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Personal information I was born on November 27, 1957, and reared in Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas — a small town about an hour's drive south of Lubbock in the Texas Panhandle. Since 1980, when I finished up with college and law school in Austin, I've been a proud Houstonian. My gray hair is hard-earned, but the beard comes and goes at my whim. I'm divorced with four fabulous, bright, healthy kids — two boys and two girls, ages 21 to 14. When not plotting fiendish cross-examinations or bragging about my court triumphs, I'm a fan of online computer games; I read (mostly history, biographies, and fiction); and I play the trumpet (not too badly) and the piano (not so well). This website uses a first-person singular voice. It may strike you as rather conversational in tone, maybe even "breezy." That is deliberate: I want you to get an accurate sense of how I think, write, and speak in real life. If that spooks you, then I'm not the right lawyer for you anyway. I'm also the sole author and perpetrator of BeldarBlog — "the online journal of a crusty, long-winded trial lawyer, bemused observer of politics, and internet dilettante." It reflects my personal politics, which are generally irrelevant to my law practice. It also reflects my views on laws, lawyers, and lawyering, and it serves as a repository for many of my "trial lawyer war stories," so I've sprinkled links to it throughout this website. |
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