Background
Adams, Junior, Gilbert T. was born on July 1, 1942 in Beaumont, Texas, United States.
Adams, Junior, Gilbert T. was born on July 1, 1942 in Beaumont, Texas, United States.
Lamar University (Bachelor of Science, 1964). South Texas College of Law (Juris Doctor, 1968). Delta Theta Phi. President of Student Bar Association, 1967-1968.
Recipient of American Bar Association’s Silver Key Award, 1968.
Director, Jefferson County Junior Bar, 1971-1972. Member, Executive Committee and Faculty, Texas College of Trial Advocacy, since 1978.
Company-editor, Texas Evidence Law Reporter, since 1984. Member, Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee, since 1985.
Worked at Law Offices of, Gilbert T. Adams A Professional Corporation. Admitted to the bar, 1968, Texas. 1969, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Texas.
1972, United States.
District Court, Southern District of Texas, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and United States. Supreme Court; 1980, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Texas.
1983 United States., Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. 1987, United States. District Court, Northern District of Texas.
Delta Theta Phi. President of Student Bar Association, 1967-1968.
Recipient of American Bar Association"s Silver Key Award, 1968. Director, Jefferson County Junior Bar, 1971-1972.
Member, Executive Committee and Faculty, Texas College of Trial Advocacy, 1978. Company-editor, Texas Evidence Law Reporter, 1984-1990.
Member, Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee, 1985-1991.
Author: "Special Considerations for the Negligent Plaintiff Under Comparative Negligence: Joinder of Defendants and the Feasibility of 100% Recovery," Trial Lawyers Forum, 1976. "Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Problems," TTLA Insurance Litigation Seminar, 1983. "Stress-Triggered Disability: Medically Recognized, Legally Ignored," Trial Lawyers Forum, 1984.
"The Common Law and the Texas Rules of Evidence," Texas Evidence Reporter, 1984.
"Other Experts: When and How to Use Them," A Basic Trial Seminar, 1984. "New Vistas in Proving the Value of Human Life," Trial Lawyers Forum, 1985.
"Art of Persuasion: Profile of a Master," Masters at Work, 1985. "Creating Your Lawsuit: Organization From Inception to Trial," Marshalling Evidence and Mapping Procedure, 1985.
"Public is Competent Enough to Elect Judges," Beaumont Enterprise, 1986.
Message From the President: "Sound the Tocsin," Trial Lawyers Forum, 1986. "President"s Page: An Elected Judiciary is Preferred," Trial Lawyers Forum," 1986. "Presidents Page: Safer Products and the Texas Trial Lawyer," Trial Lawyers Forum, 1987.
"President"s Page: Life is a Fishbowl," Trial Lawyers Forum, 1987.
"Preventing law Trends and Compensation Payments Foreign Stress-Disabled Workers," Praeger Publishers, 1987. "Pitfalls of Multi-Party Settlements," Personal Injury and Wrongful Death, State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program, 1987.
"Experts and Learned Treatises," Evidence and Discovery Techniques, State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program, 1988. Course Chair and Moderator: Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Dynamic Advocacy Seminar, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 1994.
"Beat the Heat," (Course Chair and Moderator), Texas Trial Lawyers Association, 1996.
Southeast Texas Legislative Update Seminar, 1996. Member: Jefferson County (Chairman, Scholarship Committee, 1971-1972. Member, Civil Jury Services Committee, 1983-1984) and American Bar Associations.
Bar Association of Fifth Federal Circuit.
State Bar of Texas (Member: Personal Injury Trial Law Advisory Commission, 1977-1985. Committee on Lawyers Advertising and Solicitation, 1979-1980.
State Bar Liason Committee on the Federal Rules of Evidence, 1981-1983. Committee on Administration of Rules of Evidences in Civil Cases, 1983-1986.
Federal Judiciary Appointments Committee, 1981-1984, Vice-Chairman, 1986-1987.
Chairman, Civil Trial Law/Personal Injury Trial Law Exam Commission, 1984-1985. Member, 1994-1995 and Vice Chair, 1995-1996, Pattern Jury Charge Committee. Volume I Member Vice Chair, 1995).
Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Advisory Board, 1972-1973.
Director, 1973-1986; Statewide Membership Chairman, 1974-1975. Budget and Finance Chairman, 1981-1985.
Nominating Committee, 1981. President, 1986-1987.
Member, Executive Committee, 1987-1988).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (National Program Director, Young Lawyers Section, 1970-1971. National Chairman, State Committeemen, 1971-1972. Recipient, Leadership Award, 1971.
Secretary, 1980-1981, Vice-Chairman, 1981-1982, and Chairman, 1982-1983, Workers Compensation Section.
Member: Board of Governors, 1982-1986, 1987-1989, 1994. Executive Committee, 1984-1985.
Medical Malpractice Committee, 1985-1986. Public Affairs Committee, 1985-1986.
Presidential Advisory Council, 1986-1987.
Company-chair, Elections Committee, 1994-1996. Trustee, American Trial Lawyers Association Political Action Committee, 1995). Houston Bar Association.
New York Trial Lawyers Association.
Law Science Academy of America. Southeast Texas Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1990-1991).
American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate). Texas Center for Legal Ethics & Professionalism.
American Jury Trial Foundation (Trustee, 1993).
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice. Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation.
Jefferson County (Chairman, Scholarship Committee, 1971-1972. Member, Civil Jury Services Committee, since 1983) and American Bar Associations. Bar Association of Fifth Federal Circuit.
State Bar of Texas (Member: Personal Injury Trial Law Advisory Commission, 1977-1985.
Committee on Lawyers Advertising and Solicitation, 19791980. State Bar Liason Committee on the Federal Rules of Evidence, 19811983.
Committee on Administration of Rules of Evidences in Civil Cases, 1987- 1988). The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (National Program Director, Young Lawyers Section, 1970-1971.
National Chairman, State Committeemen, 1971-1972.
Recipient Leadership Award, 1971. Workers’ Compensation Section Secretary, 1980-1981. Vice-Chairman, 1981- 1982.
Chairman, 1982-1983.
Member: Board of Governors, 19821986, since 1987. Member, Executive Committee, 1984-1985. Medical Malpractice Committee, 1985-1986.
Public Affairs Committee, 1985-1986.
Presidential Advisory Council, 1986-1987). Houston Bar Association.
New York Trial Lawyers Association. Law Science Academy of America.
Southeast Texas Trial Lawyers Association (President-Elect, 1989-1990).