I’m a lawyer. Over the years, I’ve told “war stories” from my forty-five years of practice. The headnotes and footnotes to these legal dramatic and light-hearted memories often included tales from my younger days. When sharing some of these stories, I often heard those encouraging words: “You need to write a book.”
I found in writing these stories, personal and professional, they were inevitably intertwined. So, in essence, you readers are getting two books in one.
Taken from the introduction of From Cotton Fields to Courtrooms: A Texas Lawyer’s Memoir. Available January 12, 2026.