|
Senior Judge
Appointed
by
President Reagan
|
|
Alabama, 1961
Texas, 1962
|
|
The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
1961
LL.B., Bachelor of Law
Law Review:
Alabama Law Review, Note Editor, 1960 - 1961Arlington State College, Arlington, TexasNorth Texas State University, Denton, TexasUniversity of Texas, Austin, TexasUniversity of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama,
1960
B.A., Bachelor of Arts |
|
| American Bar Journal (Member, Board of Editors)
Proof of Foreign Law - Uniform Judicial Notice of Foreign Law Act, 12 Alabama Law Review 421, 1960
Insurance - Scope of Doctrine of Friendly Fire, 13 Alabama Law Review 233, 1960
A Trial Lawyer's Quick Index to Antitrust, 36 Texas Bar Journal 39, 1973
Book Review, Go East Young Man, The Early Years (Reviewing William O. Douglas), 60 American Bar Association Journal 896 (1974), 1974
Some Judicial Adjustments to the Rights of Recovery Under the Federal Antitrust Laws, 26 Alabama Law Review 309, 1974
Book Review, The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government (Reviewing Archibald Cox), 62 American Bar Association Journal 962 (1976), 1976
Continuing the Dialogue: Civil Juries and the Allocation of Judicial Power, 56 Texas Law Review 47, 1977
The Noerr-Pennington Problem: A View From the Bench, 46 Antitrust Law Journal 730, 1977
Observations in the Philosophy of Sentencing, Dallas Bar Headnotes, Dec. 19, 1977
Jurisdiction, Parties & Actions, Texas State Bar, Advanced Civil Trial Course, 1978
Scientists Are Not Prophets, 18 Judges Journal 16, 1979
The Commission Recommendations Can Work, 48 Antitrust Law Journal 475, 1979
Does the System Cause Excessive Legal Fees? Vol. XIX, The Forum 681, 1979
The Philosophy of Sentencing, 42 Texas Bar Journal 6, 1979
Helping the Jury Understand, 6 Litigation Journal 5, 1980
Book Review, Let Them Be Judged: The Judicial Integration of the Deep South (Reviewing Frank T. Read & Lucy S. McGough), 66 American Bar Association Journal 82 (1980), 1980
How to Try a Jury Case: A Judge's View, 7 Litigation Journal 8, 1980
Bureaucracy - The Carcinoma of the Federal Judiciary, 31 Alabama Law Review 261, 1980
Book Review, William O. Douglas (Reviewing Edwin P. Hoyt), 67 American Bar Association Journal 192, 1981
Book Review, Taking Care of the Law (Reviewing Griffin Bell), 68 American Bar Association 1128 (1982), 1982
Book Review, Unlikely Heroes (Reviewing Jack Bass), 59 Texas Law Review 1329 (1981), 1981
A Brief Reflection on Judicial Use of Social Science Data, 46 Law & Contemporary Probs. 7, 1983
How to Try a Jury Case: A Judge's View, Litigation Manual at 13, 1983
Dedication - Fifth Circuit Survey, 17 Texas Tech Law Review vi, 1986
Federal Trial Courts: The Changing Scene, 21 International Society of Barristers Quarterly 371, 1986
Juries and the Complex Case: Observations About the Current Debate, 1986 Earl Warren Conference on Advocacy, The American Civil Jury, The Roscoe Pound Foundation, 1986
Judicial Attitudes: Pylons for the Advocate, 5 Review of Litigation 181, 1986
Why the Numbers Don't Add Up (Co-Authors: Edward R. Becker and William K. Slate, II), 73 American Bar Association Journal 83, 1987
Complexity's Challenge to Federalism - A Bicentennial Look to the Future, Andrew R. Cecil Lectures on Moral Values in a Free Society, University of Texas at Dallas, 1987
Book Review, American Constitutional Law (2nd ed. 1988) (Reviewing Laurence E. Tribe), 74 American Bar Association Journal 151, 1988
Text and Precedent in Constitutional Adjudication, 73 Cornell Law Review 1101, 1988
Laurence Tribe's Visionary Theories of the Equal Protection Clause, Benchmark, Vol. IV, No. 2, Spring, 1990
Reflections on Reform of +s 2254 Habeas Petitions, 18 Hofstra Law Review 1005, 1990
Juries and the Death Penalty, 41 Case Western Reserve Law Review 1047, 1991
Between the Forty Yard Lines, a review of Professor Harry Wellington's book interpreting the Constitution, The Supreme Court in the Process of Adjudication, The Public Interest Law Review 103, 1992
Book Review (Reviewing Justice Rehnquist's Grand Inquests), May, 1992
Notes on Teague 66 University of Southern California Law Review 2433, 1993
Book Review (reviewing Federalism: a Dialogue by David L. Shapiro, Evanston: Northwestern University Press. 1995 Pp ix, 154, Michigan Law Review, Vol. 94, No. 6, May 1996
Settlement Incentives and Joint Tortfeasors: A Comment on Kornhauser and Revesz, in Refroming the Civil Justice System 104, Larry Kramer ed., 1996
Moore's Federal Practice, Chapters 26-28, Third Edition, Vol. 6
The Continuing Dialogue of Federalism, 45 U. Kan. L. Rev. 985, 1997
Conference: Civil Justice and the Litigation Process: Do the Merits and the Search for Truth Matter Anymore? -- "Class Action Litigation,", 41 N.Y.L. Sch. L. Rev. 343, 1997
Forword to Symposium: Evaluation of the Civil Justice Reform Act, 49 Ala. L. Rev. 1, 1997 |
|
| Trial Seminar, Columbia UniversityFederal Courts,
1994
-
1995National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Boulder, ColoradoJohn Sparkman Jurist in Residence, University of Alabama, Fall Semester, 1995, 1997, 1999 |
|
| Fellow, American Bar FoundationOutstanding Alumnus, University of Texas, Arlington,
1978Dan Meador Award, Service to University of Alabama Law SchoolOne of 100 Most Powerful People of the 1980's, Next Magazine,
1981Honorary LL.D., Southern Methodist University,
1989Order of the Coif - Texas Tech and Southern Methodist UniversityBench and Bar Legal Honor SocietySamuel E. Gates Litigation Award, American college of Trial Lawyers,
1997 |
|
Farrah Law Society
MemberSouthwestern Legal Foundation
Member, TrusteeTexas Bar Association
MemberAlabama Bar Association
MemberAmerican Bar Association
MemberEthics 2000 Commission,
1997
- Present
MemberAmerican Bar Association
Chairman, Committee to Compile Federal Jury Charges, Antitrust SectionChair Appellate Judges Conference
Judicial Member of CouncilStanding Committee on Legal Aid
MemberAmerican Bar Foundation
MemberAmerican Judicature Society
Member, DirectorALI-ABA
Member, Continuing Legal Education CommitteeBench & Bar
MemberDallas Bar Association,
1974
Member, DirectorDallas Legal Services Project,
1970
-
1972
DirectorDallas Bar Foundation,
1974
DirectorMaritime Law Association of the United States
MemberDallas Inn of Court,
1990
-
1991
PresidentJudicial Administration Division
Chairman, Appellate Judges ConferenceAmerican Law Institute
Member, Advisory Committee, Complex Litigation ProjectRAND,
1996
- Present
Member, Board of SupervisorsJudicial Conference of the United States,
1993
-
1996
Chairman, Advisory Committee on Civil RulesJudicial Conference of the United States,
1990
-
1993
Member, State-Federal Judicial CouncilAmerican Inns of Court,
1996
- Present
National PresidentJudicial Conference of the United States,
1987
-
1993
Member, State-Federal Judicial CommitteeAmerican Inns of Court
TrusteeAmerican Bar Association, Ethics 2000 Commission
MemberSouthwestern Legal Foundation
Chair of Board of TrusteesSouthwestern Legal Foundation
Chairman of Board |
|
| Northern District of Texas, United States District Judge,
1975
-
1982Coke & Coke, Dallas, Partner,
1964
-
1975United States Air Force, Judge Advocate General,
1961
-
1964Southern Methodist University Law School, Adjunct Professor of Constitutional law,
1976Federal Judicial Center, Faculty MemberUniversity of Texas School of Law, Adjunct Professor, Constitutional Law,
1998 |
|
Omicron Delta Kappa
|
|
1938, McCalla, Alabama, United States of America
|
|
| 10/30/2012 |
| |
When viewing a listing, consider the state advertising restrictions to which lawyers and law firms must adhere, as well as our West Legal Directory disclaimers.
|
