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© Baylor University School of Law. All Rights Reserved. A Message from Dean Toben Docket Call is published by the Baylor University School of Law for its alumni, faculty, staff, students, supporters, and friends. STEWARDSHIP – A WORD THAT Baylor Law School, established in 1857, was the first CAN APPLY IN MANY CONTEXTS AND IS law school in and one of the first west of the Mississippi River. Today, the school has more than CERTAINLY AN IMPORTANT PRINCIPLE 7,200 living alumni. It is accredited by the American GUIDING BAYLOR LAW SCHOOL. Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. We depend upon the generosity of many to offer an PRESIDENT & CHANCELLOR, BAYLOR UNIVERSITY outstanding program and to help our students finance their The Hon. Kenneth W. Starr legal education. Thus prudently managing those funds while CO-EDITORS Casi Bowers, Nick Teixeira providing excellent value is vital. For this reason, and many CONTRIBUTING EDITOR Berkley Knas more, we were thrilled to learn National Jurist has again CONTRIBUTING WRITERS ranked us #2 among private law schools as a “best value.” Julie Carlson, Laura Beth Moore The ranking information is quite timely as this issue of CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER/DESIGNER Nick Teixeira Docket Call is largely devoted to showing our appreciation DESIGN AND ART DIRECTION to the many donors whose generosity ensures that our Pollei Design students receive scholarships that help mitigate the cost BAYLOR SCHOOL OF LAW FULL-TIME FACULTY Bradley J.B. Toben, Dean of attending Baylor Law School. Though we are blessed to Leah W. Jackson Teague, Associate Dean have an enviable endowment, there is still work to be done Larry T. Bates, Ronald L. Beal, Matthew C. Cordon, W. Jeremy Counseller, Thomas M. Featherston Jr., in order to make a Baylor Law School scholarship—full or Bridget Fuselier, David M. Guinn, Laura A. Hernández, Jill Wieber Lens, Luke Meier, Elizabeth S. Miller, Michael D. partial—available to all of our incoming students. Morrison, Connie Powell Nichols, the Hon. Jan P. Patterson I hope you’ll read through the list of endowed (visiting), Gerald R. Powell, Brandon D. Quarles, R. Michael Rogers, Rory M. Ryan, Brian J. Serr, Mark Snider, Judge Ken scholarships in this issue as well as the heartfelt thanks Starr, David G. Swenson, James Underwood, Lesley Wilson, Patricia Wilson, James Wren provided by some of the student recipients of these awards. BAYLOR LAW ALUMNI ASSOCIATION For many, these student scholarships did not just make President: Lewis Sifford ( JD ’72), Dallas, Texas President-Elect: Hon. Sam Cummings ( JD ’70), Lubbock, Texas the difference between being able to attend Baylor Law Past President: Libby King ( JD ’01), Richmond, Texas Secretary/Treasurer: Leah Jackson Teague ( JD ’85), Waco, Texas or another law school, rather, they were the difference 2014/2017 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS between attending law school and not attending at all. Laura Brown ( JD ’92), Waco, Texas In addition, we share more information about the The Hon. Samuel Cummings ( JD ’70), Lubbock, Texas Anne Potts-Jackson ( JD ’95), Belton, Texas changes in curriculum that have been made over the past Libby King ( JD ’01), Richmond, Texas Marilea Lewis ( JD ’78), Dallas, Texas year. One goal is to place more of an emphasis on writing The Hon. Nicole Mitchell ( JD ’06), Tyler, Texas Laura Sharp ( JD ’86), Austin, Texas and professionalism, which has changed the allocation of Lewis Sifford ( JD ’72), Dallas, Texas required hours. These changes begin in the first quarter and Ryan Squires ( JD ’04), Austin, Texas Zollie Steakley ( JD ’00), Waco, Texas continue throughout the program until graduation.

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DOCKET CALL | WINTER ’14 We also are continuing to tweak the things are happening at Baylor Law. We are professional development program begun last grateful for engaged alumni/ae who make many fall that provides students with information on of these opportunities possible. a variety of practical topics that will be helpful During this season of giving, I once again to them as new lawyers. Providing courses thank the alumni, family, friends, and faculty and concentrations relevant and beneficial to who have opened their hearts by providing our students as they prepare for their careers students with one of the most enduring gifts remains at the forefront of our work during this they will ever receive and whose continued process. We have touchstones in our program, support will help us to move Baylor Law School but we also are constantly evolving, as the forward for years to come. professional landscape does as well. Thebest is most We’ll also introduce you to Libby King—the certainly yet to come. 2014 Young Baylor Lawyer of the Year. The honor comes as no surprise to those who know her as Brad Toben Libby’s dedication to the profession, her alma Dean of Baylor Law School mater, community, and family are unrivaled. Libby has certainly made a difference in the lives of all those who call Baylor Law School home and will undoubtedly continue to do so for many years to come. Her service to all is inspiring, and I hope you’ll join us in congratulating Libby on this award. In our regular features, you’ll find information about alumni—many of whom you probably know—and recent events. From skeet shooting and overseas travel to Alumni Reunion Weekend, commencement, and a panel discussion with Judge , exciting Though I did not say to myself, ‘I want to be a lawyer when I grow up,’ I knew I wanted to be a positive influence in the lives of others. The Practice Court Program as well as Baylor Law's outstanding reputation in Texas made Baylor Law School my first choice when I decided to pursue a career in law. It is because of your generous support that I am able to be in this impressive environment. Thank you so much. I am proud to be a recipient of your scholarship, and I am proud to be a student at Baylor Law School.

Madeleine Hayes Toben-Fair Scholarship

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DOCKET CALL | WINTER ’14 Abilene Christian Bar/Bri of Texas Turner and Margaret E. B. Burleson Memorial University Scholarship Scholarship Given by the Bar/ Moses Branch Scholarship Scholarship Given in memory Given by a number of Baylor Law Bri Group. Given by Mr. and Mrs. of E. B. Burleson by his family School graduates who attended Turner Branch. and friends. Abilene Christian University as The Honorable and undergraduates. Mrs. Charles W. Barrow Brazos Higher Education John Marshall Burns Scholarship Given by the Service Corp. Scholarship Scholarship Given in James P. Alexander Honorable and Mrs. Charles W. Given by the Brazos Higher memory of John Marshall Burns, Memorial Scholarship Barrow in appreciation of Baylor Education Service Corp. Jr., through the estate of Mary Given in memory of the Hon. Law School. under the leadership of C. Morrison. James P. Alexander by Mr. and Mr. Murray Watson. Mrs. Mills Cox. Baylor Law Alumni Fred and Princess Cameron Association Scholarship Bill and Carol Brian Scholarship Given by Fred Robert E. Ammons Given by the Baylor Law Endowed Scholarship and Princess Cameron. Scholarship Given by Mr. Alumni Association through the Given by friends and colleagues Stephen A. Carroll and Mrs. Robert E. Ammons. generosity of its membership. of Bill Brian in honor of his selection as the 2014 Baylor Memorial Scholarship Jeffery J. Angelovich Baylor Law Review Editor- Lawyer of the Year. Given in memory of Stephen A. Scholarship Given by in-Chief Scholarship Carroll by the family of Stephen Jeffery J. Angelovich. Given by Baylor Law School. Judge and Mrs. Joe E. A. and Nellie Carroll. Briscoe Scholarship Michael B. Angelovich A.T. and Janie F. Blackshear Given by Judge and Mrs. Randall P. Cavender Scholarship Given by Scholarship Given by A.T. Joe E. Briscoe. Memorial Scholarship Michael B. Angelovich. Blackshear, Jr., in honor of his Given by Mr. and Mrs. Cary parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.T. Roy C. Brock Scholarship Dorman in memory of Randall Andrews Kurth LLP Blackshear of Dallas. Given by Roy C. Brock in P. Cavender of the Baylor Law Scholarship Given by appreciation of Baylor Law School. School Class of 1976. Andrews Kurth LLP. Tommy Lynn Bluntzer Memorial Scholarship Martha and George Joyce E. Bagley Law School Given in memory of Tommy Lynn Brooks Scholarship Scholarship Given by Joyce Bluntzer by his many friends in Given by Mrs. Martha W. Brooks. E. Bagley. the Class of 1976. Rick and Carolyn Brophy Gary and Susan Baker Thomas R. Bond Memorial Scholarship Given by Mr. and Scholarship Given by Gary Scholarship Given in memory Mrs. Rick Brophy. and Susan Baker. of Thomas R. Bond by Judge and Mrs. Thomas H. Crofts. C. C. and Avis Broughton Bertha J. Barber Memorial Scholarship Given by Mr. and Scholarship Given in memory Bourland, Wall & Wenzel, Mrs. C. C. Broughton. of Bertha J. (Conaway) Barber by P.C. Scholarship Given by Dell Barber and Dan L. Barber. Bourland, Wall & Wenzel, P.C. Herbert Boyland Scholarship Given by Herbert Boyland. James Brady Memorial Scholarship Given by Mrs. Theresa Brady in memory of her husband, James Brady.

Shane Vreeland Dean’s Academic Excellence Scholarship

I want to extend to you the sincerest measure of my gratitude that words on paper can supply. Thank you. Thank you for giving to Baylor Law. I do not take for granted the gift that you’ve given me. Because I doubt I will ever be able to repay you, I hope I can make it my joyful duty to pay it forward. Reich O’Hara Chandler Memorial Scholarship Given in memory of Reich O’Hara Chandler by John Eddie Williams, Walter Umphrey, and other colleagues and friends of George Eve Kan and Martha Chandler. Justice Vic Hall Scholarship John and Marie Chiles Scholarship Created by Mr. and Mrs. John H. Chiles. In reflecting on the developments in my Chrisman Family Endowed own life this past year, it’s obvious that Scholarship Given by Judge without your generous sponsorship, so Oswin and Marilyn Jo Barron Chrisman. many of the things that I am thankful Judge Lee Allen Clark for would not be possible. I am excited Scholarship Given by Lester W. and proud to call myself a Baylor Bear. James, Sr., in memory of Mrs. Lester Thank you again for your generous James’ father, Judge Lee Allen Clark. support. It has meant so much to me. Class of 1973 Scholarship Created by members of the Class of 1973. Jim and Mary Clawson Scholarship Given by Judge and Mrs. James F. Clawson, Jr.

Lillian and Leighton B. Charles F. Dickerson James R. Drury Memorial Erwin and Patricia Elias Dawson Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Given by Southwest Scholarship Given by Professor Created by Mr. and Mrs. Given in memory of Charles F. Forest Industries in memory of Emeritus and Mrs. Erwin Elias. Leighton B. Dawson. Dickerson by Will A. Knight, Charles James R. Drury. H. Clark, J.W. Tyner, Gordon C. Tyner, Deborah Huyster Ellis Princess Louise Dawson John H. Minton, Weldon McFarland, Alice Gist Dunaway Scholarship Given by Nancy Scholarship Given by R. Matt and the Hon. Connally McKay. Foundation Professional Lee, family, and friends in memory Dawson in honor and in memory of Responsibility Scholarship of Deborah Huyster Ellis. his wife, Princess Louise Dawson. Jack H. Dillard Scholarship Given by the Trustees of the Alice Given in memory of Jack H. Dillard Gist Dunaway Foundation. Judge Sam S. Emison R. Matt Dawson Scholarship by his wife, Mrs. Dorothy K. Dillard; Scholarship Given in memory Given by Mr. and Mrs. R. Matt Dawson. his children, Jack K., Diane, and Bedford D. and Joyce Harlan of Judge Sam S. Emison by his Edwards Scholarship family and friends. Dawson-Thomas Endowed Donald; and by his son-in-law, Judge . Given by Mr. and Mrs. Bedford Scholarship Given in honor of D. Edwards. Judge Harold Engstrom Professor Emeritus R. Matt Dawson James W. Dilworth Scholarship Given in memory by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Thomas. Memorial Scholarship Galen B. and Cathy M. of Judge Harold Engstrom by Edwards Scholarship Timothy and Sandra Ferguson. Homer E., Jr. and Barbara R. Given in memory of James W. Dilworth by his wife, Mrs. Marie M. Given by Mr. and Mrs. Galen Dean Scholarship Given by B. Edwards. John P. Estes Memorial Barbara R. and Homer E. Dean, Jr. Dilworth, and Andrews Kurth LLP. Scholarship Given in memory of Michael G. Douglass John Joseph Edwards John P. Estes by his family and friends. David and Susan Dial Memorial Scholarship Scholarship An endowed tuition Memorial Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Evans Given by Mrs. Pamela Douglass Given in memory of John Joseph scholarship given by David and Susan Edwards by his family and friends. Scholarship Given by the estate Dial in honor of the late Professor and Christopher, Byron, and of Mrs. E. J. Evans. Emeritus Ed Horner, Professor David Jennifer Douglass in memory Guinn, and Professor Mike Morrison. of Michael G. Douglass, and in honor and in appreciation of their attorney, R. Jack Ayres, Jr.

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Jerry K. Clements Scholarship George M. Cowden The T. Whitfield Davidson Given by Jerry K. Clements. Scholarship Given by Mr. and Foundation Scholarship Mrs. George M. Cowden. Given by the T. Whitfield Joe E. and Kathryn Ferguson Davidson Foundation in memory Coleman Scholarship Tracy and Nancy Crawford of Judge T. Whitfield Davidson’s Given in honor of Joe E. and Scholarship Given by Mr. and distinguished contributions to Kathryn Ferguson Coleman by Mrs. Tracy Crawford in appreciation the bench and to the legal the William A. and Madeline of Baylor Law School. profession in Texas. Welder Smith Foundation. David W. Crews Endowed Jarrell H. and Elizabeth Davis Joe E. and Kathryn Ferguson Scholarship Given by David Memorial Scholarship Coleman Scholarships W. Crews. Given in memory of Jarrell H. Two scholarships given by Joe Davis by his widow, Mrs. Jarrell Foran and Matador Resources Cary Jay and Debbie Cross Scholarship Given by Cary Jay H. Davis, and his daughter, Mrs. Inc. in honor of Joe E. and Elisa Davis Faye. Kathryn Coleman. and Debbie Cross. Clifton Cummings Chief Judge Leonard E. Davis Julia Copeland Memorial Endowed Scholarship Scholarship Given in Scholarship Given by Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Cummings. Given by friends and colleagues memory of Julia Copeland of Judge Leonard E. Davis in honor by her family and friends. Dallas Area Alumni of his selection as the 2012 Baylor Arthur H. and Ruth Scholarship Given by the Lawyer of the Year. J. Courtade Memorial Dallas area alumni. Scholarship Given in memory Governor Bill and Vara Faye of Arthur H. and Ruth J. Courtade Daniel Scholarship Given by by their children, A. David Courtade Governor Bill and Vara Faye Daniel. and Ruth Ann Courtade Teague.

Wayne Fisher Scholarship Given by Wayne Fisher. Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater Scholarship Given by former I cannot express how grateful I am for the support law clerks, colleagues, and friends that I have received through this scholarship fund. of Judge Sidney A. Fitzwater. I certainly count myself blessed to be among the Patricia and Buck many that have received the generous support of Florence Scholarship Given by Mr. and Mrs. Buck Baylor donors and faithful alumni. I very much Florence. look forward to giving the next generation of Baylor Allen G. Flowers Lawyers the same wonderful support that I have Memorial Scholarship enjoyed as a result of your gift. Thank you. An endowed scholarship given in memory of former Dean Allen G. Flowers by Justice and Mrs. Shay Powell . Kalman and Ida Wolens Foundation Scholarship Marshall Formby Memorial Scholarship Given in memory of Marshall Formby by his widow, Mrs. Sharleen Wells Formby Rhoads. Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Baylor Law Review Editorial Scholarship Given by Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. SCHOLARSHIP AND DONOR RECOGNITION 2014

John C. Gabbert, Jr., Judge Joseph Hale Scholarship The Honorable Wyatt H. and Rex Houston Scholarship I Memorial Scholarship Given by Mrs. Joseph W. Hale. Heidi Frost Heard Scholarship Given by Rex Houston in Given in memory of John C. Gabbert, Given in honor of the Hon. Wyatt appreciation of Baylor Law School. Jr., by John C. and Elaine Gabbert The Honorable Sam B. Hall H. Heard by Heidi Frost Heard, the and their sons, Greg and Jerry. Scholarship Given in honor and Heard family, and friends. Rex Houston Scholarship II in memory of the Hon. Sam B. Hall Given by Rex Houston in Doris Gillen Scholarship by Gilbert T. Adams. John C. Held Memorial appreciation of Baylor Law School. Given by Blake Gillen. Scholarship Given in memory of Justice Vic Hall Scholarship John C. Held by Baker Botts L.L.P. Hilton E. Howell Memorial Graduating Senior Given in honor of Justice Vic Hall by Scholarship Given in memory of Scholarship Judge and Mrs. Alan Mayfield. The Honorable Jack E. Hilton E. Howell by his widow, the Hightower Scholarship late Mrs. Hilton E. Howell. Bettye and Harold Green Morris and Rusty Baylor Given by Kent Hance in honor of Scholarship Given by Bettye Harrell Scholarship Given in the late Hon. . The Honorable James R. and Harold Green. honor of Morris Harrell and Rusty Hubbard Scholarship Given by Baylor Harrell by Judge and Mrs. Edward Lewis Von Hohn the Honorable James R. Hubbard. Chief Justice Joe R. Robert R. Murray, the Harrell family, Scholarship Given in memory and Martha Greenhill the law firm of Locke Lord Bissell & of Edward Lewis Von Hohn by his Gaylord T. Hughey, Sr., Scholarship Given by Joseph Liddell, LLP, and their friends. mother, Wyla Hohn. and Virginia L. Hughey W. and Nancy Foran. Scholarship Given by Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hatchett Gordon and Jamie Hollon Mrs. Gaylord T. Hughey, Sr., in Dorothy and Lynn B. Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Given by Mr. and appreciation of Baylor Law School. Griffith Scholarship Given by the late Mrs. Hilton E. Mrs. Gordon Hollon in appreciation Given by Mr. and Mrs. Lynn B. Griffith. Howell in memory of her parents, of Baylor Law School. F. R. and Lois Jackson Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Hatchett. Memorial Scholarship Given Professor and Master Paulanne Ream Hoover by the F.R. Jackson Memorial Teacher David Guinn Jessie and Harold Heafer Scholarship Given by the estate Endowment Fund. Scholarship Given by Dr. and Scholarship Given in memory of Paulanne Ream Hoover, a 1937 Mrs. Herbert H. Reynolds in honor of Jessie and Harold Heafer by graduate of Baylor Law School. Robert Allen James Memorial of Professor and Master Teacher Mr. and Mrs. John H. Chiles. Scholarship Given by Lester W. David Guinn. David and Lorraine James, Sr., in memory of his son, Drew Heard Memorial Hoppenstein Scholarship Robert Allen James. David M. Guinn “The Scholarship Given in memory Given by David and Lorraine Godfather” Endowed of Drew Heard by the law firm of Hoppenstein in appreciation of Scholarships Scholarship Given by friends and Jenkens & Gilchrist, P.C., friends, Baylor Law School. for Moot Court Officers colleagues of Professor David M. and family of Drew Heard. Given by the Leon Jaworski Guinn in honor of his selection as the Professor Edwin P. and Arden Foundation. 2013 Baylor Lawyer of the Year. Horner Scholarship Given by Professor Edwin P. Horner and the Leon Jaworski Scholarships The Honorable Clarence A. Baylor Law Alumni Association. for Outstanding Guittard Scholarship Undergraduate Advocates Given in honor of the late Judge Annual full-tuition scholarships given Clarence A. Guittard by his friends by the Leon Jaworski Foundation. in recognition of the significant contributions he made to the administration of justice.

I’m truly thankful to have the support of such an accomplished and highly regarded Baylor Law alumnus. It’s humbling to be surrounded by so many bright and dedicated students, and I’m in awe of the professors who have chosen to dedicate themselves to ensuring that Baylor Lawyers will serve future clients with the highest degree of professionalism and expertise. Again, I express my deep gratitude for your generous support of my endeavor. I am proud to be a recipient of your scholarship, I am proud to be a student of Baylor Law, and I will be even more proud to call myself a Baylor Lawyer in the future.

Chris Von Der Gruen Judge Ed Kinkeade Endowed Scholarship The Honorable James R. W. James Kronzer Scholarship Stephen E. McConnico Karen Riley Miller Memorial Jenkins Scholarship Given by a friend in honor of W. Scholarship Given in honor of Scholarship Given in memory of Given by the estate of the Hon. James Kronzer in appreciation of his Stephen E. McConnico by his friends. Karen Riley Miller, Class of 1991, by James R. Jenkins. ability as an attorney. her family, friends, and the law firm Martelle McDonald Memorial of Burford & Ryburn, LLP. Warwick H. Jenkins The Honorable Frederick W. Scholarship Given in memory of Scholarship Given by Mr. and Kuechenmeister Scholarship Martelle McDonald by Mrs. Martelle Lee M. Miller Memorial Mrs. Warwick H. Jenkins in honor of Given by the estate of the Hon. McDonald. Scholarship Given in memory his grandfather, Warwick H. Jenkins. Frederick W. Kuechenmeister. of Lee M. Miller by his family Susan Swindle McDonough and friends. Harry R. Jones Memorial Shirley and Harold J. Laine, Scholarship Given by Susan Scholarship Given in memory of Jr., Scholarship Given by Mr. and Swindle McDonough. E. H. and Charlotte Moore Harry R. Jones by Andrews Kurth LLP. Mrs. Harold J. Laine, Jr. Scholarship Given by Sheila William Alvis and Charlotte and Eugene H. Moore in memory Harry R. Jones Memorial Law School Class of 1953- Smith McDowell Scholarship of his parents. Scholarship Given in memory of 54 Scholarship Given in honor Given by William Alvis and Harry R. Jones by Southwest Forest and in memory of Abner V. McCall, Charlotte Smith McDowell. The Claude and Mae Moss Industries. President Emeritus of Baylor Charities Inc. Scholarship University, by the Class of 1953-54. The Honorable Connally Given in honor and in memory of Kaplan, Inc. Scholarship and Glee McCrary McKay Abner V. McCall, President Emeritus Given by Kaplan, Inc. Ralph B. and Catherine Lee Scholarship Given in honor of of Baylor University, by the Claude Scholarship Given by the the Hon. Connally and Glee McCrary and Mae Moss Charities Inc. Darrell L. Keith Law and late Ralph B. Lee and his wife, McKay by their children and their Medicine Scholarship Given by Catherine Lee. children’s spouses. Hazel Rogers Muldrow Susan and Darrell L. Keith. Memorial Scholarship Given in Muriel and George J. Lewis Lila Connally and Daniel memory of Hazel Rogers Muldrow Chief Judge Larry E. and Memorial Scholarship Sparks McKay Scholarship Suzanne V. Kelly Scholarship by her son, Professor Emeritus Louis Given by Mr. and Mrs. Craig Lewis Given in honor of their parents S. Muldrow. Given in honor of Chief Judge Larry in memory of his parents, Muriel by Judge Thomas H. and Hannah E. and Suzanne V. Kelly by colleagues and George J. Lewis. McKay Crofts. Judge Robert R. Murray on the bench and in the bankruptcy Scholarship Given in honor of bar, friends, and family. Sue Lindsay Scholarship Angus S. McSwain-Texas A&M Judge Robert R. Murray by his wife, Given in honor of his mother by University Scholarship G. H. Kelsoe, Jr., Endowed Law Julia Baylor Murray, and his children, Michael J. Lindsay. Given in honor of Dean Emeritus Robert and Molly. School Scholarship Given by Angus S. McSwain by alumni who Mr. G.H. Kelsoe, Jr. Abner V. McCall Scholarship graduated from both Texas A&M Joseph Milton Nance Given in honor and in memory of Tom and Austine Kenner University and Baylor Law School. Scholarship Given in honor of President Emeritus Abner V. McCall the late Dr. Joseph Milton Nance, Scholarship Given by Traci L. by the McCall Bible Class of the First Dean Emeritus Angus Kenner in honor and appreciation pre-law advisor and history Baptist Church of Waco. S. McSwain Law Alumni professor at Texas A&M. of her parents. Association Scholarship Frances B. McCall Memorial Given by the Baylor Law Alumni David A. and Elaine Edwards Judge Ed Kinkeade Scholarship Scholarship Given in memory Given by friends and colleagues of Association in honor of Dean Nelson Scholarship Given by of Frances B. McCall by President Emeritus Angus S. McSwain. Mr. and Mrs. David A. Nelson. Judge Ed Kinkeade in celebration and Mrs. Abner V. McCall, and of his selection as the 2010 Baylor other friends. McSwain-Fair Scholarship 1975 Practice Court Class Lawyer of the Year. Given in honor of Dean Emeritus Pecan Crop Scholarship Byron L. McClellan, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. David Knight Angus S. McSwain by Walt Fair Given by the 1975 Practice Memorial Scholarship Given in and Ted Fair. Court Class. Scholarship Given by William A. memory of Byron L. McClellan, Jr., Knight in honor of his parents, Mr. Baylor Law School Class of 1976, McSwain-McCartney Harold W. Nix Scholarship and Mrs. David Knight. by Bob and Carol Patterson. Scholarship Given by Dean and Given by Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Nix Will A. and Elaine Knight Mrs. Angus S. McSwain in memory in appreciation of Baylor Law School. The Honorable Austin O. of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Scholarship Given by Mr. and McCloud Scholarship Harold W. Nix Scholarship II Mrs. William A. Knight. McCartney, and Mr. and Mrs. Angus Given in honor of the Hon. Austin S. McSwain, Sr. Given in honor of Harold W. Nix Kevin and Diane Krist O. McCloud by Mr. and Mrs. Paul by the law firm of Nix, Patterson & Scholarship Given by Kevin W. Kruse. Benjamin Shelton Meredith Roach, L.L.P. and Diane Krist. Memorial Law School Henry J. McCluskey, Jr., Scholarship Given in memory Fred Norton Scholarship Memorial Scholarship of Benjamin Shelton Meredith. Given in honor of Fred Norton by Given by Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. the Summer for Retired Persons in McCluskey, Sr., in memory of appreciation for his work. their son.

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Ralph and Josephine Norvell Rupert and Lillian Radford Wayne and Margaret Shahan Bonnie Kay Sommerfeld Scholarship Given by Ben and Scholarship Given by the Scholarship Given by Mr. and Memorial Scholarship Hope Ferrell in memory of Ralph Rupert Radford Estate Trust. Mrs. Wayne Shahan in appreciation Given in memory of Bonnie N. Norvell, Jr., and in honor of Baylor Law School. Kay Sommerfeld, who was the of Josephine H. Novell. The Honorable Thomas B. Placement Director up until her Ramey Memorial Scholarship John and James Sharp death in 1984, by her father, the Pakis, Giotes, Page & Burleson, Given in memory of the Hon. Scholarship Given by the estate late Rudy A. Sommerfeld. P.C., Scholarship Given by Pakis, Thomas B. Ramey by and on behalf of Earl Sharp. Giotes, Page & Burleson, P.C. of the many persons whose lives Ray Eileen and Robert were touched by Judge Ramey. Senator David and Pam Stahala Scholarship Given by Bill Patterson Scholarship Sibley Endowed Law School Ray Eileen and Robert Stahala. Given in honor of Bill Patterson by Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Scholarship I Given by Senator the late Emil H. Meyerhoff. Riccardi Scholarship Given by and Mrs. David Sibley. O.W. Stanley and Agnes Richard G. and Cathy Riccardi. Rabon Stanley Endowed George and Suzanne Payne Senator David and Pam Sibley Scholarship Given by the Scholarship Given by Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow M. Endowed Law School Stanley Family Living Trust. Mrs. George Payne in appreciation Roark Scholarship Given by Scholarship II Given by Senator of Baylor Law School. Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow M. Roark in and Mrs. David Sibley. The Honorable William M. appreciation of Baylor Law School. Steger Scholarship Sam Pessarra Memorial Lewis R. Sifford Scholarship Given in honor of the Hon. Endowed Scholarship Given in William and Mary Jo Robbins Given by Lewis R. Sifford of Dallas, Texas. William M. Steger by his friends. memory of Sam Pessarra (LLB ’42) Endowed Law School by his widow, Mrs. Sam Pessarra. Scholarships Two scholarships Loy M. Simpkins Memorial Phil E. Teeling Memorial given by Mr. and Mrs. William K. Scholarship Given in memory of Scholarship Given in memory Mr. and Mrs. Sam Pessarra Robbins, Jr. the late Professor Loy M. Simpkins by of Phil E. Teeling, by Mrs. Phil Memorial Scholarship his family and friends. E. Teeling. Endowed scholarship given in Rufus W. and Addie Day Royals memory of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Scholarship Given by the estate Carlton J. Smith Memorial Chief Justice Bob L. Thomas Pessarra by Mrs. Sam M. Pessarra of Rufus W. and Addie Day Royals in Scholarship Given by the estate Memorial Scholarship and her estate. appreciation of Baylor Law School. of Carlton J. Smith. Given in memory of Chief Justice Bob L. Thomas of the Tenth Phi Alpha Delta Law Del Sampels Memorial Ruth M. Smith Memorial Scholarship Given by the estate Court of Appeals by Justice Fraternity Scholarship Scholarship Given by Mr. and and Mrs. Bill Vance. Given by the R.E.B. Baylor Chapter Mrs. M.D. Sampels in memory of Mr. of Ruth M. Smith. of Phi Alpha Delta Law fraternity. Sampels' brother, Del Sampels. Vernon L. Smith Memorial Phi Delta Phi Law Fraternity San Antonio Attorneys Scholarship Given in memory Scholarship Given by the Scholarship Given by graduates of Vernon L. Smith by his wife, Hemphill Inn Chapter of Phi Delta of Baylor Law School who practice Mrs. Doris M. Smith, and Mr. R. Phi Law Fraternity. law in San Antonio. Matt Dawson. Chief Justice Thomas R. John M. and Ann Clark Phillips Scholarship Sanders Endowed Given in honor of Texas Supreme Scholarship Given by Mr. Court Chief Justice Thomas R. and Mrs. John M. Sanders in Phillips by his wife, Mrs. Lyn appreciation of Baylor University. Bracewell Phillips, and his parents, Your scholarship has provided me with an Mr. and Mrs. George S. Phillips. Peggy Clare and Louis O. Satterfield, Jr., Scholarship opportunity I would have otherwise been unable to Robert Kelley Pierce Memorial Given by Mr. and Mrs. Louis O. realize. My hope is that one day, I will be able to give back Scholarship Given in memory of Satterfield, Jr. to the Baylor Law School community, just as you have. Robert Kelley Pierce by B. A. Pierce. Natalie McIntyre Charles Price Memorial Shackelford Scholarship Scholarship Given in memory Given by Patricia Shackelford and Elissa Pineda The Honorable Clarence A. Guittard Scholarship of Charles Price by his classmates John Wood in honor of her mother. and friends. William C. Shaddock Gary and Jarene Price Scholarship Given by William C. Scholarship Given by Gary "Bill" Shaddock. and Jarene Price. Jack N. Price Scholarship Given by Jack N. Price.

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Charles E. Thompson, Sr., Jason Tutt Memorial Charles L. and Lena Robert Alexander and Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Given in memory Winston Waters Memorial Sadye Grace Wilson and Given by the estate of Charles E. of Jason Tutt by his friends. Scholarship Given in honor of R. A. “Bob” Wilson, Jr., Thompson, Sr. their parents by Charles W. Waters, Memorial Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. Walter Ann Waters Schlinkman, and Given by Dr. Grace Elizabeth Thorne Family Scholarship Umphrey Scholarship Patricia Waters Whisnant. Wilson in memory of her parents, Given by Carl and Rosella Thorne Given by Mr. and Mrs. Walter Robert Alexander and Sadye and Jim and Earlene Thorne. Umphrey in appreciation of Colonel and Mrs. Hulen Grace Wilson, and her brother, Baylor Law School. Wendorf Scholarship R. A. “Bob” Wilson, Jr. Irene V. Thornton Given by Professor Emeritus Scholarship Given in honor of Waco-McLennan County and Mrs. Hulen Wendorf. Watson W. Wise Foundation Irene V. Thornton by family, friends, Bar Auxiliary Memorial Scholarship Given by the and alumni. Scholarship Given by the Waco- Gibson Dennison Ross Watson W. Wise Foundation. McLennan County Bar Auxiliary. Williams Memorial Toben-Fair Scholarship Scholarship Given in memory Edgar E. Witt Memorial Given in honor of Dean Brad Toben Charles E. Wallace Memorial of Mrs. Peeler Williams by her Scholarship Given in memory by Mr. Walt Fair. Scholarship Given in memory children, Peeler Williams, Jr., of of Governor Edgar E. Witt, formerly of Charles E. Wallace by family Waco and the late Mrs. Elizabeth Chief Commissioner of the United Toben-Kerlin Scholarship and friends. Given in honor of their parents by Williams Estes. States Indian Claims Commission, Dean and Mrs. Brad Toben. Charles E. and Sandra L. by the law firm of Weissbrodt and John Eddie Williams Weissbrodt of Washington, D.C. Wallace Scholarship Scholarship Given in honor Madely Touchstone Given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Scholarship Given in honor of of John Eddie Williams by Harvill Kalman and Ida Wolens Wallace in appreciation of Baylor E. Weller. Foundation Scholarship Madely Touchstone by William University. Earl Touchstone. Given by the Kalman and Peeler Williams, Jr., Ida Wolens Foundation. Richard Warner Endowed Scholarship Given by Peeler Scholarship Given by Temple Williams, Jr. Rex Woodard Memorial Inland Inc. to honor Richard Scholarship Given in memory Warner upon his retirement, Peeler Williams, Sr., of Rex Woodard by his wife, Mrs. with gratitude and appreciation Memorial Scholarship Given Donna Carbello Woodard, and for his years of service. in memory of Peeler Williams, Sr., his friends. by the late Mrs. Peeler Williams, Sr., and their son, Peeler Williams, Jr. Bob and Karen Wortham Scholarship Given by Bob and Betty Gaye Wilson Karen Wortham. Memorial Scholarship Given in memory of Betty Gaye Wilson James and Melinda Wren by Randy Wilson. Scholarship Given by James and Melinda Wren. Frank M. Wilson Memorial Scholarship Given in memory Holly Katherine Yanta of Frank M. Wilson by Mrs. Frank Memorial Scholarship M. Wilson. Given in memory of Holly Katherine Yanta by her parents, Virgill Yanta and Karol Yanta of Boerne. he legal landscape is ever evolving and legal education able to tell us what is happening in the law and to pinpoint any must also move forward to keep up with the changing knowledge gaps the program might have. Our alumni, especially environment. Baylor Law has responded by evaluating young alumni, helped by telling us what they were encountering in its curriculum as a whole and making some changes practice and what Baylor Law does well in terms of practical skills Tand additions to its coursework. The result is a program that and what needs improvement,” Fuselier added. ensures students continue to learn the latest thoughts on A general consensus was that legal writing needed improvement. legal theory as well as the practical, hands-on lawyering skills After all, lawyers live by the written word, whether through necessary for success in the workplace. drafting initial correspondence to clients, constructing various “We wanted to make sure the program continued to be relevant pleadings or writing a well thought-out, logical appellate brief. and that we were proactive in areas that are needed,” said Professor “Legal writing is a foreign concept to students when they Bridget Fuselier, who served as chair of the curriculum committee. first arrive at law school, so we give them lots of writing To achieve this goal, the Law School created focus groups opportunities that first year. However, it isn’t until they get to made up of alumni and adjunct professors. Practice Court that writing is once again emphasized. There “We first convened groups of trial lawyers and judges in Austin, was a large gap in the second year. With our substantive Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston to discuss our trial advocacy courses, changes these writing courses will provide more feedback to including the Practice Court Program,” said Associate Dean Leah students on their writing assignments with required re-writes Jackson Teague. “As a result of those meetings, additional, graded so the students really learn from their mistakes and improve writing exercises were added to the Practice Court Program.” writing skills,” Fuselier said. “We then convened our adjunct professors to review all content The curriculum committee proposed second year classes be areas. Since adjuncts are all practicing lawyers or judges, they were restructured to add a one-hour writing course. This new writing

class will help students continue to develop writing skills in a different context than the first-year classes. During their first Provide year, students will continue to take Legal Analysis, Research and Communications—a three-hour course that students complete during two consecutive Baylor Law quarters. In this course, students learn fundamentals in important aspects of legal writing and problem-solving. The Students An course will require fewer memos and will allow for evaluation and rewrites Unparalleled of writing assignments. Appellate Advocacy and Procedure is an introduction to Education the appellate advocacy course in which students research and write an appellate brief and participate

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DOCKET CALL | WINTER ’14 in a required oral advocacy exercise. To provide additional PC more meaningful by letting students experience business assistance and feedback to the students, the student to disputes, family law, contract disputes, employment cases and faculty ratio in the program will be decreased. Four to eight other litigation,” Fuselier said. members of the faculty will teach sections, allowing them to Dean Teague added, “We are particularly interested provide meaningful feedback to students on their appellate in adding PC exercises related to our non-litigation areas briefs before requiring a rewrite for final grading. of concentration: business transaction, estate planning, “With our refocus we hope to make writing more healthcare, intellectual property, and natural resources and cohesive. In fact, we want to create a Baylor Law style guide real estate. We are planning a family law concentration as well.” that will include expectations and standards for students no The law school also has expanded its Professional matter where they are in their coursework,” Fuselier said. Development Program. This program was created in an effort Baylor Law also reformulated the second-year course in to emphasize the importance of professionalism while also business and financial basics to return it to a basic income providing students with information and instruction on a taxation course and move it to the third quarter. Dean Teague variety of practical topics that will be helpful for new lawyers. said, “Moving the basic tax course from the second year to “We eliminated the Intro to Law course. It focused on the third quarter and pairing it with Legislative, Administrative professionalism but there were other practical topics that Powers and Procedures (LAPP) allows students to see the would not fit. The Professional Development Program will application of legislative and administrative process in a require students to attend various seminars on topics that demonstrative manner and in the context of a substantive area.” don’t fit elsewhere—topics such as ethical billing of clients, Two hours have been eliminated in the first-year curriculum social media and legal marketing,” Fuselier said. and, because of some duplication of material, Remedies Baylor Law plans to continue improving its was changed from a four-hour class to a three-hour class. curriculum and is now looking at elective courses and Additionally, due to the increasing importance of different areas of concentration. “We are constantly monitoring business entities in both transactional and litigation practices, an developments within the legal profession,” Teague said. hour was added to the Business Organizations I course, making “This is being done with an eye toward keeping our courses it one of Baylor Law’s rare five-hour classes. and concentrations relevant and beneficial to students as Practice Court continues as the summit of Baylor Law’s they prepare for law careers,” added Fuselier. curriculum; however, the PC professors would like to expand the types of cases assigned to students to better While the wheels of change may be turning at Baylor reflect current litigation. Therefore, they are hoping Baylor Law, one aspect of the curriculum that won’t change Lawyers will share cases with them. is its ability to produce highly successful professionals. “Alumni just need to contact us, and we will tell them what Professionals who are truly “practice ready.” we need and how to sanitize the cases. We want to make BAYLOR LAW APPLAUDS LIBBY KING ( JD ’01) IN RECEIVING THE YOUNG BAYLOR LAWYER OF THE YEAR AWARD. DEAN TOBEN PRESENTED KING WITH THE DISTINGUISHED HONOR AT THE HOUSTON BAYLOR LAWYER NETWORK’S RECEPTION ON AUGUST 14. “I am so honored to receive this award,” said King. “I am thankful Law Alumni Association, King remains committed to beyond measure for the opportunities I have had because of my Baylor promoting the success of Baylor Law. Law degree. In my experience, Baylor Lawyers enjoy instant credibility “Libby is a wonderful example of a young Baylor among their peers and the judiciary; you can’t put a price on that.” Lawyer,” Toben said. “She is dedicated to the Law While King accredits Baylor Law for instant credibility, her character School not only because it is her alma mater, but also and willingness to take initiative precedes her. King began serving Baylor because she truly believes in Baylor Law’s mission to Law by establishing the Houston Baylor Lawyer Network leading to her create great lawyers and serve the community.” position as President of the Baylor Law Alumni Association for the 2013- Given her deep Baylor roots King says, “I 2014 term. Since joining her firm in 2003, eight of the nine associates really didn’t consider going anywhere else for law hired graduated from Baylor Law. As a Lifetime Member of the Baylor school.” King’s great-grandfather, an immigrant from Sicily, learned to speak English at Baylor under

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Dr. A.J. Armstrong. King graduated magna cum laude from Baylor University in 1997 and received her Juris Doctor degree in 2001. Upon graduation from Baylor Law, King worked for the Dallas office of Strasburger & Price, LLP. After meeting her husband, King moved back to her hometown of Richmond, Texas, where they reside with their six-year-old son. Now a partner in the law firm of Tate Moerer & King, LLP, King practices primarily in the area of litigation. She enjoys handling complex personal jurisdiction issues and also works on probate, estate administration, and guardianship matters. King’s commitment to the community is reflected in her volunteerism at Calvary Episcopal Preparatory, Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center (a special project of the Children’s Museum of Houston), and the Capital Campaign Committee. She also sits on the steering committee of Access Health – The Heart of Fort Bend.

THE YOUNG BAYLOR LAWYER OF Legal ability and achievements as a lawyer RECIPIENTS • THE YEAR AWARD is given to an Contributions to the legal profession ARE SELECTED • outstanding alumnus/a who has brought honor Standing in the profession BASED UPON • and distinction to the Law School and to the Christian character THE FOLLOWING • legal profession. The recipient must not reach Civic, religious, and other attainments CRITERIA: • age 41 before Jan. 1 of the award year. • Active interest in Baylor Law School STUDENT NOTES

Public Interest Scholars Matt Myers ( JD ’14) and Amber Shanafelt ( JD ’14) were presented with an award at the Austin Baylor Lawyer Network reception on Sept. 16 for their public interest work while studying at Baylor Law School. Both Myers and Shanafelt were recognized as Public Interest Scholars during their graduation ceremony in May. The reception took place at the offices of Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P.

Zehmer Workers’ Compensation Moot Court Results Congratulations to law students Emory Civil Rights Moot Court Results Matt Coolbaugh and Mark Firmin, Congratulations to law students Jessica Schwartz and Travis quarterfinalists in the Zehmer Underwood who advanced to the quarterfinals and Jordan Irons Workers’ Compensation Moot Court and Lacey Stevenson who advanced to the octofinals. Jessica Competition. Schwartz was also recognized as the competition’s best speaker.

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SNAPSHOT OUT-OF-STATE INTERNATIONAL IN-STATE 2014 YOUNG BAYLOR 14 RESIDENTS 1 68 RESIDENTS LAWYER OF THE YEAR PROFILE OF THE FALL STATES/NATIONS REPRESENTED 2014 ENTERING CLASS (83 ENROLLED) MEDIAN LSAT/GPA...... 160/3.55 25% LSAT/GPA...... 158/3.38 75% LSAT/GPA...... 163/3.71

GENDER ETHNICITY FEMALES MINORITIES Second Annual Academy 23 (27.38%): HISPANIC/LATINO of the Advocate in 38 13 (1 ALSO IDENTIFIED AS AMERICAN INDIAN) St Andrews BLACK/AFRICAN- TEXAS Seventy students from Baylor and MALES 3 AMERICAN WASHINGTON around the country participated 6 ASIAN UTAH NEW MEXICO 45 OKLAHOMA NEW HAMPSHIRE FLORIDA in Baylor Law School’s Second 1 AMERICAN INDIAN NEVADA MICHIGAN CALIFORNIA SOUTH KOREA Annual Academy of the Advocate in St Andrews, Scotland.

As their community service project, the Fall 2014 entering class worked with recovery organizations and local residents in the continuing efforts to help the community of West, Texas, rebuild after a 2013 fertilizer plant explosion. ALUMNI NOTES

Carmen Eiker ( JD ’78) John Ginn ( JD ’89) of Smith, McDowell, training and educating lawyers and judges 1970’s of Carmen Eiker Law PC in Ginn in Sulphur Springs was named to the who are committed to the jury system and Dallas has been named to the 2014 Texas Super Lawyers list for the 10th to representing and obtaining justice for following lists for 2014: Texas Super Lawyers, consecutive year. individuals who are oppressed by government Top 100 Texas Super Lawyers, Top 100 and corporate interests. Dallas-Fort Worth Super Lawyers, and Top 50 Michael Johnston ( JD ’80) of the Women Super Lawyers. Johnston Legal Group PC in Fort Worth is George E. Crumley ( JD one of 15 Texans who received a Heroes for 1990’s ’93) of Pittenger, Paxton, Nuspl Michael Heiskell ( JD ’74) Children Award from the Texas State Board & Crumley in Allen has been was appointed to the board of directors of of Education. The award honors Texans who named to Super Lawyers “Top 100 Attorneys” the National Association of Criminal Defense provide hundreds of volunteer service hours in Dallas-Fort Worth for 2014. Lawyers (NACDL) at the association’s 57th to Texas public schools. Johnston received the annual meeting in Philadelphia. Heiskell has award for his work with the Fort Worth - SBOE Brad Lowry ( JD ’92) has been been a criminal defense attorney at the law District 13. Johnston also has been included named partner in the Dallas office of Jackson Walker L.L.P. firm of Johnson, Vaughn & Heiskell in Fort on the following recognition lists: 2014 Texas Super Lawyer (10th consecutive year), 2014 Worth since 1984. Prior to this, he served as David Luna ( JD ’92) has been a Galveston County assistant district attorney H-Texas Magazine “Top Lawyer,” and 2013 Fort Worth Texas Magazine “Top Attorney.” appointed an assistant United States Attorney and then as an assistant U.S. Attorney for the in the office of the United States Attorney for Northern District of Texas. Heiskell has been Richard Kraft ( JD ’82) has received the Western District of Missouri. He is assigned named a “Super Lawyer” in Texas Monthly the New Mexico Super Lawyer Award for to the Cyber Crimes and Child Exploitation Magazine by his peers in white-collar criminal 2014. He also was recently honored by Unit of the office. defense each year since 2003. He has spoken the Leadership Roswell Alumni Association frequently before the Advanced Criminal Leticia E. Martinez ( JD ’94) as the 2014 Recipient of the Outstanding Law Course sponsored by the State Bar of was appointed by Gov. Rick Perry to the Leader Award. Texas and to numerous seminars sponsored Protect Our Kids Commission. Martinez is an by the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer’s assistant district attorney and chief prosecutor of the Austin- Association and the Texas Center for the Laura Sharp ( JD ’86) for the Tarrant County District Attorney’s based The Sharp Firm, has been appointed Judiciary. He was recently recognized in Office Crimes Against Children Unit. She is a to the board of directors of the Texas Board Texas Lawyer as one of the “Extraordinary board member of the Alliance for Children of Legal Specialization. Minorities in Texas Law” and was named one in Tarrant County, Tarrant County Bar Established by the Supreme Court of of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers from 2012- Association, and the Texas District & County Texas, TBLS certifies attorneys in 21 specific 2013. Heiskell is a Life Member of NACDL Attorneys Association. areas of law. Sharp will be working with the and was previously on the board of directors TBLS board in overseeing the organization’s Michelle May O’Neil ( JD ’91) in 2013. He has served on NACDL’s Task finances, enhancing the value of certification Force Committee on Familial DNA Testing, of Godwin Lewis PC has been named to the and increasing public awareness of TBLS. following lists: Top 100 Lawyers in Texas, Top as Fifth Circuit co-chair for the White Collar Sharp currently serves on the Medical 100 Lawyers in Dallas-Fort Worth, and Top 50 Crime Committee, and as a member of the Professional Liability Standing Committee for Female Lawyers in Texas. Audit and Indigent Defense committees the and is a Board of Trustees Director for the National Conference has been named of Godwin Lyn Robbins ( JD ’90) Marilea Lewis ( JD ’78) of Bar Foundations. Sharp was a member president-elect of the National Association of Lewis PC has been named to the following of the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors Railroad Trial Counsel. The NARTC is a 60-year- lists: Texas Super Lawyer 2014, Best Lawyers in and is an active member of the Court Rules old organization made up of approximately America 2014, Top 100 Lawyers in Texas, Top Committee. She served as President of the 1,100 outstanding railroad trial attorneys from 100 Lawyers in Dallas-Fort Worth, and Top 50 Austin Bar Association and Chair of the Austin across the United States and Canada. Member- Female Lawyers in Texas. Bar Foundation. ship in NARTC is limited to lawyers who handle litigation and/or related matters for railroads or Elizabeth Fraley ( JD ’88) John Sloan ( JD ’80) of Sloan, Bagley, their affiliated entities, or who handle litigation 1980’s of Fraley & Fraley, LLP in Hatcher & Perry Law Firm in Longview has or other legal matters directly affecting railroads. Dallas has been named to the been elected to the presidency of the Gerry Since 2003, Lyn has been senior general following lists: 2014 Texas Super Lawyers for Spence Trial Lawyers College. Located in attorney for BNSF Railway. He is an adjunct the 11th consecutive year and D Magazine Dubois, Wyoming, the Trial Lawyers College professor of law at Baylor Law School, “Best Lawyers in Dallas” for 2013 and 2014. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching Advanced Trial Advocacy Skills, and a

The 11th Annual Baylor Judges’ Breakfast took place September 8 at the Omni Hotel in Fort Worth. 2014 Baylor Law Judges’ Breakfast On hand to address the judges were Baylor University President and Chancellor Ken Starr, Baylor Law School Dean Brad Toben, Associate Dean Leah Jackson Teague and Professor Jim Wren. faculty member of the NARTC College of Trial Advocacy. From 1990 - 2003, he practiced THE FOLLOWING BAYLOR LAWYERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR with Gullett, Sanford, Robinson & Martin, PLLC INCLUSION IN TEXAS SUPER LAWYERS 2014 BY THOMSON REUTERS: in Nashville, Tennessee, litigating thousands of cases, trying dozens of cases to verdict, and Debbie Alsup ( JD ’82) Craig Florence ( JD ’87) Don Martinson ( JD ’73) handling multiple appeals. He received his JD, Thompson & Knight LLP Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Fanning Harper Martinson cum laude, in1990 from Baylor Law School, Russell R. Barton ( JD ’91) Elizabeth Fraley ( JD ’88) Brandt & Kutchin, P.C. where he was a Leon Jaworski Scholar and the Harris, Finley & Bogle, P.C. Fraley & Fraley, LLP Michelle May O’Neil ( JD ’91) Lead Articles Editor of the Baylor Law Review. Ted Benn ( JD ’86) John Ginn ( JD ’89) Godwin Lewis PC Thompson & Knight LLP Smith, McDowell, Ginn Thomas E. Myers ( JD ’79) Michele Yennie Smith ( JD ’92) Nick Bettinger ( JD ’91) John L. Grayson ( JD ’83) Brackett & Ellis, P.C. a MehaffyWeber shareholder, was presented McDonald Sanders Cokinos Bosien & Young Elizabeth Pratt ( JD ’87) with the 2014 Chris Quinn Community Bryan Blevins ( JD ’90) Michael Johnston ( JD ’80) Elizabeth Pratt PLLC Service Award by the Jefferson County Bar Provost Umphrey Johnston Legal Group PC David A. Skeels ( JD ’03) Association. She was also recently selected as Darren Brown ( JD ’91) Marilea Lewis ( JD ’78) Friedman Suder & Cooke 2015 “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers Provost Umphrey Godwin Lewis PC Christopher B. in America for Product Liability Litigation- Rory Divin ( JD ’81) Thomas Hunter Lewis ( JD ’10) Trowbridge ( JD ’98) Defendants, Beaumont, Texas. Only a single McDonald Sanders Kinser & Bates, L.L.P. Bell Nunnally & Martin LLP lawyer in each practice area and designated Jeff Domen ( JD ’00) Neil Martin ( JD ’67) Ryan J. Tucker ( JD ’01) in a metropolitan area is honored as “Lawyer Goranson Bain, PLLC Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP David, Cedillo & Mendoza, Inc. of the Year.” Michele will serve as President of Carmen Eiker ( JD ’78) Walter Umphrey ( JD ’65) the Texas Association of Defense Counsel for Carmen Eiker Law PC Provost Umphrey the term of 2014-2015. Mark W. Wege ( JD ’91) of King & THE FOLLOWING BAYLOR LAWYERS HAVE BEEN SELECTED AS RISING Spalding has been listed in Chambers USA STARS IN TEXAS SUPER LAWYERS 2014 BY THOMSON REUTERS: 2014 Guide to Legal Practices in the area of financial restructuring and bankruptcy. Michael N. Blue, ( JD ’05) Marybeth Conlon ( JD ’04) Johnathan C. Bolton Blue Rhodes, PLLC Conlon Law Firm, P.C. 2000’s ( JD ’00) was named a partner of Goodsill Anderson THE FOLLOWING BAYLOR LAWYERS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED IN Quinn & Stifel LLP in Honolulu, where THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA 2014: he heads the firm’s creditors’ rights and bankruptcy department. Bolton also has been included in the 2015 edition of Best Lawyers Jeff Domen ( JD ’00) Marilea Lewis ( JD ’78) Elizabeth Pratt ( JD ’87) in America and named a 2014 SuperLawyer Goranson Bain, PLLC Godwin Lewis PC Elizabeth Pratt PLLC in Hawaii in the area of bankruptcy and Andrew Payne ( JD ’94) creditor-debtor rights law. PayneMitchell Law Group R. Brandon Bundren ( JD ’05) has joined the firm of Bradley Arant Boult THE FOLLOWING BAYLOR LAWYERS HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED IN Cummings LLP in Nashville, Tennessee, as a THE BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA 2015: Senior Attorney. Debbie Alsup ( JD ’82) Jeff Domen ( JD ’00) David Oliver ( JD ’86) Marybeth Conlon ( JD ’04) Thompson & Knight LLP Goranson Bain, PLLC Vorys, Sater, Seymour of the Conlon Law Firm, P.C. in Dallas was Ted Benn ( JD ’86) Craig Florence ( JD ’87) and Pease LLP elected for inclusion in “Rising Stars” in Texas Thompson & Knight LLP Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Andrew Payne ( JD ’94) Super Lawyers 2014 by Thomson Reuters, Bryan Blevins ( JD ’90) Geoff Long ( JD ’89) PayneMitchell Law Group and also was recently selected to serve a Provost Umphrey Thompson & Knight LLP P. Bane Phillippi ( JD ’98) three-year term as a Barrister of the Patrick E. Johnathan C. Bolton ( JD ’00) Neil Martin ( JD ’67) Weisbart Springer Hayes LLP Higginbotham American Inn of Court. Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Terry Simmons ( JD ’78) A. Renee Pobjecky ( JD ’01) Stifel LLP Don Martinson ( JD ’73) Thompson & Knight LLP of Pobjecky & Pobjecky, LLP has been named Joseph E. Broussard IV ( JD ’88) Fanning Harper Martinson Michele Yennie Smith ( JD ’92) a “Rising Star” in Florida Super Lawyers 2014 MehaffyWeber Brandt & Kutchin, P.C. MehaffyWeber for immigration law. George Carlton ( JD ’75) Matthew Matheny ( JD ’03) Jerry L. Stovall Jr. ( JD ’89) Godwin Lewis PC Provost Umphrey Breazeale, Sachse and Amy R. Bolline Georgia N. Crump ( JD ’78) Michael Moran ( JD ’97) Wilson, L.L.P. 2010’s ( JD ’10) has joined Husch Lloyd Gosselink Rochelle & Jackson Walker L.L.P. Walter Umphrey ( JD ’65) Blackwell as an associate in Townsend, P.C Provost Umphrey the firm’s Dallas office. She joins the private wealth practice group. Prior to joining Husch Alumni Notes and recognition lists are published based on the information we receive from Blackwell, Bolline practiced with a boutique our alumni. If you have been recognized or have other professional news to share, please estate-planning firm in Denton. While there, she e-mail [email protected] for inclusion in the next issue of Docket Call. prepared estate-planning documents for estates of various sizes and degrees of complexity. 19

DOCKET CALL | WINTER ’14 Graduation CONGRATULATIONS Day to the Summer 2014 Baylor Law graduates!

Burgers, Blue Bell and a dramatic Baylor Bears comeback win Alumni against TCU—just a few highlights from the 5th Annual Weekend Baylor Law Alumni Weekend. OCT.10 &11

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Thomas M. Featherston, Jr. Elizabeth Miller Michael Morrison Professor and The Mills Cox Professor of Law Professor of Law Professor of Law PRESENTATIONS PUBLICATIONS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES • “Wills, or Revocable Trusts, What’s Best for the • Partner Duties Under Common Law and the Texas Business • Contributing Editor on Defamation and Invasion of Privacy, Client?” at the Travis County Bar Association Organizations Code, 68 The Advocate 18 (2014). Texas Association of Defense Counsel Professional • Shareholder and LLC Member Oppression in Texas, Newsletters/Case Law Updates, 2005 - Present. luncheon, Austin, Texas, on September 19, 2014. Advanced Civil Trial Course, State Bar of Texas ( July • Elected to the board of the Forum for Education Abroad. • “Wills, or Revocable Trusts, What’s Best for the 18, August 22, & October 31, 2014). • Serving on a Defense Research Institute committee to Client?” at the Community Bank and Luncheon, • Shareholder and LLC Member Oppression in Texas, rewrite the DRI’s Arbitration Policy and Procedures. Waco, Texas, on September 5, 2014. State Bar College Summer School, State Bar of Texas • Chairing a committee of the Texas Association of Defense Council’s board of directors evaluating and PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES ( July 17, 2014). preparing comments on the Texas Supreme Court’s • Articles Editor, Trust & Estate, Probate & Property, • The Walking Dead: Forfeitures and Involuntary Terminations of Filing Entities, 2014 LLCs, LPs and proposed rules for Expedited Trials. published six times a year by the Real Property, • Re-Elected to the Board of Directors of the Texas Partnerships, University of Texas School of Law Trust and Estate Law Section of American Bar Association of Defense Counsel, August 2013. ( July 11, 2014). Association. • Case Law Update: A Survey of Recent Texas • Member, Planning and Publications Committees of the Partnership and LLC Cases, 2014 LLCs, LPs and Connie Powell Nichols ABA’s Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section. Partnerships, University of Texas School of Law Associate Professor of Law • Member, Legislative Review Committee, Real Estate, ( July 11, 2014). PRESENTATIONS Probate and Trust Law Section, State Bar of Texas. • Overview of Fiduciary Duties, Exculpation, and • “Social Privacy Myths Debunked” to the Central • Contributor, Amicus Brief of the Tax Foundation Indemnification in Texas Business Organizations, Texas Public Relations Society of America, Waco, and Interested Law Professors, United States of Choice and Acquisition of Entities in Texas, State Bar Texas, November, 14, 2013. America v. Elaine T. Marshall, et al pending before of Texas (May 23, 2014). United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit • Shareholder and LLC Member Oppression in Texas, Walt Shelton concerning gift tax transferee liability. Choice and Acquisition of Entities in Texas, State Bar of Texas (May 23, 2014). Adjunct Professor of Law • Commentator, at the invitation of the Joint Editorial • Recent Case Law Developments for Texas Business PUBLICATIONS Board, on the Uniform Disposition of Community Law Practitioners, 11th Annual Advanced Business • Use Wealth to Support Good Things in Faith, Austin Property Rights at Death Act. Law Course, State Bar of Texas (November 7, 2013). American Statesman, September 6, 2014, at F9. • Selected Recent (Non-Delaware) LLC Cases, PRESENTATIONS Bridget Fuselier 2013 LLC Institute, LLCs, Partnerships and • “Reflections on the Book of James,” Highland Park Professor of Law Unincorporated Entities Committee of the Business Baptist Church, Austin, October 7 and 15, 2014. Law Section of the American Bar Association • Coordinated program and participated as PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES (October 18, 2013). moderator and panelist in Environmental Law • Contributor, ABA Probate & Property Magazine, • Selected Recent LLC Cases, 30 LLC & Partnership Practitioners Panel at the University of Texas School Keeping up with Property. Reporter, No. 2, p. 54 (September 2013). of Law, October 3, 2014. • Contributor, General Practice Digest. PRESENTATIONS PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES • “Fiduciary Duty - Shareholder Oppression,” • Liaison of the Environmental and Natural Resources Advanced Civil Trial Course, State Bar of Texas ( July Law Section of the State Bar of Texas with the Jill W. Lens Section of the Environment, Energy and Resources Associate Professor of Law 18, August 22, & October 31, 2014). • “New Developments in Shareholder Oppression of the American Bar Association. • Contributing Editor, General Practice Digest, State PUBLICATIONS Claims,” State Bar College Summer School, State Bar Bar of Texas, Environmental Law. • Insurance Coverage for Elite Student Athletes, with of Texas ( July 17, 2014). • Chair of the Law School Committee of the Joshua J. Lens, 84 Miss. L.J. (forthcoming 2014). • “The Walking Dead, Part II: Inadvertent Terminations Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section • Justice Holmes’s Bad Man and the Depleted of LLCs and LPs,” 2014 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships, of the State Bar of Texas. Purposes of Punitive Damages, 101 KY. L. J. 789 University of Texas School of Law ( July 11, 2014). • “Case Law Update,” 2014 LLCs, LPs and Partnerships, HONORS (2013) (made SSRN’s Top Ten download for the • Selected through peer review process for inclusion LSN Journal of Judgments & Remedies). University of Texas School of Law ( July 11, 2014). in the 2015/21st annual edition of The Best Lawyers • “Fiduciary Duties in LLCs and Partnerships in • Procedural Due Process and Predictable Punitive in America (Tier One Best Law Firm/highest Delaware and Texas, Including 2013 Legislative Damage Awards, 2012 BYU L. Rev. 1 (2012), classification) in the practice areas of Environmental Changes and Drafting Considerations,” Choice and Law and Water Law. This is Professor Shelton’s 16th reprinted in Def. Law. J., Vol. 61, No. 3, at 113 Acquisition of Entities in Texas, State Bar of Texas consecutive year of selection. (2013) (made SSRN’s Top Ten download for the (May 23, 2014). LSN Journal of Judgments & Remedies). • “Shareholder Oppression,” Choice and Acquisition of Entities in Texas, State Bar of Texas (May 23, 2014). David G. Swenson PRESENTATIONS Professor of Law and The George G. Kelly • “Making Time Stand Still: Stays Pending Appeal,” PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Professor of Law Central States Law Schools Association Annual • Editorial Board, The Business Lawyer, quarterly Scholarship Conference, October 2014. journal of the Business Law Section of the American PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Bar Association. • Member, Sections of Business Law, Intellectual • “Expanding Tort Liability to Include Failure to Recall,” Property Law (IPL) and Legal Education and Oklahoma Junior Scholars’ Conference, July 2014. • Chair, Editorial Board of publications of the LLCs, Partnerships and Unincorporated Entities Admissions to the Bar. • Member of the American Intellectual Property Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the Association (AIPLA). Luke Meier American Bar Association. • Editor of The AIPLA Antitrust News, a publication produced Professor of Law • Member, Business Organizations Code Committee three times a year by the AIPLA Antitrust Committee. of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. PUBLICATIONS • Baylor Representative to LSAC since 1983. • ABA Advisor, Drafting Committee, Series of • Probability, Confidence, and the Constitutionality of Unincorporated Business Entities Act, National the Summary Judgment, 42 Hastings Constitutional Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. James Underwood Law Quarterly (2014, forthcoming). • Appeared as witness before House Business & Industry Professor of Law • Probability, Confidence, and Twombly’s Plausibility Committee and Senate Business & Commerce PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Standard, 68 SMU Law Review (2015, forthcoming). Committee, 83rd Legislature Regular Session. • Contributor, General Practice Digest (Torts). ALUMNI OBITUARIES

William Frederick Cameron IV (JD ’62), 76, passed away August 23, 2014. Born on March 6, 1938, in Atlanta, Texas, Cameron was the only child of William Fred Cameron III and Mary Sue Dupree Cameron. He received his bachelor’s degree from Baylor University in 1960 and his JD from Baylor Law School in 1962. In his years at Baylor, he was a member of Alpha Kappa Psi, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity, as well as president of the Baylor Chamber of Commerce fraternity. Cameron began his legal career as attorney advisor for the U.S. Tax Court in Washington, D.C. He retired as a partner of Fulbright & Jaworski, now Norton-Rose-Fulbright. Outside of his law practice, Cameron served Baylor University as chairman of the Board of Regents, president of the Development Board, and president of the Baylor Law Alumni Association. After retiring, Cameron received honors as recipient of the W.R. White Meritorious Service Award and the James Huckins Medallion for his many years of service, gifts, and scholarships to Baylor University. Along with his wife, Princess, he was bestowed Baylor University’s highest honor, the Founders Medallion, in 2009.

Milton Henry Covery (JD ’49), known to many as "Popo," passed away Aalon Weir Ferguson on October 26, 2014. He was born October 31, 1923, in Tyler, Texas, to parents (JD ’49), 90, of Longview, passed L.G. and Margaret L. Covery. Raised in Tyler, Covery graduated from Tyler High away September 23, 2014. Born School in 1941. After one year at Tyler Junior College and one year attending November 23, 1923, in Kerns, Texas, Baylor University, Covery enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Forces in May 1943 Ferguson was raised modestly by his and served for three years during WWII. After his honorable discharge, Covery mother, Maudie May Dillard Ferguson returned to Baylor and received his law degree from Baylor Law School in 1949. and her husband, Shelly. He was hired by Houston-based Tennessee Gas Transmission Company, which After the bombing of Pearl later became Tenneco, Inc. Covery retired from Tenneco as a Vice President Harbor, Aalon patriotically (legal) and Corporate Secretary after nearly 35 years with the company. volunteered for service as a Marine. Covery was a member of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries, He was honorably discharged from having served as its president for the 1977-1978 term. Additionally, while service in 1946 and pursued his working at Tenneco, he graduated in 1965 from the Advanced Management Doctorate of Jurisprudence from Program held at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Baylor Law School, graduating in Administration. Covery was a member of Tallowood Baptist Church, having 1949. Practicing law for nearly 60 served as a deacon and men’s Sunday School teacher. He was devoted and years, Ferguson honorably and faithful to his faith, his family, his country, and his friends. ethically represented a range of clients, from oil and gas to those Wesley Lawrence “Larry” After completing law school, less fortunate than he. Evans (JD ’73) passed away Larry joined the law practice of November 24, 2012, at Texoma Kennedy & Minshew in Sherman Robert Felton Freeman Medical Center in Denison, Texas. where he worked before opening his (LLB ’65), 79, of Midland, passed Evans was born July 14, 1949, in solo practice in Denison, where he away on July 20, 2014. Freeman was Mexia, Texas, to Wesley and Sudie practiced until retirement in 2011. born April 19, 1935, in Lamesa to Jackson Evans. Larry earned his His practice consisted of real estate, Lucille and Lorenzo Daily Freeman. undergraduate degree from Texas probate, contracts, and closely After three years of study at Texas Christian University and continued held corporations and business Tech, he entered the United States his education by attending Baylor entities, but he especially enjoyed Army in November 1958 where he Law School where he graduated cum serving as a mediator the last served until 1962. After farming for laude in 1973. 20 years before retiring. a year, he entered Baylor Law School.

While attending Baylor, Freeman junior grade and remained in the Navy Emilia Guerra Lopez. Lopez attended was active in student government, Reserve for 20 years. the University of Texas at Austin until serving on the Board of Governors In May 1949 he graduated cum he was drafted in 1945. When he of the Student Bar Association and laude from Baylor Law School. Hatch returned from the Army, he attended secretary/treasurer of his senior class. and family then moved to Aransas Baylor Law School and graduated in He was also a member of Delta Theta Pass, Texas, where he went into a law 1949. Lopez practiced law as a solo Phi, the national law fraternity. He was practice with William E. Nicholas. practitioner specializing in oil and admitted to the Texas Bar Association While practicing law in Aransas gas law and founded Galo Land and in December 1965 and admitted to Pass, Hatch was city attorney for Cattle Company, served on the board practice before the U.S. Supreme Aransas Pass, Ingleside, Rockport, of numerous banks, was active in his Court and the U. S. Western District Taft, Gregory, Portland, and Port church, St. Joseph Catholic Church, of Texas. He worked for a year as a Aransas. He was appointed San and was a donating member member of the Kerr, Fitzgerald, and Patricio county attorney in 1970 and of the Knights of Columbus. Kerr Law Firm, served as assistant held that position until his retirement district attorney and also spent a in December 1984. After retirement, Allen Lamar McMurrey, Jr. number of years in private practice. he went back into private practice in (JD ’59) passed away on August 3, Aransas Pass. 2014, at his home in Bastrop, Texas. Lloyd Terry George (LLB ’67) He graduated from The University went to be with his Lord on June 29, Ronald David Helton (JD ’73), of Texas in 1957 and received a law 2014. He is survived by his wife of 31 65, of Albany died August 5, 2014, in degree from Baylor Law School in years, Marsha George. an Abilene hospital. Helton was born 1959. McMurrey spent the next 50 in McLennan County on July 24, 1949. years practicing law in his hometown Charles G. “Charlie” Hall He was the only child of John David and of Bastrop. (JD ’70), 69, of Texarkana, died Imogene “Jean” (Mesaros) Helton. January 30, 2014, in Dallas. Hall was He received his undergraduate and Anthony “Tony” Gentry born December 5, 1944, in Texarkana. JD degrees from Baylor University and Riddlesperger (LLB ’54), He received a BS in chemical Baylor Law School, respectively. He 81, passed away on August 7, 2014, engineering in 1967 from Texas A&M served as a Judge Advocate General in in Dallas. He was born on August 14, in College Station and received his JD the U.S. Air Force and then followed a 1932, in Corsicana to Hobart Clark from Baylor Law School in 1970. He course charted by his great-great-great and Aline Gentry Riddlesperger. He retired three years ago after practicing grandfather, Judge J.K. Helton, as a received both BA and LLB degrees law in the Texarkana area for 40 years. dedicated corporate lawyer. In recent from Baylor University and Baylor Law years, Helton worked primarily for School, respectively. He served two Richard David “Dick” Hatch H.R. Stasney & Sons, Ltd., doing title years in the United States Air Force (JD ’49), 101, passed away on August work on the Cook Ranch in Albany. on the Judge Advocate General’s staff, 23, 2014. He was born on November Helton was an avid photographer and was a staff attorney with Gulf Oil 10, 1912, in Big Spring, to Robert and Baylor Bears fan. Corporation, and was a partner in the Dora Hatch. He graduated in 1933 from law firm of Jones, Stephens, Bell, and Texas A&M with an engineering degree Hector S. Lopez (LLB ’49), Willey. In 1976, he accepted a position and worked for several oil companies. 87, passed away September 10, 2014. in Dallas as vice president and chief He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1942 and Lopez was born on January 20, 1927, counsel of Grace Energy Corporation retired from active duty as a lieutenant in Laredo to Francisco Lopez Jr. and and remained with Grace for 34 years.

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DOCKET CALL | WINTER ’14 Professor Guinn’s Second Annual Skeet Shoot and BBQ The “Guinn Team” was named the “Highest Scoring Team” for the second year and almost $4,000 was raised for the Professor David Guinn AUG.30 “The Godfather” Endowed Scholarship.

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DOCKET CALL | WINTER ’14 Starr Panel Discussion Judge Ken Starr, former ABC News U.S. Supreme Court Correspondent Tim O’Brien and former American Insurance Association CEO Robert Vagley discussed current policy SEPT.2 issues of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Chiles Lecture Baylor Law School proudly hosted the inaugural John and Marie Chiles Federalist SEPT.18 Papers Lecture. Beaumont-bred Baylor Law graduates Floyd Allen Landrey, JD ’61 ( pictured left), and fondly referred to as “Mr. Baylor,” Judge Jim Farris, BA ’50, JD ’57 (pictured right), would often attend Baylor Homecoming to support their deep love of Baylor—and especially the Baylor Bears football team. Regarded as one the nation’s best-known jurists in the field of juvenile and family law issues, Hon. Farris was president of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Admired as a wonderful storyteller and history-enthusiast, Farris often visited Baylor Law to speak and connect with current students. Judge Farris passed away in 2004.

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Baylor Law is committed to being one of the smallest law schools in the nation. With a total Established in 1857, student body of 383 (Fall 2014), we are able to Baylor Law School offer more personalized attention to each student. is ranked third TOTAL PROFILE OF in the nation for STUDENT BODY ENTERING CLASS advocacy by U.S.News FALL 2014 FALL 2014 & World Report. TOTAL ENTERING STUDENTS STUDENTS Every year, Baylor Law 383 83 students achieve one of 58% 42% 75th/25th the highest bar passage MEN WOMEN GPA - 3.71/3.38 (Median 3.55) rates in the country and 75th/25th enjoy an excellent career LSAT - 163/158 placement rate. (Median 160)