Background
Spears, Adrian Anthony was born on July 8, 1910 in Darlington, South Carolina, United States. Son of J. Monroe and Mary Agnes (Moore) Spears.
consultant lawyer corporate executive federal judge
Spears, Adrian Anthony was born on July 8, 1910 in Darlington, South Carolina, United States. Son of J. Monroe and Mary Agnes (Moore) Spears.
Student, The Citadel, 1927. Student, University North Carolina, 1928. Bachelor of Laws, University South Carolina, 1934.
Juris Doctor, University South Carolina, 1971.
Born in Darlington, South Carolina, Spears received an Bachelor of Laws from the University of South Carolina Law Center in 1934, and was in private practice in Darlington, South Carolina from 1934 to 1936, and then in San Antonio, Texas from 1937 to 1961. He was a special district judge of the State of Texas in 1951. On October 5, 1961, Spears received a recess appointment from President John F. Kennedy to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas created by 75 Statistics
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Formally nominated on January 15, 1962, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 16, 1962, and received his commission the following day. He served as chief judge from 1962–1979, assuming senior status on October 10, 1979. He retired from the court entirely on December 31, 1982.
He was thereafter a Vice president of Tetco, Incorporated., in San Antonio, from 1983 until his death in that city in 1991.
Delaware Democratic national conventions, 1952, 56, 60. Member Texas Democratic Executive Committee, 1950-1952. Trustee Our Lady of the Lake University, 1975-1977.
Member Federal Bar Association, American Bar Association, San Antonio Bar Association (president 1959-1960), State Bar Texas, State Bar South Carolina, 5th Circuit District Judges Association (president), Pi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa. Clubs: Masons (San Antonio) (33), K.T. (San Antonio), Shriners (San Antonio), Rotary (San Antonio), Monday Morning Quarterback (San Antonio) (president 1961).
Married Elizabeth Wylie, June 10, 1937 (divorced 1973). Children: Sara Elizabeth Spears Hultgreen, Claude Monroe, Thomas Wylie, Carolyn Blakely Spears Davis, James Adrian.