South Texas Legal Legends

Fred Jones
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Interviews with living Legal Legends in South Texas.

Episodes

  1. Episode 4, Legendary Lawyer, Roy Barrera, Sr.

    04/13/2024

    Episode 4, Legendary Lawyer, Roy Barrera, Sr.

    Fred Jones and Steve Peirce interview San Antonio Legend and Elder Statesman, 96 year old, Roy Barrera, Sr. Barrera Sr. is a Legendary Lawyer in San Antonio and Texas where he has practiced law for 7 decades. Steve Peirce, who worked on this interview with me, wrote a wonderful article on Roy that I would encourage you to read. It is a really great supplement to this interview and beautifully written. link to article: https://issuu.com/sanantoniobar/docs/sal-julaug20-digital/s/10782468 Thanks for giving it a listen! Fred

    1h 4m

  2. 09/06/2022

    Episode 3, Legendary Lawyer, John Clark

    Welcome to another Episode of Legendary Lawyers.  Today we have a very special guest, John Clark.  John Clark was born in Austin, Texas, and grew up in Beaumont.  He holds a B.B.A. from Lamar University and an L.L.B. from the University of Texas.  Between undergraduate and law schools he served a tour of duty with the United States Army in the Far East. Clark's legendary legal career has combined substantial measures of state and federal public service with private practice.  He has served as a Justice of the Texas Court of Appeals (Fourth District); as United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas; and as trail attorney in the Criminal Division of the United Stated Department of Justice, in Washington D.C.   In 1995, Clark published The Fall of the Duke of Duval, An Aggressive Federal Prosecutor tells the Inside Story of the Final Chapter on the Corrupt Political Empire of George Parr. Clark and his wife, the former Carolyn Tevis, of Beaumont, have four children with grandchildren.  When he isn't practicing law or writing, Clark enjoys fishing, photography and running. What a career, thanks so much for tuning in.

    1h 1m

  3. 05/28/2022

    Episode 2, Legendary Lawyer, Charlie Smith

    Welcome back to Legendary Lawyers!  This is Episode 2, featuring Charlie Smith, another one of San Antonio's own Legendary Lawyers. Charlie Smith retired recently after practicing law for 65 years. We are honored to share this intimate interview with you. Thanks for finding a way to listen! Fred and Kevin Some of Charlie's accolades: -married to Ann for 69 years! -on the 1951 SWC Champ Aggie Baseball team -studied law at St. Mary's Law School -served in Korea for 2 years  -admitted to the bar in 1955 -served as President of the San Antonio Bar Association -served as President of the Texas Bar Association -named attorney of the year by the Texas A&M Bar Association -received the Joe Frazier Brown Sr. Award of Excellence from the San Antonio Bar Association

    1h 21m

  4. 04/07/2022

    Episode 1, Legendary Lawyer, A.J. Hohman

    Welcome to Episode 1 of Legendary Lawyers of Texas!  Thank you for finding us!  We are excited to share conversations with Legendary Texas Lawyers, in their own words.  Legendary Lawyers of Texas is hosted by Fred Jones and Kevin Young, both San Antonio Lawyers and proud members of ABOTA.  We are pleased to share our first conversation with Legendary South Texas Lawyer and San Antonio's own, A.J. John Hohman.  We know you are going to enjoy every minute.  John gives us some great stories here.  Thanks for tuning in...and in the the words of John Hohman, "Be good Lawyers, be good men and it will all work out just fine."

    51 min
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