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Lawdragon's 100 Managing Partners You Need to Know
 
Jerry Clements Back to the List
Biography
Title: Chair
Firm: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
Law School: Baylor University School of Law
Graduation: 1981
Year you became MP: 2006
List: Lawdragon's 100 Managing Partners You Need to Know
 
Firm practice group (if any) you belong to:
Business Litigation
 
Percentage of time you spend on management vs. practicing law:
95% management; 5% practice of law
 
More Info
Best moment of career:
When I was inducted as a Fellow into the American College of Trial Lawyers.
 
Worst moment of career:
Anytime I lost anything at the courthouse.
 
Attorney you most admire:
My friend and mentor, Morris Harrell, who passed away in 1999.
 
Favorite activities (besides the Law):
Golf, golf, golf.
 
Favorite Sports Team (if you have one), or Favorite Theater or Museum, etc:
Dallas Cowboys
 
What is your proudest accomplishment on behalf of your firm:
Negotiating and finalizing the combination between Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP and Lord Bissell & Brook, LLP, which became effective on October 2, 2007.
 
If there is one thing you could do over as managing partner/chairperson, what is it?
This is an easy one: shorten the name of our new firm!
 
Is there anything - an individual, a double espresso, a good 4:30 a.m. workout - you consider essential to your success?
A great team around me, terrific partners who are team-oriented, a sense of humor, a positive attitude and a supportive and understanding husband who reminds me not to lose focus.
 


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