Background
West, William B. was born on February 5, 1922 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.
West, William B. was born on February 5, 1922 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States.
University of Texas (Bachelor of Arts, 1942. Bachelor of Laws, 1948). Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration (I.A., 1943).
Columbia University (Master of Laws, 1949).
Phi Alpha Delta; Pi Sigma Alpha. United States. Attorney, Northern District of Texas, 1958-1961.
Executive Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General, Lands Division, Department of Justice, 1961-1963. Member, Advisory Board, Southwestern Law Enforcement Institute, Dallas, 1961-1984.
Research Fellow, Southwestern Legal Foundation.
Recipient of Distinguished Service Award, Dallas Federal Bar Association, 1965. Trustee, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1970-1983.
Worked at Clark, West, Keller, Butler & Ellis (Dallas, Texas) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice. Labor and Employment Law, Corporate and Business Transactions, Real Estate, Oil and Gas, Taxation, Transportation Law, Products Liability Defense, Creditor"s Rights, Texas Deceptive Trade Practice Defense, Insurance, Probate, Estate Planning and Family Law. Admitted to the bar, 1948, Texas.
1953, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Texas and United States. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit. 1957, United States. Supreme Court.
1969, United States.
District Court for the District of Columbia. 1970, United States. District Court, Western District of Texas. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Phi Alpha Delta.
Pi Sigma Alpha. United States. Attorney, Northern District of Texas, 1958-1961. Executive Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General, Lands Division, Department of Justice, 1961-1963.
Member, Advisory Board, Southwestern Law Enforcement Institute, Dallas, 1961-1984.
Research Fellow, Southwestern Legal Foundation. Recipient of Distinguished Service Award, Dallas Federal Bar Association, 1965.
Trustee, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1970-1983. Member: District of Columbia Bar.
State Bar of Texas; Federal (Member, National Council, 1963) and American (Chairman, Section of Judicial Administration, 1970-1971.
Member, House of Delegates, 1971-1974. Company-Editor, "The Antitrust Litigator," Section of Litigation, 1988-1993) Bar Associations. Fellow, Institute of Judicial Administration.
Texas Bar Foundation (Member: Advisory Committee, Criminal Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States, 1973-1977.
Lawyers Advisory Committee, Judicial Conference of the Fifth Circuit, 1985-1987). The Firm originally commenced practice when William H. Clark moved to Dallas and began the general civil practice of law in 1886.
The firm has been in continuous existence since that date. From the members of the firm have come: the only Texan to serve on the United States Supreme Court, two United States Attorney Generals and a currently sitting Judge of the United States.
District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Member, Advisory Board, Southwestern Law Enforcement Institute, Dallas, 1961-1984. Research Fellow, Southwestern Legal Foundation. Recipient of Distinguished Service Award, Dallas Federal Bar Association, 1965.
Trustee, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1970-1983.
Member: District of Columbia Bar. State Bar of Texas; Federal (Member, National Council, 1963) and American (Chairman, Section of Judicial Administration, 1970-1971.
Member, House of Delegates, 1971-1974. Company-Editor, "The Antitrust Litigator," Section of Litigation, 1988-1993) Bar Associations.
Fellow, Institute of Judicial Administration.
Texas Bar Foundation (Member: Advisory Committee, Criminal Rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States, 1973-1977. Lawyers Advisory Committee, Judicial Conference of the Fifth Circuit, 1985-1987). Fellow, Institute of Judicial Administration.
Texas Bar Foundation (.