J. Shelby Sharpe born Fort Worth, Texas, September 11, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Texas; 1966, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1968, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1993, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 1997, U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas: 2021, U.S. District Court of North Dakota. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1962; J.D., 1965). Phi Alpha Delta; Pi Sigma Alpha. Briefing Attorney to the Honorable Robert W. Calvert, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Texas, 1965-1966. Director, Fort Worth-Tarrant County Bar Association, 1972-1974. Member: Fort Worth-Tarrant County Junior (Director, 1967-1968; Secretary, 1968; Vice President, 1968-1969; President, 1969-1970), Fort Worth-Tarrant County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Committee on: Court Rules; Former Member, State Bar Committees on Committees, 1985-1988, 1989-1995, Chair, 1992-1994). Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Media Law; Insurance Defense; Constitutional Litigation; Complex Litigation:

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