Terrell William Proctor

Lic. Atty. Texas 1963; Mediator since 1992; CLE Instructor; former: Municipal Judge; Assoc. Dist. Judge; City Atty; City Secretary; Bar Pres. 2 Bar Associations; Board of several Bar Associations.; Published author; Pres. several Civic Assoc., religious leader; national award winning writer; nominated for Texas Artist of the Year; Public Speaker; Board Chairman, Curator and Gen. Counsel non-profit Proctor Museum of Natural Science; expert witness on attorney's fees and ethics, and on Paleontology and natural science in general; & Public Speaker.

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Texas

Since 1963

5th Circuit

Since 1965

Members three Committees

State Bar of Texas

Current

I served on the Committee on other Professional Groups for 2 or 3 years; the Committee on Bar ethics twice; and another State Bar committee which I do not recall the name of. These were in about the 1970s and/or 1980s

City of Jacinto City, Texas

Current

I was Assoc. Municipal Judge then regular Municipal Judge, over a period of about four years, during the 1970 and/or 1980s. I was appointed by the Mayor of Jacinto City, Bert Holder

Assoc. District Judge 1984

246th Family District Court of Harris County, Texas

1984 - 1984

Judge John Peavey appointed different attorneys as his Assoc. District Judge. I was one. I was also appointed as a Master in cases, by other District Judges in several years on a one case appointment. I do not recall the years.

South Texas College of Law

J.D. (1964) | Law Degree

1961 - 1964

Honors: Top Grade in: Constitutional Law and Sales Law; member Delta Theta Pi Law Fraternity; First Place on law article awarded by Houston Trial Lawyers Association; graduated in top 15% of class and in less than 3 years; high grade on Bar Exam taken before I graduated from South Texas College of Law

Activities: Moot Court Competition team; South Texas Law Journal;

University of Tulsa

B.S. (1956) | Marketing, Management and minor in Accounting. I completed all classroom hours for an MBA Degree

1952 - 1956

Worked nights on B47 bombers at Douglas Aircraft; carried 18 to 20 hours per semester; slept in afternoons then back to work; little time to study--made high grades; paid 100% of my own tuition with no scholarship or help from anyone else; did all class hours on MBA before returning to Texas to write thesis.

Honors: Had high grades in business and accounting courses and in advanced biology.

Activities: Pres. Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity; Pres. Independent Men's Association; House 'Mother' @ the Methodist Student Union; led blood donor drives;

First Place Adult Advanced Articles

American Federation of Mineralogical Societies

2010

This organization of about 500,000 has regional competition and then national competition of the winners in regional competition, each year. In 2010 I won 1st place in Adult Advanced Articles, 1st place in Adult Poetry and 3rd place in Features. In 2013 I won First Place in Adult Poetry. In 2014 I was named as Judge for Poetry for National competition. I have won Regional and National awards for about 15 years with this organization. When you win 1st place nationally, you are disqualified from entering again for 2 years.

State Bar of Texas  # 16350000

Member

Current

North Harris County Bar Association

President three times; Vice-President and Secretary about five times;

Current

Activities: I started the FREE Continuing Legal Education program when the State Bar of Texas first started the CLE Program, and the North Harris County Bar Associate still has that program.

Houston Trial Lawyers Association

Board Member and Chairman of a Committee which got a Bill passed by the Texas Legislature

Current

Activities: I was a member for about 20 years; I started and headed a committee which over three years, was able to get Legislation passed, limiting what healthcare providers could charge patients and attorneys for medical and billing records, correcting abuse by some doctors who charged outrageous amounts to patients for copies of their own records. I was assisted by my fellow member, now District Judge, Robert Schaffer. We made many trips to Austin. I wrote the original Bill, which as usual saw a number of changes, but amazingly was passed and signed into law. I also worked on a number of other projects for the HTLA.

Houston Lawyer Referral Service

Board Member

Current

Activities: I was a member for about four years, as the North Harris County Bar Association representative. I headed one Committee and worked on a number of projects.

Greater North Channel Bar Association

Secretary

Current

Activities: I started this Bar Association in about the 1980s partially for CLE programs as I had done for the North Harris County Bar Association and also to provide a lawyer referral service to the North Channel Area.

Front page Article on Law, in one issue per week for 52 weeks. Paid for articles.

Houston Daily Court Review

2002

Continuing Legal Education programs, Monthly meetings of the North Harris County Bar Association, Sinderson's Barbecue and other locations

North Harris County Bar Association

These programs were given periodically, over a number of years, for attorneys to receive CLE credit as required by the State Bar of Texas.