John Thomas Thomas Wooldridge

Background

Wooldridge, John Thomas was born on July 23, 1959 in Mc Allen, Texas, United States. Son of Dean Hudson and Medora (Aughey) Wooldridge.

Education

Texas Christian University (Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1981). St. Mary's University School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1987). Tulane Law School (Master of Laws in Admiralty, 1991).

Career

Worked at Fitzhugh & Thompson, P.C. (Houston, Texas) specializing in Admiralty, Insurance Defense, Federal and State Court Litigation, Trial and Appellate Practice, Mediation. Admitted to the bar, 1987, Texas. United States. Supreme Court.

United States. Court of Military Appeals. United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. United States. District Court, Southern District of Texas.

Author: "Barratry, By Exceeding The Navigational Limits of the Insurance Policy," Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce, Volume 24, No. 2, April, 1993. Special Assistant United States. Attorney, Southern District of Mississippi, 1990-1991.

Adjunct Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas. Attorney-Mediator. Member: State Bar of Texas. Houston and American Bar Associations.

College of the State Bar of Texas. The Maritime Law Association of the United States. Military: Lieutenant Commander, USNR, Judge Advocate General's Corps.

Active Duty, 1987-1991. Fitzhugh & Thompson, P.C. is the continuation of an admiralty litigation practice started by Tom Fitzhugh nineteen (19) years ago. The firm represents abroad spectrum of clients including domestic and international insurance companies, shipowners, shipyards, stevedoring companies, and oil drilling and exploration companies and contractors.

With special expertise in federal court trials and appeals, we also appear regularly before administrative tribunals of the United States. Department of Labor, the United States. Customs Service and have cases pending in the state trial and appellate courts.

Achievements

• Bar: Texas, United States Court Military Appeals.

Membership

Lector St. Patrick's Episcopal Church, Long Beach, Mississippi, 1989-1990. Lieutenant United States Navy, 1985-1991. Member American Bar Association, State Bar Texas, Texas Young Lawyers Association, College of the State Bar Texas, Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee, Texas Christian University Alumn.

Association.

Interests

• Avocation: private pilot.

Connections

Married Ann Johnson, August 6, 1983. Children: Mary Roberts, Katelyn Johnson.

Father:

Dean Hudson Wooldridge

Mother:

Medora (Aughey) Wooldridge

Spouse:

Ann Johnson

child:

Mary Roberts Wooldridge

child:

Katelyn Johnson Wooldridge