Mr. Driskill is the managing partner of the Firm and the focus of his practice is in the representation of financial institutions, including as general counsel to American State Bank and as attorney for the trust department. He also has a sophisticated transactional practice, including oil and gas, real estate, mergers, acquisitions, structuring of business entities and transactions, as well as trusts and estate planning. He heads the banking and commercial law section of the Firm. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Texas Tech Law Review in 1970-1971 and was the highest ranking graduate of his class from law school. He earned his Bachelor of Science, Mathematics and Chemistry, from Texas Tech University in 1964 and worked as a geophysicist for Amoco for four years.
Practice Areas: Financial institutions, trusts and estate planning, agricultural cooperatives, telephone cooperatives, oil and gas, mergers, acquisitions, and commercial transactional matters. Head of the banking and commercial law section of the Firm.
College: Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
Bachelor of Science, Mathematics (1964)
Law School: Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
Doctor of Jurisprudence 1970
Editor in Chief - Texas Tech Law Review
Rank 1/50 (highest weighted cumulative average)
Order of the Forum (Honorary Legal Fraternity)
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity
Licenses: Supreme Court of Texas
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
U.S. Court of appeals, Fifth Circuit
U.S. Claims Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Professional Organizations: State Bar of Texas, Member
Lubbock County Bar Association
American Bar Association
Texas Association of Bank Counsel (Director 1992-1995)
Civic Services: North Overton Tax Increment Finance District - Chairman of the Board
Texas Tech University, Chancellor's Council