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
‘It’s a wonderful honor, but it’s more interesting because of that personal connection our families had from the 1950s’
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
McCleskey at 95: Law firm born in Tahoka by man with humble beginnings
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