Roland Garcia says almost all of the lawyers, judges and legal staffers who come to his annual Halloween party on Oct. 31 will be wearing costumes. (He's pictured at left at his 2007 party with his daughter Kristin, center, and wife Karen, right.) “When else can you act so silly and get away with it – grown adults acting like fools in front of each other,” says Garcia, a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig in Houston who says Halloween is his favorite holiday. Garcia says he expects as many as 300 members of the legal community, politicians, neighbors and family to attend the party at his Memorial-area house. “We’ve hired a professional lighting and sound crew. We’ve got a laser light show. We’ve got several mist and fog machines. We will have dead bodies and skeletons through the house. . . . We added a huge Grim Reaper hanging by the front door, which will scare the hell out of you,” says Garcia. “It’s a blast.” Partygoers who want to chat with Garcia this year should look for a Dracula. His wife, Karen, will be dressed as a “vamp vampire,” Garcia says. He warns attendees to be careful what they say, “because everybody’s dressed up and you don’t always know who you are speaking with.” Garcia says he didn’t hold the party last year, because his house was damaged by Hurricane Ike.
-- Brenda Sapino Jeffreys
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