Background
Hawkins, Jack Wade was born on February 23, 1934 in Groesbeck, Texas, United States. Son of Jack Ross and Euleta Ruth (Sharp) Hawkins.
Hawkins, Jack Wade was born on February 23, 1934 in Groesbeck, Texas, United States. Son of Jack Ross and Euleta Ruth (Sharp) Hawkins.
Rice Institute (Bachelor of Arts, 1955). University of Texas (Bachelor of Laws, 1959). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Chancellors. Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 19571959. Lecturer, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1966.
Associate Wynne & Wynne, Attorneys, Dallas, 1959-1962. Associate, partner Stroud & Smith, Attorneys, 1962-1968. Partner Gardere, Porter & DeHay, 1968-1979, Gardere & Wynne, Dallas, since 1979.
Director University Texas Law School Association, Austin, 1988, member executive committee, 1990-1994, president, 1992-1993.
Dallas and American (Chairman, Committee on Sales, Exchanges and Basis, Section of Taxation, 1974-1976) Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas; American College of Probate Counsel. (Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Director Mobility Foundation, Dallas, 1985-1989.
Married Susan Bell Metz, November 8, 1968. 1 child, Anna.