Background
Phifer, Forrest Keith was born on January 3, 1956 in Port Arthur, Texas, United States. Son of Ernest Carl and Ollie (Decker) Phifer.
Phifer, Forrest Keith was born on January 3, 1956 in Port Arthur, Texas, United States. Son of Ernest Carl and Ollie (Decker) Phifer.
Southern Methodist University (Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1978). South Texas College of Law (Juris Doctor, 1988). Phi Delta Phi. Who’s Who Among American Law Students, 1988.
Recipient, Best Brief Award, Leroy Jeffers Moot Court Competition.
Top Ten Finalist, South Texas College of Law Negotiation/- Settlement Competition. Member, South Texas College of Law Board of Advocates.
Worked at Norman, Thrall, Angle & Guy, Limited liability partnership Admitted to the bar, 1989, Texas. 1990, United States. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas and United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Phi Delta Phi. Who"s Who Among American Law Students, 1988.
Who"s Who in American Law, 1991.
Briefing Attorney to Honorable Chief Justice Tom B. Ramey, Junior and Honorable Justice Bill Bass, 12th Supreme Judicial District Court of Appeals, 1989-1990. Member: Smith County and Cherokee County Bar Associations. United States. Fifth Circuit Bar Association.
State Bar of Texas.
Texas Young Lawyers Association. Smith County Young Lawyers Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Texas Trial Lawyers Association.
College of The State Bar of Texas. Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas.
(Rusk Office).
President, co-founder Tyler United Methodist District Singles Council, 1989-1990. Board directors Cherokee County Child and Family Superior vena cava syndrome, 1990-1993, Cherokee County Health Advisory Board, since 1991, Cherokee County Industrial Commission, since 1991. Chairman, president Rusk*Make It Happen, 1991-1992.
Active Southern Methodist U. television Guild, Dallas, 1977-1978, United States of America Film Festival, Dallas, 1978. Member American Bar Association, ATLA, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, United States Fifth Circuit Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, College State Bar Texas (pro bono), Cherokee County Bar Association (secretary-treasurer 1994-1995, president 1995-1996), Rotary (president 1992-1993), Phi Delta Phi.
Married Teresa Darlene Jowell, Febr.20, 1993.