Background
Middleton, Robert Francis was born on June 5, 1936 in Nevada, Missouri, United States. Son of Samuel Floyd Middleton and Viola Belle Murphy.
Middleton, Robert Francis was born on June 5, 1936 in Nevada, Missouri, United States. Son of Samuel Floyd Middleton and Viola Belle Murphy.
University of Arkansas (Bachelor of Science, 1957. Juris Doctor, 1960). Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 1959-1960. Past Chairman, Committees and Member of Directors, Dallas Bar Association.
Director, State Bar of Texas, since 1989.
Worked at Vial, Hamilton, Koch & Knox, Limited liability partnership (Dallas, Texas) specializing in Civil Trial Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1960, Missouri. 1971, Texas.
Editor, Arkansas Law Review, 1959-1960.
Past Chair of Committees and Member of Board of Directors, Dallas Bar Association.
Director, State Bar of Texas, 1990-1993 and Chair, State Judiciary Relations Committee, 1994. Member: American Bar Association (Litigation Section Counsel, 1983-1985, Director, Division V, Litigation Section, 1985-1987 and Chair, Construction Committee, Litigation Section, 1987-1990.
Chair, Fellows of the Litigation Section, 1989-1993). The Missouri Bar (Chair, Young Lawyers Section, 1969-1970).
American Judicature Society (Member, Board of Directors, 1992).
Life Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. Dallas Bar Foundation. American Bar Foundation.
(Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization).
Fellow Texas Bar Foundation, Dallas Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association (founding member tort and insurance practice section, division director, governing county member), American BarFound., American Judicature Society (board directors 1994-1998), State Bar Texas (chair judicial relations committee), Dallas Bar Association (board directors), Missouri Bar Foundation.
Married Norma Jean Broughton, 1958 (divorced 1962). Married Barbara Jean Mouchau, June 20, 1972 (divorced 1998). Children: Christy Keeter, Michael Cope, Cathy Jurgensmeyer, Jason.