News Archives - McCleskey Law Firm

McCleskey celebrates 95 years: Law firm born in Tahoka by man with humble beginnings

May 25, 2023May 22, 2023 by Terry Greenberg

Welcome to the first of a series about the firm’s history. We begin with our founder’s humble beginnings. When Hobert Nelson opened his Tahoka law office on May 25, 1928, he started what became the McCleskey Law Firm, which today celebrates 95 years of serving Lubbock, West Texas and beyond. Hobert’s family arrived in East …

McCleskey law clerk’s famous name has firm’s attorneys recalling inspirational film

March 27, 2023 by Terry Greenberg

When the McCleskey Law Firm hired Texas Tech School of Law student Scout Blosser as a law clerk this spring semester, more than a couple of the firm’s attorneys were curious about her first name. Was it connected to the main character’s daughter in the book and movie “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which inspired not …

Learn From Our Experience: A will isn’t all you need … what you need to know about probate

February 24, 2023 by Terry Greenberg

Probate is the legal process of inheritance. It’s also a word that strikes fear in people – coming on the heels of someone’s death, it can take time, money and be emotionally challenging. Here’s what you need to know – from two of our experts – on how to possibly avoid probate and what to …

McCleskey’s litigation team has extensive experience when it’s time to go to court

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023 by Terry Greenberg

This is a companion piece to our recent 95th anniversary story on how McCleskey built its litigation practice. Building on its impressive history of litigation, Ben Davidson and Ann Stegall are the McCleskey Law Firm’s full-time litigators now, both members of the prestigious American Board Of Trial Attorneys. Other McCleskey attorneys who do some litigation …

Celebrating 95 years: How McCleskey developed a sophisticated, respected litigation practice

January 19, 2023January 3, 2023 by Terry Greenberg

This is the first in a series of articles the McCleskey Law Firm’s history as we approach our 95th anniversary. See companion story on where McCleskey’s litigation practice is now. The McCleskey Law firm has practiced litigation – which generally means taking a case to trial – since it began almost 95 years ago. After a …

Award for legal ethics, civility named for late Don Griffis

November 10, 2022 by Terry Greenberg

Don Griffis had a reputation as an excellent and trustworthy attorney and his name will live on as an example of ethics and civility in practicing law. After Don passed away on Oct. 3 at the age of 80, the Central West Texas Chapter of the American Board of Trial Attorneys named a new award …

McCleskey continues history of providing legal aid for people who can’t afford it

March 22, 2022 by Terry Greenberg

People come to Legal Aid of Northwest Texas with anxiety-laden issues – landlord-tenant disputes, divorces, property issues and more. McCleskey Law Firm attorneys have eased that anxiety over the decades – one of only a handful of Lubbock law firms that help. “We’re glad McCleskey is one of our sponsors,” said Christina Richey, Equal Justice …

What kind of business? Let’s have a chat about risk

February 21, 2022February 18, 2022 by Terry Greenberg

You want to start a business. Sole proprietorship? LLC? S Corp? C Corp? Limited partnership? How much risk are you taking on? How does this affect your taxes? The McCleskey Law Firm – which has launched thousands of businesses in more than 90 years of practicing law – can help a businessperson make the right …

Learn From Our Experience: ‘If you die without a will’ …

January 22, 2023November 18, 2021 by Terry Greenberg

No matter how young you are or how little you own, McCleskey attorney Ben Davidson advises getting a will. Now. If you don’t think you need to, Davidson has a heartbreaking, frustrating story about a client from his hometown of Littlefield that will change your mind. A married couple, both teachers, had two children and …

EEOC answers key ‘vax’/workplace issue, but it’ll take time for others to be decided

June 24, 2021 by Terry Greenberg

USA Today headline: 178 health care workers suspended from Houston Methodist hospital system for refusing COVID-19 vaccination Wall Street Journal headline: Texas hospital system can require employees to get Covid-19 vaccine, judge rules … federal judge upheld Houston Methodist’s vaccine requirement and said lawsuit’s legal assertions lacked merit Houston Chronicle headline: 153 Houston Methodist workers fired, …