Attorney Profiles

Orrin W. Johnson
PO Box 2155
1201 E Van Buren
Brownsville, Texas 78522-2155

Communication Center

Phone:

(956) 542-7441

E-mail:

No E-mail address listed

Fax:

(956) 541-2170

Web site:

http://www.rcclaw.com

Position	Areas of Practice	Education
Honors	Published Works	Affiliations
References	Representative Cases

Current Employment Position(s):: Of Counsel

Areas of Practice:: Business & Commercial Law; Business Organizations; Estate Planning; Litigation; Probate & Estate Administration

Bar Admissions:: Texas, 1947; U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1948; U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1985; U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1948

Education:: The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1947
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Order of the Coif
Honors: Chancellors
Honors: With Honors; University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1942
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: With Honors

Published Works:: Article 2226 Revisited: Penetrating the Juridicial Labyrinth Texas Bar Journal, Vol. 40, No. 5, May, 1977; A Proposed New Revenue Source for Legal Services in Texas Texas Bar Journal, Vol. 46, No. 1, January, 1983; The Three-Trust 'Widow's Election' Will: A Practical Innovation Texas Bar Journal, Vol. 39, No. 6, June, 1976; "Judicial Selection in Texas: A Gathering Storm", 1992

Representative Cases:: Coakley v. Reising, 436 S.W.2d 315 (Tex. 1968); Bozeman v. Folliott, 556 S.W.2d 608 (TexCivApp.-Corpus Christi 1977); Cameron County Good Government League v. Ramon, 619 S.W.2d 224 (Tex.Civ.App.-Beaumont 1981); Garza v. Rodriguez, 559 F.2d 259 (C.A.5 (Tex.) 1977)

References:: Texas State Bank, Harlingen, Texas; Costal Banc. ssb., Harlingen, Texas

Honors and Awards:: Annual State Bar Frank J. Scurlock Award, 1993; Lola Wright Foundation Award, 1989; Common Cause Public Service Achievement Award, 1981; Outstanding 50-year Lawyer, Texas Bar Foundation, 1998; President, State Bar of Texas, 1982 - 1983; State Bar Director, 1972 - 1975; Editor, State Bar Journal Editorial Committee, 1975; State Bar President's Award, 1986; Who's Who in America, 1983 to date

Associations, Memberships and Activities:: American College of Trial Lawyers, 1975 - Present; Member; American College of Trust and Estate Lawyers, 1976 - Present; Member; American Bar Foundation, 1981 - Present; Member (Fellows/Chairman, 1980-1981); American Bar Association, 1978 - Present; Member

Past Employment Positions:: Karl M. Gibbon, Associate, 1947 - 1949; Gibbon, Coneway & Johnson, 1949 - 1950; Gibbon & Johnson, 1950 - 1953; Sole Practitioner, 1953 - 1966; Johnson & Davis, 1966 - 1995; Sole Practitioner, 1995 - 2000

Fraternities/Sororities:: Phi Delta Phi; Delta Kappa Epsilon

Birth Information:: 1920, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Serving clients throughout South Texas, including cities such as Brownsville, McAllen, Corpus Christi, Laredo, San Diego, Alice, Kingsville, Rio Grande City, and Edinburg.

Hidalgo County · Duval County · Jim Wells County · Kleberg County · Starr County · Cameron County · Nueces County