James A. Baker (justice)

http://dbpedia.org/resource/James_A._Baker_(justice) an entity of type: Thing

James A. Baker (March 30, 1931 – June 22, 2008) was a justice of the Texas Supreme Court from September 1, 1995 to August 31, 2002. He was born in Evansville, Indiana, but moved to Dallas, Texas, where he graduated from Highland Park High School. After graduating from Southern Methodist University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1953, he served in the U.S. Army for two years. He then returned to SMU and earned a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1958. He practiced civil litigation law until 1986, when he became a judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, where he served for nine years. Texas Governor George W. Bush appointed him to the Texas Supreme Court. Baker retired from the court in 2002 and returned to private practice, joining the law firm Hughes & Luce (now K&L Gat rdf:langString
rdf:langString James A. Baker (justice)
rdf:langString James A. Baker
rdf:langString James A. Baker
rdf:langString Dallas, Texas, U.S.
xsd:date 2008-06-22
rdf:langString Evansville, Indiana, U.S.
xsd:date 1931-03-30
xsd:integer 47652907
xsd:integer 1119937920
xsd:date 1931-03-30
xsd:date 2008-06-22
rdf:langString Southern Methodist University
rdf:langString Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
xsd:date 2002-08-31
xsd:date 1995-09-01
rdf:langString James A. Baker (March 30, 1931 – June 22, 2008) was a justice of the Texas Supreme Court from September 1, 1995 to August 31, 2002. He was born in Evansville, Indiana, but moved to Dallas, Texas, where he graduated from Highland Park High School. After graduating from Southern Methodist University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1953, he served in the U.S. Army for two years. He then returned to SMU and earned a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1958. He practiced civil litigation law until 1986, when he became a judge on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, where he served for nine years. Texas Governor George W. Bush appointed him to the Texas Supreme Court. Baker retired from the court in 2002 and returned to private practice, joining the law firm Hughes & Luce (now K&L Gates), with offices in Austin and Dallas.
xsd:nonNegativeInteger 2698

data from the linked data cloud