Lubbock Attorney Profiles

McCleskey, Harriger, Brazill, & Graf, L.L.P., Attorneys at Law, has been serving the legal needs of business and individual clients in Lubbock and other Texas communities since 1928.  We are a true full service law firm dedicated to providing quality legal representation.

Lubbock lawyers serving clients since 1928

Read the individual attorney profiles to learn more about each lawyer in our firm.

WILLIAM F. (PETE) BAKER

Phone: 796-7333

 

Pete Baker was selected for inclusion in 2006, 2007 and 2008 Texas Super Lawyer, by Law & Politics and Texas Monthly magazines.  These publications only select five percent of the lawyers in the state and it is an honor for William to be named a high quality Lubbock lawyer.

 

Bar admissions:

• Texas, 1964 U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Education:

• Texas Tech University (B.A.,1961)
• Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1964)
• Phi Alpha Delta

Honors and awards:

• Selected by Law & Politics Magazine for inclusion in 2006, 2007, and 2008 Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly Magazine
• Selected by Law & Politics Magazine for inclusion in 2009 Texas Super Lawyer Corporate Counsel Edition, Texas Monthly Magazine

Memberships and affiliations:

• Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Director, 1979-1980)
• Texas Association of Bank Counsel (Director, 1986-89)
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Lubbock County Bar Association

Past & other employment positions:

• Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Forensic Medicine, Texas Tech Medical School (1969-1970)

Published works:

• Co-Author: “Cookin” With HB 4” (co-author with Fernando M. Bustos), 17th Annual Advanced Evidence and Discovery Course, State Bar of Texas (2004)

Personal:

• Born Stamford, Texas, May 10, 1939

DENNIS R. BURROWS

Phone: 796-7360

Board Certified-Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal specialization
Board Certified-Civil Trial Advocacy, National Board of Trial Advocacy

Recognized as one in only five percent of Lubbock attorneys, Dennis Burrows was selected for inclusion in 2006, 2007, and 2008 Texas Super Lawyers by Law & Politics and Texas Monthly magazines.

Dennis has extensive litigation experience and is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.  Dennis also handles insurance defense cases for selected insurance companies.

 

Areas of practice:

• Business and commercial litigation
• Federal litigation
• Insurance defense
• Personal injury

Bar admissions:

• Texas, 1973
• Colorado, 1995
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Education:

• Texas Tech University (B.S., 1970)
• Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., 1973)
• Delta Theta Phi

Honors and awards:

• Selected by Law & Politics Magazine for inclusion in 2006, 2007, and 2008 Texas Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly Magazine

Memberships and affiliations:

• American Board of Trial Advocates
• Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
• Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
• State Bar of Texas Consumer Law Section
• State Bar of Texas Litigation Law Section
• State Bar of Texas Torts & Worker's Compensation Law Section
• Colorado Bar Association
• Lubbock County Bar Association

Personal:

• Born Plainview, Texas, July 14, 1947

DUSTIN R. BURROWS

Phone: 687-0630

Dustin Burrows is an area native who began his practice at the Lubbock law firm of McCleskey, Harriger, Brazill & Graff, L.L.P., Attorneys at Law.  Dustin focuses his practice primarily on commercial and personal injury litigation.

Dustin has extensive experience with construction law and he has effectively represented owners, contractors, sub-contractors, and sureties in a wide array of contract and litigation matters.

Areas of practice:

• Construction law
• Litigation in construction defect, general liability, and tort defense
• Preparation, arbitration, and litigation of contract claims and bid protests
• Defense of residential construction defect claims
• Development of construction contracts and master subcontract agreements
• Enforcement of mechanics and material men’s lien rights, in addition to the defense of owners and general contractors
• Business & commercial litigation
• Personal injury litigation
• Professional liability litigation
• Insurance defense

Bar admissions:

• Texas, 2005
• New Mexico, 2005

Education:

• Rhodes College (B.A., Economics and Business Administration, 2001)
• Texas Tech University (M.B.A., 2004)
• Texas Tech University School of Law (J. D., 2004)

Memberships and affiliations:

• Texas Residential Construction Commission-Warranty and Performance Standards Construction Law Section of State Bar of Texas
• Advisory Committee Litigation Section of State Bar of Texas
• City of Lubbock’s Urban Renewal/Neighborhood Redevelopment Commission
• West Texas Home Builders Association
• Lubbock Executive Association
• Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association
• American Bar Association
• Lubbock County Bar Association

Classes and seminars taught:

• CLE Presentation on Texas Lien Law and the AIA contract

Personal:

• Born Lubbock, Texas, November 14, 1978
• Leadership Lubbock Class of 2005-2006
• Big Brothers Big Sisters (Board President, 2008)
• Lubbock County Republican Party (Treasurer, 2008)
• Lubbock Area Republican Women (associate member)

BENJAMIN H. DAVIDSON II

Phone: 796-7306

Board Certified: Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Bar admissions:

• Texas, 1986
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Education:

• University of Texas (B.A. with high honors, 1983)
• University of Texas School of Law (J.D. with honors , 1986)
• Phi Beta Kappa
• Phi Delta Phi

Memberships and affiliations:

• Associate, American Board of Trial Advocacy
• Director, Texas Lawyers Insurance Exchange
• American Bar Association (Member Litigation, Tort Law, and Health Law Sections)
• State Bar of Texas (Member Litigation Section)
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel
• Lubbock County Bar Association

Published works:

• Co-author: “Texas Statutory Saps and Settlement Credits After House Bill 4,” 46 South Texas Law Review 1217 (2005)
• Co-author and speaker: “Caps and Credits,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Medical Malpractice Course, 2005
• Author and speaker: “Stowers Doctrine After HB4: Abolished, Modified or Expanded,” State Bar of Texas Advanced Medical Malpractice Course, 2004
• Co-author: “Pretrial Issues in Lender Liability Lawsuits,” Chapter 28 of Lender Liability Law and Litigation Guide, Mathew Bender & Co., 1996
• Author and speaker: “Business and Public Records: When the Documents Really Do Speak for Themselves,” How to Offer and Exclude Evidence Seminar, University of Houston Law Foundation, 1995 and 1996

Personal:

• Born Little Field, Texas, September 12, 1960

DON GRAF

Phone: 796-7316

Board Certified-Labor Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Bar admissions:

• Texas, 1962
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Tax Court

Education:

• Concordia Jr. College and University of Illinois (B.B.A., 1960, with honors)
• University of Illinois and University of Texas (J.D., 1962-Law Review)

Honors and awards:

• Lubbock County Bar Association Pro Bono Service Award (1987)
• Selected by Law & Politics Magazine for inclusion in 2004 Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly Magazine

Memberships and affiliations:

• State Bar of Texas (Member, Environmental & Natural Resources, General and Labor Law Sections)
• Lubbock County Bar Association

Personal:

• Born Hanceville, Alabama, March 22, 1939
• Director, Llano Estacado Winery, Lubbock, Texas
• Chairman, Board of Regents, Concordia University at Austin (2002-2005)
• Executive Director, the CH Foundation (2002-present)
• Associate Member, Texas Water Conservation Association
• Associate Member, Texas Independent Ginners Association

WILL C. GRIFFIS

Phone: 776-0252

The state of Texas licensed Will C. Griffis to practice law in 2008.  His practice primarily focuses on serving the litigation needs of Lubbock law firms.

Areas of practice:

• Business and commercial litigation
• Labor and employment
• Consumer litigation
• Personal injury

Bar admissions:

• Texas, 2008
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas

Education:

• Rhodes College (B.A., 1999)
• Texas Tech School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008)

Memberships and affiliations:

• Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association
• Texas Young Lawyers Association
• Lubbock County Bar Association

Past & other employment positions:

• Captain, United States Marine Corps

Personal:

• Born San Angelo, Texas, January 7, 1977

ANN PHILLIPS HAAG

Phone: 796-7323

Ann Haag has been an attorney in Lubbock since 2002.  She mainly focuses her practice on litigation with a particular emphasis on premises liability claims.  Ann also has experience in medical malpractice defense work.

Areas of practice:

• Contracts and business transactions
• Hospital and medical provider representation
• Managed health care agreements
• Personal injury
• Premises liability

Bar admissions:

• Texas, 2000

Education:

• Baylor University (B.A., 1997)
• Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., 2000)

Memberships and affiliations:

• Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association
• Lubbock County Women Lawyers Association
• Lubbock County Bar Association

Personal:

• Born Plainview, Texas, January 22, 1975

HAROLD O. HARRIGER

Phone: 796-7338

Bar admissions:

• Texas, 1954
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

• Midwestern University (B.S., 1952)
• University of Texas (J.D., 1955)

Memberships and affiliations:

• Texas Association of Bank Counsel
• State Bar of Texas (Member Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section)
• Lubbock County Bar Association

Personal:

• Born Brookville, Pennsylvania, March 25, 1928
• The Plains National Bank of Lubbock (n/k/a PlainsCapitalBank) (Former Director)
• Texas Methodist Foundation (Former Chairman and Trustee)
• McMurry College, Abilene, Texas (Former Chairman and Trustee)
• Methodist Mission Home (Former Chairman and Trustee)
• Lubbock Methodist Hospital Foundation (Former Chairman and Trustee)
• Lubbock Methodist Hospital (Former Chairman and Trustee)
• Carillon (f/k/a John Knox Village) (Former Director)
• Lubbock Rotary Club (President 1983-1984)
• Lubbock Independent School District (Former Trustee)

PAULA MCCLELLAN JOHNSON

Phone: 796-7379

Paula M. Johnson joined the lawyers in Lubbock at MHBG and she has practiced law with the firm since 1991.

Areas of practice:

• Probate and estate planning

Bar admissions:

• Texas, 1980
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas

Education:

• West Texas State University (B.A., 1977)
• Texas Tech University (J.D., 1980)

Memberships and affiliations:

• Texas Bar Foundation
• Lubbock County Bar Association

Past & other employment positions:

• Texas Tech University, Instructor
• Undergraduate Business Law Correspondence Course, 1991
• First National Bank , Lubbock Texas, Assistant Vice-President and Trust Officer (1984-1988)

Personal:

• Born Borger, Texas, November 23, 1954

JERRY M. KOLANDER, JR.

Phone: 796-7311

Areas of practice:

• Real estate
• Commercial & business transactions
• Estate planning, wills and trusts
• Banking & finance
• Energy and natural Resources/utilities/environmental
• Family law
• Intellectual property
• Landlord-tenant
• Creditor’s rights and business reorganization

Bar admissions:

• Texas, 1971
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

• Texas Tech University (B.A., 1968)
• Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., 1971)
• Phi Alpha Delta

Memberships and affiliations:

• State Bar of Texas, Real Estate Forms Committee (1990)
• State Bar of Texas, Texas Pattern Jury Charge Committee for Business, Consumer, Insurance and Employment Law (1998-2000)
• Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
• Lubbock County Bar Association (President, 2003-2004)

Personal:

• Born Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 15, 1946
• Lubbock Optimist Club (former President)
• Texas Tech Lettermen’s Association (Director)
• Lubbock Visitors and Conventions Bureau (Director, 1985-1992)
• Hospice of Lubbock, Inc. (Director, 1990-2000; President, 1994-1995)
• Texas District, Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod (Director, 1983-1995)

WILLIAM P. (BILL) LANE

Phone: 796-7332

A past Director of the Lubbock County Bar Association, Bill has long been serving a diversified client base as a Lubbock attorney at law.  Bill focuses his practice primarily on labor and employment law.  He continues to provide seminars to employers in Lubbock and the surrounding areas concerning employment law practice updates.

In addition, Bill continues to represent clients in various types of general, personal injury, and business litigation.  He also has experience with insurance coverage disputes and wind energy development.

Areas of practice:

• Labor and employment law
• Business & commercial litigation
• Energy and natural resources/utilities/environmental

Bar admissions:

• Texas, 1989
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Education:

• Texas Tech University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1986)
• University of Texas (J.D., 1989)
• Phi Alpha Delta

Honors and awards:

• Omicron Delta Kappa (Honors Fraternity)
• Phi Kappa Phi (Honors Fraternity)

Memberships and affiliations:

• Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association (President 1996-1997, Director 1992-1994, President-Elect 1995-1996)
• Employment Law Section, State Bar of Texas
• Legal Aid Society of Lubbock (1997-2000, President 1998)
• State Bar of Texas Grievance Committee (1998-2004, Chairman 2000-2004)
• Lubbock Optimist Club (President 1993-1994, Zone Lt. Governor 1994-95 & 1998-1999)
• Texas Wildlife Association (Director 2002-2005)
• Lubbock County Bar Association (Secretary 1997-1998, Director 2002-2005)

Published works:

• “Getting Employees Back to Work: Aggressive and Appropriate Responses to FMLA Leave” Council on Education in Management (February 1998)
• Employment Law From the Defense’s Perspective: Language that Limits Employer Liability in Texas” Texas Tech Law School (1997)
• “Health Care Litigation: Litigation Insurance Coverage Questions” The cutting Edge of Medical Liability Seminar SMU Law School (1995)
• “Coverage Issues in Health Care Litigation: Defendant’s Perspective” Advanced Medical Malpractice Seminar, State Bar of Texas (March, 1995)

Classes and seminars taught:

• Union Avoidance in the Workplace SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) Texas Tech University Merket Alumni Center (August 28, 2008)
• Fundamentals of Employment Law Sterling Education Services Lubbock Memorial Civic Center (June 23, 2005)
• Verbal Abuse in the Workplace Seminar Nursing Research and Leadership Conference Covenant Medical Center (June7, 2002)
• Licensing Laws, Ethics and the Expert Witness Seminar Texas Tech University Extended Learning (October 13, 2000)
• Law, Ethics & Risk Management Seminar Professional Development and Community Outreach Texas Tech University (October2, 1999)
• FMLA, Worker’s Comp., & ADA Liability Seminar, Texas Probation Association 1998 Legislative Conference (August 23-26, 1998)
• United Way of Lubbock Speaker’s Bureau (1998)
• Your Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Seminar, St. Mary of the Plains Hospital (March 5, 1998)
• Employment Law Seminar Texas Tech University School of Law (August 1, 1997) West Texas Association of Legal Assistants
• Prohibition of Sexual Harassment in the workplace HR/Client Seminars (2000-Present)

Personal:

• Born in Sweetwater, Texas, January 2, 1964

ABEL REYNA, JR.

Phone: 771-5963

Prior to his career among the attorneys in Lubbock at MHBG, Abel Reyna worked within the insurance industry.  His background provides unique insight into insurance defense cases, which he has handled for a number of major insurance companies.

Abel also works on personal injury and family law cases.  His family law experience includes adoption, divorce proceedings, child custody, and modification and enforcement disputes.

Additionally, Abel has experience with consumer and commercial litigation focusing on creditor’s rights throughout the state of Texas.  He is also one of MHBG’s immigration attorneys and provides services in Spanish.

Areas of practice:

• Consumer & commercial litigation
• Family law
• Adoption
• Child custody
• Child support enforcement and modification
• Divorce and marital dissolution
• Paternity matters
• Pre-marital and post-marital property agreements
• Real estate disputes
• Insurance defense and personal injury
• Immigration
• Employment related immigration
• Visa application

Bar admissions:

• Texas, 2001
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas

Education:

• West Texas State University (B.A., Business, 1986)
• Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., 2001)

Honors and awards:

• Selected for inclusion in 2006 Texas Rising Stars Super Lawyers , Law & Politics and Texas Monthly Magazines

• Memberships and affiliations:
• Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association (Director 2005-2007, President 2007)
• American Immigration Lawyers Association
• Lubbock County Bar Association

Past & other employment positions:

• Finance Industry (1986-1991)
• Insurance Industry (1991-1998)

Personal:

• Born Plainview, Texas, July 3, 1963
• Communities in Schools (Board Member and current Chair)

Languages:

• Spanish

JOBE RODGERS

Phone: 806-796-7300

Areas of practice:

• Business Litigation
• Criminal Law

Bar admissions:

• Admitted in 2005, Texas

Education:

• Texas Tech University School of Law Class of 2005 J.D.
• Texas Tech University B.S. History Class of 2001

Memberships and affiliations:

• Lubbock County Bar Association.

Personal:

• Born in 1979 Dumas Texas
• Texas Young Lawyers Association, Director 2007-2010; Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association.

MARION (RION) SANFORD

Phone: 776-8382

Rion is a Lubbock native who has returned to West Texas after practicing law in Houston for eight years. Rion has experience litigating for both defendants and plaintiffs in commercial, insurance, and personal injury litigation.

Areas of practice:

• Business and Commercial
• Products Liability
• Insurance Coverage
• Professional Liability
• Personal Injury

Bar Admission:

• Texas, 2000
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas

Education:

• Texas A&M University (B.S. Mechanical Engineering, magna cum laude, 1996)
• University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors, 2000)

Membership and Affiliations:

• Lubbock County Bar Association
• Harris County Bar Association
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel

Personal:

• Born in Lubbock, Texas, 1973

TOMMY J. SWANN

Phone: 796-7340

Tommy J. Swann has practiced law with the law firm in Lubbock of MHBG since 1979.  His practice has focused on real estate, bankruptcy, banking law and probate law.  He has extensive experience in handling all facets of real estate transactions and in preparation of real estate documents.

His bankruptcy practice has been limited to representing lenders in bankruptcy matters.

Areas of practice:

• Agriculture
• Banking & finance
• Creditor’s rights and business reorganization (bankruptcy)
• Commercial & business transactions
• Real estate

Bar admissions:

• Texas, 1979
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
• U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

• Education:
• Texas Tech University (B.S., Agricultural Economics, 1969)
• Texas Tech University (M.S., Agricultural Economics, 1972)
• Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D. with Honors, 1979)
• (Comments Editor, Texas Tech Law Review)

Memberships and affiliations:

• State Bar of Texas (Chair, Agricultural Law Committee, 2001-2002)
• Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
• West Texas Bankruptcy Bar Association (Past President)
• Christian Legal Society
• The Rotary Club of Lubbock
• Texas Association of Bank Council
• Lubbock County bar Association (President 2006-2007)

Classes and seminars taught:

• Planning Committee-Advanced Real Estate Course, State Bar of Texas, 2000
• Planning Committee-University of Texas Bankruptcy Seminar, 2000
• Planning Committee-Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Seminar, State Bar of Texas, 1996
• Co-Chair of the Farm, Ranch & Agri-Business Bankruptcy Seminar sponsored by Texas Tech University and the West Texas Bankruptcy Bar Association-1985 and 1986, on the planning committee annually
• “Representing Creditors in Bankruptcy, The Top Ten Questions That Creditors Ask About Bankruptcy,” State bar Agricultural Law Seminar, 1999
• “Statutory Liens Affecting Agriculture,” State Bar Agricultural Law Seminar, 1998
• “Texas Collection Law & Strategies,” Heritage Professional Education, 1998
• “Collecting From Tenants in Texas,” Heritage Professional Education, 1998
• “Farm Landlord-Tenant Issues,” State Bar Agricultural Law Seminar,1997
• “A Few Things Every Ag Lawyer Should Know About Liens, Collections, Repossessions, and Foreclosure,” State Bar of Texas Agricultural Law Seminar, 1996
• “Asset Protection for Farmers,” State Bar of Texas Agricultural Law Seminar, 1995
• “Boundary Law in Texas,” National Business Institute, Inc., 1992
• “Basic Bankruptcy in Texas,” National Business Institute, Inc., 1992
• “Protecting Creditors’ Rights in Bankruptcy,” CPM Systems, Inc., 1992
• “Legal Issues in Problem Collections,” National Business Institute, Inc., 1991
• “Repossession and Foreclosure of Personal Property,” National Business Institute, Inc., 1990
• “Basic Bankruptcy in Texas,” National Business Institute, Inc., 1990
• “Repossession and Foreclosure of Personal Property,” Lomar Business Center, Inc., 1989
• “Serving Farmers in Financial Trouble,” Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1988
• “Serving Farmers in Financial Trouble,” Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1987
• “Creditors’ Claims in Agricultural Bankruptcy Cases,” Farm, Ranch, and Agri-Business Bankruptcy Institute, 1985
• “Bankruptcy Laws & Procedures for Agricultural Firms and Lenders,” New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service, 1983

Personal:

• Born Slaton, Texas, January 19, 1946

KYLE WINTER

Kyle's practice focuses primarily on federal tax planning and compliance, estate planning, and business formation and transactions.

Personal information:

• Born Amarillo, Texas, April 7, 1980

Areas of Practice

• Tax
• Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts
• Business Entities
Business and Commercial Transactions

Bar Admission

• Texas, 2010

Education

• West Texas A&M University (B.A., 2003)
• Baylor University (M.A., 2005)
• Texas Tech University School of Law (J.D., 2010)
• University of Washington School of Law (LL.M., 2011)

Membership and Affiliations

• Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association
• Lubbock County Bar Association

MIKE WORLEY

Of Counsel
Phone: 796-7324

Personal information:

• Born February 17, 1943, Ballinger, Texas
• Married, two children

Education:

• B.A. Degree, 1965 - University of Texas, Austin, Texas
• J.D. Degree, 1967 - University of Texas, Austin, Texas

Organizations:

• Member, State Bar of Texas, Lubbock County Bar Association
• Past Secretary - Treasurer - Lubbock County Bar Association
• Past Director - Lubbock County Bar Association
• Past President - Lubbock County Bar Association, 1981-82
• Member, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1983-86
• Member, Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Director, 1991
• Director, Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Director, 1990-91
• Outstanding Young Lawyer in Lubbock, 1971-72
• Member, Personal Injury Advisory Committee to Board of Legal Specialization, 1983
• Member, International Association of Defense Counsel
• Member, Pattern Jury Charge III Committee - Medical Malpractice - Product Liability

Fellowships:

• Texas Bar Foundation, April, 1986
• International Society of Barristers, 1996

Professional papers & presentations:

• Presented paper on Contribution and Indemnity Among Doctors to Medical Malpractice Conference in San Antonio, April, 1983
• Presented papers and speeches to various other medical groups and societies
• Co-authored paper on Obstetrical and Neonatal Malpractice Claims for State Bar of Texas Seminar on Medical Malpractice for Lawyers and Legal
• Assistants, Houston, May, 1989

Professional experience:

• Began active practice with Lubbock law firms in 1967
• Practice mainly limited to defending personal injury claims, specifically medical and hospital malpractice claims
• Adjunct Professor in Trial Advocacy, Texas Tech University School of Law, 1978 through 1981
• Senior Partner, McCleskey, Harriger, Brazill & Graf, Lubbock, Texas