Background
Clarkson, Richard J. was born on August 26, 1940 in Charleston, West Virginia, United States.
Clarkson, Richard J. was born on August 26, 1940 in Charleston, West Virginia, United States.
University of Florida (Bachelor of Arts, 1965). Saint Mary"s University of San Antonio (Juris Doctor, 1968). Delta Theta Phi (Chancellor, 1967).
Recipient, James R Norvell 1967 Moot Court Award.
Worked at Reaud, Morgan & Quinn (Beaumont, Texas) specializing in General Practice, Appellate Practice, Toxic Torts, Negligence, Products Liability, Workers Compensation, Admiralty and Maritime Law, Jones Acting, Premises Liability, Commercial Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1968, Texas. 1970, United States. District Court, Western and Northern Districts of Texas.
1972, United States.
District Court, Southern District of Texas. 1974, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. 1977, United States. Supreme Court.
1978, United States.
District Court, Eastern District of Texas. Delta Theta Phi (Chancellor, 1967). Recipient: James R. Norvell 1967 Moot Court Award.
American Jurisprudence Award for Appellate Advocacy, 1967.
Associate Editor, "Courts, Health, Science and the Law," Insight into Courts, 1989-1992. Editor-in-Chief, Texas Evidence Law Reporter, 1984-1994.
Author: "Water Law in Texas," Saint Mary"s Barrister, 1967. "Trends in Compensation for the Mentally Disabled Worker," Association of Trial Lawyers of America Convention, July, 1983.
"Emotional Injuries," Conference on Job-Related Injuries, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, November, 1983.
"Trends in Compensation for the Mentally Disabled Worker," Colorado Trial Talk, July, 1984. "The Common Law and The Texas Rules of Evidence," Texas Evidence Reporter, May, 1984. "Stress Triggered Disability: Medically Recognized, Legally Ignored," Texas Trial Lawyers" Forum, January-March, 1984.
"Evidence and the Language of Persuasion," Texas Evidence Reporter, September, 1985.
"Evidence and the Art of Summation," Texas Evidence Reporter, March, 1986. "Evidence and the Art of Cross-Examination," Texas Evidence Reporter, May, 1986.
"Evidence and the Use of a Trial Notebook," Texas Evidence Reporter, September, 1986. "Use of Medical Literature in the Cross-Examination of a Medical Expert," Texas Evidence Reporter, November, 1986.
"Evidence and Medical Data Bases," Texas Evidence Reporter, November, 1986.
"Dealing With Medical Evidence of Neurosis," Texas Evidence Reporter, May, 1987. "The Art of Using the Prior Inconsistent Statement," Texas Evidence Reporter, May, 1987. Speaker: "Mental Injury," Basic Trial/Nuts & Nuts Seminar, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, December, 1987.
"Protecting the Record for Appeal," Southeast Texas Appellate Law Seminar, Jefferson County Bar Association, March, 1988.
"Evidence and Protecting the Record for Appeal," Texas Evidence Reporter, July, 1988. "Organization, Pleading and Preparation," Construction Accident Pleading and Practice, Chapter 3, Wiley Law Publication, 1988.
"Protecting the Record for Appeal," Southeast Texas Appellate Law Seminar, March, 1989. "New Evidence of the Value of Human Life," Texas Evidence Reporter, July, 1989.
"Perfecting the Appeal," Third Annual Advanced Appellate Practice Course, State Bar of Texas Professional Development Program, 1989.
"Taking the Plaintiff"s Deposition: What Advise Should be Given the Witness in Preparation," Texas Evidence Reporter, March, 1991. "Rejecting Cases Personal Injury and Civil Litigation Seminar, Jefferson County Bar Association, February, 1991. "Toxic Tort Litigation," Fifth Annual Civil Litigation Conference Institute and Bureau of National Affairs, January, 1993.
"Managing Premises Liability Cases in State Court: Lessons Learned from Cimino," The Asbestos Future Class Action and The Future of Mass Tort Litigation, Andrews Communications Seminars, May 1993.
"The Trial of a Class Action Asbestos Disease Case in Federal or State Court," Dynamic Advocacy Seminar, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, July 1993. "Ethical Concerns in Joint Representation from the Plaintiff"s Perspective," Southeast Texas Ethics Seminar, September, 1993.
"Overcoming Independent Contractor Defense," Dynamic Advocacy Seminar, Texas Trial Lawyers Association, July, 1994. "Moriel: More Questions Than Answers," Jefferson County Bar Journal.
Volume(s) 9, Number. 3, 1994; "Submitting The Jury Charge Under Vail, Watson & Moriel," South Texas College of Law, Advanced Issues in Insurance Bad Faith Litigation, October, 1994.
"Oral Argument," The Scrivener, Fall, 1994. "Jury Argument," The Scrivener, Winter, 1994. "The Trial Notebook," The Scrivener, Spring, 1995.
"The Language of Persuasion," The Scrivener, Fall, 1995.
"Evidence Update," Eleventh Annual Litigation Update, State Bar of Texas, January, 1995. "Use of Settlement Videos to Settle Premises Cases," Asbestos Litigation, 1995, Andrews Continuing Education Institute, March, 1995.
"Significant Recent Development in Appellate Law," Southeast Appellate Law Seminar, Jefferson County Bar Association, March, 1996. "Taking the Plaintiff"s Deposition," The Scrivener, Summer, 1996.
"What a Legal Assistant Should Know About the Rules of Evidence," The Scrivener, Fall 1996.
Chairman, Southeast Texas Appellate Law Seminar, April, 1993 and March, 1995. Member: Ector County and Jefferson County (Director, 1994-1996. Michelle F. Mehaffy Pro Bono Award, May 1995) Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas (Member, Committees on: Administration of Rules of Evidence, 1989-1997.
Appellate Practice & Advocacy Section, Pro Bono Committee, 1995. Revision of Appellate Rules, 1979.
Group and Prepaid Legal Services, 1990-1993. Coordination with Other Professional Groups, 1990-1993 Member, 1978-1987 and Secretary, 1978-1979, Administration of Justice Committee).
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit.
College of the State Bar of Texas. Texas Trial Lawyers Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Saint Thomas More Society of Southeast Texas (President, 1994-1996.
Chairman, Red Mass Committee, 1993-1994). American Inn of Court Masters of the Bench (Member, Board of Directors, 1994).
(Board Certified, Civil Appellate, Civil Trial and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (Diplomate).
Member: Ector County and Jefferson County (Director, 1994-1996. Michelle F. Mehaffy Pro Bono Award, May 1995) Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas (Member, Committees on: Administration of Rules of Evidence, 1989-1997.
Appellate Practice & Advocacy Section, Pro Bono Committee, 1995.
Revision of Appellate Rules, 1979. Group and Prepaid Legal Services, 1990-1993.
Coordination with Other Professional Groups, 1990-1993 Member, 1978-1987 and Secretary, 1978-1979, Administration of Justice Committee). Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit.
College of the State Bar of Texas.
Texas Trial Lawyers Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Saint Thomas More Society of Southeast Texas (President, 1994-1996.
Chairman, Red Mass Committee, 1993-1994).
American Inn of Court Masters of the Bench (Member, Board of Directors, 1994). (Board Certified, Civil Appellate, Civil Trial and Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization).
Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (Diplomate).