Kent Hale brings decades of experience to McCleskey
When Kent Hale played NCAA Division I golf for the University of Arizona in the 1970s, he joined attorneys from a Tucson law firm for 18 holes. “They told me I need to go to law school so I could play with their clients,” said Hale. A law firm having a former Arizona Wildcat practicing
McCleskey turns 95: The 1960s/McCleskey builds its reputation on historic water case during turbulent decade in America and the world
Photo above: George McCleskey pointing to date he filed a water depletion tax case that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Welcome to the fifth in a series … our history in the 1960s. Chapter 1: Firm’s beginning. Chapter 2: 1930s. Chapter 3: 1940s. Chapter 4: 1950s. Huge historical events filled the
McCleskey at 95: The 1950s/A Yankee arrives as Lubbock, firm grew in postwar boom
(Photo above: Harold Harriger and his daughter Melissa). Welcome to the fourth in a series … this one about the firm’s history in the 1950s. First part about the firm’s beginning. Second part about the 1930s. Third part about the 1940s. He was a self-proclaimed Yankee from Harriger Hollow — in Pennsylvania coal mining country
Ann Stegall’s long road after she heard the words ‘breast cancer’
One of the lowest points in Ann Stegall’s journey through breast cancer was at a convenience store while driving home from Houston’s MD Anderson Cancer Center after a double mastectomy. (Photo above, Ann Stegall surrounded by family, friends and colleagues after ringing bell, signifying end of radiation treatments.) The surgery two days earlier was also
McCleskey at 95: The 1940s/Firm’s namesake serves in dangerous North Atlantic during WWII, returns to post-war thriving Lubbock to join his partners
Welcome to the third in a series … this one about the firm’s history in the 1940s. Click here for the first part. Click here for the second part. In the photo above, George McCleskey in uniform. Merchant ships cutting through cold and deep North Atlantic waters during World War II sailed a dangerous route
McCleskey at 95: The 1930s/Surviving Depression, Dust Bowl while making move to Lubbock
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
