When Texas Lawyer was considering speakers for our Extraordinary Minorities in Texas Law luncheon, held today at Dallas’ Hotel Crescent Court, there really wasn’t a question as to who it should be: Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson (pictured). Even if he didn’t hold the highest judicial office in the state, Jefferson’s life story and his family history are compelling. Most people know that one of Jefferson’s ancestors was a slave -- owned by a Texas judge -- who became a Waco city councilman after emancipation, and that’s a story that never ceases to amaze. Jefferson told the audience that if his ancestor can go from one man’s property to a public servant, “what is our excuse? There isn’t any.” The 25 attorneys Texas Lawyer honored today have made a major impact on law and lawyering in Texas in one way or another. And in recognition of those accomplishments, Jefferson told a story about what it was like when his parents drove their six kids to church on Sunday at San Antonio’s Lackland Air Force Base, where his father served as a major. The guard at the gate always gave Jefferson's father a sharp salute, he said. “The salute was not withheld because of the color of his skin; it was given because of the body of his accomplishments,” Jefferson said. And that moment stays with Jefferson every time he takes the bench: “Today when I look up, and the clerk says ‘all rise,' I think of that salute at the Air Force base.”
-- John Council
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