Background
Cogburn, Edmund Lewis was born on February 28, 1932 in Okeene, Oklahoma, United States.
Cogburn, Edmund Lewis was born on February 28, 1932 in Okeene, Oklahoma, United States.
University of Texas (Bachelor of Arts, 1952. Bachelor of Laws, 1954). Phi Delta Phi; Chancellors.
Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, Texas Law Review, 1953-1954. Assistant Attorney General, State of Texas, 1954. Adjunct Professor of Law, Bankruptcy, Civil Procedure and Marital Property, Bates College of Law, University of Houston, 1966.
1971-1972. President, Houston Chapter, 1980-1981 and Director, 1981-1982, 1987-1989, Texas Assodation of Civil Trial Specialists.
Practiced in, San Antonio, 1956-1958, Houston, since 1958. Assistant attorney general state of Texas, 1954. Member firm Remy and Burns, 1956-1958.
Associate firm Dow and Dow, 1958-1962. Partner firm Dow, Cogburn and Friedman, since 1962. Adjunct professor law University Houston, 1966, 71-73.
Vice president Texas Bill of Rights Foundation, Houston, 1972-1973.
State Democratic committeeman Senatorial District 13, Harris County, Texas, 1974-1988. Parliamentarian Texas Democratic Party, since 1989. Chairman Harris County Delegation to State Democratic Convention, 1966.
Member Houston Public Library Board, since 1984. Chancellor Methodist St. Luke's Church 1st lieutenant Military Police Corps Army of the United States, 1954-1956. Member American Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, Houston Bar Association, Texas Association Certified Civil Trial Specialists (president Houston chapter 1982-1983), Order of Coif, Masons, Phi Delta Phi.
Son of Beryl L. and Gladys I (Shirley) C. Married Marilyn Bailey, May 29, 1954. 1 son, Brian Evan.