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6 Advocate (Texas) 1 (1987)

handle is hein.barjournals/adsbate0006 and id is 1 raw text is: State Bar Litigation Section Report The Advocate) Vol. 6, No.1 April 87 LITIGATION SECTION/OFFICERS C L Mike Schmidt, Chairman One Campbell Centre Dallas 75206 214-696-4880 Terry 0. Tottenham, Chairman-Elect One American Center 600 Congress Avenue Austin 78701 512-474-5201 Frank Baker, Vice-Chairman One Alamo Center 106 St Mary's San Antonio 78205 512-226 4211 Forrest Bowers, Secretary 1401 Texas Avenue Lubbock 79048 806-762-0863 Doyle Curry, Treasurer 201 W. Houston St. Marshall 75670 214-938-4395 COUNCIL TERMS EXPIRE 1987 Luther H. Soules Ill San Antonio Sam Sparks El Paso Bob Bradshaw Austin TERMS EXPIRE 1988: T Ray Guy Dallas The Honorable George M Thurmond Del Rio Lev Hunt Corpus Christi Roy Barrett Waco TERMS EXPIRE 1989 Michael Connelly Houston Harriet Meiers Dallas Alice Trevethan Houston Jack Pasqual San Antonio CORPORATE LIASON Charles Matthews Houston NEWSLETTER: The Advocate Editor-in-Chief J. Patrick Hazel University of Texas School of Law 727 E 26th Street Austin 78705 512-471-1158 CHAIRMAN'S REPORT The Litigation Council knew that the appearance of Louis Nizer as speaker at the Litigation Section meeting during last year's State Bar Convention in Houston would be a tough act to follow. Nonetheless, with the acceptance by Stephen Brill, owner/editor of the American Lawyer and owner/editor of the Texas Lawyer and Howard Weitzman of Los Angeles, the lawyer who twice successfully defended John DeLorean indicates that this year's program in Corpus Christi will be a great encore. I would strongly urge each of you to attend this year's State Bar Convention. With the issues of tort reform and judicial reform still the topic of every conversation overheard on the street, there should be some lively interchange among the state's litigation lawyers. Once again, this year's Council wants to compliment and thank Pat Hazel for his continued success in producing the Advocate. I look forward to seeing you all in Corpus Christi. C.L. Mike Schmidt Chairman EDITOR'S COMMENTS The legislature is hopping presently with tort reform. It may all end soon with a compromise bill, or, if not, a real battle could emerge. By the time this issue is printed we may know. If a compromise bill is introduced before this issue is printed, we shall include either it or a summary. Besides new rules of procedure the Supreme Court approved some Rules of Judicial Administration. These are directed to the administrative judicial regions for regional governance and uniformity. Apparently these rules will substitute for the Proposed Administrative Rules which were designed to govern all Texas courts uniformly. The approved rules were published in the advance sheets for 722 S.W.2d, No. 5 and 723 S.W.2d, No. 1. Rule 6 sets time standards for various civil cases. These standards are not mandatory but should be followed so far as reasonably possible. We have been without a Procedural Update for the past two issues. A new author of this section will begin with the next issue: Professor Elaine Carlson of South Texas College of Law. We look forward to her joining us. The revised Texas Rules of Civil Procedure are also printed in the advance sheets for 725 S.W.2d, No. 1 (April 14,1987). J. Patrick Hazel Editor

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