Background
Douglass, Frank Russell was born on May 29, 1933 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Claire Allen and Caroline (Score) Douglass.
Douglass, Frank Russell was born on May 29, 1933 in Dallas, Texas, United States. Son of Claire Allen and Caroline (Score) Douglass.
Southwestern University (Bachelor of Business Administration, cum laude, 1953). University of Texas (Bachelor of Laws, 1958). Phi Alpha Delta; Alpha Chirurgical
Blue Key.
Pi Gamma Museum Phi Delta Epsilon. Member, Barristers. Member, Southwestern Regional Moot Court Championship Team, 1957.
President, Austin Junior Bar, 1958-1959.
Worked at Scott, Douglass & McConnico, Limited liability partnership (Austin, Texas) specializing in Litigation, Administrative Law and Appellate Practice. Business and Commercial Litigation, Oil and Gas Law. State Taxation, Utility, Water Rights and Environmental Law.
Products Liability, Medical and Legal Malpractice Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1957, Texas. 1960, United States. District Court, Western District of Texas.
1964, United States. Supreme Court. 1981, United States.
District Court, Southern District of Texas. 1985, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and United States.
District Court, Northern District of Texas. 1987, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Texas.
Phi Alpha Delta; Alpha Chirurgical
Blue Key. Pi Gamma Museum Phi Delta Epsilon. Member, Barristers. Member, Southwestern Regional Moot Court Championship Team, 1957.
President, Austin Junior Bar, 1958-1959.
Author: "The Obligations of Lessees and Others to Plug and Abandon Oil and Gas Wells," 25th Southwestern Legal Foundation Institute, 1974. Company-Author: "Practice Before the Oil & Gas Division of the Railroad Commission of Texas," 13 Saint Mary"s Law Journal 719, 1982.
Author: "Powers and Problems of Lessee Pooling," 34th Southwestern Legal Foundation Institute, 1983. "Recent Significant Decisions in Oil and Gas Matters By the Railroad Commission of Texas," 39th Southwestern Legal Foundation Institute, 1988.
Member, Board of Trustees, Southwestern University, 1993.
Member: Dallas County and American (Chairman, Oil Committee, Natural Resources Law Section, 1984-1986. Council Member, Natural Resources Law Section, 1987-1990. Member, Coordinating Committee on Energy Law, 1986-1988) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas (Chairman, Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section, 1977-1978.
Chairman, Advisory Committee for Oil, Gas and Mineral Law to Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1985). Texas Bar Foundation (Life Fellow).
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Military: A/2C, United States Air Force, 1953-1955 (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization).
The firm was founded by Wallace H. Scott, Junior and Frank Douglass in 1976 and initially specialized in energy regulatory law and litigation.
Scott, Douglass, Luton & McConnico"s practice has expanded to include a statewide litigation docket which encompasses general commercial litigation and oil and gas litigation as well as a significant medical and legal malpractice docket. Tom Albright is the firm"s managing partner.
Travis County and American (Chairman, Oil Committee, Natural Resources Law Section, 1984-1986. Council Member, Natural Resources Law Section, 1987-1990. Member, Coordinating Committee on Energy Law, 1986-1988) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas (Chairman, Natural Resources Section, 1977-1978.
Member, Certification Committee for Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, since 1985). Texas Bar Foundation (Life Fellow).
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) [A/2C, United States Air Force, 1953-1955].
Married Carita Calkins, February 5, 1955 (divorced 1983). Children: Russell, Tom, Andrew, Cathy. Married Betty Elwanda Richards, December 31, 1983.