Background
Wilson, James William was born on June 19, 1928 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. Son of James William and Ruth (Greenwaldt) Wilson.
Wilson, James William was born on June 19, 1928 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. Son of James William and Ruth (Greenwaldt) Wilson.
Tulane University; University of Texas (Bachelor of Arts, 1950. Bachelor of Laws, 1951). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Chancellors. Member, Editorial Board, Texas Law Review, 1950-1951. Private law practice, Austin, Texas, 1951-1980 except for government service. Assistant Attorney General, State of Texas, 1957-1959.
Counsel, Majority Policy Committee, United States. Senate and Legislative Assistant to Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson, 1959-1960. Lecturer, Constitutional Law, University of Texas Law School, 1963-1964.
Practiced in, Austin, 1951-1979. Partner McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore (and predecessors), 1960-1976. Of counsel Stubbeman, McRae, Sealy, Laughlin & Browder, 1976-1979.
Senior vice president and general counsel Brown & Root, Inc., Houston, 1980-1993, also director. Of counsel Sewell & Riggs, 1993-1995. Assistant attorney general, Texas, 1957-1958.
Counsel to senate majority policy committee and legislation assistant to senate majority leader Lyndon B. Johnson, 1959-1960. Adjunct professor University Texas Law School, 1962-1963, 95-97.
Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1952-1955. Fellow Texas Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, American Law Institute, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Elizabeth Clair Pickett, May 23, 1952. Children: Susan Alexandra Wilson Albright, James William.