Background
Falk, Junior, Sydney W. was born on December 26, 1947 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States.
Falk, Junior, Sydney W. was born on December 26, 1947 in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States.
Rice University (Bachelor of Arts, Physics, 1969. Master of Science, Space Science, 1972). University of Texas (Doctor of Philosophy, Astronomy, 1974.
Juris Doctor, 1984).
Worked at Bickerstaff, Heath, Smiley, Pollan, Kever & McDaniel, Limited liability partnership (Austin, Texas) specializing in Litigation, Appellate, Oil and Gas Law, Electric Utility Law, Contracts Law, County and Municipal Law, Environmental Law, Federal Voting Rights. Admitted to the bar, 1984, Texas. 1985, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1986, United States.
District Court, Western District of Texas. 1991, United States. District Court, Northern District of Texas. 1993, United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas and United States.
Supreme Court.
Member, 1982-1984 and Articles Editor, 1983-1984, Texas Law Review.
Author: Note, "Natural Gas Regulation and Vested Property Interests: Ratable Taking, Proration Standards and Fieldwide Civil Liability," 62 Texas L. Review 691, 1983. Assistant Professor, Astronomy, University of Texas, 1978-1982.
Briefing Attorney to Honorary Will Garwood, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1984-1985.
Research Fellow in Physics, California Institute of Technology, 1974-1976.
Visiting Summer Faculty Fellow, International Business Machines Corporation-T.J. Watson Research Labs, 1977. Railroad McCormick Fellow, Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, 1976-1978. Scientific Consultant, Los Alamos National Labs, 1979-1989.
Member: Federal, Fifth Circuit and American Bar Associations.
Member, 1982-1984 and Articles Editor, 1983-1984, Texas Law Review.