Background
Devlin, Francis James was born on April 12, 1943 in New York City. Son of Francis James and Marie A. (Portley) Devlin.
Devlin, Francis James was born on April 12, 1943 in New York City. Son of Francis James and Marie A. (Portley) Devlin.
Providence College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude. Fordham University (Juris Doctor, 1967). Delta Epsilon Sigma. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law.
Articles Editor, Fordham Law Review, 1966-1967.
Admitted to the bar, 1968, New New York 1980, Texas; 1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits.
Delta Epsilon Sigma.
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Constitutional Law. Articles Editor, Fordham Law Review, 1966-1967. Author: Comment, "Consent to Summary Jurisdiction," 34 Fordham Law Review 469, 1966.
Contributor, American Bar Association Monograph, "Non-price Predation under Section 2 of the Sherman Acting" (1991).
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fordham University, 1978. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Securities Regulation, 1974-1977).
State Bar of Texas. American Bar Association (Member: Antitrust Law Section, Legislation Committee and Sherman Acting Section 2 Committee.
Forum on Franchising). American Petroleum Institute (Chairman, Subcommittee on Marketing Law, General Committee on Law, 1990).
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association (Chairman, Subcommittee on Marketing Legislation, Legal Committee, 1983). (Coordinator, General Commercial).
Board of directors Our Lady of Guadalupe School, Houston, 1994-1998. Member American Bar Association (vice-chairman petroleum and marketing committee, natural resources, energy and environmental law section), Texas State Bar (Bar Journal committee since 1995, unauthorized practice of law committee 1989-1992), College of State Bar Texas, American Petroleum Institute (chairman subcommittee on marketing law, general committee law, chairman 1990-1992, 97-98, vice-chairman 1992-1994, 98-), Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association (chairman marketing subcommittee legal committee since 1982), Society Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in City New York.
Married Patricia Ann Scheid, February 23, 1969. Children: Christopher James, Kimberley Annual.