Background
Little, Jack Merville was born on November 14, 1934 in Harlingen, Texas, United States. Son of Welton O. and Thelma Grace (Pierson) Little.
Little, Jack Merville was born on November 14, 1934 in Harlingen, Texas, United States. Son of Welton O. and Thelma Grace (Pierson) Little.
Bachelor of Business Administration with honors, University Texas, 1956. Juris Doctor, University Texas, 1959.
With Thompson, Knight, Wright & Simmons, since 1959. Senior shareholder Thompson & Knight, Dallas, since 1959, senior partner, since 1971. Partner Thompson, Knight, Simmons & Bullion, 1965.
Management committee Thompson, Knight, Simmons & Bullion, legal personnel committee, recruiting committee, audit committee, centennial committee.
Curriculum committee Texas Law School, 1980-1985, director Alumni Association, 1978-1983. Director Dallas Texas Exes, 1980-1985. Chairman board directors Dallas County Heritage Society (past chairman community affairs, corporation fund raising committees, executive, finance, endowment committees).
Advisory director Dallas Alliance Mentally Illinois. Member Dallas Citizens Council, 1981-1984. Captain United States Army 1956-1957.
Member American Bar Association (corporation banking, business law section, committee non-profit corporations 1964-1978), State Bar Texas (banking, business law section, committee revision corporation laws 1973-1982), Dallas Bar Association (task force mental illness legal system Dallas county), Phi Delta Phi, Phi Gamma Delta, Dallas Country Club (legal committee).
Golf, tennis, travel.
Married Waldine Ann Peterson, December 22, 1956 (divorced 1980). Married Martha Louise Gaddy, June 21, 1981. Children: Kathryn Anne, John Stephens, Jacqueline Marie, James McLean.