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Davis celebrated his 100th birthday on Oct. 12, and Miller on Aug. 11. Both men spent over 70 years in the legal profession. Fort Worth criminal defense attorney MarQuetta Clayton called Davis a ...
The Texas Law Review is wholly owned by a parent corporation, the Texas Law Review Association, rather than by the school. The Review is the 11th most cited law journal in the United States according to HeinOnline's citation ranking. [1] Admission to the Review is obtained through a "write-on" process at the end of each academic year. Well over ...
The nickname was given to the group by the Dallas media, as the capture and trial of the group created significant media coverage throughout Texas. During 1977 and 1978 the group imported over 106 tons of marijuana. [3] Using the shrimp boats Agnes Pauline, Monkey, Jubilee, and Bayou Blues, the group made six trips from Colombia to Texas.
Florence Bates (1914): [8] One of the first female lawyers in Texas. She would leave the profession and become a Hollywood actress later in life. Beverly Tarpley (1952): [9] [10] [11] First female lawyer in Texas to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court; Charlye O. Farris (1953): [12] First African American female lawyer in Texas
Evans was inducted into the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Hall of Fame in 2007 and received the Tarrant County Bar Association’s highest honor, the Blackstone Award, in 2012.
A dynamic trial lawyer, he was such a successful defender of the under-served and undocumented that on Nov. 7, 1987, Mayor Bob Bolen declared “Jerry Murad Day in Fort Worth.”
The Fort Worth City Council is scheduled to vote at its meeting Tuesday on whether to ratify the lawsuit. Several other North Texas police departments , including Dallas police, make their chase ...
Name Historical significance Violette Neatley Anderson (1882–1937) [1]: First African-American woman to practice law before the United States Supreme Court on January 29, 1926