Jack G. Banner
Jack Banner, a veteran of the United States Army, received his BA and JD degrees from the University of Texas. He began his practice in Wichita Falls in 1953 where be became a preeminent attorney in the north Texas area. During his law career, Banner tried to a jury verdict or a trial court decision, approximately six hundred contested cases. He was the principal attorney on eighty four cases in appeals to all Courts of Appeals. Mr. Banner was selected to be listed in "Best Lawyers in America" for 15 consecutive years and as a Texas Monthly Superlawyer.
Mr. Banner retired in 2003 and passed from this life on November 30, 2005. We are proud to have been associated with such a fine lawyer.
Areas of Practice
- PI
Certified Legal Specialties
- Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1952
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1953
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1953
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 1953
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 1953
- U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma, 1953
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Oklahoma, 1963
- U.S. District Court District of Wyoming
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1953
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1953
- U.S. Court of Appeals 10th Circuit, 1953
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1953
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1963
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1963
Education
- The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
- LL.B - 1952
- University of Texas, Austin, Texas
- B.A. - 1949
- Honors: Phi Alpha Delta
Honors and Awards
- Superlawyer in Texas by Texas Monthly
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Texas Bar Foundation, Director, 1969 - 1970
- Texas Bar Foundation, Chairman, 1971
- Wichita County Bar Association, Director, 1960 - 1964
- Wichita County Bar Association, President, 1964 - 1965
- State Bar of Texas, Member
- American Bar Association, Member
- American Board of Trial Advocates, Member
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Director, 1958 - 1971
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association, President, 1973 - 1974
- American Association for Justice, Member
- New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Member
- American Society of Law and Medicine, Member
Past Employment Positions
- Banner & Briley, 1990 - 1992
