Background
Worth, Perry was born on August 23, 1938 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.
Worth, Perry was born on August 23, 1938 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.
University of Texas (Bachelor of Business Administration, honors, 1960, Juris Doctor, Bachelor of Laws, 1963). Beta Alpha Psi; Beta Gamma Sigma. Phi Delta Phi (Magister, 1963).
Order of the Coif.
Chancellors. Comment Editor, Texas Law Review, 1962-1963. Law Clerk to Honorary John R. Brown, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1963-1964. Staff Assistant to the President of the United States, 1964-1966.
Associate, 1966-1971 and Partner, 1972-1977, 1984-1988, Baker & Botts.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations, since 1973. Director, Society for the Performing Arts, 19801984. Adviser. Director, New Century Fund, University of Texas Law School, 1975.
Director, University of Texas Law School Association, 1977 General Counsel, Cabot Corporation, 1988-1990.
General Counsel and Director, Pennzoil Company, 1977-1984. Trustee, Houston Legal Foundation, 1970-1971.
Member, Advisory Board, International Comparative Law Center, Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1970-1971.
Working as a partner of KRIST, GUNN, WELLER, NEUMANN & MORRISON. Admitted to the bar, 1963, Texas. 1964, United States. District Court, Southern District of Texas and United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1966, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Texas. 1971, United States. Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit and United States. Supreme Court.
Houston, Federal and American (Vice Chairman, Committee on Electric Power, Natural Resources Law Section, 1973-1975) Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Foundation. Houston Legal Foundation (Trustee, 1970-1971).
American Judicature Society.
Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation.