Welcome to the second in a series … this one about the firm’s history in the 1930s. Click here for the first part. In the photo above, one of the earliest offices of what became the McCleskey Law Firm was in the building to the left of the J.C. Penney Building in downtown Lubbock. This …
Jerry Kolander becomes third McCleskey attorney given Lubbock Bar Association’s Denton Award … named for Supreme Court justice who was father of Kolander’s pal when they were growing up in Amarillo When Jerry Kolander was growing up in Amarillo, he had a friend named Tommy Denton. They played sports together through junior high and at …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …