Background
III, William Beverley West, was born on February 5, 1922 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Son of William Beverley Junior and Ella Louise (Moore) W.
III, William Beverley West, was born on February 5, 1922 in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Son of William Beverley Junior and Ella Louise (Moore) W.
Bachelor of Arts, University Texas, 1942; Bachelor of Laws, University Texas, 1948; Industrial Administrator, Harvard Graduate School Business Administration, 1943; Master of Laws, Columbia, 1949; graduate, Command and General staff schedul.
Practice in, Fort Worth
assistant United State Attorneys, Northern District Texas, 1953;
1st assistant United State Attorneys, Northern District Texas, 1957-1958;
United State Attorneys, Northern District Texas, 1958-1961;
executive assistant to assistant attorney general, lands division, Department Justice, 1961-1963;
partner, Clark, West, Keller, Butler & Ellis, Dallas, 1963-1989;
of counsel, Clark, West, Keller, Butler & Ellis, Dallas, since 1989. Member of advisory board Southwestern Law Enforcement Institute, Dallas, 1959-1982. Member of advisory commission on criminal rules United States Judicial Conference, 1973-1977.
Member lawyersadv. committee United States Court Appeals, 5th Circuit, 1985-1987.
Board of directors prison ministry Kairos, Inc. of Texas, 1990-1996, chairman, 1992;member of national board Kairos Inc., 1991-1996, secretary, 1992-1996. Lay eucharistic minister Episcopalian Church Captain Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Fellow Texas Bar Foundation, Southwestern Legal Foundation.
Member American Bar Association (chairman of the section judicial adinstrn. 1970-1971, house delegations 1971-1974, section litigation, co-editor Antitrust Litigator 1988-1992), Institute Judicial Administration New York City, National Association Former United States Attorneys (board directors 1990-1993), National Institute for Trial Advocacy (director 1970-1983), Federal Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Fort Worth Club, City Club (Dallas), Delta Tau Delta, Phi Alpha Delta, Pi Sigma Alpha.