 George W. Vie III
Galveston, Texas
Partner
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(409) 761-4032
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George specializes in appellate litigation, federal civil, and governmental litigation, and is licensed in both Texas and Hawai'i. George has been Board certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1995. He has served as lead counsel in more than 220 appellate cases. His record includes numerous published Texas and Fifth Circuit decisions. As an appellate attorney, George also provides assistance to Mills Shirley trial counsel and to other law firms with summary judgment, jury charge, and post-verdict issues.
- 1990
- Appellate Litigation
- Federal Civil Litigation
- Governmental Litigation
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
- Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1995
- Texas, 1989
- Hawaii, 2002
- U.S. District Court District of Hawaii, 2002
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1989
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas, 2008
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1990
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 2009
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1990
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2010
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
- U.S. Supreme Court
- The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas,
1988
J.D.
- University of Houston/Clear Lake, Houston, Texas,
1985
B.S.
Honors: Magna Cum Laude
- Federal Court Practice in Western District of Texas, 52 Texas Bar Journal 1070, 1989
- Recent Federal Cases, Annual Attorney Workshop, Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool,
2006
- Federal v. State Rules, Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Winter Seminar,
2003
- A Team Approach: How the Appellate Lawyer Can Help at Trial, and How the Trial Lawyer Can Assist the Appeal, Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Summer Seminar,
2002
- Jury Charges and Non-Jury Findings, Galveston County Bar Association,
2001
- Ten Things I Wish Trial Counsel Had Not Done, Galveston County Bar Association,
2000
- Recent Texas Cases, Annual Attorney Workshop, Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool,
1999
- Qualified and Derivative Immunity of Public Officials, Governmental Liability Seminar, Houston Bar Association CLE,
1996
- Varying Perspectives on Regulations of Minors - Constitutionality of Non-Emergency Curfews, Mid-Year Seminar, National Institute of Municipal Law Officers,
1993
- Varying Perspectives on Regulations of Minors - Constitutionality of Non-Emergency Curfews, Semi-Annual Conference, Texas City Attorneys Association,
1992
- Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
- Keeton Fellow, University of Texas Law School Foundation
- Who's Who in the World, 17th-23rd Ed.,
2000
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2006
- Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, Supreme Court of Texas,
1994
- Present
- District Chairman 5-B
- American Bar Association
- Member, Council of Appellate Lawyers
- State Bar of Texas, Appellate Practice Section
- Member
- Houston Bar Association, Appellate Practice Section
- Member
- Hawaii State Bar Association
- Member
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel,
2006
- Present
- Member, Amicus Curiae Committee
- University of Texas Law School,
2003
- Member, Dean's Rountable
- Wright & Greenhill, L.L.P., Austin, Texas, Attorney,
1989
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1990
- Bankston, Wright & Greenhill, L.L.P., Austin, Texas, Paralegal,
1985
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1989
- Mills, Shirley, McMicken & Eckel, Galveston, Texas, Paralegal,
1983
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1985
- March 21, 1961, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
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