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“We are fortunate in this country
to have jurists, particularly on
our federal bench, who are wellintentioned
people of integrity
and scholars of the law.”
“We as lawyers can do a great deal to support the nature of
an independent judiciary,” he continued. “Our judiciary is under
sustained and withering attack. It is a bipartisan attack.
“We are fortunate in this country to have jurists, particularly on
our federal bench, who are well-intentioned people of integrity and
scholars of the law,” Baruch observed. “They are liberals, they are
conservatives. They are Democrats and they are Republicans.”
The presentation of the 2012 Power Attorneys awards followed
Baruch’s remarks. Fort Worth Business Press editor Robert Francis
and Short made the presentations to this year’s recipients. The
award winners were Lisanne Davidson, Robert C. Grable, Mark
D. Hatten, Jim Lane, Patricia F. Meadows, Brian C. Newby, Jeff
Prostok, Don Reid, Angela Robinson, Jack V. Strickland, Wayne M.
Whitaker, and Richard W. Wiseman.
As already noted, the luncheon concluded with the presentation of
the 2012 Excellence in Justice Award to Judge Terry Means.
“It has been a great privilege to work with Texas Wesleyan School
of Law over the years to help mentor its students,” Means said
in closing remarks. “We have opened up our court to students
who want to come over to observe, to participate in some of our
hearings, to sit right in front of me, and to do post mortems after
a hearing.”
After receiving the Excellence in Justice Award gavel, Judge
Means observed, “This is about a 10-pound gavel, and I think it
might break my bench, but I’m going to give it a try.”
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Lisanne Davidson
Southwest Bank
Robert C. Grable
Kelly Hart & Hallman, LLP
Mark D. Hatten
Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller, LLP
Jim Lane
Law Office of Jim Lane
Patricia F. Meadows
Kelly Hart & Hallman, LLP
Brian C. Newby
Newby Davis, PLLC
Jeff Prostok
Forshey Prostok, LLP
Don Reid
Hillwood Properties
Angela Robinson
Tarrant County College District
Jack V. Strickland
Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office
Wayne M. Whitaker
Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz, PLLC
Richard W. Wiseman
Brown, Dean, Wiseman, Proctor, Hart & Howell, LLP