Norton A. Colvin Jr. - Brownsville, TX

Overview

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • St. Mary's University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, 1974
    J.D.
    Honors: Member, Delta Theta Phi

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Texas, Austin, Texas, 1970
    B.B.A.
    Major: Finance

Current Employment Position(s)

• Partner

Classes and Seminars

• "Lender Liability", Texas Tech University School of Banking, 1989 - 1991
  
• "Plaintiffs Tactics for Large Punitive Damages", New York, 1995
  
• "Bankruptcy and Commercial Litigation", NBI Conferences
  
• "Mediation of Nursing Home Cases", American Health Care Association Conference, Nursing Home Defense, Chicago, 1998
  
• "Insurance Bad Faith", South Padre Island, Texas, CLE, 2001
  
• "Preparing the Corporate Witness", National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, Coeur d'Alene, 2006
  
• "Insurance Coverage", State Bar of Texas, South Padre Island, 2012
  
• Speaker at State Bar of Texas Advanced Insurance Law Course - San Antonio 2015
  
• Speaker at South Texas Insurance Law Seminar 2016

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1974
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1975
• U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1979
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 2011
• U.S. District Court District of Colorado, 2013
• U.S. District Court District of Nebraska, 2012
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1980
• U.S. Tax Court, 1984
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1978

Specialties and Certifications

• Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution

Other Affiliations

• Texas Pattern Jury Charge Oversight Committee, 2005 - 2011
• United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1986 - 1990 (Standing Committee on Bankruptcy Practices and Procedures)
• State Bar of Texas, 1986 - 1989 (Grievance Committee, District 12-B)
• Cameron County Bar Association, 1984 - Present (President)
• Cameron County Bar Association, 1975 - 1984 (Board of Directors)
• American Bar Association
• College of the State Bar of Texas
• Defense Research Institute
• Federal Bar Association
• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
• Litigation Counsel of America (Charter Fellow)
• National Association of Bank Counsel
• National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel
• Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
• American Bar Foundation (Fellow)
• Texas Bar Foundation (Fellow)
• Texas Association of Mediators (Member)

Fraternities and Sororities

• Delta Theta Phi