Background
Steele Sessions, William was born on May 27, 1930 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States.
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William Steele Sessions
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University of Kansas. Baylor University (Bachelor of Arts, 1956. Bachelor of Laws, 1958).
Career
Worked at Sessions & Sessions, L.C. (San Antonio, Texas) specializing in Mediation, Arbitration, Commercial Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1959, Texas. Saint Mary"s University School of Law, Rosewood Gavel Award.
Baylor University School of Law, Lawyer of the Year.
Baylor University Distinguished Alumni Award. American Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award.
Ellis Island Medal of Honor. Daughters of American Revolution Medal of Honor.
Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Boy Scouts of America.
American Society for Industrial Security Person of the Year. Magna Charta Award of the Baronial Order of the Magna Charta. Association of Federal Investigators Law Enforcement Leadership Award.
National Father"s Day Committee Father of the Year.
Member: United States Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia, Section Chief, Government Operations Section, Criminal Division, 1969-1971. United States. Attorney, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, 1971-1974.
United States. District Court Judge for the Western District of Texas (El Paso Division) 1974-1980.
Chief United States. District Court Judge for the Western District of Texas (San Antonio, Texas) 1980-1987. Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, 1987-1993.
Chairman: Ethics Committee of the Federal Bar Association. Director: American Judicature Society and Executive Committee.
Federal Judicial Center, Washington, District of Columbia
President: District Judges Association of the 5th Circuit. Chairman: United States. Judicial Conference Judicial Sub-Committee on Automation.
Bench Book Committee of the Federal Judicial Center.
State Bar of Texas (Committee on Referral of State Law Questions From the Federal Courts to the Supreme Court of Texas). State Bar of Texas on Account-Lawyer Conflicts, Ad Hoc Committee.
Member: Executive Committee of Interpol, Lyon, France. Martin Luther King, Junior, Federal Holiday Commission.
Honorary Director: Martin Luther King, Junior, Federal Holiday Corporation
President: William South. Sessions, San Antonio Inns of Court. Member: San Antonio, Waco McLennan County, Federal and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas; American Judicature Society.
District Judges Association of the Fifth District.
San Antonio Inns of Court. Member: American Bar Association.
State Bar of Texas. American Bar Foundation.
American Judicature Society. Federal Bar Association.
National Association of Former United States. Attorneys; The Texas Commission on Judicial Efficiency.
Military: Lieutenant, United States.A.F., 1951-1955.
Captain, United States.A.F. Reserves.
Achievements
Membership
Member: United States Department of Justice, Washington, District of Columbia, Section Chief, Government Operations Section, Criminal Division, 1969-1971. United States. Attorney, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, 1971-1974. United States. District Court Judge for the Western District of Texas (El Paso Division) 1974-1980.
Chief United States.
District Court Judge for the Western District of Texas (San Antonio, Texas) 1980-1987. Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, 1987-1993.
