State Bar of Texas Past President Charles F. Aycock, of Amarillo, died November 9, 2021. He received his law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1967. Aycock served as president of the State Bar of Texas from 1999-2000. He was a solo practitioner in … Continue Reading
James L. Branton, 83, of San Antonio, died July 19, 2021. He served as president of the State Bar of Texas from 1994 to 1995. Branton was co-founder of Branton, Hall, Rodriguez, Cruz, where he focused primarily on personal injury litigation. He served on the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors from 1984 to … Continue Reading
Broadus Spivey, 84, of Austin, died May 8, 2021. He served as president of the State Bar of Texas from 2001 to 2002. Spivey was a partner in Spivey & Grigg in Austin before he retired in 2019. He practiced law for 57 years and was recognized by the State Bar as a 50-Year Lawyer … Continue Reading
Lloyd Lochridge died at 103 on April 13, 2021, in Austin. His obituary can be read online here. He served as State Bar of Texas president from 1974 to 1975. In recognition of Lochridge, we are reprinting this “Legal Legends” article that was printed in the June 2018 Texas Bar Journal. By Mitchell C. Chaney … Continue Reading
The State Bar of Texas’ Membership Department was informed in September 2020 of the deaths of these members. We join the officers and directors of the State Bar in expressing our deepest sympathy.… Continue Reading
The State Bar of Texas’ Membership Department was informed in July 2020 of the deaths of these members. We join the officers and directors of the State Bar in expressing our deepest sympathy.… Continue Reading
Frank G. Evans III, a former chief justice of the 1st Court of Appeals in Houston and often called the “father of alternative dispute resolution,” died November 9, 2019, in Bastrop. Evans served as a justice on the 1st Court of Appeals in Houston from 1973 to 1980 and served as chief justice from 1980 … Continue Reading
The State Bar of Texas’ Membership Department was informed in July 2019 of the deaths of these members. We join the officers and directors of the State Bar in expressing our deepest sympathy.… Continue Reading
The State Bar of Texas’ Membership Department was informed in January 2019 of the deaths of these members. We join the officers and directors of the State Bar in expressing our deepest sympathy.… Continue Reading
Supreme Court of Texas Retired Associate Justice C.L. Ray Jr., 87, died December 9, 2018, in Lansing, Michigan, per a Supreme Court news release. He died under hospice care in the late stages of prostate cancer. Ray was elected to the Supreme Court in 1980 and retired from the court in 1990. At that time, … Continue Reading
Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Ted Z. Robertson died Friday, the Supreme Court announced. He was 96. Robertson served as an associate justice on the Texas Supreme Court from 1982 to 1989. He was known for helping to lead to the Supreme Court’s modern system of discretionary review. The Supreme Court’s news release can be … Continue Reading
Gibson Gayle Jr., who served as president of the State Bar of Texas in 1976-1977, died September 16. He was 89. Gayle, a Waco native, served in the U.S. Army during World War II before earning his law degree from Baylor Law School, after which he received the highest score ever at the time on … Continue Reading
On February 13, 2016, this nation lost one of the greatest legal giants ever to sit on its highest court with the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Regardless of whether one agreed with the opinions he issued over the span of nearly 30 years on the court, one could not deny the … Continue Reading
