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Dear Alumni and Friends of the Texas Tech Law School:
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CLASS NOTES
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Volume Eight
Number Two
Summer 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 you this letter we have just completed the 1990-91 school year at the Texas Tech
School of Law. This year was exciting and it passed very quickly. In this issue of the Cornerstone
we offer you a glimpse of the rich collage of people and activities collectively constituting the life of
our school.
The heart of any law school is its students. We excel because of our students, present and
past. This issue of the Cornerstone contains five short articles on current students. One student is a
former NFL player, one maintains a marriage during law school despite a 400 mile separation from
her husband, one is a former university chemistry professor, one is a prospective NASA researcher,
and one is an exchange student from France. They are part of a student body characterized not
only by academic ability but by diversity as well. As you might expect, our students regularly
distinguish themselves in a wide range of activities. Student news in this issue reports on Honors
and Awards Day, the Law Review Banquet (a Texas Tech Law Review article was chosen as the
outstanding article of the year by the Texas Bar Association), and our Client Counseling Team
which won regionals. A member of the winning team, Jenise Flowers, has been named Student
Advisor of the American Bar Association Client Counseling Council.
During this year we enjoyed hearing from a rich variety of speakers representing the bench,
the bar, and legal education. You will read reports on Professor George Anastaplo's address to our
student body and also the graduation address given at our May Hooding Ceremony by Attorney
General Dan Morales. On a more informal note, you will also read about the 20-Year Reunion of
the First Graduating Class. Attendance was outstanding and we all enjoyed the opportunity to
compare notes and remember the early days of the Texas Tech School of Law. It is clear to me that
ability and individuality have characterized this school from the beginning. Our alumni spotlight
describes a lawyer whose clients are themselves quite interesting individuals .
Finally, our cover story announces the retirements of Ann Burbridge, Jane Olm, and Richard
Maxwell. Ann is our first and only registrar. She has been the steady rock on which the law school
has rested. Jane has built and maintained our fine law library, often in the face of considerable
budget constraints. And Professor Richard Maxwell has established and operated, virtually singlehanded, our writing program. These three individuals fully illustrate the maxim that good people
make a good school. I am sure all of you join me in thanking Ann, Jane and Richard for their
distinguished service to the Texas Tech Law School.
Sincerely,
W. Frank Newton
Dean
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First Graduating Class Holds 20-Year Reunion
Members of the first graduating class of the Texas Tech School of Law gathered in Lubbock in April to
celebrate their twenty-year reunion. Amid stories of classes in the barracks which required coats and ties, goat
roasts and "hardest questions from a professor" stories, 31 alumni participated in a variety of activities .
The class members were special guests at the banquet which marked the completion of the Alvin R. Allison
Professorship of Law. A conference call to former professor and interim dean Richard Hemingway, a
reception for the class at the home of Dean and Mrs. Frank Newton and a golf tournament rounded out the
reunion activities.
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(L-R) - Mr. and Mrs. Ben Smart and Vice President for Institutional
Advancement William O. Wehner attended the dinner honoring completion of the
Allison Professorship of Law .
Dean Frank Newton salutes Aletha Faye
Allison upon the completion of the Allison
Professorship of Law.
Pictured L-R: Errol Friedman, Mike McKinney, Martin Cude and Don Vandiver remembered the "good old days" at the reunion .
(L-R) - Ed Craighead visits with Mahon Professor Reed Quilliam,
Jr. and Mrs. Quilliam.
Pictured L -R: Mr. and Mrs . David Segrest and Mr. and Mrs . Bill
Terry reminisce at the reception .
Pictured L-R: Aletha Faye Allison, Dean Frank Newton, Foundation
Board of Trustees Chairman Hershell Barnes and Sandra (Allison)
Martin celebrate the completion of the Allison Professorship of Law.
(L-R) - Hershell Barnes and Boyd Ritchie exchange war
stories at the reception.
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Law Library Director
Jane Olm Retires
Registrar Ann Burbridge
Retires
Professor Richard Maxwell
Retires
Jane Olm, Director of the Texas Tech Law
School Library, retired as of June 1, 1991 after
serving the law school for 16 years. Under her
leadership the library's collection grew to more
than 300,000 volumes. The advent of computerassisted legal research plus the utilization of
computerized techniques in various library
procedures are two of the most far-reaching
changes occurring at the library during Olm's
tenure.
At a reception held in her honor, Jane Olm
was presented with a scrapbook containing
congratulatory letters from former deans,
colleagues at the law school and other law
libraries, faculty, former students and practicing
attorneys. Expressions of admiration for her
came from law librarians who had worked with
Olm within their professional organizations, the
Southwestern Association of Law Libraries and
the American Association of Law Libraries. The
library staff recognized Olm's efforts to raise the
classifications and salaries of various positions.
Every letter paid tribute to Olm's "professionalism, grace and style."
Dean Frank Newton said, "What I have
learned is that law libraries are primarily good or
bad depending on who serves as Law Library
Director. The Texas Tech Law Library is good
because Jane Olm is an outstanding Law Library
Director. The Texas Tech School of Law is lucky
to have had Jane Olm serve as its Law Library
Director." Olm will be traveling and e-iIjoying the
opportunity to have a more relaxed lifestyle. Her
friends are hoping that she will be continuing to
concoct her famous gourmet meals. Whatever she
chooses, all those who know her wish her the
best and say "thank you for what you
accomplished on behalf of the law library and
the law school."
According to Ann Burbridge, who retired in
May from Texas Tech University of Law as its
first and only registrar, working with law
students has been a challenging experience that
has kept her on her toes. Burbridge has seen the
school grow from its initial days housed in
several army barracks to a contemporary, new
building built in 1970. She has also witnessed the
expansion of the student body from 72 students
in the first year to 588 students this past
academic year.
Burbridge began her career in 1966 at the law
school as an administrative assistant. In 1969, she
assumed the position of registrar, a one-person
office with responsibility for student record
keeping, registration and enrollment certification.
In a tenure that is among the longest in law
schools around the nation, Burbridge has gained
the respect and admiration of numerous
colleagues.
"By virtue of Ann's leadership and longevity
in her position, she is unique. But even more
important is that she is a nationally recognized
registrar among law schools throughout the
nation," said Dean Newton.
Burbridge and nine other registrars worked to
publish the Registrar's Handbook in 1989 which
has become a primary handbook for law school
registrars across the United States.
In February, Burbridge was honored for her
dedicated service and contributions to the School
of Law by the Texas Senate with a resolution
that was introduced by Sen. John Montford and
signed by both Montford and Lt. Gov. Bob
Bullock.
Retirement will bring time for traveling
through the United States and volunteering in
various local organizations. Burbridge is active in
the League of Women Voters, the American
Association of University Women and the Early
Learning Center in Lubbock. She also is a
volunteer tutor for the Literacy Project, an
organization formed in 1988 by the Lubbock
Area Coalition for Literacy.
If a man does not keep pace with his
companions,
perhaps it is because he hears a different
drummer.
Let him step to the music he hears,
however measured or far away.
- - Thoreau
Richard Maxwell retired from teaching at the
Texas Tech University School of Law this May
after fifteen years of service. Characteristically,
there was no fanfare, no speeches, no
appearances at retirement parties. Richard, who
had taken a leave of absence, simply told the
Dean that he would not be returning. It was as if
he, like the hero in one of those short stories he
used to write for pin money, just rode quietly off
into the sunset. For him, "sunset" is a reclusive
and unhurried existence on the eight secluded
acres of "Shooter's Hill" south of the city.
There he can read, and think, and write, at his
pleasure, and, when the spirit moves, go see
some things he has for years longed to see.
As Richard quietly leaves, a part of what made
the School of Law as good as it is leaves with
him. As a member of the first graduating class,
Richard was here when it all started. He was the
first editor-in-chief of the Texas Tech Law
Review and the top advocate of the law school's
first moot court team. He was voted by his
classmates to receive the prestigious George W .
and Sarah H. Dupree Award as the graduating
student who "best exemplifies the ability desired
in one soon to join the legal profession."
In his own often idiosyncratic way, Richard
exemplified what was good about the law school.
Take the almost pugnacious quality of the "new
kid on the block" who's out to prove he is just
as tough as the neighborhood bully. Richard's
the fellow, who at 140 pounds, tried to play
defensive lineman in college until some behemoth
named "Tank" ran over him and left him
looking heavenward with a cleat-lacerated face.
That may have ended Richard's football career,
but his combative nature was left unaffected.
Or, take that conservative approach to doing
things - the "old" way but better. In those
years of large legal writing classes, Professor
Maxwell's students made their arguments in the
courtroom with full pomp and ceremony. It
meant long nights at the law school but his
students were going to get as close to the real
world as he could make it. There was no other
way.
A small-town boy, Richard remembers from
his childhood my uncle, Dr. John Bubany, as the
only doctor in O'Donnell, Texas. Maxwell never
lost his appreciation for the simple things of the
small town way of life, nor his contempt for the
counterfeit features of our existence. Nor did he
lose his belief that he could make a difference.
When he taught writing to an overload of
students and graded those countless number of
papers over the years, he did make a difference.
Richard marched to his own drummer indeed.
Incorporated in his novel, The Minus Man, is a
scene, and a decision, from Richard's own life.
The character in the novel (and Richard himself)
worked as an assistant in a District Attorney's
Office. One day, the fictional assistant (and
Richard) looked up from his desk and gazed at a
number of prisoners, all chained together, and
seated in the hallway, awaiting arraignment. The
character in the novel, and Richard in real life,
reflected on this for a few moments, and then
made the decision to leave the district attorney's
office and seek better things. It was from that
search that Richard eventually entered teaching at
Texas Tech, to the benefit of the many students
he has taught over the course of fifteen years.
Good decision, Richard.
Written by Professor Charles Bubany
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Observes Honors
and Awards Day
Ceremony
Faculty and students met
at the Lubbock Club on
April 29 to recognize the
accomplishments of students
during the year.
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(L-R) - Kevin Mickits, Gene Griffin , James Payne, Lane Odom, Bruce Flo wers, Thomas
Shute were named to the Order of Barristers. Glenn Shook, Robert Jenevein, Brian Heinrich
(not pictured) were also admitted to the Order.
Texas A ttorney General Dan Morales delivered the May
Hooding Ceremony main address.
Dan Morales Delivers
May Hooding Address
April Roark received the John Krahmer
Award.
(L-R) - Roseann Enge1dorf, Greg Holly and Amanda Sherrell received the Bankston, Wright
& Greenhill Torts A ward.
(L-R) - Kevin Mickits received the J.
Hadley Edgar Tria] Excellence A ward.
Gene Griffin received the Donald M .
Hunt Outstanding Barrister A ward and
the Dupree Award.
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Dan Morales, Attorney General for the State
of Texas, delivered the main address to 159
graduates, their families and friends at the May
1991 Hooding Ceremony for the Texas Tech
School of Law. Elizabeth Ward, newly-appointed
to the Board of Regents for Texas Tech
University, brought congratulations to the
graduates from the main campus.
Morales, a
1981 graduate of
Harvard Law
School,
challenged
the class to
choose to be
a part of the
solutions to
the problems
of society.
Student
Texas Tech University Regent Elizabeth
speaker
Ward congratulated the May graduates.
Patrick
McGinnis
recognized two members of the class who were
called to duty in Operation Desert Storm,
Andrew
Pollock and
Rene
Segundo .
The class
presented the
law school
with a
framed
United States
flag with the
following
inscription,
Class President Patrick McGinnis de"Without
livered the Class of '91 Farewell
Freedom Our
Address.
Laws Mean
Nothing. Dedicated to all men and women who
served in the Persian Gulf."
Law Student Selected As
National Student Advisor
Jenise Flowers, a third-year law student at
Texas Tech, has been named National Student
Advisor to the ABA Client Counseling
Competition Committee. As part of her initial
duties, Flowers recently attended the committee's
spring meeting in Clearwater, Florida, where the
panel drafted future client counseling competition
topics and offered suggestions for competition
host schools for the next academic year. Flowers
will also be assisting host schools organize
regional and national competitions and acting as
liaison between the ABA and law schools
participating in competitions.
Flowers was a member of Texas Tech's 1991
Client Counseling Team that claimed a regional
competition championship and advanced to the
quarterfinal round of the ABA national
competition earlier this year.
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Texas Tech Law Review
Article Recognized
Student Bar Association
Hosts Speaker
An article published in the Texas Tech
University Law Review has been named the 1991
Outstanding Law Review Article by the Texas
Bar Foundation.
The article, "With Malace Toward None: The
Metamorphosis of Statutory and Common Law
Protections for Physicians and Hospitals in
Negligent Credentialing Litigation," was
published in Volume 22 of the law review. It was
co-authored by Richard L. Griffith, a partner
with Cantey & Hanger in Fort Worth and Jordan
Parker (,90), currently an associate with Cantey
& Hanger.
The authors and representatives from Texas
Tech were recognized during the Texas Bar
Foundation dinner held during the 1991 State Bar
of Texas Annual Meeting.
Professor George
Anastaplo of
Loyola University
in Chicago brought
his considerable
insights to bear on
one of the most
serious and difficult
problems facing
Professor George Anastaplo
higher education in
spoke to spring classes at the law
this country: the
school.
growing phenomenon on college campuses of overt expressions of
racial prejudice and hatred.
Anastaplo began by observing "the law school
may be one place in a university where a student
might learn how to behave himself if he does not
already know this when he first shows up."
Professor Anastaplo noted with approval that
Dean Newton had distributed a reminder and
caution to every law student earlier this academic
year. He concluded that "hate speech" is but
"one form of misconduct for which students may
be penalized." He went on to consider the first
amendment implications of this problem and how
universities may deal with the problem consonant
with the first amendment. Anastaplo separately
analyzed the interest of the speaker, the targeted
minority student, the audience of bystanders and
the university community. He called on university
administrators and others on campus to be
sensitive to the underlying implications of such
speech and its reactions. Professor Anastaplo
demonstrated his classical learning and his
erudition to draw an analogy to Aeschylus'
Greek drama Oresteia, in which the protagonists
dealt with confrontations of the ugly.
Professor Anastaplo challenged the standingroom-only audience to make an effort to
understand each other. While he condemned in
the most strident terms all racial prejudice, he
suggested that if the participants in this "debate"
would lower their voices and engage in highminded discussion, the university would be better
off. Most importantly, Professor Anastaplo
urged college administrators to never forget that
controversy is an opportunity for education.
Client Counseling Team
Captures Regional Crown
Team members Barbara Boulware (,91),
Thomas Herald ('91) and alternate member
J enise Flowers were named regional winners at
the 1991 Client Counseling competition in
Houston in February and advanced to the
national competition in St. Paul, Minnesota in
March.
The team ,
coached by
Professor Charles
Bubanyand
Adjunct Professor
Clay Abbott,
conducted
interviews with
mock clients and
were judged on
their ability to
gather information
and apply law to
the facts elicited.
The problem this
year involved the area of intentional torts.
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Their facial expressions are commonly intense.
Their drive is equally evident.
The 588 students at Texas Tech University
School of Law share a common aspiration for
legal education. However, their backgrounds are
unique .
Their motivations are derived from an array of
experiences and, in many cases, alreadyestablished careers. Passing the bar exam has
become the new goal of a former professional
football player, a social worker, a chemistry
professor and biochemistry researcher.
Tod Mayfield
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Four years ago, Tod
Mayfield spent his
weekends on the
football field in a
Buffalo Bills uniform.
Today, most of his
weekends are spent in
the law library at
Texas Tech.
The 26-year-old
second-year student
had experienced the
full cycle of athletics, from student and
professional competition to high school coaching,
before deciding to earn a law degree.
Mayfield was a pace-setting quarterback from
West Texas State University - where he still
holds every offensive football record - when he
joined the Bills in 1986 as a free agent. He took
the professional field as a back-up quarterback in
pre-season and regular play. But the Panhandle
native's first league season was sidelined with the
players' strike .
Mayfield's career then took a turn toward
coaching football at his college alma mater in
1988.
Coming from a family of teachers, Mayfield
said the job was a natural blend for his physical
education degree and his interest in competitive
athletics.
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The position's endless hours of spring
recruiting, he adds, were not a favored job
responsibility.
"Now, I miss the kids and I miss the coaching
aspect of that job," Mayfield reminisced. "But
recruiting is something I do not miss."
Mayfield was on the road recruiting in January
1990 when he decided to take a step toward
attending law school. He had kicked the idea
around before. But this time, Mayfield acted on
the impulse. He completed late registration for
an upcoming Law School Aptitude Test, sent his
admission application to Texas Tech and took
the aptitude test, all within a few days.
"Actually, my application to the law school
went in two months after the deadline. But Texas
Tech is where I knew I wanted to come to law
school originally," Mayfield said.
Mayfield said his first year of law school has
been the challenge he expected. Career plans
already are shaping into a future that can
encompass his interests.
"Right now, I'm fairly interested in litigation.
There's a chance I might dabble a little bit in
sports agency," said Mayfield, "I like the idea of
getting involved as a sports agent."
Susan Dunleavy
Susan Dunleavy was
a health teacher in EI
Paso when she began
taking night classes
toward a master's
degree in social work.
Those night classes
eventually led to a
degree and a social
welfare job in 1986
with the Dallas
Independent School
District.
Dunleavy said, while her work had obvious
rewards of helping abused and needy children,
the job had its share of frustrations and limited
resources to save the many children "lost in the
third world of West Dallas."
"I was full of misery and helplessness and the
feeling that I was putting bandaids on big
problems," she said. "I just couldn't see myself
spending the rest of my life doing that."
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Law was a career Dunleavy had considered for
many years, and one in which she could see
herself working for a long time. After her
husband, also a former teacher, earned his
accounting degree and began working as an
auditor in 1988, Dunleavy decided to leave their
Dallas home and head to Texas Tech.
After two and a half years of law school,
Dunleavy is focusing on a career in federal public
defense and on graduation in May.
While the "grind" of law school has been
taxing on the 40-year-old, she said the biggest
burden on her education has been living 400
miles from her husband. Dunleavy spends
holidays and summers in Dallas, and the pair
now has nailed down a routine to see each other
at least once a month. The scheduling has
become a constant series of compromises that she
said became more comfortable in the third year
of law school.
"This has been a very demanding regimen for
us. Things really were roughest during the second
year. This year, we both know we're in the home
stretch," Dunleavy said, noting that the first year
of separation was less difficult because she had
to center her attention on adjusting to law
school.
At the end of her first year, Dunleavy was
academically in the middle of her class. That was
a difficult stance, considering she had completed
her master's degree with a 4.0 grade-pointaverage.
Participation in Law Review publications and a
more efficient approach to studying during her
second year helped pull Dunleavy's current
ranking to 28th in the pack of 229 students.
"Law school has been a kick in the head,"
Dunleavy joked. "Things always had come easily
to me. My work ethic definitely has improved as
far as academics."
Joe Adamcik
Joe Adamcik has been a fixture of Texas Tech
campus classrooms since 1957. He lectured for 31
years in the chemistry building. The retired
professor then sat in the listening area of law
school classrooms and earned his law degree in
May.
, 'After doing one
thing for so long, I
wanted something
intellectual to do after
retirement," Adamcik
explained of his 1988
decision to take an
early retirement from
teaching. "All my life
I had to learn new
things in chemistry,
and I have to learn
new things in law as time goes on. So, it's really
not so different."
Adamcik has been interested in law since he
went to Naval Justice School in 1953 after
completing his bachelor's degree in the Naval
ROTC program.
His colleagues in the Texas Tech chemistry
department always recognized his wide-ranging
interests, Adamcik said. While he was on the
board of directors of the American Chemical
Society for eight years, Adamcik also joined the
society's law division before he decided to go to
law school.
Adamcik downplays the notion that attending
law school signaled a major upheaval of his
professional career.
"If I had not taken early retirement from
teaching, I would have retired in a few years
anyway," the 60-year-old said. "So, it's not like
I changed careers in the middle of my life. I
wanted to do something different as I got on in
years. "
Adamcik's law career is open to a variety of
choices from opening an office for general law
practice to criminal defense work. Other options
are more closely related to his chemistry
background. Environmental law or criminal law
in which technology-based evidence is becoming
increasingly important, according to Adamcik,
are two of a variety of career options that could
benefit from a technical knowledge of chemistry.
The possibility of teaching law is not an
option. Adamcik said while he enjoyed his years
in the classroom, he thinks now is the time to do
something a little different.
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Mary Lou Mailman
Law School to Mary
Lou Mailman came as
a career enhancement
rather than a career
change.
Utilizing her
doctorate in
biochemistry and her
extensive teaching and
research experience,
Mailman plans to
apply her law degree
to the rapidly expanding field of biochemistry
patents.
The chemist had reached the glass ceiling in
academe after teaching biochemistry for 10 years
at the University of Texas Dental Branch in
Houston. Patent work in the same area was an
exciting extension of her scientific work.
"Patent work is part of the explosion of
technological application in the medical sciences.
The technical knowledge is a controlling part of
the job, but you can't do it without passing the
bar," Mailman said.
A second-year student, Mailman has had to
make some adjustment to law school, because
she has found that her teaching experience and
law school work have very little overlap. The
long-time Houston resident said her biggest
obstacle in school to date has been the "culture
shock" of moving to West Texas in addition to
becoming a student again.
Lubbock residents, Mailman said, are very
cordial and always friendly. As a former teacher,
she also noted that West Texas hospitality even is
evident at the law school where the faculty
maintains an uncommon lack of bureaucratic
overlay and a "humane attitude" toward the
students.
That humane attitude has allowed Mailman to
extend her law school education to four years, if
her recent research proposal is accepted by
NASA. If approved, the research could interrupt
her academic schedule for at least a semester.
Mailman presented the proposal at a NASA
conference in January. The objective of the
project is to identify the defect in the synthesis of
bone tissue during space flight that causes
astronauts to lose tissue without its replacing
itself.
Mailman's study, tentatively scheduled for a
1994 space flight, involves about two years of
ground study in connection to the actual mission
testing. Pending NASA's decision, Mailman's
future remains on course.
"I don't know what will happen. The project
is not funded until they schedule me for a
flight," Mailman said. "I may be out of law
school by the time this thing gets funded."
Meanwhile, Mailman continues her legal
studies and patiently waits for NASA's decision
on the project that will preserve her status as an
active scientist.
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Fall
CLE Calendar
October 4, 1991
Stay Abreast of Law
Lubbock
Texas Tech Law School
8:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Call (806) 742-3804 for details
6.0 hours MCLE
October 17-19, 1991
7th Annual Farm, Ranch and Agri-Business
Bankruptcy Institute
Lubbock Plaza Hotel
Call (806) 742-3804 for details
16.00 hours MCLE
Alumni
Weekend Set
October 4, 1991
Alumni Reception
Lubbock Plaza Hotel
5:00 - 7:00 p .m.
October 5, 1991
Texas Tech vs. Texas A&M
Call 1-800-248-3241 for tickets
Please specify that tickets are
for the Law School block
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Rogers, a 1982 graduate of the law school,
worked for four years in Dallas before joining
the Fort Worth firm of Kelly, Hart &
Hallman. The firm has done legal work for the
Cowboys ever since Arkansas oilman Jerry
J ones began negotiating to buy the club. In the
final frenzied days before Jones agreed to buy
the Cowboys, Rogers organized and led a team
of attorneys from Kelly, Hart & Hallman
which quickly compiled a 175-page report on
the football club. The comprehensive report
included real estate information and analyses
on a variety of Cowboys' contracts - for
example, those providing for radio and
television broadcasts of Cowboys' games, and
contracts involving the club's cheerleaders.
Rogers typically spends anywhere from 10 to
40 percent of his time on Cowboys legal
matters. Like any diehard Cowboys' fan,
Rogers is convinced there are better days ahead
for the team. "It's going to be a lot of fun
about three years from now when they get
back to the Super Bowl."
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Andy Rogers
When Andy Rogers was growing up in the
West Texas town of Littlefield, he spent
Sunday afternoons cheering for the Dallas
Cowboys in front of the family television set.
The third of four children in a family of rabid
Cowboys' fans, Rogers describes himself as a
"big sports freak." As a journalism major at
Southwest Texas State University in San
Marcos, Rogers was sports editor of the school
paper. Rogers served as sports information
director at Tarleton State University the year
following graduation before deciding to attend
Texas Tech Law School.
1991 Texas Tech
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Sept. 14 Oregon
Sept. 21 Wyoming
Sept. 28 TeU (Homecoming)
Oct. 5 Texas A&M
Oct. 12 SMU
Oct. 26 Rice (Family Day)
Nov. 2 Texas
Nov. 9 Arkansas
Nov. 16 Baylor
Nov. 30 Houston
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Exchange student Franck Daligand will be
taking some good old West Texas traditions
back to France at the conclusion of the
semester - he has developed a love for
rodeos, barbecue, cowboy clothes, and the
two-step dance. Franck's year of study at
Texas Tech Law School has included courses
in Contracts, Torts, Legal Research and
Business Entities. He also participated in the
first year mock trial competition, winning in
the first two rounds.
Legal studies in France begin immediately
after high school. A four-year program of
study at a university followed by passage of a
regional bar exam leads to a one year program
in a clinic. Following this is a 2-year internship
in a firm. After the internship, the supervising
attorney reports to the President of the Bar as
to the performance of the student. Successful
passage moves the student from trainee
attorney to attorney status.
It took some adjustment to get used to the
smaller law classes at Tech. "In France, the
classes have 500 students in them and the
professor lectures for one or two hours. It is
very difficult to maintain attention and the
professor never calls on anyone. Here, I have
been called on in class and have learned to
apply the law to the facts in a practical way,"
said Daligand.
Franck's mother, a physician, professor and
expert witness for the Lyon court, encouraged
Franck to break the family tradition and
become a lawyer. StUdying law in America is
very different from studying in France.
Students in France generally study at a local
university and live at home. "Education is not
a high funding priority in France, and French
schools typically have smaller libraries, very
few computers, and less pleasant study
facilities than I have seen in America," said
Franck. "American students also seem to have
more balanced lives, taking time for studies,
physical exercise and even more socializing
than French students."
Daligand attended the Texas Tech Law
School under an exchange agreement with his
home university. He was selected for Texas
Tech based upon scores received on written
and oral exams in English and French. When
he learned he was going to Texas for his year
abroad, relatives who had been to Texas told
Franck that natives are Texans first and
Americans second.
Leaving Lubbock will bring some sadness.
The law students have been very friendly. "In
France, unless you have been introduced, it is
difficult to have a conversation with someone.
Here, everyone is eager to talk and help you if
you have a problem," said Franck. "It will
also be difficult to leave my girlfriend. But she
has been selected as one of two Texas Tech
students to attend the university in my home
town next year. I will still be able to hear a
Texas accent."
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Class of 1973
CHARLES W. "BRO" SELTZER is now the
County Judge in Midland County, Texas. He ran
unopposed in both the 1990 Republican Primary
and the 1990 General Election and assumed the
duties of the Constitutional County Judge of
Midland County, Texas on January 2, 1991. He
has also recently been promoted to the rank of
Lt. Colonel in the Air Force Reserve. He and his
wife, Susan, live in Midland with their three
children, Angela, Dawn and Tracie.
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D. WOODARD GLENN announces the
relocation of Quast & Glenn to 2603 Oak Lawn,
5th Floor, Dallas, Texas 75219; 214/528-4810.
JAMES L. GORSUCH announces the opening of
his new firm, formed with three other Texas
Tech Law School graduates, Michael L. Byrd,
J.T. Kelley, Jolyn C. Wilkins. The firm is
Gorsuch, Byrd, Kelley and Wilkins, 2005
Broadway, P.O. Box 509, Lubbock, Texas 79408.
The phone number is 806/763-1181.
GERALD D. QUAST announces the relocation
of the law firm of Quast & Glenn to 2603 Oak
Lawn, 5th Floor, Dallas, Texas 75219;
214/528-4810.
Class of 1975
DANIEL C. GARNER has joined the law firm
of Jenkens & Gilchrist, P .C. as a shareholder
and vice president, and will coordinate the firm's
financial services section. Send congratulations to
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 3200, Dallas, Texas
75202-2711.
Class of 1976
KATHLEEN A. BERRY recently received her
L.L.M. degree in Federal Taxation from
Southern Methodist School of Law. Kathleen is
also Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral
Law. The office address is 6688 N. Central
Expressway, Suite 1190, Dallas, Texas 75206. The
phone number is 214/373-4090.
Class of 1978
SHELLEY CASHION has been an Adjunct
Professor of Law in the University of Houston
L.L.M. Program for 6 years teaching Tax
Accounting, Advanced Partnership Taxation, and
Taxation of Sales and Exchanges. According to
Shelley, " 'Dirty Dave' (Professor David
Cummins) was an inspiration." Shelley practices
with Chamberlain Hrdlicka White Johnson &
Williams, 1400 Citicorp Center, 1200 Smith
Street, Houston, Texas 77002.
Class of 1979
HOWARD W. KEY announces his new address
at 1717 Main Street, Suite 4400, Dallas, Texas
75201. The phone number is 214/712-3410.
CHARLES NETTLES has opened his own
practice specializing in bankruptcy law. The
office is located at 5407 North IH 35, Suite 402,
Austin, Texas 78723.
Class of 1980
KEM T. FROST has been elected shareholder in
the Houston Office of Winstead Sechrest &
Minick, 910 Travis Street, Suite 1700, Houston,
Texas 77002-5895.
S. GAIL ROBERTSON has been appointed
Deputy Attorney General - Criminal Justice
Division for the Hawaii Attorney General's
Office, 425 Queen Street, Honolulu, HI 96813.
Gail is also serving as Chair of the Grantwriting
Committee for Hawaii Women Lawyers'
Foundation.
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JACK R. CRIER announces a new address for
his firm's office of Law Offices of Lucius D.
Bunton, 710 West Fourteenth Street, Suite A,
Austin, Texas 78701. The phone number is
512/478-0077.
JUDY L. GALLOWAY (formerly Coleman) is
happy to announce that she has joined Wyse
Technology, Inc., as Senior Attorney, after 4
years with Silicon Graphics, Inc. Judy's new
address is 3471 N. First Street, San Jose,
California 95134. The phone number is
408/922-4466.
JOSEPH C. MATHEWS has been elected
shareholder in the Dallas office of Winstead
Sechrest & Minick, 5400 Renaissance Tower,
1201 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas 75270.
Class of 1982
TOM MYERS recently formed the firm of
Andrews Myers & Donaldson, P .C., with offices
in Houston and Beaumont. The firm will
concentrate on construction, surety, arbitration
and mediation law. The firm's new address is
2900 Wesleyan, Suite 375, Houston, Texas 77027
and the phone number is 713/850-4216.
DAVID RICHARDS, formerly an Assi,stant
District Attorney for Tarrant County, has entered
private practice, limiting his practice primarily to
criminal appellate law. The address for David is
Law Offices of David Richards, First City Bank
Tower, Suite 600, Fort Worth, Texas 76102. The
phone number is 817/335-3125.
Class of 1983
KIRK DOCKERY and SCOTT DONAHO have
formed the law firm of Donaho & Dockery,
P.C., P.O. Box 459, Floresville, Texas 78114.
The office will concentrate in state and federal
litigation. Kirk and his wife, Nancy, also
announce the birth of their daughter, Kathy Lee,
on November 19, 1990.
MARY ALICE McLARTY has been appointed
by the Texas Supreme Court to the new Board of
Disciplinary Appeals. Mary Alice is a partner in
McLarty & McLarty, 1005 Broadway, Lubbock,
Texas 79401. Her office phone is 806/762-8836.
Class of 1984
MICHAEL AL T AFFER and wife, Nikki,
announce the birth of their son, Phillip Bryce
Altaffer, born November 5, 1990. Michael is an
attorney with O'Connor, Cavanaugh, Anderson,
Westover, Killingsworth & Beshears, One East
Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona
85012.
MICHAEL L. BYRD announces the opening of
his new firm, formed with three other Texas
Tech Law School graduates, James Gorsuch, J.T.
Kelley and J olyn Wilkins. The firm is Gorsuch,
Byrd, Kelley and Wilkins, 2005 Broadway, P.O.
Box 509, Lubbock, Texas 79408. The phone
number is 806/763-1181.
SHERRELL KAYE HOLLAND announces her
marriage to John W. Edwards on February 23,
1991 in San Angelo. Sherrell is First Assistant
City Attorney for the City of San Angelo. The
mailing address is P.O. Box 1741, San Angelo,
Texas 76901.
STUART LUMPKINS announces his marriage to
Theresa Evans in Fort Worth on February 16,
1991. Congratulations may be sent to Stuart at
Gandy Michener Swindle Whitaker & Pratt, Suite
3500, 301 Commerce Street, Fort Worth, Texas
76102.
WESLEY G. RITCHIE has been named a
partner in the firm of Kendall, Randle, Finch &
Osborn, effective January 1, 1990. Wesley and
his wife, Terri, are proud to announce the birth
of Wesley Gorman Ritchie, Jr., born December
2, 1990. Wesley joins a sister, Jacelyn, age four.
Congratulations may be sent to Wesley at 515
Congress, Suite 1700, Austin, Texas 78701.
JOE L. SHEPPARD proudly announces the
opening of his office for the practice of law at
210 Northwest Ellison, P.O. Box 174, Burleson,
Texas 76028. The office phone is 817/295-4127.
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Class of 1987
Class of 1988
Class of 1989
ROGER C. DAVIE and Dan Malone are pleased
to announce the formation of Malone & Davie,
P .C., 300 East Main Street, Suite 1108, EI Paso,
Texas 79901. Roger's office phone number is
915/533-5000.
JEANETTE KELLEY AHLENIUS and her
husband, Steve, announce the birth of their third
child, Mark Edward, born February 11, 1991.
Mark joins siblings, Erik, age 8, and Jenni, age
4. Jeanette is currently on a temporary leave of
absence from her practice with the law firm of
Mullin, Hoard and Brown, 8th Floor, Amarillo
National Bank Building, P.O. Box 31656,
Amarillo, Texas 79120.
DEBORAH L. FURST is now associated with
the Dallas firm of Weil, Gotschal & Manges, 901
Main Street, Suite 4100, Dallas, Texas 75202;
214/746-7700.
CURTIS DUANE WEST is now an attorney for
Enserch Corp., Suite 840, Enserch Center, 300 S.
S1. Paul, Dallas, Texas 75201.
RON JACKSON announces that he was named a
shareholder, as of January 1, 1991, of Diamond,
Rash, Leslie, Smith & Samaniego, 300 E. Main,
First City Bank Building, EI Paso, Texas 79901.
Ron and Martha also announce the birth of their
daughter, Rebecca Isabel, on March 19, 1991.
MARC JOHNSON has joined Exxon Company,
USA. His office address is P.O. Box 4697,
Houston, Texas 77210-4697. The phone number
is 713/775-6717. The Johnsons also announce the
birth of their second child, a son, Alexander
Matthew Johnson, born March 24, 1991.
DAVID A. LUBIN announces that his firm,
Quast & Glenn, has relocated to 2603 Oak Lawn,
5th Floor, Dallas, Texas 75219.
PHILLIP W AL TZ is proud to announce the
arrival of a son, James, and a daughter, Hannah,
in the summer of '90. Phillip will be leaving the
Corpus Christi City Attorney's Office to attend
Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington,
D.C. in the fall of 1991. Phillip's seminary
address will be 3828 Chantal Lane, Fairfax, VA
22031.
Class of 1986
PENNY PRATER received the Master of Laws
Degree in Patent and Trade Regulation Law
from the George Washington University,
Washington, D.C. on June 2, 1991.
CHRIS D. PRENTICE and Marta announce the
birth of their first child, Aaron Joseph Prentice,
born May 18, 1991. Chris is an attorney with the
City of Lubbock, P.O. Box 2000, Lubbock,
Texas 79457.
JAMES WALTER ANDERSON is serving as
Municipal Court Judge for the City of Amarillo.
His address is P.O. Box 1366, Amarillo, Texas
79105-1366. The phone number is 806/378-4224.
VICTOR HERNANDEZ announces his
promotion to Captain, US Army Reserve. He
recently completed a tour of duty in Saudi
Arabia as Assistant Legal Officer, 413th CA COOperation Desert Storm. Victor has reopened his
office at 820 Avenue H, Lubbock, Texas 79401.
The phone number is 806/765-5481.
CATHY SMITH JOHNSON proudly announces
the birth of their son, Alexander Matthew
Johnson, born March 24, 1991. Cathy and her
husband, Marc ('85) have moved to Houston
where Marc is an attorney with Exxon Company,
USA.
BRIAN U. LONCAR announces the new name
for his firm, Loncar and Russell, 714 Jackson
Street, Suite 150, Dallas, Texas 75202. The phone
number is 214/747-0422.
THOMAS L. MURPHY has accepted an
appointment as Assistant Professor in the
Department of Communication at Miami
University, Ohio. Thomas and his wife, Melinda,
also announce the birth of a daughter, Lauren
Elizabeth Murphy, born July 12, 1990. Thomas'
new business address, as of July, 1991, will be
Miami University, Department of Communication, Oxford, OH 45056.
J .T. KELLEY announces the opening of his new
firm, formed with three other Texas Tech Law
School graduates, James Gorsuch, Michael Byrd
and Jolyn Wilkins. The firm is Gorsuch, Byrd,
Kelley and Wilkins. The firm's address is 2005
Broadway, P.O. Box 509, Lubbock, Texas 79408;
the phone number is 806/763-1181.
JAY OLD announces his March 23, 1991
marriage to the former Ann Clary Fancher.
Congratulations may be forwarded to Jay at
Andrews & Kurth, 4200 Texas Commerce Tower,
Houston, Texas 77002.
JONATHAN B. WEBB announces that his firm,
Quast & Glenn, has relocated to 2603 Oak Lawn,
5th Floor, Dallas, Texas 75219.
Class of 1990
NORB MAHNKE has been named an Assistant
District Attorney for Harris County. The office
is located at 201 Fannin, Houston, Texas
77002-1901.
JOL YN C. WILKINS announces the opening of
her new firm, formed with three other Texas
Tech Law School graduates, James Gorsuch,
Michael Byrd, and J.T. Kelley. The firm's name
and address is Gorsuch, Byrd, Kelley and
Wilkins, 2005 Broadway, P.O. Box 509,
Lubbock, Texas 79408.
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