Background
Sayles, Richard Alan was born on February 26, 1949 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Hall Fletcher and Geneva (Young) Sayles.
Sayles, Richard Alan was born on February 26, 1949 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Hall Fletcher and Geneva (Young) Sayles.
Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Arts. University of Houston (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1974). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Order of the Barons.
Comment and Casenote Editor, Houston Law Review, 1974-1975.
Associate, American Board of Trial Advocates. Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation.
(Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization);(Also at Dallas).
Worked at Sayles & Lidji, A Professional Corporation (Dallas, Texas) specializing in Business Torts, Commercial Law, Complex Litigation, Employment Litigation, Medical Litigation, Products Liability Law, Securities Litigation, Tort Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Texas, United States. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western Districts of Texas, United States.
District Court, Western District of Oklahoma, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth and Tenth Circuits and United States. Supreme Court.
Member, Order of the Barons.
Comment and Casenote Editor, Houston Law Review, 1973-1974. Law Clerk to Honorable Robert M. Hill, United States.
District Judge, Northern District of Texas, 1974-1975.
Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. American College of Trial Lawyers.
Life Fellow: Dallas Bar Foundation.
(Board Certified, Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization).
Board of directors McKinney United Way, 1988-1989. Chairman Collin Company Easter Sealsof Dallas, 1987. Fellow American College Trial Lawyers.
Member American Bar Association, Dallas Bar Association, Collin County Bar Association, Association Trial Lawyers American, American Board Trial Advocates (associate), McKinney Chamber of Commerce (board directors since 1992), Rotary (past president).
Married Ellen Lee, June 20, 1970. Children: Richard, Robert, William.