Background
Soules III, Luther H. was born on November 20, 1938 in Dallas, Texas, United States.
Soules III, Luther H. was born on November 20, 1938 in Dallas, Texas, United States.
Texas Advertising & Marketing University (Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Mathematics, 1962). University of Texas (Juris Doctor, 1967).
Worked at Soules & Wallace, Attorneys at Law A Professional Corporation (San Antonio, Texas) specializing in Civil Trial, Civil Appellate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Texas. United States. Supreme Court.
United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. United States. District Court, Northern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. Phi Delta Phi (Magister, 1967).
Member, Moot Court Board, 1967.
Consul, 1967. Member: Advanced Civil Trial Course Faculty, State Bar of Texas, 1987. Advanced Appellate Law Course Faculty, State Bar of Texas, 1984.
Author: "Dorsaneo & Soules" Texas Codes & Rules - Civil Litigation," Matthew Bender, 1992. "Presumptions in Criminal Cases," 20 Baylor Law Review 277, 1968.
"Business Records-Sufficient Evidence of a Completed Sale," 31 Texas Bar Journal 739, 1968.
"Indispensable Parties," 1 Saint Mary"s Law Journal 65, 1969. "Attachment, Sequestration and Garnishment: The 1977 Rules," 32 Southwestern Law Journal 753, 1978. Rule 18a: "Recusal or Disqualifications of Trial Judge," 43 Texas Bar Journal 1005, 1980.
"Distress Warrant and Trial of Right of Property Under the 1981 Rules," 12 Saint Mary"s Law Journal, 1986.
"1988 Rules Changes," State Bar Litigation Section Report-The Advocate 81, 1987. "Death Penalty Sanctions Review: New De Novo Standard," 55 Texas Bar Journal 135, 1992.
"Appellate Procedure in Texas," 1994. Lecturer: Texas Civil Practice Series, Southern Methodist University, 1977.
Advanced Civil Trial Institute, South Texas College of Law, 1987.
Advanced Civil Discovery, University of Houston, 1991. Advanced Personal Injury Course, Appellate Decision Institute. Evidence Tactics, Discovery Institute.
Procedure Law Institute, Saint Mary"s University, 1981-1982.
State Bar of Texas, Advanced Civil Trial Course Director, 1989. Advanced Civil Trial Course Director, Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1988.
Briefing Attorney, Honorary Robert West. Calvert, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Texas, 1967-1968. Member, 1975 and Chairman, 1984, Supreme Court of Texas Advisory Committee on Rules of Procedure and Evidence.
Host Committee: Judicial Conference of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, 1995, Attorney Delegate, 1996.
Appellate Procedure in Texas, 1994. Member: San Antonio and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas (Member, Committee on Administration of Justice, 1976.
Litigation Council, 1989.
Committee on Rules of Court). Fifth Circuit Bar Association.
National Association of Bond Lawyers, Associate. American Bar Foundation Fellow.
Texas Bar Foundation, Life Member.
San Antonio Bar Foundation, Life Member. University of Texas Law School Foundation and Dean"s Roundtable. Diplomate, American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys.
College of the State Bar of Texas.
(Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.
Member, Moot Court Board, 1967. Consul, 1967. Member: Advanced Civil Trial Course Faculty, State Bar of Texas, 1987. Advanced Appellate Law Course Faculty, State Bar of Texas, 1984.