Federal Judiciary

Firm open house

By Michael Smith

Had a very nice open house / ribbon cutting for my new Marshall office today following the status conferences in federal court.  My wife Jamie, mother "Mother" and oldest son Grayson attended, along with Chamber representatives, local citizens, and lawyers in town for Judges Ward and Everingham's status conferences.  I was particularly happy to have in attendance my new parner Clyde Siebman of Sherman, and Susan Fisher of our Sherman office.  Susan, by the way, was elected this week to succeed me on the State Bar board of directors representing District 1, and I look forward to handing things off to her in June at the SBOT Annual Meeting.  Clyde represented our district way back in the early 1990's sometime, so that gives us three State Bar directors in a six lawyer firm (Larry Phillips is a mere state representative).  By the way, the picture right behind me is Grayson's drawing of me - note the muscles.  (He calls it a "fiction picture" because I'm really not that strong).
Thanks to all the people that stopped by, and especially the Chamber for all that they do for our community (I used to be one of the Chamber's Marshall Ambassadors who went around doing these open houses fifteen years ago - it was a little surreal having someone say the things to me).  Grayson hosted visitors in the boys' playroom, as shown here 
and I'm told was a big, big hit.
In copying my mother's pictures from her camera, I ran across a couple of pictures she took  the first week I moved in when we had just started framing up my office.  Seems like a long time ago now! 

Full post as published by Eastern District of Texas Federal Court Practice on May 01, 2008 (boomark / email).