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LETTER
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November 1991
STUDENT NEWS
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Dear Alumni and Friends of the Texas Tech Law School:
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NEW FACULTY
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CLASS NOTES
Volume Eight
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Number Three
Fall 1991
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
As I write this letter to you the fall term is almost over. Once again, we have had an exciting semester.
In this issue we profile the new members of our faculty team - Associate Professor and Director of the Law
Library Wesley Cochran, Assistant Professor Daisy Floyd, Assistant Professor Alison Myhra, and Assistant
Professor Verna Sanchez. Professor Cochran is teaching legal research, Professor Floyd is teaching civil
procedure and legal analysis, Professor Myhra is teaching civil procedure, non-judicial process and
introduction to bankruptcy and Professor Sanchez is teaching comprehensive skills development and nonjudicial process.
In our last issue we profiled the retirement of Ann Burbridge, Jane Olm and Richard Maxwell. As you
can see from our cover, the Law School is now losing one of its most beloved (and feared!) professors Robert H. Bean Professor of Law J. Hadley Edgar. The Texas Tech School of Law hosted a pre-retirement
celebration for Professor and Mrs. Edgar on October 4. We have included a few candid shots for those of
you who were not able to be with us.
Although the people of the State of Texas and the Texas Legislature recognize the importance of
public education, recent economic developments have strained resources so that hard choices have been
required. The amount of public support for higher education has been reduced and this has forced the Texas
Tech School of Law to be more efficient and to rely on support from alumni and friends. We have been
successful in improving the Texas Tech School of Law notwithstanding state resource constraints. In
recognition of these accomplishments, President Robert W. Lawless and the Regents of Texas Tech University
supported the investment of resources necessary to update and preserve the Law School building. The
Legislature of the State of Texas recognized the public service provided by the Texas Tech School of Law and
appropriated just over $4 million during its last session. Three legislators provided especially strong leadership
for the Texas Legislature in general, and for higher education and Texas Tech University specifically, during
the last session. Those legislators are Representative Pete Laney, Representative Jim Rudd, and Senator John
Montford. They were honored by President Lawless, the Board of Regents, the Trustees of the Texas Tech
Law School Foundation and the Texas Tech School of Law at a reception held in the Forum on October 4. I
am pleased to report that an architect has already been selected, and the Law School is in the process of
developing the details of our project to update and renovate the law school building to insure continued
public service. As we progress toward groundbreaking and construction, we will keep you fully informed.
Last year we completed fundraising for the Alvin R. Allison Professorship. This enabled us to
commence the process of selecting the first Alvin R. Allison Professor of Law. The process began with the
faculty of the Law School and involved input from the Trustees of the Texas Tech Law School Foundation.
The process produced excellent candidates for review by our Executive Vice President and Provost Donald R.
Haragan, whose recommendations were then acted on by our University President. In October, President
Robert W. Lawless named Professor Thomas E. Baker as the first Alvin R. Allison Professor of Law.
We have been busy! Your continued support and enthusiastic encouragement make our task so much
easier. Thank you . ~
Sincerely,
W. Frank Newton
Dean
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Professor J. Hadley Edgar, Jr. Retires
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(Left to Right) Helen and 1. Hadley Edgar
receive congratulations from Carol Ann
and Larry Hicks ('80) .
(Left to Right) Helen and 1. Hadley Edgar are greeted by
Professor Robert Weninger.
(Left to Right) Helen and 1. Hadley Edgar with
Nancy and Frank Newton greeted guests arriving at
Prof. Edgar's reception .
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Professor J. Hadley Edgar, Jr . has announced
his retirement at the end of the Fall Semester,
1991 after more than twenty years of law
teaching. During that time he has taught at Texas
Tech Law School, the University of Texas Law
School in Austin, and at St. Mary's Law School
in San Antonio. His teaching career followed
fifteen years of practice with the law firm of
Gibson, Ochsner & Adkins in Amarillo. Both as
a lawyer and as a law teacher, Hadley has been
an inspiration and a role model for colleagues
and students alike.
With a strong academic background and
extensive litigation practice behind him, Hadley
was an ideal person for Texas Tech to hire in
1971, just four years after the school admitted its
first class of students. Not only did he provide
expertise for teaching courses in Torts, Strict
Liability, Texas Procedure, and Trial Advocacy,
but he also actively contributed to development
of the Law School through his work on faculty
and University committees and with his
involvement in state and local bar activities. His
efforts helped forge a strong link between the
Law School and the practicing Bar.
His accomplishments as a teacher are apparent
through his selection on two separate occasions
as the Outstanding Law Professor by the students
at Texas Tech Law School and by his designation
by the University as a recipient of the President's
Excellence in Teaching award. In 1990 he was
named as the first recipient of the Judge Robert
H. Bean Professorship.
An integral part of law teaching is active , ongoing research and publication. Hadley's
contributions in this area have been both
numerous and important in the development of
Texas law. His articles and books are cited
regularly by the Texas courts and his most recent
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(Left to Right) Helen and 1. Hadley Edgar were honored at
Professor Edgar's retirement reception.
work, J. Edgar and J . Sales, "Texas Torts and
Remedies" (1989), a multi-volume treatise, is an
increasingly important resource for the Texas
bench and bar. His earlier work on "Texas
Pattern Jury Charges" has also been a singularly
valuable reference on the subjects of tort,
warranty, and strict liability litigation.
Beyond the academic world of teaching and
writing, Hadley has also actively participated in
the day-to-day activities of the organized bar and
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other legal associations. He has served the
Lubbock Bar as a Director of the Lubbock
County Bar Association, as President-Elect, and
as President. He has been active in the State Bar
of Texas through his committee service and his
work on Pattern Jury Charges. His efforts at the
State level have been recognized by the award of
the State Bar of Texas Certificate of Merit as one
of the most deserving members of the legal
profession. His service to the Phi Delta Phi Legal
Fraternity in various offices, including that of
National President, has also been important to
both students and alumni.
Every student who has ever had Professor
Edgar for a class probably has his or her own
"Edgar story" to tell. One of my personal
favorites is about the frustration that he felt (and
probably still feels) about students who show up
late for an early morning class. Hadley is by
nature an early riser and, for him, a class at
eight o'clock or at seven-thirty or even at seven
o'clock is no problem. When some of his
students started to develop the habit of slipping
into class a few minutes late, his sqlution was
simple and direct. He just had one of the
students on the back row lock the doors when
class began. When Hadley taught a class, he
taught!
No discussion of Hadley and his contributions
to the Law School would be complete without
mentioning his wife, Helen. During much of their
time as part of the Texas Tech Law School
world, Helen served as the advisor for the Law
Partners organization. Through her unfailing
courtesy and willingness to provide assistance,
advice, and facilities to that organization it has
become an integral part of the law school
community. The law school will find it hard to
replace professors, colleagues, and friends like
Hadley and Helen.
Written by John E. Krahmer
Professor of Commercial Law
Law Students Elected To
The Order of the Coif
The Texas Tech chapter of The Order of
the Coif is pleased to announce and to
welcome the following 1991 graduates as
newly elected members of the Order:
Joe Adamcik
Gregory Allen
Michelle Allen
Stephen Byrd
Michael Cuda
Katherine Ferguson
J ames Harmon
Jim Hart
Brian Heinrich
Janet Hunter
Lane Odom
Christopher Parker
Stephen Pezanosky
Rayne Rasty
Gary Steffen
David Strickler
Tara Tankersley
James Walker
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Alvin R. Allison
Professor of Law Selected
Professor Thomas E. Baker has been selected
as the Alvin R. Allison Professor at the Texas
Tech School of Law. The endowed professorship
is named after Levelland lawyer Alvin R. Allison
who died in 1987. Allison worked tirelessly as a
Texas Tech regent for legislative approval for the
School of Law. Allison's successful efforts
earned him the affectionate title of "The Father
of the Texas Tech School of Law". Alvin R.
Allison served as Hockley County Judge and
organized and served as the first president of the
University'S Red Raider Club in addition to
serving as a Texas Tech Regent and the President
of the Texas Tech Law School Foundation.
Professor Baker is the first Alvin R. Allison
Professor of Law. He is highly regarded among
federal judges and enjoys a national reputation
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as the acting Administrative Assistant to the
Chief Justice of the United States.
Professor Baker has received several teaching
awards. He is the author of two books and
numerous articles, published in some of the most
prestigious journals, about the federal courts and
the Constitution. He also serves or has served on
the editorial boards of The Journal of Supi'eme
Court History, Human Rights Magazine, Preview
of Supreme Court Cases, American Criminal
Law Review, and Texas Lawyer. Baker is active
on various committees of the American Bar
Association and the Texas Bar Association. He
also is a member of the American Law Institute,
Supreme Court Historical Society, and American
Judicature Society.
Professor Baker has been on the faculty of the
School of Law since 1979. He is married to Janie
Schussler Baker and they have a son, Tommy,
who is an eighth grade student at J. T.
Hutchinson Junior High School.
Professor Bubany Receives
Faculty Service Award
Texas Tech Law School
Leads in Bar Passage Rate
Texas Tech Law School led the state in
bar passage rate for first-time takers on the
July, 1991 bar exam. The passage rate
percentages for Texas law schools were as
follows:
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ALLISON PROFESSORSHIP - (Left to Right) Edward
Martin, Sharon Allison Martin, Mrs. Alvin R. Allison, and
Thomas E. Baker-Alvin R. Allison Professor of Law.
as an expert on federal courts. By appointment
of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, he
currently serves on the Standing Committee on
Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial
Conference of the United States. This Committee
writes the rules for all the country's federal
courts. Baker served as Associate Reporter to the
Federal Courts Study Committee, which was
created by Congress in 1988 to propose ways to
reform and modernize the federal court system.
While on leave from Texas Tech University,
Baker served as the Judicial Fellow at the
Supreme Court of the United States in 1985-86.
He received the Tom C. Clark Award for being
the outstanding Fellow that year. He also served
Professor Charles P. Bubany received the 1991
Faculty Service Award of the Division of
Continuing Education for the Professions of the
National University Continuing Education
Association. The award was presented at the
annual Awards Luncheon held in Miami, Florida.
The award is presented annually to an
individual who has contributed to continuing
education through teaching or program
development.
Professor Bubany was cited for his fifteen-plus
years of involvement in continuing education,
including his service as a liaison for the
university'S continuing education division, and
for his development of programs for practicing
attorneys, judges and law enforcement officials.
Professor Bubany was nominated for the
award by Dr. Michael Mezack, Director of the
Texas Tech University Division of Continuing
Legal Education. In his acceptance remarks,
Professor Bubany stated that in his years of
involvement in continuing education he probably
"received as much or more" than he had given.
H~ also stated that he believed that being a
continuing educator helps "one get out of the
ivory tower and down to earth" where people
expect "something relevant to their lives and
work."
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Law School Hosts
Foreign Visitors
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Peter Kresak, assistant professor at Comenius
University in Bratislava, Czech and Slovak
Federal Republic, visited the Texas Tech School
of Law under the sponsorship of the American
Bar Association. Kresak has been the vice-dean
of Comenius University's School of Law since
the fall of 1990. He had been a full-time faculty
member in the department of constitutional law
since 1985. He is an expert in the areas of
comparative constitutional law and constitutional
law of the Czech and Slovak Republic.
"The purpose of my visit was to extend
knowledge of how law is taught in the United
States with my university and to establish a
liaison between U.S. law schools and the
Comenius University School of Law," said
Kresak. "I have learned more about how law
school curriculums in the U.S. are organized and
the effectiveness of the socratic method of
teaching. Also I have found that we do not offer
as many practical law courses as the American
legal education system does," Kresak observed.
Another difference between the two systems of
law is that the Czech and Slovak system allows
each law school to be responsible for the legal
curriculum, whereas American law schools
usually are organized according to a somewhat
standard curriculum. Despite the differences
between the two systems of law and culture,
Kresak said his trip confirmed what he had heard
about Texas' friendly reputation before his visit.
"Everyone I met here was nice and helpful to
me. The staff and student body at Texas Tech's
law school were very friendly and interesting,"
said Kresak. Kresak also expressed gratitude to
Dean Newton for the law school's gift of
numerous legal text books to the Comenius
University law school library.
"Our legal literature is quite old because it was
written in the communist era and as a result is
unusable. The new texts will be especially helpful
in the areas of tax and commerce law, specialities
of law that do not exist in the Czech and Slovak
Republic," commented Kresak.
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(Left to Right) Professor Givi (George) Intskirveli met faculty members Zanglein, Fletcher, Shannon, Cochran and Phelan.
On June 13, 1991, Professor Givi (George)
Intskirveli, President of the law faculty at Tbilisi
State University, Republic of Georgia, U.S.S.R.,
visited with the law faculty at Texas Tech and
with members of the Lubbock County Bar
Association. Professor Intskirveli was one of a
group of more than 20 Soviet lawyers visiting
Texas over a period of two weeks.
The Soviet attorneys first traveled to 1990-91
State Bar President Jim Parson's hometown of
Palestine, and after a day there, they spent
several days in Houston. From Houston, they
traveled individually to various parts of the state
to exchange ideas and philosophies with Texas
lawyers and law teachers. The Soviet visitors
reunited in Austin for three days before going on
to attend the State Bar Annual Meeting in
Houston.
Professor Intskirveli was given a tour of the
law school building and law library upon his
arrival in Lubbock, and then met with the faculty
for an informal luncheon in the faculty
conference room. Discussion at the luncheon
(Left to Right) Peter Kresak visits with Texas Tech President Robert W. Lawless during his visit to Tech .
ranged over the broad fields of politics,
international trade, the legal systems of the
United States and the Soviet Union, and a host
of related topics.
Before departing, Professor Intskirveli
expressed the hope that some of our faculty
might one day visit his law school in the
Republic of Georgia.
(Left to Right) Prof. Intskirveli, Prof. Dan Benson and Ray Cox,
interpreter.
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Daisy Hurst Floyd
Daisy Hurst Floyd joined the Texas Tech Law
School faculty as an assistant professor teaching
Legal Analysis and Civil Procedure. Floyd, a
1980 cum laude graduate of the University of
Georgia School of Law, has taught legal writing
to classes composed of students with greatly
different degrees of legal education and
experience. For example, she is a faculty member
of the Career Appellate Writing Program and
Trial Judges' Writing program sponsored by the
American Academy of Judicial Education. Her
work with trial judges
included the development of
a model trial judges writing
program as a result of a
two-year project working
with Colorado and Georgia
trial judges. Additionally,
Floyd has been involved in
revising the Georgia pattern
jury instructions to make
them more understandable
to the average juror. Professor Floyd has also been the program director
of the Paralegal Studies Program at the Athens
Area Technical Institute in Athens, Georgia.
Floyd says her primary goal in legal writing
classes is to help improve the effectiveness and
efficiency of legal writing. Legal writing is
organized differently than other forms of writing
because of the complexity of the subject matter,
according to Professor Floyd. "Lawyers often
are criticized for writing in an unclear, wordy
and redundent manner," says Floyd, "because of
their fear of omitting details."
Teaching legal writing at Texas Tech is
particularly effective because students are
typically placed in small group settings of
approximately 20 students. "Smaller class size
allows the professor to become very involved in
the writing assignments and to offer one-on-one
help to the students," said Floyd.
Floyd received her bachelor's degree, summa
cum laude, and master's degree, both in political
science, from Emory University in 1977. While at
University of Georgia School of Law, Floyd was
an articles editor on the Georgia Law Review and
a Castellow scholar.
Professor Floyd was an associate in the
litigation section of the Atlanta firm of Alston,
Miller & Gaines. She also taught Pre-trial
Litigation and was the director of the research
and writing program at the University of Georgia
School of Law from 1982 to 1987.
Professor Floyd's husband, Tim, is a professor
at the Texas Tech Law School. They have two
children, Kate, age 9, and Will, age 5.
Verna C. Sanchez
Verna C. Sanchez brings a wide variety of legal
experience as she joins the 1991-92 faculty. After
receiving her bachelor's degree in government
from Clark University,
Sanchez obtained her
Doctor of Jurisprudence
from Northeastern
University School of Law in
1981. She began taking
graduate courses at the
University of New Mexico's
doctoral program in LatinAmerican studies in 1990.
Sanchez worked as a staff
attorney from 1981-84 for
the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education
Fund. In 1984-85, Sanchez was with the
American Civil Liberties Union as a Karpatkin
Fellow. She then worked in the New York State
Attorney General Environmental Protection
Bureau as an assistant attorney general from
1985-1988, working exclusively on the Love
Canal toxic landfill case.
Teaching experience for Sanchez began in 1988
when she was an instructor at New York
University School of Law's Lawyering Program.
This program consisted of a two-semester course
that involved first-year legal research, writing and
lawyering skills.
Sanchez also worked as a legal writing
instructor at the 1990 Rocky Mountain and
Southwest Legal Education Opportunity Institute,
held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This
organization's purpose was to help first-year
minority students succeed in law school.
At Texas Tech Law School, Sanchez has been
teaching a comprehensive skills development
course. The course involves the study of a variety
of legal skills such as negotiation, client
interviewing and counseling, oral argument, trial
preparation and examination of witnesses. The
course is important in legal education, according
to Sanchez, because it gives students an
opportunity to become exposed to the
complexities of the various skills one draws on as
an attorney. This course helps to dispel many of
the misperceptions students have about litigation,
and allows students to begin to appreciate the
amount of preparatory work an attorney must do
before ever entering a courtroom.
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J. Wesley Cochran
J. Wesley Cochran's visit to the Texas Tech
Law School in the fall of 1990 introduced him to
an "offer he couldn't refuse." The opportunity
to become involved in a building program and
overall library improvement program was a
challenge which Cochran found hard to resist.
"I had been involved in a building and
collection development program at the University
of Mississippi School of Law in Oxford,
Mississippi. The challenge in this job, while being
formidable, was somewhat familiar," said
Cochran. Although the student body at
Mississippi was very close to the Texas Tech Law
School's enrollment, the library staff at Tech is
250,70 larger than at Mississippi. The additional
staff makes it possible to do many more things in
the way of service for students and faculty.
Some of the areas which
will benefit from Cochran's
experience are collection
development, automation
and expanding library
services. Cochran sees the
law library as poised to
make giant improvement,
especially in the area of
library automation. "The
library will definitely
become more high-tech the card catalog will be
replaced with computer terminals; the computer
lab will be moved from its current difficult-tofind location to a more accessible and prominent
location. Information technology is not the weak
cousin to the law book. They are partners,"
according to Cochran.
This fall, Cochran has the challenging task of
teaching Legal Research to every first-year
student at the Texas Tech School of Law.
Students at this law school are very bright and
intelligent, according to Cochran. They are eager
to learn and very dedicated to their studies.
In 1976, Cochran received his Bachelor of Arts
Degree (with honors) from Austin College in
Sherman, Texas. A law degree from the
University of Houston was awarded in 1978,
followed by a Master of Law Librarianship
degree from the University of Washington,
Graduate School of Library and Information
Science in 1980.
Cochran is the immediate past President of the
Southeastern Chapter of the American
Association of Law Libraries. He is a member of
the American Bar Association, American
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Texas.
Alison G. Myhra
As a third-year law student at the University of
North Dakota School of Law, Alison Mhyra
decided that she wanted to teach law. Her career
path led her to the Texas Tech School of Law as
an assistant professor this fall. Myhra is teaching
Civil Procedure in the fall semester, and in the
spring she will be teaching Non-Judicial Process
and Introduction to Bankruptcy.
Myhra already had some
knowledge about Texas
Tech Law School from one
of her law school
professors, Owen Anderson,
who joined the Tech faculty
as the Maddox Professor of
Oil and Gas in 1989.
Teaching has been as
enjoyable as Myhra had
perceived it to be. "I come
from a family of educators,
so there have not been too
many surprises for me. I am impressed by the
sincerity and enthusiasm of the first-year students
in my class," said Myhra. Myhra meets with
students over lunch to answer questions about
class, law school studies and the practice of law
in general.
Myhra received her bachelor of arts degree in
political science and a bachelor of science degree
in education with a major in social science from
the University of North Dakota where she
graduated summa cum laude in 1982. She earned
her law degree with distinction from the
University of North Dakota School of Law in
1985. During law school, she was a member of
the Board of Editors of the North Dakota Law
Review and a member of the Order of the Coif.
In June of 1991, Myhra received a Master of
Laws Degree from Harvard Law School with a
concentration in the areas of constitutional law,
jurisprudence and health law.
Immediately after graduation from law school,
Myhra clerked for the Minnesota Court of
Appeals. From 1986-90 she was an associate
attorney in the Minneapolis law firm of Robins,
Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, focusing in business
litigation.
Myhra is licensed in Minnesota and North
Dakota. Tennis, downhill skiing, golf and
photography fill her free time.
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Class of 1975
JOHN R. HENDERSON, formerly a partner at
the Dallas office of Jones Day Reavis & Pogue,
has joined the firm of Geary Glast & Middleton
as a shareholder/director in the litigation group.
The firm's address is Suite 500, 2001 Ross
Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75201 and the phone
number is 214/220-8378.
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REBECCA (Becky) D. WESTFALL was
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appointed as an Administrative Law Judge wI~h
the Office of Hearings and Appeals, U.S. SOCIal
Security Administration in May of 1991. Her
office is located at Room 9A35, 819 Taylor
Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76102; the phone
number is 817/334-2611.
Class of 1977
BARBARA K. HOFFMAN-HILL announces that
she is Board Certified in Business Bankruptcy
Law. She is now Of Counsel to Coffee & Coffee,
6201 Hillcrest, Dallas, Texas 75205; the phone
number is 214/522-6720.
ROBERT DOTY has been elected President of
the West Texas Bankruptcy Bar Association for
1991-92. He served as Chairman of the 1990
Farm, Ranch & Agri-Business Bankruptcy
Institute. Congratulate Bob at Carr Fouts Hunt
Craig Terrill & Wolfe, P.O. Box 2585, Lubbock,
Texas 79408.
CECILIA HUFSTEDLER MORGAN has recently
completed her training in dispute resolution
techniques in courses conducted by the Dallas Bar
Association, Mediation Arbitration Services, Inc.,
and Pepperdine University School of Law. She
practices as an attorney/mediator with the law
firm of Coffee & Coffee, 6201 Hillcrest, Dallas,
Texas 75205. The phone is 214/522-6720; FAX is
214/526-0099.
RICHARD C. ROBINS has authored his third
book, "Texas Civil Appeals Forms" published by
Butterworth's Publishing Company in 1991.
Previous publications are "Texas Special Issues
Forms" and "Texas Discovery Forms". Richard's
address is 916 Magoffin, El Paso, Texas 79901;
the phone number is 915/532-7988.
CHUCK LANEHART has been elected as
President-elect for the Lubbock County Bar
Association for 1991-92. Send congratulations to
Chuck at 1217 Avenue k, Lubbock, Texas 79401.
Class of 1979
CAROL KINGSBERRY OTTO (formerly
OTTMERS) concluded two terms as the state's
utility consumer advocate with the office of Public
Utility Counsel and is now serving as General
Counsel for the Senate Economic Development
Committee. The office address is Texas Senate,
Economic Development Commiteee, P.O. Box
12068, Capitol Station, Austin, Texas 78711.
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Class of 1982
SAM OGAN has opened a solo law practice
specializing in Criminal Law at 1220 Broadway,
Suite 1907, Lubbock, Texas 79401; phone number
is 806/763-9299.
DAVID L. KITE announces his recent promotion
to Vice President and General Counsel of
American Capital Companies Shareholder
Services, Inc. Congratulate David at 2800 Post
Oak Blvd., 46th Floor, Houston, Texas 77056.
JIM D. McLEROY recently formed the firm of
McLeroy and Litzler, P.C., 430 Church Street,
Sulphur Springs, Texas 75482. The firm will
concentrate its practice in the areas of insurance
defense, construction and surety defense. The
phone number is 903/885-6476.
Class of 1980
JON DAVID IVEY
has joined Baker &
Hostetler as Of
Counsel in its
Houston office.
Ivey, who is Board
Certified in Oil, Gas
& Mineral Law, will
concentrate in
litigation involving
energy and
environmental
issues. The address
for the firm is 2100
Texas Commerce
Tower, 600 Travis, Houston, Texas 77002.
ROBERT E. BARNHILL III, CPA, has been
selected as a member in Steven's Who's Who in
Attorneys, 1990 edition. Congratulate Bob at
806/797-1986.
RICHARD WARD ROUP announces his new
address of 1208 13th Street, Lubbock, Texas
79401. Rick's office phone is 806/744-1911 and
the FAX number is 806/744-4879.
Class of 1981
DAVID H. THOMAS III announces his
association with Miller, Stravert, Torgenson &
Schlenker, P.A., P.O. Box 25687, Albuquerque,
New Mexico 87125. David's office phone number
is 505/842-1950.
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Class of 1983
ROBERT B. WERNER has a new office address
of 745 E. Mulberry, Ninth Floor, San Antonio,
Texas 78212-3166. The phone number is
512/736-6600.
CELESTE SCALISE LLOYD has been selected
to the 1991-92 Edition of Who's Who in
American Law. She has joined the firm of Joe
Weiss & Associates, 5822 N.W. Expressway
(lH-1O), San Antonio, Texas 78201.
KEM THOMPSON FROST has been elected
shareholder of Winstead Sechrest & Minick, P.C.
effective January 1, 1991. Kem's office address is
910 Travis Street, Suite 1600, Houston, Texas
77002.
ALICE NYSTEL announces that she is joining
the Staff of the U.S. Trustee's Office of the
Department of Justice as Senior Attorney/
Advisor. Send congratulations to Office of the
U.S. Trustee, Room 9L60, Earl Cabell Federal
Building, 1100 Commerce Street, Dallas, Texas
75242.
Class of 1984
JOE L. SHEPPARD has opened his office for
the practice of law at 201 N.W. Ellison, P.O.
Box 175, Burleson, Texas 76028. His address was
incorrectly printed in the last issue of
Cornerstone.
DAVID ZIMMERMAN married Laura Yager in
Georgetown, Texas on April 27, 1991. David is
an attorney with the State Commission on
Judicial Conduct, P.O. Box 12265, Capitol
Station, Texas 78711.
MARK STRADLEY and wife, Cathy, announce
the birth of their son, Michael Todd Stradley, on
August 6, 1991. Congratulate the happy parents
at Stradley, Schmidt & Wright, One Campbell
Centre, Dallas, Texas 75206.
RANDY JOHNSON and his wife, Kelly, are
proud to announce the birth of their son, Randle
Travis Johnson, on July 29, 1991. Travis asked
us to tell you that he was not named after the
singer and that his sister, Ashley Ann, was 4
years old on October 30, 1991.
As of May 1, 1991, JOHN W. MOORE has
opened a new office, Smith & Moore, 300
Crescent Court, Suite 1100, Midland, Texas
75201. The phone number is 214/871-8000.
Class of 1985
BILL CLEMMONS announces his relocation to
Tennessee with the law firm of Heiskill,
Donelson, Bearman, Adams, Williams & Kirsch,
20th Floor, First Tennessee Building, Memphis,
Tennessee 38103; phone number is 901/526-2000.
Bill also proudly announces the birth of their
second child, Nicolas Jobe Clemmons, on August
30, 1991.
KENT CLAY announces the formation of the
firm of McDonald, Vandergriff & Clay, 500
Throckmorton, Suite 1406, Fort Worth, Texas
76102. The office phone number is 817/877-1755.
RICK D. DAVIS, JR. is pleased to report that he
became a shareholder of Cotton, Bledsoe, Tighe
& Dawson on January 1, 1991. Karen and Rick
are also happy to announce the birth of their
third child, Mills Margaret Davis. Congratulations
may be sent to the firm at P.O. Box 2776,
Midland, Texas 79702.
BLAKE COFFEE proudly announces the birth to
him and Kappi of a son named LeRoy DeKaff
Coffee. Blake is with Bankston, Wright &
Greenhill, 8620 N. New Braunfels, Suite 300, San
Antonio, Texas 78217.
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STEVE MARSHALL recently announced his
intention to seek the Republican nomination for
the office of Sheriff of Tarrant County for the
1992 election. Steve currently is a prosecutor for
the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office at
401 W. Belknap, Fort Worth, Texas 76196-0201.
ALAN CAMPBELL became a partner at Cowles
& Thompson, effective January 1, 1991.
Congratulate Alan at 4000 NCNB Plaza, 901
Main, Dallas, Texas 75202.
JEFFREY ALLEY and DARREN WOODY have
become shareholders of Scott, Hulse, Marshall,
Feuille, Finger & Thurmond, 11th Floor, Texas
Commerce Bank, El Paso, Texas 79999.
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Class of 1986
BILL MATEJA announces his appointment as
Assistant United States Attorney with the
Department of Justice in Lubbock, Texas, 1205
Texas Avenue, Room C-201, U.S. Federal
Building, Lubbock, Texas 79401.
MARK DAVIS is now an associate with
McCauley, Macdonald, Love & Devin, 3800
Renaissance Tower, Dallas, Texas 75270. The
phone number is 214/744-3300.
CHRIS D. PRENTICE now serves as Regional
Staff Attorney for West Texas for Advocacy,
Inc., a statewide non-profit organization which
advocates for the rights of the disabled. The
office address is 1212 13th Street, Suite 101,
Lubbock, Texas 79401; the phone number is
806/765-7794.
Class of 1987
ERIC J. COLL proudly announces the birth of his
fourth child and number two son, Spencer Christian
ColI, born June 25, 1991. Eric is still associated
with the firm of Sanders, Bruin, ColI & Worley,
P .A. in Roswell, New Mexico. The firm is proud to
have hired associates four years straight from the
best law school in Texas, "TECH!".
FLOYD L. LAMROUEX is now associated with
the law firm of Johnson, Curney & Fields, P.C.
in the firm's Business Section. He may be reached
at 613 N.W. Loop 410, Suite 800, San Antonio,
Texas 78216; 512/377-1990.
CHARLIE HOEDEBECK announces the birth of
a second child to him and his wife, Mary. Eileen
Nancy Hoedebeck was born June 20, 1991.
JEFF W. HARRISON has moved from Winstead
Sechrest & Minick, P.C. to Godwin, Carlton &
Maxwell, 3300 NCNB Plaza, 901 Main Street,
Dallas, Texas 75202; the phone number is
214/939-4400.
THOMAS L. MURPHY has accepted a position
as Assistant Professor in the Department of
Communication at Miami (OH) University. In
addition to his teaching duties, Murphy will assist
in advising the intercollegiate debate program at
Miami. Murphy has taught courses in Public
Speaking, Mass Communication Law,
Argumentation, and Legal Communication and
published several articles in the area of
argumentation in the past year. He is finishing
work on Mass Communication Law in Nevada, a
book scheduled for publication in the spring of
1992. His new office address is: Department of
Communication, Miami University, Oxford, OH
45056.
Class of 1988
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Class of 1989
Class of 1991
PHILIP WISCHKAEMPER announces the
formation of a partnership with JOSEPH KLINE
('88) located at 814-B Main Street, Lubbock,
Texas 79401. The office phone number is
806/763-9900.
CHERL HARPER has been selected as Briefing
Attorney for Justice Ed Kinkeade, Dallas Court
of Appeals, Dallas County Courthouse, Dallas,
Texas 75201.
Class of 1990
CANDACE CHAPPELL has completed her
judicial clerkship with the El Paso Court of
Appeals and announces her appointment as El
Paso County Assistant Criminal District
Attorney. Congratulate Candy at 303 City
County Building, El Paso, Texas 79901.
AMY STEWART announces her position with
Grambling & Mounce, 7th Floor, Texas
Commerce Bank Building, El Paso, Texas
79950-1977.
MICHAEL A. VARNER is an associate with
Brown Sims Wise & White, 2000 Post Oak Blvd.,
Houston, Texas 77056. The phone number is
713/629-1580.
GREG ALLEN placed first in the 1990-91
Consumer Law Writing Competition sponsored
by the Consumer Law Division of the State Bar
of Texas. Greg received a cash award for the
winning paper, which was a criticism of the
Texas Supreme Court's refusal to recognize an
implied warranty with respect to professional
services. Greg served as Editor-in-Chief of the
Texas Tech Law Review and now is an associate
with Strasburger & Price, 1700 Pacific Avenue,
Suite 1300, Dallas, Texas 75201.
CANDACE NORRIS announces the opening of
her office at 2001 4th Avenue, Canyon, Texas
79015; the phone number is 806/655-9472.
JOSEPH KLINE has formed a partnership with
PHILIP WISCHKAEMPER ('89). The firm,
Kline and Wischkaemper, is located at 814-B
Main Street, Lubbock, Texas 79401. The phone
number is 806/763-9900.
JAN TURNER has joined the new Fort Worth
firm of Wallach, Jones & Moore, P.C., 570 West
Side Plaza, 550 Bailey Avenue, Fort Worth,
Texas 76107. The phone number is 817/338-1707.
JODY L. HAGEMANN announces that she is
office sharing with MICHAEL SPINKS ('88) at
812 San Antonio, Suite 317, Austin, Texas 78701.
The office phone number is 512/473-3665.
SYNTHIA MORRIS has been elected Vice
President of the 16th Judicial District Bar
Association of Colorado for 1991-92.
LYNETTE MANISS FREDERICK announces her
March 21, 1991 marriage to John Paul Frederick.
Congratulations may be sent to Lynette at Brin &
Brin, P.C., 1201 Third Street, Corpus Christi,
Texas 78404.
JOHNNY K. MERRITT announces a new
mailing address for Mullin, Hoard & Brown,
P.O. Box 31656, Amarillo, Texas 79109.
(Left to Right) State Senator John T. Montford, State Representatives Jim Rudd and Pete Laney visit with Dean
Newton at a reception held in honor of these elected officials. Full story in the next issue of Cornerstone.
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