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Fifth, she had served in all three branches of state government, administrative, legislative, and judicial.Sixth, she had been a successful small business owner, running a small law practice for a number of years.Seventh, she would be the only Justice who had been a stay-at-home mom.After considering all of her “plus” factors, it is clear that Justice Sandra Day O’Connor had a broad rangeof characteristics, qualities, and experience to provide a valuable contribution to the diversity of the formerly allmalebastion of the United States Supreme Court. Nothing obligated the United States Senate to apply the Gruttertest in deciding whether to confirm President Ronald Reagan’s choice of Sandra Day O’Connor as the first femaleJustice of the United States Supreme Court, however. After initial opposition by conservative Republicans fearfulthat she might not be sufficiently anti-abortion, the Senate confirmed her nomination by a vote of 99-0 (becauseSenator Max Baucus was absent) on September 21, 1981. She would go on to serve on the High Court for twentyfiveyears, retiring in 2006. The precedent she set for all women continues to inspire and be celebrated to this day.Justice Sandra Day O’Connor meets with past and present female Justices of the Texas Supreme Courtduring the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society’s Annual John Hemphill Dinner in June 2013.Pictured are (back row, left to right) Justice Eva Guzman, Hon. Deborah Hankinson, Hon. Harriet O’Neill, and JusticeDebra Lehrmann; (front row) Hon. Rose Spector, Hon. Ruby Sondock, Justice O’Connor, Hon. Barbara Culver Clack,and Hon. Priscilla Owen. Photo by Mark Matson.SHARON BECK became an attorney after working for oil companies for a number of yearsas Manager of Regulatory Affairs. After graduating from the University of Houston School ofLaw, she worked for the Houston office of New York law firm Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havensand subsequently had her own practice representing small construction contractors. Currently,she is working as a contract attorney at Fleming, Nolen & Jez.Return to Journal Index95
Preserving the Oral History of State Bar LeadershipBy JoAnn StoreyFOR THE LAST DECADE, the State Bar Appellate Section has been on a mission to preservethe oral histories of retired Court of Appeals justices and former chairs of the section. Theproject began in 2004 under the leadership of Pam Baron, then the chair of the section. I initiallyled the effort and, through the years, the project continued in the hands of a number of dedicatedsection members. In 2013, then Chair Jeff Levinger reappointed me to co-chair the Judiciary andSection History Committee with Perry Cockerell. To date, the oral histories of nearly fifty retiredjustices and twelve former section chairs have been preserved.The videotaping of most of the oral histories has been provided to the section by Paul Burks, the StateBar’s Director of Video Production; South Texas College of Law; Texas A&M University School of Law (formerlyTexas Wesleyan School of Law); Thompson & Knight; and Winstead P.C.Many of the oral histories have been edited and published in The Appellate Advocate and are available atthis link: http://www.tex-app.org/DrawOnePage.aspx?PageID=97. Ultimately, all videos will be published on thesection website, together with excerpted nuggets of each interview.These oral histories are rich in content, humor, opinions, and anecdotes about a justice’s service on thebench, the history of appellate law in Texas, and the contributions of leaders of the appellate bar to appellatepractice in Texas. Future jurists and practitioners will no doubt delight in learning about this history.JOANN STOREY has practiced law in Texas for thirty-five years. She is board certified in CivilAppellate Law. She is a former chair of the State Bar Appellate Section and of the AppellatePractice Section of the Houston Bar Association.Return to Journal Index96
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