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 …
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 …
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, …
Tommy Swann has told the story many times. Shortly after joining the McCleskey Law Firm in 1979, bankruptcy laws changed. The late Harold Harriger told Tommy he’d be the firm’s bankruptcy lawyer, asking him to learn the changes. Tommy’s practiced law in many other areas in more than 40 years at the firm, but his …
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