Background
Melsheimer, Thomas M. was born on January 29, 1961 in Dallas, Texas, United States.
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Thomas M. Melsheimer
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University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1983). University of Texas (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1986).
Career
Worked at Lynn, Stodghill, Melsheimer, Tillotson, Limited liability partnership (Dallas, Texas) specializing in Trial and Appellate Practice. General Commercial Litigation, Trademark and Tradesecret Litigation, Employment Litigation. Arbitration, White Collar Criminal Defense.
Admitted to the bar, 1986, Texas.
Order of the Coif. Chancellors. Member, Texas Law Review, 1984-1986.
Law Clerk to the Honorary Homer Thornberry, United States. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, 1986-1987.
Adjunct Professor of Law: University of Texas School of Law.
Southern Methodist University School of Law. Company-Author: (with Steven H. Stodghill) "Annual Survey of Texas Law: Damages," 46 Southern Methodist University Law Review 1315, Spring 1993. (with Steven H. Stodghill) "Due Process and Punitive Damages: Providing Meaningful Guidance to the Jury," 47 Southern Methodist University Law Review 329, January/February 1994.
(with Thomas B. Walsh) "Annual Survey of Texas Law: Criminal Law," 47 Southern Methodist University Law Review 977, Spring 1994.
(with Thomas B. Walsh) "Criminal Procedure: Confession, Search and Seizure," 48 Southern Methodist University Law Review 1031, May/June 1995. Author: "Bork"s Apologia," 64 Saint John"s Law Review 413, 1990.
"Economics and Ideology. Antitrust in the 1980"s," 42 Stanford Law Review 1319, May 1990.
"On Reading the Constitution," 66 Tulane Law Review 1575, May 1992.
Assistant United States. Attorney, Northern District of Texas, 1990-1993. Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of Texas (Member, District 6 Grievance Committee).
Lynn Stodghill Melsheimer & Tillotson, Limited liability partnership bridges the gap between what you expect and what you get. We have successfully tried and appealed cases, and our record of success is no accident.
lieutenant is the result of the value we place on creativity and professionalism. Foreign two years running, we have been scored as the highest ranking firm in Dallas.
We"re straight talkers and straight shooters.
Without sacrificing attention to detail, we focus on distilling cases - particularly complex ones - to their essential elements and bringing them to resolution quickly. We are committed to achieving results for our clients, not to building a billing machine.
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Membership
Member, Texas Law Review, 1984-1986. Law Clerk to the Honorary Homer Thornberry, United States. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, 1986-1987.
Adjunct Professor of Law: University of Texas School of Law.
Southern Methodist University School of Law.
