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Walter Umphrey began his career as a prosecuting attorney and ultimately Chief Felony Prosecutor for the Jefferson County District Attorney's office right out of Baylor Law School. Walter is board certified in the areas of Personal Injury Trial Law and Labor & Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Walter Umphrey is a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers. He was selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters Business, 2003-2008, an honor only 5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected for annually. Beyond the practice of law, Walter has provided unwavering support to important civic and community causes. He serves as Director of the National Wildlife Association, Director of the LadyBird Johnson Wildflower Center, Director of both Texas Regional Bancshares, Inc., and Texas State Bank. Just recently, the newest cancer institute in Southeast Texas was named the Walter Umphrey Cancer Center.

Umphrey helped build the new Sheila and Walter Umphrey Law Center on the banks of the Brazos River at Baylor University which is hailed as a state-of-the-art educational facility. In June 2000, Umphrey was recognized as one of the top Texas lawyers of the 20th century in the Texas Lawyer publication "Legal Legends: A Century of Texas Law and Lawyering."

For its special anniversary issue, June 28, 2010, Texas Lawyer also named Mr. Umphrey as one of the twenty-five greatest Texas lawyers of the past quarter-century. Texas Lawyer names lawyers that have made outstanding contributions within the twenty-five years the newspaper has been published.

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Baylor Law School, Baylor University	J.D.	Law School	1965
Baylor University	N/A	N/A	N/A

State / Court	Date
TX	1965

• American Board of Trial Advocates, Member
  Port Arthur Bar Association
  Jefferson County Bar Association
  Texas Trial Lawyers Association
  American Association for Justice
  American Bar Association
  State Bar of Texas
  National Wildlife Association, Director
  LadyBird Johnson Wildflower Center, Director
  CBFH, Inc., Chairman of the Board and Director
  Community Bank of Texas, Senior Chairman of the Board and Director
  Texas State Parks and Wildlife Commission, Former Vice Chairman, 1991 - 1997
  

• Texas Lawyer, One of the Twenty-Five Greatest Texas Lawyers of the Past Quarter-Century., June 28, 2010
  The Blackstone Award, Jefferson County Bar Association
  Fellow, International Society of Barristers
  Texas Super Lawyers, a Thompson Reuters business, 2003 - 2011
  One of the Top Texas Lawyers of the 20th Century, Texas Lawyer publication "Legal Legends: A Century of Texas Law and Lawyering", 2000
  The Best Lawyers in America® , 2003 - 2012
  Martindale-Hubbell: "AV" Rated
  

• Umphrey was one of "The Tobacco Five"—five trial lawyers who split a $3.3 billion fee from a $17.3 billion tobacco settlement with the State of Texas.

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