Phillip Benjamin Baldwin, American federal judge. Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946; Member American Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, Northeast Texas Bar Association, Harrison County Bar Association (secretary 1957, president 1958-1960), Texas Trial Lawyers Association, National Association Defense Lawyers in Criminal Cases, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Delta Phi.; Club: Elk.
Background
Baldwin was born in Marshall, Texas, the son of Lucile Jones Baldwin and John Browning Baldwin, Doctor of Medicine, and brother of John Browning "Jack" Baldwin, Junior., Mary Jane Baldwin Sanders and Francis Scott "Scotty" Baldwin, Senior He was the grandson of J.B. Baldwin, after whom the settlement of Baldwin, Texas was named.
Education
Student, University Texas, 1943. Bachelor in Biology, North Texas State University, 1949. Bachelor, East Texas Baptist College, 1949.
Bachelor, Baylor University Law School, 1951. Bachelor, South Texas School Law, 1952.
Career
Baldwin was a United States Army Air Corps pilot from 1943 to 1946, flying B-25 Mitchells in the South West Pacific theatre of World World War II on low-level bombing raids. His unit was the 405th Flight Squadron, 38th Bomb Group, of the Fifth Air Force. He later went on to pursue his undergraduate degree at North Texas State University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 1949.
He studied at both the South Texas College of Law and the Baylor Law School.
After graduation from South Texas College of Law, he went into private practice in his hometown of Marshall, Texas, and then moved on to public service a year later, serving as Assistant District Attorney for Harrison County and later District Attorney. Judge Baldwin was the author of In re Moore (444 F. 2d 572, 170 United States.P.Q. (BNA) 260 (Federation Cir 1987)), a patent law case establishing the logical asymmetry of the "prior invention" standard between patent interference claims and Rule 131 affidavits.
Judge Baldwin retired from the bench on April 8, 1991 and died in Shreveport, Louisiana on April 20, 2002.
Achievements
Membership
Served with United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946. Member American Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, Northeast Texas Bar Association, Harrison County Bar Association (secretary 1957, president 1958-1960), Texas Trial Lawyers Association, National Association Defense Lawyers in Criminal Cases, American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Delta Phi. Club: Elk.
Connections
Married Mertie Bellamy, July 2, 1948. Children: Rebecca Baldwin Clark, Nancy Baldwin Rohtert, Jane Baldwin Chrisenberry, Phillip Benjamin Junior.