law, 1965
Admitted to practice in Missouri
Last year, Professor Bubany won the Outstanding
Law Professor Award and the Faculty Ethics Award.
However, he says, "The neatest thing to happen to me
lately is that I was named an honorary member of the
Lubbock County Women Lawyers Association."
Professor Bubany is a frequent speaker on criminal and
family law matters at the
Association 's meetings.
Professor Bubany
also is a frequent speaker at conferences. He
has spoken at more than
fifty conferences in the
last ten years. He has
spoken on topics as
diverse as "Liability
Issues in Emergency
Medical Services" to
"Inexpensive Justice."
He serves as a consul-
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tant to the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center.
Professor Bubany coached the School of Law's
National and International Champion team of the 1987
ABA Client Counseling Competition. With former team
member and adjunct professor Clay Abbott, he continues
to coach the law schoo1's team.
One of the highlights of Professor Bubany's year
was a visit to Tulsa to watch his nephew, Skip, play for
his alma mater, St. Ambrose University, in the N.A.I.A.
Golf Tournament. Skip's team finished sixth and Skip
was named an All-American as one of the top individuals. It brought back lots of memories for Professor
Bubany who in 1962 was the first person from St.
Ambrose to become an All-American in Golf when he
finished fifth in the N.A.I.A. tourney. Professor Bubany
comments that: "My golf game was a lot better in 1962,
for those who've seen me play lately." Professor Bubany
plans to catch up on his golf practice this summer, perhaps in Mexico when he teaches in Tech's summer law
program in Guanajuato.
WILLIAM R. CASTO
Professor of Law, 1983
B.A., University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1970
J.D., 1973
J.S.D., Columbia University, 1983
Admitted to practice in Tennessee
During the Fall of 1994, Professor Casto is away
from Lubbock serving as a distinguished visitor at the
University of Alabama School of Law where he is the
Thomas Bevil Chairholder in Law. He says that students
at Alabama - like Tech students - are diverse, interesting,
and quite capable. He also reports that his Alabama students appreciate his inane but at times inadequate
attempts to insert comic relief into otherwise boring
classes. Professor Casto will be returning to the "Hub of
the Plains," probably sporting a new cap for his collection, for the spring semester of 1995.
Professor Casto's appointment at Alabama is due
primarily to the national reputation that he has earned as
a careful scholar of the Federal Courts and their history.
In recent years he has been elected to the American Law
Institute and appeared
on C-SPAN and
National Public Radio.
Most of his work outside
the classroom has been
concentrated on writing
a book, THE SUPREME
COURT IN THE EARLY
REpUBLIC, that will be
published this spring.
Professor Casto has
assured the Cornerstone
that his "unrelenting
search for beer cases that [he] can use in Beer Law
[Business Torts] continues unabated." He hopes that our
graduates will continue to call him about beer cases, difficult issues of Federal Jurisdiction that they encounter, or
anything else.
J. WESLEY COCHRAN
Law Library Director and Professor of Law, 1991
B.A., Austin College, 1976
J.D., University of Houston, 1978
M.L.L., University of Washington, 1980
Admitted to practice in Texas
Wes Cochran has been described as a "rising star" in
library professional associations. Currently, he serves as a
Co-Director of the National Conference of Legal
Information Issues to be held in Pittsburgh next summer,
and he has been nominated for the office of Vice
PresidentlPresident Elect
of the American
Association of Law
Libraries.
Law firms have
requested his advice on
legal information issues
and information technology, and Professor
Cochran often speaks to
library and information
professionals on issues
of technology, copyright,
and professional development. Professor Cochran has written about the copyright implications of video technology in libraries. He
continues to teach copyright law. Last year Professor
Cochran received the Texas Tech Ex-Students Association
New Faculty Award for the School of Law.
Professor Cochran invites interested alumni to come
visit the newly renovated law library. The new facilities
are spacious and attractive and (unlike last year) almost
dust-free.
Professor Cochran has distinguished himself as a
hero of sorts. In a law review article footnote, the author
expressed gratitude to Professor Cochran for rescuing the
author's notes from a burning building. Professor
Cochran, humble as always, shrugged off the author's
praise, commenting, "We always do our best to satisfy
the faculty."
JOSEPH BRENDAN CONBOY
Associate Dean, 1982
B.S., Canisius College, 1954
J.D., Georgetown Law Center, 1956
LL.M., George Washington Law Center, 1972
Admitted to practice in New York and Texas
Joe Conboy continues his duties as Associate Dean
for Student Affairs. Solving problems with landlords,
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financial aid, the Bursar, broken romances and the sponsors of the Blue Hawaiian, make each semester interesting. He also serves as Director of our summer institute in
Guanajuato, Mexico. Tech operates this successful program with the University of New Mexico, Southwestern
Law School, and the Universidad de Guanajuato Facultad
de Derecho. To be better prepared for these responsibilities Joe is enrolled in Intermediate Spanish. His professor
believes he provides the appropriate amount of comic
relief for the class with his classic pronunciation of
Spanish words.
Recruiting new students and teaching two
sections of Trial
Advocacy makes the
fall semester pass
quickly. In the spring,
Sports Law replaces
recruiting. Dean Conboy
says, "Grading more
than 70 papers and
examinations gives one
sympathy for the students who write them."
Doing some pro bono work, serving on committees
and judging practice rounds and competitions for the
Board of Barristers fills out his spare time. Dean Conboy
has been asked to serve as Staff Judge Advocate for the
Texas National Guard in West Texas. This is a pro bono
program that will provide legal assistance to dependents
if a unit is recalled to active duty.
Joe and Taine spend their vacations visiting their
daughters. They exercise their right to spoil the grandchildren rotten.
DAVID C. CUMMINS
Professor of Law, 1970
B.S., University of Idaho, 1957
J.D., University of Washington, 1960
LL.M., New York University, 1969
Admitted to practice in Texas and Washington
The secret is out: Professor Cummins does pro bono
publico lawyering, lots of it! Many organizations have
honored Professor Cummins for his pro bono work. He
received the Citizen of the Year Award earlier this year
from the National Association of Social Workers, mention in a Texas Bar Journal article on pro bono activity in
1993, the Gold Medal Award in 1992 from Women in
Communications, the George Woods Award for
Achievement in Law from the NAACP in 1991, and the
Human Services Volunteer of the Year Award in 1989
from the City of Lubbock Human Relations Commission.
Professor Cummins has been a board of directors
member for West Texas Legal Services for many years
and was president for two years. He also was president of
Legal Aid Society of Lubbock County. He started
NEWS
Volunteer Law Students
& Lawyers, a pro bono
program at the Law
School.
Professor Cummins
has served on the State
Bar of Texas Grievance
Committee for the South
Plains district and currently chairs that committee, disciplining and
exonerating lawyers.
He chairs the
Regional Advisory
Council of Texas Department of Human Services, recently completed a stint as president of Project Help, a utilities assistance charity for homeowners and renters in crisis situations, and also was president of South Plains
Friends of the Humanities, a local council affiliated with
the Texas Committee for the Humanities and the National
Endowment for the Humanities. In 1983 he was among a
group who started the South Plains Food Bank and has
been its lawyer, a board of directors member, and an
officer ever since.
JAMES R. EISSINGER
Professor of Law, 1972
B.A., Wartburg College, 1960
J.D., University of North Dakota, 1964
Admitted to practice in North Dakota and Texas
Last month, Professor Eissinger was invited to participate in a seminar to reward and encourage good teaching. Professor Eissinger was one of a select number of
professors university-wide at Texas Tech to be honored
for his "good teaching."
Professor Eissinger has written and published ge·.'erally in the area of public law. Most recently his research
has focused on employment aspects of the Americans
with Disability Act.
Professor Eissinger currently serves as Chair of the
Admissions Committee for the Law School where he is
responsible for an admissions process that provides the
maximum amount of
individual review possible. This procedure is
necessary because of the
extensive student scholarship program administered through his committee.
Professor James
Eissinger entered service
in the U.S. Air Force as
a member of the Judge
Advocate General's
Corps. He served as
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counsel in court martial proceedings as well as provided
general legal assistance. Professor Eissinger later served
with the Law Enforcement Council, a division of the
Attorney General's Office in North Dakota, in a position
that entailed substantial work in law enforcement planning for improvement of court, police and corrections.
Lately Professor Eissinger and his wife, Mary, have
been traveling extensively to Europe and various destinations in the United States. Since they enjoy theater and
art galleries, Santa Fe and New York City are frequent
destinations. Last year Professor Eissinger was fortunate
enough to be caught in Manhattan in what was dubbed
the "blizzard of the century"; he called it awesome: New
York City stilled so you could hear a pin drop.
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KAY PATTON FLETCHER
Assistant Dean, 1987
B.S.H.E., cum laude, Baylor University, 1972
J.D., Texas Tech School of Law, 1980
Admitted to practice in Texas
Dean Fletcher serves as the Director for the
Placement Office, the coordinator of alumni activities,
and Director for the law school's continuing education
program.
"There are a wealth
of opportunities in this
job," reports Dean
Fletcher. "My office gets
to interact with the students, so I get to know
many of them and realize the stress which the
current job market puts
on many of our students.
I also create and maintain contact with alumni
around the world. It is
exciting to see how
graduates are putting their educations to use. My work
with the continuing legal education program keeps me in
touch with attorneys around the state."
Prior to coming to the law school in 1987, Dean
Fletcher served as corporate counsel for Furr'sIBishop's
Cafeterias, a corporation with headquarters in Lubbock.
Furr'sIBishop's was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kmart
when Dean Fletcher worked for them. "I worked with
some excellent attorneys in the Kmart Legal Department
and practiced with them during an exciting period in
Furr's history." She also was the Civil Division Chief for
the Lubbock County Criminal District Attorney's Office
and an associate with the law office of Alton Griffin in
Lubbock.
Outside work, most of her time is spent with Katie
(13 years old) and Emily (8 years old) . Her husband,
Bobby, is an auctioneer who conducts sales throughout
the United States.
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DAISY HURST FLOYD
Associate Professor of Law, 1991
B.A., M.A., Emory University, 1977
J.D., University of Georgia School of Law, 1980
Admitted to practice in Georgia and Texas
Although a native Georgian, Professor Daisy Floyd
has shown signs of becoming a true West Texan since
coming to Lubbock in 1989, frequently preferring wideopen spaces to tall trees. She and her family enjoy
exploring the west, having taken recent trips to Jackson
Hole, Wyoming, and the Grand Canyon.
Professor Floyd's
research and teaching
interests include the
proper role of the judge
and the advocate in
modem litigation. In
October, she will present
her recent article concerning judicial involvement in settlement at a
dispute resolution conference in Salem,
Oregon. Professor Floyd
also enjoys interdisciplinary discussion of legal issues. She has been a speaker at
the medical school on several occasions and participated
in an interdisciplinary discussion of ethics for chaplaincy
students at Methodist Hospital.
Professor Floyd serves her profession through active
involvement in judicial education, both in Texas and
nationally. She is a co-editor of the Texas County Judges'
Bench Manual and a member of the PEER Committee of
the Texas Center for the Judiciary, which has written a
bench book for use by District Courts and County Courts
at Law. Professor Floyd is a faculty member of the
Career Appellate Writing Program and Trial Judges'
Writing Program of the American Academy of Judicial
Education.
Professor Floyd serves on the Board of Directors of
Contact Lubbock, Inc. and on a task force of the United
Methodist Church that helps local churches develop
health care programs within their communities.
Professor Floyd is married to Tim Floyd, also a
faculty member at the Law School. They have two children, Kate, 12, and Will, 8.
TIMOTHY W. FLOYD
Professor of Law, 1989
B.A., M.A., Emory University, 1977
J.D., University of Georgia School of Law, 1980
Admitted to practice in Texas and Georgia
Tim Floyd's teaching, research, and service focus on
how to be a good lawyer - good in the sense of competent and good in the sense of ethical. He teaches various
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and legal ethics and in
his research and writing
he applies principles of
moral theology to legal
ethics.
He is also concerned
with lawyers who fall
short of professional standards. As a member of the
Supreme Court of Texas
Grievance Oversight
Committee, he was one of
the drafters of the Texas
Rules of Disciplinary Procedure; as vice chair of the State
Bar of Texas Professionalism Committee, he is currently
working on a proposed peer review program for attorneys.
Professor Floyd is committed to representation of
those who cannot afford an attorney. He helped establish a
pro bono clinic in Lubbock, serves on the Board of the
Texas Legal Services Center, and has spent several hundred
hours in the past two years in pro bono representation.
Professor Floyd came to Tech after several years
practicing and teaching in Georgia. He is married to
Daisy Hurst Floyd, also a faculty member, and they have
two children, Kate, 12, and Will, 8. Although the Floyds
are native Georgians, West Texas now feels like home.
The family loves baseball (especially the Atlanta Braves)
and hopes the Braves will someday play again.
SUSAN SAAB FORTNEY
Assistant Professor, 1992
B.A., Trinity University, 1974
J.D., Antioch School of Law, 1977
LL.M., Columbia University School of Law, 1992
Admitted to practice in Texas
Professor Fortney takes her role as a legal educator
seriously. While in practice, she specialized in the
defense of legal malpractice claims and commerciallitigation. Although in counseling clients she stressed the
importance of prevention of professional liability claims,
she realized that legal education was the starting point. In
all of her classes she
emphasizes the importance of legal ethics and
professionalism. In particular, Professor
Fortney enjoys working
with and shaping the
practice of young
lawyers.
Professor Fortney
also writes extensively
in the area of professional responsibility and law
firm peer review. Her
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latest article on this subject will be published in the
University of Colorado Law Review. Her work was
recently quoted in the Harvard Law Review has appeared
in publications such as the Banking Law Journal, the
Annual Review of Banking Law, and The Texas Lawyer.
After 13 years of practice, Professor Fortney
returned to earn her masters of law from Columbia
University. She decided to attend graduate school when
she realized that the highlight of her working week was
when she taught as an adjunct at the University of Texas.
She currently is working on her lS.D. from Columbia.
Professor Fortney has a new joy in her life: a cocker
spaniel named Corky. Professor Fortney and her husband,
a Presbyterian minister, enjoy competing in road races
and running with their dog.
JOHN KRAHMER
Professor of Law and
Foundation Professor of Commercial Law, 1971
B.A., University of Iowa, 1965; J.D., 1966
LL.M., Harvard University, 1967
Admitted to practice in Iowa
Professor John Krahrner has continued his active
involvement with The Texas Bank Lawyer and with the
Texas Association of Bank Counsel during the last year.
That activity has now grown to the point where four
scholarship awards are available for student writers in
addition to the scholarships available for the
principal student editors.
Along with co-authors
Karl Vancil and Bob
Wood, he has recently
completed the Third
Edition of TEXAS
COMMERCIAL LAW FOR
BANK LAWYERS, a publication that first appeared
in 1987 and that has
proven immensely popular with business
lawyers throughout the state. He has also continued his
annual publication of yearly supplements to VERNON'S
TEXAS CODE FORMS ANNOTATED and TEXAS PRACTICE:
METHODS OF PRACTICE as well as his annual contribution
to the SMU Annual Survey of Texas Law on the subject
of commercial law.
Professor Krahmer has also been active in the establishment of the local area network (LAN) for the nearly
three-hundred computers we now have available in the
Law School for student and faculty use. He plans to utilize the network facility as a teaching resource in some of
his classes through the use of some special instructional
programs he is now writing.
John's wife, Sandi, recently completed the South
Plains Association of Governments' dispute resolution
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course for the purpose of becoming a mediator in
Lubbock and in the surrounding area. His eldest daughter, Alyssa, is currently a third-year student at the Law
School and she plans to graduate this coming May.
Many of you may have an opportunity to visit with
Professor Krahmer during the fall and spring terms as he
is scheduled to participate in a number of CLE programs
around the state during the next several months.
BRUCE MORRIS KRAMER
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B.A., University of California at Los Angeles, 1968,
J.D., 1972
LL.M., University of Illinois, 1975
Admitted to practice in California and Texas
Professor Kramer is celebrating his twentieth
anniversary as a professor at Texas Tech School of Law.
He's accomplished a lot in the past twenty years. He has
written more than 25
law review articles
sporting titles such as
"Property & Oil & Gas
Don't Mix," and is the
co-author of a four-volume treatise entitled THE
LAW OF POOLING AND
UNITIZATION and a casebook entitled CASES ON
OIL AND GAS LAW.
Professor Kramer is
a trustee of the Rocky
Mountain Mineral Law
Foundation and the Eastern Mineral Law Foundation, and
a member of the Advisory Board of the Municipal Legal
Studies Center of the Southwestern Legal Foundation.
Professor Kramer has served as an oil and gas expert
for cases as far away as Australia and Juneau, Alaska. To
his regret, the case settled and Professor Kramer did not
go to Australia. But he did go to the North slope of
Alaska last March where temperatures soared to -44 0 •
"Some would say it was the same temperature as in my
classroom when students are unprepared," says Kramer.
Professor Kramer is always good at breaking the ice with
his dry sense of humor!
Last year, Professor Kramer was named the Maddox
Professor of Law. His greatest accomplishment, however,
is surviving in a home containing his lovely wife and four
daughters, a truly modem version of "Beauties and the
Beast" !
DELLAS WAYNE LEE
Professor of Law, 1974
LL.B., University of British Columbia, 1959
LL.M., University of Illinois, 1962
S.l.D., University of Michigan, 1969
Admitted to British Columbia Bar and Canadian Bar
In addition to teaching his classes, during
the last two years
Professor Lee has devoted much of his time
to research and writing
on Negotiable Instruments Law. He has
recently completed a
students ' text and a
teachers' manual titled
NEGOTIABLE
INSTRUMENTS, BANKING,
DOCUMENTARY AND
ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS - A PROBLEM METHOD. He
finished the electronic funds transfers portion during the
past summer.
The major development that led Professor Lee to
undertake this project was the substantial revision in
1990 of Article 3 of the Uniform Commercial Code on
Negotiable Instruments Law.
While working on the project during the past two
summers he was located near Vancouver, Canada. This
gave him the opportunity to visit with his mother, some
of the rest of his family, and friends. The tall timbers,
high mountains, and beautiful lakes also added inspiration for the project.
Dellas and his wife, Mary, have six children. Their
first five children are boys. Their two youngest are
Benjamin and Anna. Following her first year at Texas
Tech, this past summer, Anna attended summer school in
Bourges , France, sponsored by the University of
Houston. She took three courses, all devoted to the study
of the French language. Benjamin is in his second year at
Texas Tech and has taken a little time out. He is currently
traveling in Europe.
Dellas enjoys telling about a student response to a
question that once appeared on a teacher evaluation form:
"Does he have any annoying habits?" One student
replied, "Yes, he repeatedly shows up in the classroom."
ALISON G. MYHRA
Associate Professor of Law, 1991
B.A., B.5.Ed., University of North Dakota, 1982
J.D., University of North Dakota, 1985
LL.M. , Harvard University, 1991
Admitted to practice in Minnesota and North Dakota
Before joining the faculty, Professor Myhra served
as a law clerk to the Hon. Roger 1. Nierengarten of the
Minnesota Court of Appeals. According to Professor
Myhra, her tenure at the court "allowed [her] to observe
how legal theory relates to and affects social life, as individuals make choices and organize themselves in reliance
on it, and how legal theory establishes a prescriptive
dimension about how law ought to operate in a political
system." After her clerkship, she practiced law in
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firm of Robins, Kaplan,
Miller & Ciresi. Her
practice area was commerciallitigation; in her
four years at the firm,
she represented both
plaintiffs and defendants
in cases involving primarily commercial,
securities, and antitrust
law. While she misses
private practice, particularly the daily strategy
sessions with other attorneys, she finds law teaching
exciting because it requires consideration and study of
both the practical and theoretical implications of law.
Outside of the classroom, Professor Myhra is
engaged in research regarding the First Amendment
rights of public school students. She first became interested in this area in 1986 when a high school student distributed an "underground newspaper" and then sued, with
the assistance of the American Civil Liberties Union, the
Minneapolis-suburban school district for which her father
served as a district-wide administrator. She explains that
her "initial thinking regarding the First Amendment and
public elementary and secondary students derived directly from dinner-time discussions with [her] father and
mother, who also is an educator." Professor Myhra also
works extensively with Texas judges to develop judicial
resource materials. In addition, she is a member of the
University's Athletic Council.
Outside of school, her interests include tennis, golf,
photography, and North American archaeology, particularly the Woodlands Period in North Dakota.
DEAN G. PAWLOWIC
Professor of Law, 1989
B.A., Creighton University, 1970
M.A. , 1972; J.D., Summa Cum Laude, 1979
Admitted to practice in Nebraska
A native of the Chicago area, Professor Pawlowic
came to Lubbock by way of Omaha. Having spent a
number of years in the Cornhusker state, he looks forward to Tech's upcoming entry into the Big 12 and hopes
that Nebraska can remain competitive with the Texas
schools.
Professor Pawlowic was awarded a teaching fellowship at Creighton University, where he taught introductory literature courses while completing a Master's
degree in English. What impelled him to attend law
school, Professor Pawlowic claims , is the time he spent in
the "real world" drilling test holes and breaking-down
concrete and asphalt samples for a testing laboratory,
which he touts as a great preparation for the law.
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In 1979, Professor
Pawlowic began his
legal career as a law
clerk for the United
States District Court for
the District of Nebraska,
and in 1981 became an
associate with the
Omaha office of Kutak
Rock. Professor
Pawlowic was elected a
partner of the firm in
1985 and chair of the
banking department in
1986. His practice concentrated in the banking and bankruptcy law areas and involved primarily the structuring of
public and private financings as special counsel for banks
and insurance companies.
Since joining the faculty, Professor Pawlowic's
research interests have continued to focus on the areas of
banking and bankruptcy, which lately have had much in
common. His most recent writings address the entitlement of creditors to interest under the bankruptcy laws
and the transferability of letters of credit.
MARILYN E. PHELAN
Robert H. Bean Professor of Law, 1974
B.A., Texas Tech University, 1959
M.B.A., 1967; Ph.D. , 1971
J.D., University of Texas, 1972
Admitted to practice in Texas
Board Certified in Tax Law
Certified Public Accountant
Professor Phelan enjoys teaching and writing in the
fields of tax law and nonprofit organizations. She teaches
Museum Law, a course that is open to both law students
and students in the graduate museum science program.
She is the author or co-author of nine books and over
thirty articles in the field of tax law and law relating to
nonprofit organizations. Professor Phelan completed two
books this year - REPRESENTING NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS and MUSEUM LAW - A GUIDE FOR
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS
AND COUNSELORS. The
book on museum law is
an update of a book she
authored in 1982 entitled
MUSEUMS AND THE LAW,
which was the only text
devoted to museum law
and was used by virtually every museum in the
country. Professor
Phelan updates bi-annually a three volume treatise entitled NONPROFIT
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ENTERPRISES - LAW AND TAXATION, which she wrote and
which was fust published in 1985. She has been a coauthor since 1978 of the West taxation series, WEST'S
FEDERAL TAXATION: INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAXES and
WEST'S FEDERAL TAXATION: CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, TRUSTS AND ESTATES, which is revised and published annually. West Publishing announced this past
summer that it had sold its millionth copy of the tax
series books.
Last year, Professor Phelan was appointed by
Governor Ann Richards to serve as a Texas
Commissioner to the National Conference on Uniform
Laws. Professor Phelan is also a member of the American
Law Institute.
Professor Phelan spends her spare time with her
family. (Her husband and two of her children are lawyers.
One son recognized there are better professions and is a
structural engineer building bridges.) She has two
"angelic" grandchildren.
ROBERT WILLIAM PIATT, JR.
Professor of Law, 1988
B.S., Eastern New Mexico University, 1972
J.D., University of New Mexico, 1975
Admitted to practice in New Mexico, Kansas,
and the United States District Court,
Northern District of Texas
Prior to joining the Tech faculty in 1988, Professor
Bill Piatt was already an experienced law professor, having taught at four other institutions. Since joining our faculty, his research, writing and teaching experiences have
brought him and Texas Tech national recognition.
Virtually every academic article concerning language
rights issues cites Professor Piatt's groundbreaking
books and articles on the subject. Two of his books, ONLY
ENGLISH? and LANGUAGE ON THE JOB were published after
he joined Texas Tech. Professor Piatt has also been cited
in judicial decisions, in The Wall Street Journal, and in
other publications.
This year Professor Piatt's expertise in Immigration
Law has brought additional recognition. His casebook,
IMMIGRATION LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS was published
in May, 1994 by the
Michie Company. In
June, 1994, Professor
Piatt coordinated a
nationwide teaching
workshop for immigration professors.
Professor Piatt has
been very active in helping establish and coordinate Texas Tech's
Guanajuato program. He
taught there in 1992 and
1994. His experience in
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also resulted in his invitation to lecture and consult in
Mexico.
Professor Piatt's wife, Rosanne, is an attorney. His
oldest daughter Seana was named a National Merit
Scholar last year. His son Bob is junior class president at
Lubbock High School and their littlest one, Alicia, is following in the gifted footsteps of her siblings.
W. REED QUILLIAM, JR.
George Herman Mahon Professor of Law, 1969
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 1949;
B.B.A., 1951; J.D., 1953
LL.M., Harvard University, 1969
Admitted to practice in Texas
The fall semester brings to a close the teaching
career of Mahon Professor Reed Quilliam, who will retire
after 26 years of distinguished service to the Law School.
"It has been the most satisfying and rewarding career
that I can imagine," Professor Quilliam states. "Teaching
and writing about complex legal issues has always been
interesting and challenging' but the best part has
been my relationship
with the students. I have
enormous pride in what
our graduates have
accomplished in the
legal profession, and I
am blessed with hundreds of good friends
among our former
students."
Quilliam, who prac- !
ticed law for 12 years
before joining the faculty, was representing Lubbock in
the Texas House of Representatives when the original
appropriations for the Law School were passed in 1965.
He joined the faculty in the second year of the school's
existence and has received the Outstanding Professor
Award on five annual occasions. He served as Associate
Dean from 1973-77.
Professor Quilliam's agenda for the future includes
"a lot of golf, a little travel, more time with my family,
and finishing a book on the history of the Law School."
WILLY E. RICE
Professor of Law, 1989
M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1972
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1975
Postdoctoral Degree, The Johns Hopkins University, 1977
J.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 1982
During the late 1970s, Professor Rice was a member
of the Graduate Faculty at Duke University and a guest
lecturer at the University of North Carolina School of
Law. At that time, a friend and senior member of UNC-
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Chapel Hill's law faculty
encouraged Professor
Rice to pursue a law
degree and join a law
faculty. After securing a
postdoctoral degree in
psychiatry and law from
The Johns Hopkins
University, Professor
Rice accepted the
friend's sound counsel.
He resigned from Duke
University and enrolled
in the University of
Texas School of Law.
During the last two years of law school, Professor
Rice participated in Texas's Criminal Defense Clinic and
taught public-law courses in the Government Department
at the University of Texas. Following those experiences,
he knew that the classroom, rather than the courtroom
would become eventually his "venue" of professional
development. Therefore, after law school, he worked in
the Governor's Office in Austin, spent two years - as a
scholar in residence - at the ABA's American Bar
Foundation in Chicago and taught one academic year at
The Thurgood Marshall School of Law.
Professor Rice came to Texas Tech in the fall of
1989. Since his arrival, he has achieved a national reputation as an expert in the areas of insurance litigation and
regulation. He also has published extensively. His most
recent article is entitled: Federal Courts and the
Regulation of the Insurance Industry, published this year
in Catholic Law Review. He also has received three
awards for outstanding teaching and service: the
President's Excellence in Teaching Award (1993); the Phi
Kappa Phi Honor Society Award (1992); and the ExStudents New Faculty Award (1990).
ELIZABETH K. SCHNEIDER
Assistant Professor of Law and
Associate Law Library Director, 1992
B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University, 1968
M.A., University of Minnesota, 1969
J.D., William Mitchell College, 1973
Admitted to practice in Minnesota
Professor Schneider is pleased that the construction
of the law library is complete. She enjoys working in a
dust-free environment. During the eighteen months the
library was under construction, she learned more about
construction that she ever thought possible and developed
a detailed knowledge of the library collection.
Now that construction is complete, Professor
Schneider has more time to devote to her specialties:
legal research and law of the elderly. Besides instructing
law students in the techniques of legal research, she has
also taught legal research classes for legal secretaries,
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paralegals, and public
librarians. Recently, she
taught legal research to
county court judges in
West Texas.
Professor Schneider
is active in the American
Association of Law
Libraries where she is
currently serving on the
Constitution and Bylaws
Committee, and the
Southwestern
Association of Law
Libraries where she is chair of the Legal Information
Services to the Public Committee. She received the
SWALL Outstanding Member award in 1993. Her work
with legal information services to the public committees
at both the national and local levels is one of the reasons
she developed an interest in elderlaw.
An avid fan of the Phoenix Suns, during basketball
season when the Suns are playing at home on the weekend, she often flies back to Phoenix for the games. Her
hobby is needlework, which weather permitting she does
on the flights to and from Phoenix. She also walks for
exercise and enjoys the antics of her four cats: Shadow,
NoTail, Ozzie and Harriet.
RODRIC B. SCHOEN
Charles B. Thornton Professor of Law, 1971
B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder, 1956
J.D., University of New Mexico, 1966
Admitted to practice in New Mexico and Texas
In 1991, after serving seven years as associate dean
for academic affairs for Deans Fullerton and Newton,
Professor Schoen resumed his regular faculty status,
grateful to leave administrative responsibilities to others .
His research project and article exploring the Supreme
Court's silence on constitutional issues surrounding the
Vietnam War was completed last year and published in
the Washburn Law Journal. Forsaking historical topics,
he is now preparing an article on the Texas Court of
Criminal Appeals and its
response to sex discrimination claims invoking
the Texas Equal Rights
Amendment.
Professor Schoen,
who joined the Tech faculty in 1971 after a
clerkship with the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the
Tenth Circuit and four
years on the law faculty
at Indiana University,
was selected as the first
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Charles B. Thornton Professor in 1993. He is active in
state and local civil liberties organizations and has served
as past chair and present member of the State Bar of
Texas Lawyer Referral Service Committee.
For certain graduates who suffered the tedium of
commerce clause cases in Constitutional Law, Professor
Schoen declares that he has not recently accused a student of pulling his minnow. He does, however, treasure
the personalized meteor shield generously provided by a
past Torts class.
Beyond the law school, Professor Schoen enjoys
reading and running and makes fitful efforts to preserve
and restore his 1960 Chevrolet convertible, an apparently
endless project.
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BRIAN D. SHANNON
Professor of Law, 1988
B.s., Angelo State University, 1979
J.D., University of Texas, 1982
Admitted to practice in Texas
Brian Shannon is a native Texan. He and his wife,
Jeannine, are the parents of Julia, who is now three.
Shannon completed his college degree, summa cum
laude, in two years of study and graduated first in his law
school class. Before joining the faculty, he spent six years
in law practice at the Pentagon in Washington and with
the Austin office of the law firm of Hughes & Luce.
Professor Shannon is in the midst of wrapping up a
research project as a
consultant to the
Administrative
Conference of the
United States. The
agency will consider
Professor Shannon's
report and recommendations at a plenary session
in January. The project
has required several trips
to Washington over the
past year. In addition,
Shannon will return to
Washington on another matter in January: to participate
in a conference on mental illness and the ADA.
Professor Shannon, along with Professor Dan
Benson, recently completed a book, TEXAS CRIMINAL
PROCEDURE & THE OFFENDER WITH MENTAL ILLNESS, AN
ANALYSIS & GUIDE. The book was published through a
grant from the Texas Bar Foundation. Shannon and
Benson were pleased to learn that in a recent case in
which the defendant invoked the insanity defense the
prosecutor, defense attorney, and judge all had copies of
the book during the trial.
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Outside of the law school, Professor Shannon currently serves on the boards of the Lubbock Regional
MHMR Center and the Texas Council of Community
MHMR Centers. In addition, Professor Shannon and
Professor Tim Floyd have been known on occasion to
conduct site inspections at local golf courses.
FRANK F. SKILLERN
Professor of Law, 1971
A.B., University of Chicago, 1964
J.D., University of Denver, 1966
LL.M., University of Michigan, 1969
Admitted to practice in Colorado and Texas
Professor Skillern is busy working on a new edition
of his environmental law book, ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION - THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK, which is scheduled for publication next year. This summer he taught a
new course on Environmental Crimes, which he greatly
enjoyed teaching.
Professor Skillern is an expert in environmental and
water law. His other books include a two volume set on
TEXAS WATER LAW and REGULATION OF WATER AND
SEWER UTILITIES. He is an active member of the Texas
State Bar Section of Environmental and Natural
Resources Law which he chaired in 1983-1984. His current writings include a HANDBOOK ON ENVIRONMENTAL
LAW AND LAND USE PLANNING written for the National
Cattlemen's Association this fall.
Professor Skillern is a professor who truly cares
about students. He is the chair of the Law School's
Counseling Committee and has worked with students to
organize SASS (Student Academic Support Services).
The Environmental Law Society has offered an annual
placement program with Professor Skillern's assistance.
Recently while
wandering aimlessly in
the new library addition,
Professor Skillern was
seen shaking his head
and overheard (by noneavesdropping students
and faculty alike) muttering' "When I came
here in 1971, I couldn't
even spell 'senure calleague' . Now I are one.
Maybe Bubany's friend,
[Eastwood], will keep
me in line."
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ROBERT A. WENINGER
JAYNE ELIZABETH ZANGLEIN
Professor of Law, 1974
B.B.A., University of Wisconsin, 1955
LL.B., University of Wisconsin, 1960
LL.M., University of Chicago, 1964
Admitted to practice in California and Wisconsin
Associate Dean and Professor of Law, 1990
B.M.E., Berklee College of Music, 1975
J.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1980
Admitted to practice in New York, Florida and Texas
This year marked the 20th anniversary of Professor
Weninger's arrival at the law school where he continues
to teach Civil Procedure, Evidence, and Trial Advocacy.
A volunteer at the Lubbock Rape Crisis Center for
the past 17 years, his leisure activities also include aviation, tennis, cycling, skiing, and studying French. While
he enjoys biking to and from the law school, he recently
cycled 800 miles in Scotland.
As a certified flight instructor, one of his most pleasurable hobbies has been teaching law students how to
fly. Over the past 15 years, at least ten law students- from
Curtis Boswell (J.D. 1979), to Paul Stafford (J.D.
1994)-have flown solo after receiving flight training from
him. Three former Tech law professors-James Bowers,
Richard Maxwell, and Joe Tucker- were also taught by
him.
Professor Weninger's research and writing focus on
law as applied in the everyday world. His most recent
article, published this year in the Washington University
Journal of Urban and
Contemporary Law,
reported the results of
his field survey of sentencing of offenders in
noncapital cases in EI
Paso County. He found
that in imposing sentences, juries were more
severe and less uniform
than judges. His study
was funded by a grant
from the American Bar
Foundation.
This fall, Jayne Zanglein became Associate Dean for
Academic Affairs. Although she misses teaching full time,
she enjoys working with students on academic matters.
Dean Zanglein still has time to write and lecture on
pension issues. Most recently, she spoke at the ABA
Annual Meeting in New Orleans on the inadequacy of
remedies under federal pension law. An article on the
same subject was published in the Washington University
Law Quarterly.
Students often comment on the diversity of Dean
Zanglein's legal career. She has worked in almost every
type of legal practice, from starting a firm right out of
law school to becoming a partner in a prominent New
York City law firm. She has worked for the federal government, worked as in-house counsel for a Florida pension fund, taught law to prisoners at Attica, consulted
extensively on starting employee-owned businesses, and
authored a book on pension investments. Last year, Dean
Zanglein received the
Spencer A. Wells
Faculty Award for
Creative Excellence in
Teaching.
After four years,
Dean Zanglein has come
to appreciate the dusty
beauty of West Texas.
She and her family have
been driving the back
roads of Texas in pursuit
of a new family hobby Shotokan Karate.
18th Annual Banking Law Institute
February 23-24, 1995
San Antonio, Texas
Watch for Brochure in the Mail!!!
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SPOTLIGHT
Philip Weems
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For Texas Tech alum Philip Weems (,82), every
day brings challenges with international implications.
Philip is Associate General Counsel of Virginia
Indonesia Company (VICO) in the company's Jakarta,
Indonesia office. VICO, a pioneer in the liquified
natural gas (LNG) business, is a very successful
international joint venture between Union Texas
Petroleum (a publicly traded U.S. company); LASMO
(a publicly traded U.S. company); LASMO (a publicly
traded British company); OPICOIL (owned by the
Taiwanese government); and Universe Gas & Oil
(owned by several publicly traded Japanese gas
companies).
"As the sole Jakarta-based counsel for VICO, my
responsibilities are chiefly focused on supporting LNG
related activities," explained Philip. "Usually I work in
close cooperation with attorneys from other major energy
companies who also reside in Jakarta. I travel to Japan or
Korea normally once a month to attend sales negotiation
sessions (which are normally very formal, involving up to
thirty participants on each side). Also, I am lead counsel
on transportation negotiations. At present we are just
beginning discussions (that may take more than a year to
complete) with a U.S.lJapanese shipping consortium on
six separate time charter parties for the use of LNG
tankers during the years 2000-2010. I sometimes get
involved in public international law issues as well; I have
had the opportunity to represent Indonesia at several
London sessions of the Legal Committee of the United
Nation's International Maritime Organization."
As a student at the Law School, Philip did not focus
on international law for the first three semesters of law
school. "In fact," said Philip, "at one point I wanted to
join the real estate section of a Fort Worth firm!"
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of the Law School, Philip recalled numerous hours,
especially during the first year, spent in the Commons
debating with his classmates about anything and
everything. "In my experience these informal 'chats' were
an excellent prelude to daily law practice," said Philip.
He also fondly recalls helping perform Bruce Williams'
(,82) version of "Bye Bye Dean Hemingway" (sung to
the tune of the 60's hit "Runaway") at the school's
Supreme Tort. "You will note," he laughs, "neither one of
us gave up our studies for a musical career!" Philip's
Number One recollection, however, is meeting his wife,
Cathy, at the start of his second year of law school; they
were married six months later.
His family is part of the large expatriate community
in Indonesia, many of whom, as a result of a substantial
oil company community, are from Texas. "My daughters
Heather (9) and Hannah (7) are well adjusted to
international life; in fact, both attend the Jakarta British
School, which has approximately 700 students from all
parts of the world," said Philip.
"Although I miss my family and friends back home,
in many ways life abroad is really not that different from
life in the States," reports Philip. "In Jakarta, I can read
the Wall Street Journal or USA Today daily, watch CNN
or ABC in my home, or eat tacos at the local Mexican
restaurant or ribs at Tony Romas. Every year, we come
back for six weeks to get a dose of American culture.
Luckily, long airplane rides do not annoy me. And,
because we have spent six years since 1982 living
overseas in Australia, Switzerland, Thailand and now
Indonesia, my family has had the chance to do much
more than the normal tourist could possibly do," he
added.
Nancy Sample Garms
Elata Ely
Nancy Sample Garms, 1979 graduate of the Texas
Tech University School of Law, died May 13, 1994,
following an automobile accident. She is survived by
her husband Joe D. Garms, Ph.D., of Amarillo; two
sons, Randall Garms of Ft. Worth, and Lance Garms
of Plano; her mother Doris Sample of Amarillo; two
brothers, Ken Sample of Odessa and Dan Sample of
Los Angeles; and three grandchildren.
Elata Ely died at Lubbock, Texas on April 19,
1994. A 1983 graduate of the Texas Tech Law School,
Elata was actively engaged in the general practice of
the law as a solo practitioner until shortly before her
untimely death. For several years she devoted a
considerable amount of her time and donated office
space and telephones for Volunteer Law Students and
Lawyers, Inc., which provided legal services to
income eligible clients before the Private Attorney
Involvement Program was created.
Nancy was an active civic leader and attorney. She
taught and was a clinical psychologist before attending
law school. After receiving her bar license, she
practiced law in Amarillo, with an emphasis in Family
Law. Since 1992, she served as Court Master for the
Ninth Administrative Judicial Region of Texas.
In Amarillo, Nancy served as the first woman to
be elected president of the Amarillo Bar Association.
She helped establish the Dispute Resolution Center in
Amarillo and was a founding member of the Amarillo
Women's Network.
Nancy commuted from Lubbock to Amarillo
while attending law school. Nancy attended classes
faithfully during the week and studied for long hours
Monday through Thursday. Each Friday after her last
class, she drove to her home in Amarillo in order to be
a wife and mother during the weekend. By each
Monday morning, Nancy was back in Lubbock for
another week of school. She always credited her
husband and sons as the ones who gave her the
encouragement to attend law school even if it meant
the family would be apart during the week.
Her classmates, professors and friends will always
remember the beautiful and cheerful smile she gave to
every one she met.
It was after taking Professor Hal Bateman's Business
Entities class and deciding to pursue a career in corporate
law that Philip came to the conclusion that a specialty in
international business law would better prepare him for
the "inevitable shift of U.S. business to a global focus." A
scholarship from the Downtown Lubbock Rotary Club
enabled Philip to study in Australia and obtain an LL.M.
degree with emphasis in international business law. Upon
completing his studies at the University of Sydney, he
first served as international counsel to the multinational
food company ConAgra, Inc., traveling throughout
Europe, South America and Asia.
When asked to provide some favorite recollections
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Submitted by Carolyn F. Moore ('79)
Philip Weems at his desk - downtown Jakarta can be seen
from his window.
Elata could be tough; but the key to her legal
prowess was her sense of when she needed to be tough
and when she needed to be compassionate. With
compassion, she believed strongly in preserving family
units. One of her greatest triumphs was obtaining
custody for a father of his little four-year-old girl even
after the paternity testing proved he was not the
biological father. Elata knew that "family" did not
necessarily mean blood kin.
Elata is survived by her brother, John Michael
Steele, of Philadelphia, and two cousins.
During her ten years of practice, Elata gained the
respect of her fellow lawyers and of the judges before
whom she appeared. She was a great lady and a real
lawyer. She made her mark while she was here and
will long be remembered by her friends and fellow
lawyers.
Submitted by Janette McElroy Walker ('82)
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Jiliu III
1970
DISTRICT JUDGE RALPH W. "GUS" GALLINI, has
been elected President of the New Mexico District
Judge's Association for 1993-94. Congratulate Judge
Gallini at 100 North Main, Box 6C, Lovington, NM
88260.
Jiliu III
1974
PAT HAMMONDS opened his office at 4150 Rio Bravo,
Suite 238, EI Paso, Texas 79932 after 19 years' practice
in Austin.
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RICHARD S. (STEVE) EXTER announces he is Senior
Vice President and Trust Officer - Department Manager,
American State Bank, P.O. Box 1401, Lubbock, Texas
79408.
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CECILIA HUFSTEDLER
MORGAN has joined the
Attorney Mediator Panel of
JAM SlEndispute, Inc.
Cecilia's mediation practice
will be statewide and will
include insurance and
personal injury matters,
commercial disputes, real
estate, probate, and
employment issues such as
wrongful discharge and
mediation. She can be
reached at 1700 Pacific
Avenue, Suite 4500, Dallas, Texas 75201 . The office
phone number is 214/744-5267.
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Jiliu III
1975
H. WAYNE CAMPBELL has transferred to the U.S.
Attorney's Office in Denver. The new address is 1961
Stour Street, Suite 1200, Denver, Colorado 80294.
Wayne's office phone number is 303/844-4224.
Jiliu III
1977
WALTER BURL HUFFMAN was promoted to Brigadier
General in the U.S. Anny Judge Advocate General's
Corps and assigned as Assistant Judge Advocate General
of the Army on November 1, 1993. In his new Pentagon
position, General Huffman has responsibility for all
internal legal operations in the Army as well as the
development and implementation of Army legal policy.
During Operation Desert Storm, Gen. Huffman served in
Saudi Arabia and Iraq as the Senior Legal Advisor in VII
Corps, the largest Corps ever deployed by the United
States for combat operations. When VII Corps became
the occupying force in Southern Iraq following the
dramatic success of the ground war, Gen. Huffman was
responsible for establishing and enforcing the fIrst
occupation laws created since World War II.
Following Desert Storm, Gen. Huffman was assigned
as Senior Legal Advisor to United States Central
Command, and became responsible for all United States
legal concerns in the Middle East including continued
actions against Iraq to enforce United Nations sanctions.
He and his Central Command staff also developed and
instituted the unique legal regime required for the
humanitarian intervention in Somalia. Walt's mailing
address is office of the Judge Advocate to General, Dept.
of the Army, Washington D.C. 20310.
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1978
JOHN M. WALSH, III announces his new address at
Trammell Crow Company, 2200 Ross Avenue #3700,
Dallas, Texas 75201-2770 and his phone number of
214/979-6100.
BUDDY R. DOSSETT was installed as President of the
Cameron County Bar Association for 1994-95 at the
annual meeting of the Association held at Rancho Viejo
Country Club of the evening of September 15. In June,
1994 he was appointed to the History and Traditions
Committee of the State Bar of Texas. He also was
recently installed as a Director of North Harlingen Rotary
Club, and was named to the Leadership Harlingen class
of 1994-95. He and his wife Becky have four children,
Carla, Mary Lou, Lorena and Janie Marie. Janie Marie
was born on April 1, 1994. Congratulate Buddy at
Johnson & Davis, 402 E. Van Buren Street, Harlingen,
Texas 78550-6883.
The office phone number is 210/423-0213.
Jiliu III
1979
STEVEN J. SCHULTZ announces the formation of
Schultz & Dupree for the practice of law. The fIrm
specializes in commercial litigation, real estate and
transactions, project fInance, workouts and
reorganizations, partnerships, corporations, tax and
related matters. The address is 222 Kearney Street, Suite
600, San Francisco, California 94108. The phone number
is 415/986-8009.
JAVIER ALVAREZ was recently elected Judge of the
County Court at Law Number 3 in EI Paso. He will take
office in January. Javier is one of a group of five EI Paso
attorneys who has relocated to a recently restored
Victorian Federalism-style building at 814 Wyoming
Street, EI Paso, Texas 79901.
BEN WOODWARD was elected to the American Law
Institute in 1994. The Institute, which is best known for
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the Restatement of the Law, meets annually. Ben
practices with Gossett, Harrison, Reese, Wilson,
Woodward & Millican, P.c., in San Angelo. He and his
wife, Gwen, are members of the Sierra Vista United
Methodist Church where Ben has served as a trustee, lay
leader and Disciple Bible teacher. He is a Trustee of the
Howard County College-San Angelo Foundation and
serves on the Ethics Committee of the San Angelo State
School. Ben is also a member of the Board of Tom Green
National Bank. Ben was Chairman of the Texas Young
Lawyers Board of Directors in 1988 and served on the
TYLA Board of Directors from 1985 until 1989. He is a
member of the Texas Bar Foundation and is board
certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in
Commercial, Farm and Ranch, and Residential Real
Estate Law. Ben and his wife, Gwen, have two daughters,
Beverly and Catherine. Ben's office address is P.O. Box
911, San Angelo, Texas 76902-0911.
H. VICTOR "VIC" CONRAD announces his current
address at 13205 Woodhaven Drive, Dallas, Texas 75234.
His phone number is 214/406-1725.
Jiliu III
1980
ANDERSON CARTER, II announces the establishment
of his office in Las Cruces. He will practice in the area of
business, banking, real estate and commercial law. In
addition, Mr. Carter has recently been elected to the
Board of Directors of Western Bank of Clovis, and
Western Bank of Alamogordo, New Mexico. The office
address is P.O . Box 16488, Las Cruces, New Mexico
88004 and the phone number is 505/523-7810.
THOMAS H. WALSTON, formerly a shareholder with
Mehaffy & Weber, P.C., of Beaumont, has joined the firm
of Keith & Weber, P.C., 112 North Nugent Street, P.O.
Box 155, Johnson City, Texas 78636. Tom's phone
number is 210/868-7147.
LARRY W. HICKS announces the creation of Hicks &
Associates, 211 West Yandell Drive, EI Paso, Texas.
Larry's phone number is 915/533-9313.
H. CHRISTOPHER MOTT announces the formation of
the law fIrm of Krafsur, Gordon, Mott, Sanders &
Miranda, P.C., 7400 Viscount, Suite 103, EI Paso, Texas
79925 . The firm will practice primarily in the areas of
bankruptcy, international tax and corporate law. The
office phone number is 915/772-9266.
FRED D. RASCHKE has been elected President of the
Galveston County Bar Association for the 1994-95 year,
while at the same time serving as President of the
Galveston Rotary Club and Bay Area Council of Boy
Scouts of America. Congratulate Fred at Mills, Shirley,
Eckel & Bassett, L.L.P., 400 Washington Building, 2228
Mechanic, Galveston, Texas 77553-1943. The phone
number is 7131225-0547.
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NOTES
CAROLYN J. JOHNSEN is pleased to announce that on
October 14,1994, she will wed Richard Q. Nye, an
attorney in Phoenix. The wedding will be performed in
their new home by Carolyn's long-time and best friend,
the Honorable Lee Gabriel ('80), District Judge for the
367th District Court in Denton County. Carolyn is still
with the law finn of Hebert, Schenk & Johnsen, a 7person finn concentrating in commercial bankruptcy and
litigation. The office address is 1440 East Missouri
Avenue, Suite 125, Phoenix, Alizona 85014, and the
phone number is 6021248-8203.
Jiliu III
1981
GERALD G. DIXON has been elected President of the
Albuquerque Bar Association for 1994. His address is
P.O. Box 30488, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87190.
JUDGE ROBIN D. SMITH has been named one of Five
Outstanding Young Texans by the Texas Junior Chamber
of Commerce. The Five Outstanding Young Texans
Award recognizes five Texans ages 21-39 who are
making a difference in their local communities and the
State. Winners are selected on the basis of their
achievements and contributions. Judge Smith has
developed several innovative programs including a video
rights presentation to better inform defendants of their
constitutional rights, an indigent coordination program to
assist citizens of limited economic means to meet legal
obligations and a jury care program to efficiently utilize
citizen jurors. Congratulate Judge Smith at P.O. Box 585,
Midland, Texas 79702.
DAMON RICHARDS announces his location to 5102
29th Drive, Suite C, Lubbock, Texas 79407. His phone
number is 806/795-9089.
LOUIS P. GREGORY announces his promotion to Vice
President and General Counsel for the Lomas Financial
Group, 1600 Viceroy, Dallas, Texas 75235 . The phone
number is 214/879-7070.
Jiliu III
1982
WADE M. MC MULLEN was recently elected vice
president of Beta Theta Pi International Fraternity at the
155th Annual Convention in Marco Island, Florida. Beta
Theta Pi has more than 100,000 living members,
including some 8,000 undergraduates on 141 campuses in
the U.S. and Canada. Wade is a partner at Haynes &
Boone L.L.P., 801 Cherry Street, Suite 1300, Fort Worth,
Texas 76102. The phone number is 817/878-0625.
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RON L. REEVES has
joined the Dallas office of
Deloitte & Touche L.L.P.
and been named senior tax
manager. Ron joined
Deloitte & Touche L.L.P.
after serving more than 12
years with the Dallas office
of another Big Six
accounting firm. Ron can
be contacted at Suite 1600,
2200 Ross Avenue, Dallas,
Texas 75201-6778.
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BRUCE W. AKERLY, Johnson & Wortley, 100 Founders
Square, 900 Jackson Street, Dallas, Texas 75202-4499,
announces the birth of a son, Grantham Bruce Akerly,
born June 25, 1994. Grantham is welcomed by big sister,
Sarah Grace, and big brother, Grayson WIlliam.
MIKE M. CALFIN is pleased to announce the relocation
of his law office to 1320 Avenue Q, PO. Box 737,
Lubbock, Texas 79408. Mike's phone number is
806/7 63-4665.
MARK D. WHITE has joined classmates Marty Rowley
('82) and John Ben Blanchard ('82) at the firm of
Sprouse, Mozola, Smith & Rowley, PC., in October of
1993. The office's mailing address is PO. Box 15008,
Amarillo, Texas 79105.
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KEM THOMPSON FROST and husband, Fred, announce
the birth of their second son, Frederick Hazard Frost II,
on March 16, 1994. Kern is a shareholder in the Houston
office of Winstead Sechrest & Minick, P.e. ,910 Travis
Street, 1600 Bank One Center, Houston, Texas 77002.
PATRICK R. GORDON announces the formation of the
law firm of Krafsur, Gordon, Mott, Sanders & Miranda,
P.C., 7400 Viscount, Suite 103, El Paso, Texas 79925.
The law firm will practice primarily in the areas of
bankruptcy, international tax and corporate law. The
phone number is 915/772-9266.
JIMMY "SKIP" HULETT was recognized as the
Jefferson County Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year
on May 6, 1994. Congratulate Skip at Moore, Landry,
Garth & Jones, Suite 500, 390 Park Street, Beaumont,
Texas 77701.
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Allard, announce the birth of Thomas Ernest Allard on
January 28, 1994. Thomas joins Annette (6) and Stephen
(4) at 22433 Glad Acres Road, Pass Christian,
Mississippi 39571. The phone number is 6011452-2453.
DENNIS R. REEVES and William Craig Harriger have
opened a new law firm in Lubbock: Reeves & Harriger,
L.L.P. , 3716 21st Street, Suite 105, 79410. The office
phone number is 806/797-3720.
DAN and DONNA BECKER PERKINS announce the
birth of their third daughter, Sarah Emily, born January
11, 1994. Sarah joins Kristen (5) and Katie (4). Mom is
still working as an attorney for Texas Instruments at their
corporate legal department in Richardson, Texas. Dad is a
partner with Beacom, Watkins and Perkins in Greenville,
Texas where they live. Congratulate the Perkins at PO.
Box 1665, Greenville, Texas 75403-1665.
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DAVID L. CAMPBELL became a shareholder with
McManemin & Smith, PC. David and his wife, Sandi,
added a new son named Michale David, born on March
20, 1994. Congratulate David at 600 North Pearl, Suite
1600, Plaza of the Americas, Dallas, Texas 75201;
214/953-1321.
JUDY (CROWDER) PARKER was elected Chair of the
Texas Young Lawyers Association for 1994-95. She also
announces the birth of a daughter, Lindsey Nicole Parker,
on January 23, 1993. Judy is an associate at the Law
Office of Tom Purdom, 1801 Avenue Q, Lubbock, Texas
79401.
WILLIAM CRAIG HARRIGER and Dennis R. Reeves
announce the opening of Reeves & Harriger, L.L.P, 3716
21st Street Suite 105, Lubbock, Texas 79410. The phone
number is 806/797-3720.
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JANE E. DILLINGER has become a shareholder at the
firm of Mankoff Hill Held & Metzger, 3878 Oak Lawn
Avenue, Suite 400, Dallas, Texas 75219. Her phone
number is 214/523-3710.
MELINDA WATTS SMITH announces the creation of
Cramb, Marling & Smith, 1848 Norwood Plaza, Suite
214, Hurst, Texas 76054. The phone number is 81712820281.
JOHN MARTIN KLEIN II announces he has become a
partner in the firm of Gordon, Feinblatt, Rothman,
Hoffberger & Hollander, The Garrett Building, 233 East
Redwood Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. John is a
partner in the firm's Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights
Department. He is Board certified in Business
Bankruptcy Law by the American Bankruptcy Board of
Certification and is a member of the American
Bankruptcy Institute and the Bankruptcy Bar Association
for the District of Maryland. His phone number is
410/576-4000.
WENDY SCHNEIDER ALLARD with husband, Rick
MARILYN K. MUNGERSON is pleased to announce the
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opening of her office for the practice of law at 1122
Montana Avenue, El Paso, Texas 79902. Her office phone
number is 915/533-8167. Marilyn was an Assistant
District with the El Paso County District Attorney's
Office for the past six years.
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PAMALA WALKER TALLEY, and husband, Paul,
announce the birth of their first child, a daughter named
Emily Layne, born August 18, 1993 . Pamala became
Title IV-O Court Master in February, 1993. Congratulate
Pamala at 112 W. Beauregard, San Angelo, Texas 76903.
The phone number is 915/659-6485.
SANDRA (SANDY) BOWERS SELF was named
Outstanding Young Lawyer by the Abilene Young
Lawyers for 1992-93. She was promoted the First
Assistant Criminal District Attorney in the fall of 1993
and became Board Certified in Criminal Law in
December of 1993. Congratulate Sandy at 300 Oak
Street, Abilene, Texas 79602.
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STEPHEN W. MOONEY has joined Drew Eckl &
Farnham as a partner, where he practices exclusively in
labor law and employment litigation matters, as well as
sports and entertainment law. His new address is 880 W.
Peachtree Street, P.O. Box 7600, Atlanta, Georgia 30357
and the phone number is 404/885-6124.
BRIAN T. CARTWRIGHT announces the birth of his
first child, Madison Paige Cartwright, born November 4,
1993, weighing 9 lbs. 5 ozs. Congratulate Brian at
Gamer, Stone & Lovell, PC.,1200 Amarillo National's
Plaza II, 500 S. Taylor #207, Amarillo, Texas 791012442.
.
CLYDE R. "SKIP" MC CORMICK II announces his new
address at 405 N. St. Mary's Street, Suite 700, San
Antonio, Texas 78205. His phone number is 21012126934.
JEFFREY M. GAMSO has opened his own office
specializing in appeals, briefs and motions. He is certified
for indigent death penalty appeals in Ohio. His address is
563 Spitzer Building, Toledo, Ohio 43604 and his phone
number is 4191242-6505.
RICK MONTGOMERY has been named a shareholder of
Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe & Dawson, P.O. Box 2776,
Midland, Texas 79702. His office phone number is
915/684-5782. Rick also announces he is now Board
Certified in Oil, Gas & Mineral Law by the State Bar of
Texas.
FARON R. WEBB recently joined Paine Webber
Incorporated as Senior Regulatory Counsel and Corporate
Vice President. His address is 1200 Harbor Boulevard,
Weehawken, New Jersey 07087. Faron's office phone
number is 201/902-6653. Immediately prior to joining
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Paine Webber, Faron worked for the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission in its Enforcement
Division.
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BARRY D. THOMAS and his wife, Jill, announce the
birth of their first child, a son named Hunter Charles
Thomas, on March 16, 1994. Barry is a sole practitioner
whose office address is 2901 Hallwell, Plano, Texas
75093. The phone number is 214/403-1705.
CATHERINE BENNETT WHITED, and husband, Ty,
proudly announce the birth of their son, Benjamin
Bradley, born March 5, 1994 - two months early but
finally home and thriving as of June! Catherine is an
associate with McDonald Sanders, 1300 Continental
Plaza, Fort Worth, Texas 76102. The phone number is
817/336-8651.
TRICIA MARTIN announces her move to Burford &
Ryburn, 500 N. Akard, 3100 Lincoln Plaza, Dallas, Texas
75201-3320. Tricia's office number is 214/740-3158.
CHARLES MORSE has joined the firm of Harris and
Harris in Austin as an associate. His practice is primarily
in workers' compensation and personal injury defense.
The firm's address is 8701 Mopac, Suite 400, Austin,
Texas 78759; the phone number is 512/346-5533.
BRENDA SEALE GRAY announces the opening of her
law office at 225 W. Walker, Breckeuridge, Texas 76424.
The phone number is 817/559-3330.
SUSAN JAN (TURNER) HUEBER married Dr. Michael
Hueber on April 23, 1994 and they have relocated to
Bedford, Virginia. Jan can be contacted at Wooten &
Hart, PO. Box 12249, Raonoke, Virginia 24024. Her
phone number is 703/343-2451. Jan primarily practices in
the areas of medical malpractice defense and healthcare
litigation.
S. RAPE FOREMAN, has closed his solo office in Post,
Texas and has joined the law firm of Hammerle &
Couch, A Professional Legal Corporation, located at 1660
South Stemmons, Suite 330, Lewisville, Texas 75067.
The phone number is 214/436-9300.
TERRY W. HAMMOND amlOunces the relocation of his
office to an historic building in EI Paso. The recentlyrestored Victorian Federalism-style building is located at
814 Wyoming Street. Attorneys in sharing the building
are Javier Alvarez, Heather Ronconi, Joe Aurelaino
Spencer and Eduardo Vasquez. Terry also is an Adjunct
Professor of Business Law at the University of Texas at
EI Paso.
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KAREN KENNARD announces the relocation of her
office with the Texas Municipal League, 1821 Rutherford
Lane, Suite 400, Austin, Texas 78754-5128. The phone
number is 512/719-6300.
ROBERT PAUL O'BRIANT has been named Executive
Vice President and Trust Officer of West Texas Trust
Company, 5211 Brownfield Road, Suite 1100, P.O. Box
2307, Lubbock, Texas 79409-2307. The phone number is
806/799-4050.
CARY DWAYNE KIRBY is an associate with the Law
Offices of Robert G. Osborn, P.O. Box 151540, Lufkin,
Texas 75915-1540. His office phone number is 409/6323222.
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ELIZABETH CHERRY WAGSTAFF and ROBERT
WAGSTAFF announce the birth of a beautiful baby girl,
Rachel Glenn, born December 21, 1993. Congratulate
Elizabeth at her law office at 1833 Bedford Road,
Bedford, Texas 76021. Her phone number is 817/5455455. Robert can be contacted at Decker, Jones, and
McMackin, 301 Commerce, 2400 City Centre, Fort
Worth, Texas 76102. His phone number is 817/336-2400.
GREG FRASER has opened an office for the practice of
law at 4828 South Broadway, Suite 178, Tyler, Texas
75703 . The phone number is 903/597-8642 .
ROGER W. PIDLLIPS has joined the Law Offices of
Larriet E. Thomas, 600 N. Pearl, Suite 1030, Dallas,
Texas 75201-1530. The phone number for the office is
214/954-1530.
WILLIAM E . (BILL) PRICE announces the opening of
his office for the practice of law at 103 South Third
Street, Abilene, Texas 79602. The phone number is
915/673-8124. "On a semi-related topic," reports Bill, "I
recently married the former Jena Allen on February 26,
1994 at a ceremony in Abilene."
LEWIS C. COX, III has become a partner and the name
of the firm has been changed to Heidel, Samberson,
Newell & Cox. The firm's address is P.O. Drawer 1599,
Lovington, New Mexico 88260. The phone number is
505/396-5303.
CARY D. KIRBY has become a partner in the fum of
Zeleskey, Cornelius, Hallmark, Roper & Hicks as of
January 1, 1994. Congratulate Cary at P.O. Drawer 1728,
Lufkin, Texas 75902-1728. The phone number is
409/632-3381.
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GARY D. SANDERS announces the formation of the law
firm of Krafsur, Gordon, Mott, Sanders & Miranda, PC.,
7400 Viscount, Suite 103, El Paso, Texas 79925. The
phone number is 915/772-9266. The firm will practice
primarily in the areas of bankruptcy, international tax and
corporate law.
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JOHN G. BENOIST has opened his office at 1009
Henderson Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102. The office
phone is 817/336-9633. In addition to opening his office,
John announces he is now licensed to practice law in the
state of New Mexico.
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FONTAINE DRAKE (CARROTHERS) LAUGHLIN
announces her marriage in March of 1993 to Glenn
Laughlin. Fon is general counsel for Capital Source
Mortgage, 14850 Quorum Drive, Suite 150, Dallas, Texas
75240. The phone number is 214/412-5608.
BROOKS P. LYNN has opened his law office at 700
Harwood, Suite E, Hurst, Texas 76054. The office phone
number is 817/788-8891 .
SUSAN J. TRAVIS has joined the firm of McCue & Lee,
pc., Three Lincoln Centre, Suite 1050, 5430 LBJ
Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75240. The office phone number
is 214/490-0808.
MELISSA WINBLOOD-FRANCO and Tony Franco
('92) proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Cierra
Kay Franco, born April 18, 1994. "She is a true blessing
and the highlight of our lives!" Congratulate Melissa at
the City Attorney's Office, 2 Civic Center Plaza, EI Paso,
Texas 79901 and Tony at the El Paso County District
Attorney's Office, 500 E. San Antonio, El Paso, Texas
79901.
BILLY D. PRICE announces his new address at 2301
Broadway, Suite 202, Lubbock, Texas 79401. His phone
number is 806/762-2088.
LISA McKNIGHT was recently promoted and is now a
partner of McKnight, McKnight & Greenwald, 2620
State, Dallas, Texas 75204. Lisa's office phone is
214/871-9590.
CARLOS A. MIRANDA III, announces the opening of a
new firm, Krafsur, Gordon, Mott, Sanders & Miranda,
PC., specializing in business and consumer bankruptcy
law. Congratulate Carlos at 7400 Viscount, Suite #103 , El
Paso, Texas 79925. The phone number is 915/533-7867.
DAVID OLSON and wife, Laura, announce the birth of
their son, Christian Maurice, on January 20, 1994.
Congratulate the happy parents at David's law office,
4006 Morman Lane, Addison, Texas 75244. The phone
number is 214/960-9440.
MICHELLE M. MYERS is an attorney with the Texas
Department of Transportation, Division of Motor
Vehicles in Austin. Her office phone number is
512/476-3587.
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R. WALTON WEAVER has opened his law office for the
practice of law at 400 West 15th, Amarillo, Texas 79101.
His phone number is 806/372-WALT.
MICHAEL L. RIZZO and MATTHEW C. SCHAAF,
R.N., J.D. are pleased to announce the formation of their
partnership, Rizzo & Schaaf. Michael, formerly an
associate with the Law Offices of Martha Trudo, Killeen,
Texas, has relocated to the metroplex and is practicing
criminal and family law. Matthew has previously been a
solo practitioner in Hurst. They may be contacted at their
offices in the historic Grove Manor, 500 E . Belknap, Fort
Worth, Texas 76102; the phone number is 817/877-0388.
TONY FRANCO and Melissa Winblood-Franco ('91)
proudly announce the birth of their daughter, Cierra Kay
Franco, born on April 18, 1994. "She is a true blessing
and the highlight of our lives!" Congratulate Tony at the
El Paso County District Attorney's Office, 500 E. San
Antonio, El Paso, Texas 79901and Melissa at the City
Attorney's Office, 2 Civic Center Plaza, El Paso, Texas
79901.
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SUZANNE ARRIAGA is an environmental attorney with
Browning-Ferris Industries, 757 N. Eldridge, Houston,
Texas 77079. Her office phone number is 713/870-7558.
JEFF FEINGLAS received his LL.M. in Taxation from
New York University and is an associate with Willkie,
FaIT & Gallagher, 1 City Corp Center, 153 E. 53rd Street,
New York, New York 10022. Jeff's direct dial number is
212/821-8599.
MARK MONTALVO announces his association with
Haynes & Boone, L.L. P., Suite 3100, 901 Main Street,
Dallas, Texas 76202-3714. Mark's wife is in her third
year of medical school at the Texas Tech Health Sciences
Center and will be joining Mark in Dallas at the
conclusion of her studies.
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L. ANDY PAREDES is an Assistant District Attorney
with the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office, Civil
Division, 401 West Belknap, Fort Worth, Texas 761060201. The office phone is 817/884-1233.
PAUL W. BENNETT has joined the law firm of Corley &
Corley, L.L.P., First Interstate Bank Building, 6301
Gaston Avenue, Suite 302, Dallas, Texas 75214; 214/8268288.
THOMAS GAVIGAN is an attorney with Thompson,
Coe, Cousins & Irons, 200 Crescent Court, Suite 1100,
Dallas, Texas 75201-1840.
DAVID M . BAYS has joined the firm of Holtzman,
Urquhart, Baydo & Moore in September of 1993 . The
firm practices civil litigation and employment law.
Congratulate David at 900 Fannin Street, Suite 909,
Houston, Texas or at 713/ 739-0000.
1. ROXANE BLOUNT joined the City Attorney's Office
in December of 1993. Her address is 201 N. Grant,
Odessa, Texas 79761.
TIM KLEIN announces his association with the firm of
Martin, Montgomery & Williams, 707 W. lOth Street,
Austin, Texas 78701. Tim will be working in the areas of
health care and employment law. The phone number for
the office is 512/476-1696.
JILL K. BRAMLETT is an Assistant City Attorney for
the City of Odessa. The office is located at 411 W. 8th,
Odessa, Texas 79760 and the phone number is 915/3353228.
JAMES ISERMAN joined the firm of Ray &
McChristian in July 1994. Jim served as briefing attorney
for the Honorable Ward Koehler, State Court of Appeals,
Eight District for 1993-94. Jim will focus on general
litigation matters with the firm. Congratulate Jim at 801
North El Paso Street, EI Paso, Texas 79902-3903. The
phone number is 915/541-7200.
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JIM RAY announces his office is open for business at
406 W. 13th Street, Suite 200, Austin, Texas 78701. Jim's
phone number is 512/478-8698.
ROBERT E. SCOTT has joined the Law Firm of Edward
P. Watt, P.c., 3410 Far West Blvd., Suite 210, Austin,
Texas 78751. The phone number is 512/338-387.
JON EVANS has opened a solo. practice in Austin
specializing "in surviving on rice and beans." His address
is 812 San Antonio, Suite G-20, Austin, Texas 78741 or
call him at 512/444-9305.
STEVEN L. MIERL is an associate with Briggs,
Knoepfel & Ronca, 30 Dronningens Gade, P.O. Box
6286, St. Thomas, U.S.v.1. 00804. The telephone number
is 809/776-0777.
PHILIP C. WILLIAMS is an associate with the Law
Offices of Earl Luna, P.C., 4411 Central Building, 4411
N. Central Expressway, Dallas, Texas 75205 . The phone
number is 214/521-6001.
KALYNNE HARVEY is an Assistant District Attorney
for the Caldwell County District Attorney, County
Courthouse, Lockhart, Texas 78644.
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