Background
Wells, Leonard Nathaniel David was born on August 24, 1914 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Leonard Nathaniel David and Lida Holmes (Carr) Wells.
Wells, Leonard Nathaniel David was born on August 24, 1914 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Leonard Nathaniel David and Lida Holmes (Carr) Wells.
Bachelor of Arts, Texas Christian U., 1934; Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1937.
Regional attorney for National Labor Relations Board, Fort Worth, 1937-1939; regional attorney for National Labor Relations Board, National Labor Relations Board, St. Louis, 1939-1941; senior attorney, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, 1941-1944; associate director field division, National Labor Relations Board, 1944-1946; founding partner, Mullinax, Wells, Baab & Cloutman (and predecessors), Dallas, 1947-1989; general counsel, Texas State Federation Labor, 1947-1957; counsel, Southern Conference Teamsters, 1956-1992; monitor, International Brotherhood Teamsters, 1958-1959. Board directors lawyers coordinating committee American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1984-1993.
Trustee Gulf Coast Trades Center, since 1990. Fellow College Labor and Employment Lawyers (emeritus). Member American Bar Association (house of deals 1959-1960, chairman labor law section 1954-1955), Texas State Bar (chairman labor law section 1951-1952).
Married Louise Cauker, July 31, 1937. Children— Leonard Nathaniel David III, Sarah Ann (Bennett), Lida Louise (Angione), Joe Cauker.