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WESTBROOK, JOEL was born on June 19, 1916 in San Angelo, Texas, United States.
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JOEL WESTBROOK
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Public schools; University of Virginia and University of Texas (Bachelor of Arts). University of Texas (Juris Doctor, 1940). Delta Theta Phi.
Career
Working as a partner of LAW OFFICES OF JOEL West. WESTBROOK. JOEL West WESTBROOK, bom San Angelo, Texas, June 19, 1916. Admitted to bar, 1940, Texas. 1956, United States. Court of Military Appeals and United States.
Supreme Court.
1960, United States. Court of Claims. 1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1987, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Education: public schools. University of Virginia and University of Texas (Bachelor of Arts).
University of Texas (Juris Doctor, 1940). Delta Theta Phi. Author: "The Role of Specific Intent in Texas Criminal Law" in two parts 14 Baylor Law Review Number.
1, 32 and 14 Baylor Law Review Number.
3, 249. "The Mental Element as a Limitation in Law of Treason," Dickinson Law Review, Volume 68, Number. 1, Fall, 1963; "Military Justice-A Survey for the Civilian Practitioner," Texas Lawyers’ Practice Guide, State Bar of Texas, 1966 (Revised, 1970).
"Crimes Without Plaintiffs," Baylor Law Review, Volume XXV, Number.
1, Winter, 1973. "The Invalid Nixon Pardon," Voice Foreign The Defense, Volume 5, Number. 4, with Jay Lawrence Westbrook, July, 1976.
"The Unbalanced Fiduciary: What Comes After Zauderer versus
Supreme Court of Ohio," The Texas Lawyer, January, 1986. "Lawyers and Accountants (Malpractice)," Texas Torts and Remedies, Matthew Bender and Company, New York, New York, 1987. Adjunct Professor: 1961, 1974-1976, Legal Ethics, Evidence and Criminal Law, Saint Mary"s University School of Law.
Medical Malpractice, University of Texas School of Law, 1984-1986.
Assistant United States. Attorney, 1946-1951. First Assistant District Attorney of Bexar County, Texas, 1951-1952.
District Attorney, Pro Tem of Bexar County, 1956. Chairman, San Antonio Crime Prevention Committee, 1953-1954.
Commander, Military Order of World Wars, San Antonio Chapter, 1952.
Chairman, Waco-McLennan County Mental Health-Mental Retardation Board, 1967-1970. President, Waco Action Planning Council, 1966-1968. Chairman, Providence Hospital Advisory Board, 1969-1970.
Alumni Association, University of Texas Law School, Director, 1969-1973.
Chairman: Waco Model Cities Commission, 1972. Member:; Admitted to the bar, 1940, Texas.
1956, United States. Court of Military Appeals and United States.
Supreme Court; 1960, United States. Court of Claims; 1981, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 1987, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Achievements
Membership
San Antonio (President, 1957), Waco-McLennan County (Director, 1963-1966) and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas (Director, 1965-1968. Chairman, Local Bar Services Committee, 1975.
State Bar Committee for Delivery of Legal Services to Older Americans, 1976-1977).
Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Director, 1970-1973. Vice-President, 1971-1973.
Vice-Chairman, State Bar Member Relations Committee, 1982. Member, State Bar College Board, since 1982.
Member, State Bar Contitution Committee, since 1982.
Member, History and Traditions Committee, since 1983, and Chairman, Special Projects, 1987.
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American
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1940
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1956