Office Hours
Monday08:30 AM - 05:00 PMTuesday08:30 AM - 05:00 PMWednesday08:30 AM - 05:00 PMThursday08:30 AM - 05:00 PMFriday08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Johnson, Vaughn & Heiskell
5601 Bridge Street, Suite 220 Fort Worth, TX Tarrant Co. 76112-2306 (Tarrant Co.)View Map
Attorneys
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L. Clifford Davis
Private Practice Lawyer
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Practice Areas
Criminal Law; Juvenile Law
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Admitted
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1949, Arkansas; 1953, Texas
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Law School
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Howard University, J.D.
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College
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Philander Smith College, B.A., 1945; Atlanta University, Graduate Studies in Economics, 1946.
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Member
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State Bar of Texas; Supreme Court of the United States; United States Court of Appeals Fifth and Eighth Circuits; Life Member, National Bar Association; Texas Bar Foundation Fellow; College of the State Bar of Texas; and Tarrant County and Ft. Worth/Tarrant County Black Bar Associations.Tarrant County and Ft. Worth/Tarrant County Black Bar Associations.
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Biography
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SenSenior District Judge, Tarrant County, 1994 - 2003; District Judge, 1989 - 1996; General Counsel, Johnson, Vaughn & Heiskell, 1989 - present; Judge, Criminal District No. 2, 1983 - 1988; General Practitioner of Law, 1953 - 1983, 2003 - present; Military Service 1954-1955; Assistant Professor of Business, Paul Quinn College, Waco, Texas, 1952-1954; General Practioner of Law, Arkansas, 1949-1952; worked with the late Justice Thurgood Marshall on the landmark case, "Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas." Successfully litigated the case to integrate the Mansfield Independent School District in Mansfield, Tarrant County, Texas; filed the federal lawsuit to integrate the Fort Worth Independent School District; opened the first African American law office in Texas; organized the Fort Worth Black Bar Association.ior District Judge, Tarrant County.
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Born
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1925
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ISLN
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907986599
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Recognitions
Silver Gavel Award, Tarrant County Bar Association, 1997; KRLD Radio Appreciation for Community Service Award, 1996; Marion Brooks' Living Legend Award, 1995; Outstanding Achiever Award of Philander Smith University Alumni Association, 1994; "Living Legend in the Law" presented by the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters, 1994. Named a Legal Legend in Eclipse Magazine in 2007. Inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame, 2007.
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Areas Of Practice
- Criminal Law Practice State and Federal
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