Background
Pannill, William Presley was born on March 5, 1940 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Fitzhugh H. and Mary Ellen (Goodrum) Pannill.
Pannill, William Presley was born on March 5, 1940 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of Fitzhugh H. and Mary Ellen (Goodrum) Pannill.
Rice University (Bachelor of Arts, 1962). Columbia University (Master of Science, 1963). University of Texas (Juris Doctor, 1970).
Phi Delta Phi.
Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1969-1970. Staff Assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury, 1971-1972.
Bar: Texas 1970, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1975, United States.Ct. Appeals (5th circuit) 1973, United States Court Appeals (District of Columbia circuit) 1974, United States.Ct. Appeals (10th circuit) 1980, United States Court Appeals (11th circuit) 1981, United States District Court (southern district) Texas 1975, United States District Court (northern district) Texas 1991.
Association Vinson, Elkins, Searls & Connally, 1970-1971.
Staff assistant Secretary of Treasury, Washington, 1971-1972. Associate Vinson, Elkins, Searls, Connally & Smith, 1972-1975.
Sole practice, 1975-1976. Partner Pannill and Hooper, Houston, 1977-1980.
Board directors Reynolds, Allen, Cook, Pannill & Hooper, Incorporated., Houston, 1980-1982.
Partner Pannill and Reynolds, Houston, 1982-1985. Sole practice, Houston, 1985-1988, partner Pannill, Moser, Mize & Herrmann, Houston, 1988-1990, Pannill & Moser, Limited liability partnership, 1990-1993, Pannill, Moser & Barnes, Limited liability partnership, 1993. Associate editor Litigation Journal of the Section of Litigation, American Bar Association, 1979-1981, executive editor, 1981-1982, editor-in-chief, 1982-1984, director publications, 1984-1986, member county, 1986-1989.
Lecturer Southwestern Legal Foundation, 1980, others
Chairman, Legal Foundation American, 1981-1982, board directors, 1983-1997.
Member American Bar Association (litigation section), Houston Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, Rice Alumni Association (board directors 1989-1992), Houston Grand Opera (board directors 1989-1992, advisory board 1995), Houston Symphony Society (advisory board 1990), DaCamera Society (board directors 1995-1997), Houston.
Married Deborah Detering, May 9, 1966 (divorced November 1986). Children:Shelley, Katherine, Elizabeth.